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since May 2015

last sign in 23 hours ago

viewed 7,889 times

since May 2015

last sign in 23 hours ago

Owner & Captain/Skipper - always or often aboard

SY - Sailing Yacht (Ketch), 11.6 m (38 ft), sail, monohull, Freedom 40 AC

Availability ready now

Embark (Boarding)

ready now to embark anytime

Duration

for any duration

Disembark

flexible, no specific date

Locations

Boarding location

United States - Florida - visible to Crew members only

Your boarding area is ? within this vessel's boarding location

and the Crew can come from anywhere to board the vessel

Your current location is around ? away from this location

Destination planned to take the vessel next

United States - Florida - visible to Crew members only

this destination is around 540 km from the boarding location

My current location where I'm in person

United States - same as boarding location

Home Port of Registry (registered vessel)

United States - Florida - visible to Premium Crew

Vessel

What are the language proficiency levels?

L5 native

speaking natively like a local without a noticeable foreign accent

L4 fluent

speaking fluently with an extensive vocabulary, but with a foreign accent

L3 competent

speaking competently with a solid vocabulary on almost any topic

L2 elementary

speaking enough to get by, but may get lost in a conversation

L1 learning

not speaking the language, but learned enough to say simple sentences

L0 not proficient

may know a few words, but cannot form sentences or ask questions

Languages spoken aboard

native English, German
competent Spanish
elementary Japanese
learning French

Vessel type, make and model

SY Sailing Yacht (Ketch), Freedom 40 AC

Vessel year

1979 built, and most recent major refit completed in 2011

Vessel main propulsion

sail

Vessel hull type

monohull

Vessel length

11.6 metres (38 ft)

Vessel weight (displacement)

12 tonnes (26,460 lb)

Crew & guests aboard

usually 3 people aboard

Journey

day/weekend trips

Crew

Team request

position preferably for individuals, but teams may apply

Nationality of crew

anyone

Gender of crew

anyone

Age of crew

preferably between 16 to 60 years of age

Height of crew

any

Weight of crew

any

Lifestyle

Eating

Anyone and aboard a specific diet is preferred

Drinking

Preferably non-drinkers and aboard any or no drinking is fine

Smoking

Preferably non-smokers and aboard there is preferably no smoking

Experience

Coastal/Ocean sea time

preferably crew with at least 2 days spent at sea

Coastal/Ocean sea miles

none required

Position

Recreational generally unpaid positions, or contributing towards some agreed expenses

positions available

preferably for
Watch-keeper   any experience
Competent Crew   any experience
Delivery Crew   any experience

contribute

- visible to Free & Premium members only

crew to pay an agreed share towards some expenses

We ( our small family and I ) are preparing to sail to the Florida Keys, Bahamas and beyond.
We’re patiently searching for a good soul to assist us with daily life and maintenance on our Freedom 40 with our two young children.

In exchange for your assistance, we pay cash or technical training to the order of a mutually agreed upon amount as well as unlimited training in the following trades:

Marine carpentry
Hull construction and repair ( traditional, cold molded and cored composite.
Machining
Rigging
Plumbing
Wiring /electrical
Vacuum bagging; Infusion
Painting
Hardware installation and much more

Thank you for your time and consideration.

We look forward to hearing from you

Andrew and family

About the boat, the plans, and current crew

fairly crampedusually cleanlive on little moneyshare experienceseek adventurefulfill a dreamlearn a languageface challengeslive off the grid

Current crew: me, my wife Jess, a little girl that just turned 4 and knows how to tie a constrictor knot and a little adorable monkey boy of one and a half, climbing all over the boat.

What is expected of the crew

clean & tidyeasy-goingorganisedgood communicatortravel light (little luggage)eager to learn & workpositive outlookopen mindedsense of humordon't mind cleaningwill not bring a friendwill not bring a pet

The expectations of the crew are little: help with everything that needs to be done. Basic daily tasks like cleaning, watching the kids, little maintenance and repair works, joining day trips on land with the kids (4+1.5yo).
We are living off grid, mostly on anchor with little power.