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Owner & Captain/Skipper - always or often aboard

SY - Sailing Yacht (Sloop), 12.2 m (40 ft), sail, monohull, Garcia

Availability ready now

Embark (Boarding)

ready now to embark anytime

Duration

preferably for at least 1 year and for any duration onwards

Disembark

flexible, no specific date

Locations

Boarding location

Portugal - Setúbal - 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

flexible, to be decided

My current location where I'm in person

Portugal - same as boarding location

Home Port of Registry (registered vessel)

France - Occitanie - 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 German
fluent French, English

Vessel type, make and model

SY Sailing Yacht (Sloop), Garcia

Vessel year

1990 built, and most recent major refit completed in 2024

Vessel main propulsion

sail

Vessel hull type

monohull

Vessel length

12.2 metres (40 ft)

Vessel weight (displacement)

16 tonnes (35,280 lb)

Crew & guests aboard

usually 2 people aboard

Journey

round the world

Crew

Team request

position for individuals only

Nationality of crew

anyone

Gender of crew

position for female crew only

Age of crew

must be over 50 years and preferably under 65 years of age

Height of crew

any

Weight of crew

any

Lifestyle

Eating

Anyone and aboard any or no specific diet is fine

Drinking

Anyone and aboard any or no drinking is fine

Smoking

Preferably non-smokers and aboard any or no smoking is fine

Experience

Coastal/Ocean sea time

none required

Coastal/Ocean sea miles

none required

Position

Recreational generally unpaid positions, or contributing towards some agreed expenses

positions available

preferably for
Crew any experience

unpaid

crew is not expecting to be paid

contribute

- visible to Free & Premium members only

crew to pay an agreed share towards some expenses

I have been sailing since at least 50 years. My first circumnavigation, as a crew ( deck hand, cook, first mate and skipper) I made when I was 30 years old, okay not quiet, I started in Martinique and ended in Reunion Island 3 years later. So the Atlantic is still on my bucket list.
Been working as a IT technischen, had my family live, got early retirement and now starting to full fill my dream, on my own sailing boat.

About the boat, the plans, and current crew

comfortablevery safevery spaciouslive on little moneyshare experiencevisit remote placesseek adventurefulfill a dreamface challengesfind a soulmate/partnerlive off the gridmulticultural

I'm back again with another boat and getting ready to cruise on. I will soon sailing of from Portugal to Madaira, Tenerife, Cape Verde and Bresil. I will have some family, sailing part-time, with me on this journey.

So I am looking for a good sailing companion first and foremost. If there’s chemistry, I am open to romance with a female partner, but that’s a choice not an expectation. Please be easy going, able/willing to lern and participate on the everyday life and sailing tasks, and can contribute towards the cost of living on a sailboat. You don’t need to have a lot of experience, but you do need to know that you are sea worthy (not prone to sea sickness) and know what living aboard a boat is about. If this sounds like you, you are enthusiastic, eager to learn, adventurous, and love the sea and love to sail beyond the horizon, please contact me!

I just upgraded the boat with a watermaker, solar power and electric cooking. Be aware there is no hot water and the confort of a modern sailboat. It is a solid steel boat ready for remote places and if everything goes well and I find the right crew I would like to sail the Beagle Channel Patagonia. Something trotting in my head for quite a while.

Communication is very important. German is my mother tongue, I'm fluent in French and English (with a strong Swiss accent) :)

What is expected of the crew

clean & tidycommittedeasy-goingenthusiasticfit & healthyfriendlyrespectfultrustworthyconfident swimmerrarely/unlikely seasickgood listenergood communicatortravel light (little luggage)eager to learn & workpositive outlookopen mindedsense of humorcan pay own expensesdon't mind cleaningcan follow orderswill not bring a friendwill not bring a petharmony