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since Jan 2019

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Owner & Captain/Skipper - always or often aboard

SV - Sailing Vessel, 15.5 m (51 ft), sail, catamaran, Xquisite X5 S

Availability after 15 Feb 2025

Embark (Boarding)

preferably embarking anytime after the 15 Feb 2025

Duration

preferably for at least 4 weeks and for any duration onwards

Disembark

flexible, no specific date

Locations

Boarding location

Mexico - Jalisco - visible to Crew members only

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

and the Crew is preferably within 500 nm • 926 km • 575 mi

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

Mexico - same as boarding location

Home Port of Registry (registered vessel)

United States - Hawaii - 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

Vessel type, make and model

SV Sailing Vessel, Xquisite X5 S

Vessel year

2017 built

Vessel main propulsion

sail

Vessel hull type

catamaran

Vessel length

15.5 metres (51 ft)

Vessel weight (displacement)

20 tonnes (44,100 lb)

Crew & guests aboard

usually 4 people aboard

Journey

cruising or …other journey

Crew

Team request

position for individuals or teams

Nationality of crew

anyone

Gender of crew

anyone

Age of crew

preferably over 25 years of age

Height of crew

any

Weight of crew

any

Lifestyle

Eating

Preferably crew with an unrestricted diet 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 there is preferably no smoking

Experience

Coastal/Ocean sea time

preferably crew with at least 2 weeks spent at sea

Coastal/Ocean sea miles

preferably crew with at least 1,000 nm logged

Position

Recreational generally unpaid positions, or contributing towards some agreed expenses

positions available

preferably for
Crew   any experience
Deckhand   any experience
Competent Crew   any experience
Watch-keeper   any experience
Cook   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

Boat currently in Puerto Vallarta, MX. until October/November 2024. Plan to cruise Pacific Mexico for a shakedown of boat and crew in preparation for departure to South Pacific around February/March 2025. Will be in New Zealand by October/November 2025 and sort out the future from there. Would not necessarily need to stay on for the entire trip as there will be places along the journey to swap out crew.

Ideal candidate for crew would be a waterperson. If you know what that means, then let me know your thoughts to figure out a plan to sail together.

7year old 50 ft Xquisite Catamaran with extensive refit in 2024. My 22 year old grandson, Dylan, will be joining during his gap year after graduation from college this summer. Skipper married 50+ years and wife will join frequently in fun places.

About the boat, the plans, and current crew

usually cleanvery safevery spaciousshare experiencevisit remote placesseek adventurelearn a languageface challengeslive off the grid

What is expected of the crew

clean & tidyeasy-goingfriendlyrespectfultrustworthyconfident swimmerrarely/unlikely seasickgood listenergood communicatortravel light (little luggage)eager to learn & workpolitepositive outlookopen mindedsense of humorcan pay own expensesenjoy cookingdon't mind cleaninggood with maintenancecan follow orderswill not bring a pet