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SV - Sailing Vessel (Sloop), 19.8 m (65 ft), sail, catamaran, Lindenberg Cat 65
Availability ready now
Embark (Boarding)
ready now to embark anytime
Duration
preferably for at least 4.3 weeks and for less than 6 months
Disembark
flexible, no specific date
Locations
Boarding location
Trinidad & Tobago
- Port of Spain - visible to Crew members onlyYour 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
United States
- California - visible to Crew members only
Home Port of Registry (registered vessel)
United States
- Rhode Island - visible to Premium CrewVessel
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
learning Dutch
Vessel type, make and model
SV Sailing Vessel (Sloop), Lindenberg Cat 65
Vessel year
1993 built, and most recent major refit completed in 2017
Vessel main propulsion
sail
Vessel hull type
catamaran
Vessel length
19.8 metres (65 ft)
Vessel weight (displacement)
17 tonnes (37,485 lb)
Crew & guests aboard
usually 3 people aboard
Journey
cruising or cruising: Coastal
Crew
Team request
position preferably for individuals, but teams may apply
Nationality of crew
anyone
Gender of crew
position for female crew only
Age of crew
preferably over 40 years, but must be under 55 years of age
Height of crew
any
Weight of crew
any
Lifestyle
Eating
Preferably crew with an unrestricted diet and aboard an unrestricted diet is preferred
Drinking
Anyone and aboard moderate drinking is allowed
Smoking
Only strict non-smokers and aboard there is strictly no smoking
Experience
Coastal/Ocean sea time
must have at least 1.4 weeks at sea
Coastal/Ocean sea miles
none required
Position
Recreational generally unpaid positions, or contributing towards some agreed expenses
positions available
preferably for
Crew some experience
Cook any experience
Competent Crew any experience
unpaid
crew is not expecting to be paid
Professional paid positions, experience and/or qualifications are usually required
positions available
preferably for
Crew some experience
paid
- visible to Free & Premium members only
crew is paid for work
Dear Shipmates
Introduction
Hi All,
I've been sailing my whole life and I still love it. I get a real thrill from being able to move my home to any where in the world I want with just the power of the wind. So cool.
I learned to sail on a Hobie 14 when I was 8 which is a cool coincidence since I spent most of my career at Hobie which is a great company. In August 2017 I retired as senior VP of engineering after 22 years. Before that I started my own company manufacturing the TriFoiler, a hydrfoil triamaran sailboat. My company merged with Hobie and I am still part owner of Hobie. Yeah. I know how to fix boats.
Since 2017 I sailed from Virginia to Newport, RI, then to Miami, the Bahamas, Dominican Republic, back to Newport, Maine, Virginia, Bermuda, Virgin islands, the Azores, Lisbon, Amsterdam and finally in the Med. My point is I have experience now.
About the boat, the plans, and current crew
usually cleancomfortableluxuriousvery safevessel is survey certifiedvery spaciousshare experiencevisit remote placesseek adventurefulfill a dreamface challengeslive off the grid
I am constantly upgrading my boat. It is getting a whole new paint job right now and it has relatively new sails, engines, stays, trampoline, electronics, batteries, solar panels and dagger boards.
My boat is a 65 foot catamaran built in 1993 in Costa Rica and designed by Paul Lindenberg. I think it was ahead of its time as it very well designed and constructed. I like to think of it as a poor man's Gunboat. In fact it was the inspiration for Gunboat. Peter Johnstone, the founder of Gunboat was my broker when I bought the boat and he tells me that he looked at it when it was for sale before and he liked it so he started Gunboat.
Right after I bought this yacht I bought the rig off of Coco De Mer, a Gunboat 66 which was being raced competitively and so all the stuff is high performance and first rate. With the rig I got carbon fiber mast and boom, 3di carbon main and jib, Kevlar stays, Cuben fiber reacher, all the spectra running rigging and 3 spinnakers. The yacht is very fast.
It is 31 feet wide and so it is very spacious. It has 3 double beds and one single. I can send tons of pictures.
I'm just cruising the med and would like to get to the Caribbean in the winter of 2023/ 24.
What is expected of the crew
clean & tidycommitteddiligentdiscreeteasy-goingenthusiasticfit & healthyfriendlyorganisedrespectfulskilledtrustworthyconfident swimmerrarely/unlikely seasickgood listenereager to learn & workpolitepositive outlookopen mindedsense of humorenjoy cookingdon't mind cleaningcan follow orderswill not bring a petharmony
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