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since Nov 2022

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since Nov 2022

last sign in 7 hours ago

Owner & Captain/Skipper - always or often aboard

SV - Sailing Vessel, 11.9 m (39 ft), sail, monohull, Alubat Ovni 395

Availability ready now

Embark (Boarding)

ready now to embark anytime

Duration

preferably for at least 1 week and for any duration onwards

Disembark

flexible, no specific date

Locations

Boarding location

United States - Georgia - 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

Bahamas - Exuma - visible to Crew members only

this destination is around 968 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 - Colorado - 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
competent Spanish

Vessel type, make and model

SV Sailing Vessel, Alubat Ovni 395

Vessel year

1993 built, and most recent major refit completed in 2021

Vessel main propulsion

sail

Vessel hull type

monohull

Vessel length

11.9 metres (39 ft)

Vessel weight (displacement)

14 tonnes (30,870 lb)

Crew & guests aboard

usually 2 people aboard

Journey

cruising: Coastal, cruising or cruising: Offshore

Crew

Team request

position for individuals or teams

Nationality of crew

anyone

Gender of crew

position for female crew only

Age of crew

preferably over 18 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 100 nm logged

Position

Recreational generally unpaid positions, or contributing towards some agreed expenses

positions available

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

Hello! Off grid 2 cabin 1 head aluminum centerboarder, looking for crew for coastal and offshore hops this spring and summer. Have sailed down to Grenada, USVI, and offshore from USVI to Chesapeake directly. Cape Hatteras was a big ride, saw 58 kts of wind max and some very large seas before peeling out of the Gulfstream.

We are heading back to the West Indies in 2025 and are looking for a crewmember to help with that passage, likely 10-14 days depending upon weather. We've sailed from USVI to the Chesapeake directly, and although that amount of time at sea is manageable with only 2 people, a 3rd would break up watches a bit more and allow for more rest.

So far longest offshore passage has been 16 days and was a great learning experience. We know there is a ton more to learn and explore, and another crewmember adds so much more rest into the sailing watch schedule.

Accommodations:
Private aft cabin with a double bed, shared head.

Mindfulness/meditation, exploring new places, sailing, skiing, photography, adventure travel.

New standing and running rigging in 2021.
Hydranet sails.
New autopilot 2022
New staysail 2024
Liferaft recert 2024
New EPIRB 2024

Cheers!

About the boat, the plans, and current crew

usually cleancomfortablevery safeshare experiencevisit remote placesseek adventureface challengeslive off the grid

Watermaker, solar, electric galley, hot water, off-grid and capable aluminum cruiser.

What is expected of the crew

clean & tidyeasy-goingfit & healthyrespectfulrarely/unlikely seasickgood communicatoreager to learn & workpositive outlooksense of humorcan pay own expensesready to partydon't mind cleaning

We are a team, and people we have aboard are part of that team working together to explore some pretty cool parts of the planet. Basically, show up with your kit and lend a hand with the watches, galley, sail trimming/changes, anchoring, etc. and share your knowledge with us. Our last guest aboard didn't do much in the way of communal tasks (cooking, cleaning, maintenance) but at least they were really good at getting rid of our rum.... hoping to not repeat that experience. We ❤️ to meet and hang with new people and party, but our nights out until 2am don't happen very often anymore.

The boat is well founded, French aluminum centerboarder cutter rig. All standing and running rigging was completed in 2021, we fly a Hydranet main and 130 Genoa, along with an A3, J1, Reacher and storm jib. Enough to keep us moving in 5 to 58 knots so far!

If you made it this far, thanks for reading!