This will be my 10th year cruising the Caribbean from mid-October through late-April to mid-May. The boat is in George Town, Exumas for the summer and fall. In late October I will return to George town to provision and make all needed repairs (if needed). I spent 2023 and the first half of 2024 sailing the Bahamas. I could do another season there because it is just so beautiful and the locals are decent and honorable. I am also up for weighing anchor and island hop to BVI, Anguilla, Antigua, SXM and Guadaloupe. The boat is a 2019 Lagoon Catamaran that is 42-feet long. She is loaded with amenities, comfortable and in excellent condition. She has been a joy to be on

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Thanks for stopping by to read this post. I am looking for crew to join this this year's adventure: There will be several different legs and different folks signing on and signing off of the crew as we go along. Get in where you fit in! People can sign on individually and other considerations.

If interested, then let me know a bit about yourself and the time-frame you are available. My family and friends of mine will be joining the boat along the way as well and I will leave the boat 4 to 8 weeks to spend a week at home.

Here's the general sail plan: Subject to change, and all of that stuff going on.

October 2024:(late month)
Fly from Key West to George Town, Exuma to prep boat and make needed repairs before weighing anchor for down-island.

Mid-November 2023: Island hop through Bahamas to Turks & Caicos. Lay-over Grand Turk Island for provisioning and wait for weather window. Then island hop to Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico to Tortola. This leg could take 2-to-4 weeks.

Crew spots available: 1 novice and 1 with some experience

December 2023: Arrive BVI and spend Christmas and New Years Eve. We will be mooring or anchoring in the Tortola, Jost Van Dyke and Anagada. We will be in Jost Van Dyke for the New Years Eve celebration at Foxy's. Crew spots available:

1 complete rookie, 1 novice, 1 with some experience.

January 2024. St Maarten and Anguilla, on anchor in Cole Bay waiting out the Christmas winds and exploring the island.

1 complete rookie, 1 novice, 1 with some experience.

February - May 2024 Island hopping from SXM to Grenada. Islands where that we will stop at and spend time include Nevis, St Kitts, Montserrat, Antigua, Guadeloupe (we will spend quite a bit of time here to see Les Saints and Marie Galante), Dominica, Martinique, St Lucia, St Vincent and Grenadines and Grenada.

We will spend a lot of our time on anchor in Les Saints and Marie Galante (Guadeloupe), St Anne and Marin (Martinique), and Petit Martinique, Bequia and Tobago Cays (St Vincent and the Grenadines)

From here our passage ends at Prickly Pear, Grenada where the boat will ride out summer and hurricane season

Particulars:

Boat: 2019 42-foot Lagoon Catamaran She is a well equipped and weights 24,000 pounds. Big, roomy, safe, solid, and comfortable. She has a 4-foot draft. The boat is the second 42-foot Lagoon I have owned and these are wonderful boats

Furling Main, jib and code zero

Jib - Self Tacking
Main Lazy Jacks.
Self Tailing winches.
Electric winch.
Electric Windlass.
Water Maker.
Solar 1000 watts.
Large Generator
Big Galley, plenty of fridge space.
Large Saloon
VHF Radio.
Starlink for telephone and data service
B&G Navionics
AIS
Chart Plotter
Autopilot.
Windvane
Dinghy with 20 hp outboard with adjusting davits
Televisions and stereo system
Washer/Dryer
Cockpit - large and comfortable with Isinglass enclosure
Liferaft

Crew Expenses - Captain pays for boat expenses. Folks on board share the cost of their groceries.

How much to budget for groceries?
Answer: take your existing food budget and add 20%.
Land and other transportation: By future arrangement. Crew joining the boat should expect to pay for their transport to and from the boat.

Customs, Duties, and Border fees: Expect to Pay your own way.

Safety and Security:

We will focus on comfortable, low risk, low stress sailing. We will be in a port almost every night as most island we will be going to are a day's sail. We will stay in port when there are high winds or storms and wait out the bad weather. The weather and ocean will give us enough un-planned excitement to deal with and enjoy, so we will not press in to foul weather or any other risky business. This means crew should be very flexible with time schedules.

All safety gear is up to date and functional.

Smokes: No tobacco smoke on board. Weed use is acceptable but not while underway.

Fire Arms - No way

Alcohol. The Anchor light is the drinking light. No consumption under way at all. The Captain is mostly a non-drinker

Clothing. For packing considerations, space is the biggest limiting factor. If you have not been on a sailboat for an extended period of time there are suggestions I can make and we also have a washer/dryer on-board. If you do not have gear, then you should expect to buy some for yourself.

The Captain:
66 Year old man. Healthy, Energetic, non-smoking, non-drinking (mostly), guy who likes to sail. Friends all-over the world and easy to get along with. Participative leadership style. Pretty good cook but only if a restaurant makes the food.

10 years sailing experience aboard 42-52 foot sailboats, all of it spent island hopping the Bahamas and Caribbean.

I love to explore the local scene, meet the people and get in to the cultures of visited places, so I tend to be wandering type explorer. All day on a random beach, to me, is a good use of a day. I am also very content to spent the day on the boat relaxing

I have been a business person all of my life. I am not easily ruffled, calm under pressure and easy going. I do not generally raise my voice unless a wind is blowing in my face and cant be heard.

Ideal Crew qualities:
Galley friendly, coffee loving; creative cook, bold, brave, level headed, positive energy and attitude, a bit of a hippie, excellent communication abilities, great health, non-smoking, not grossed out by fish guts, stable at sea, some experience with sailing preferred, a light packer, excellent problem solving skills, a cheerleader (and I don't mean pom poms and a short skirt) a person who is excited and energetic when facing challenging tasks and not bitchy. You should otherwise be in good health and look great in a bathing suit. If you have very good organizational and packing skills, you get bonus points.

I prefer someone to stay for the entire passage but have no issue with several people serving as crew coming and going as time permits. Unpaid female crew 40 to 60, attractive and fit. No animals on board. No partners, no substance abusers or drunks, and no crazy ex's that stalk

Considerations for complete rookie and novice crew:
Expenses: if you do not have good gear then you will need to buy it but there is little need for a lot of it down island. I have life jackets, safety harnesses, and tethers on board for you to borrow and use, but you must have your own foul weather gear (which is probably limited to a good rain coat and a complete set of Frog Togs).

Testing and proving yourself:
I welcome complete rookies and novices with little to no experience. We all have to start somewhere. I am an decent trainer and coach, and I enjoy doing it. It does take a tremendous amount of time and energy to show someone the ropes and teach them new skills. I have to have a good feeling that crew will be able to function on board as well as be safe for themselves, other crew, and the boat. I do not expect newbies to become experts overnight. I do expect that newbies arrive with a good attitude, good energy, and an ability to be instructed, tested, coached and corrected. Everybody makes mistakes and messes up stuff, myself included. We all have to be thick skinned and able to make corrections and keep going. This means that you will not show up, pack up, and get under way immediately. There will be some time spent familiarizing and making sure it is a good fit. This is for the benefit of everyone.