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since May 2024
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since May 2024
last sign in 9 hours ago
Owner & Captain/Skipper - always or often aboard
SV - Sailing Vessel, 14.3 m (47 ft), sail, monohull, Passport 470 AC

Availability ready now

Embark (Boarding)
ready now to embark anytime
Duration
preferably for at least 2 weeks and for any duration onwards
Disembark
flexible, no specific date

Locations

 Boarding location
United Statescrewscene.com - Maryland - 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
Colombiacrewscene.com - Bolívar - visible to Crew members only
this destination is around 3,146 km from the boarding location
 My current location where I'm in person
United Statescrewscene.com - same as boarding location
 Home Port of Registry (registered vessel)
United Statescrewscene.com - Virginia - visible to Premium Crew

Itineraries

An itinerary is a route divided into legs showing the planned locations and dates of the main stopovers from the start (initial departure) to the end (final arrival), which is the destination of the vessel's journey (also called voyage, trip, torn, or expedition).

Each leg has a departure and an arrival date and location. It may also have additional waypoints in between, which might be stopping points or course change points.

Accuracy of itineraries

Itineraries for vessels at sea are never precise! We use three accuracy levels for the planning status to avoid confusion about what is likely to happen or not:

  • Pending (not accurate) – initial idea, possibilities
  • Preliminary (kinda accurate) – changes may still apply
  • Planned (fairly accurate) – this is what's meant to happen
Days vs Nights

The duration of an itinerary is counted in days (start to end date) and the leg in nights (departure to arrival date). That is because you may arrive on a Monday and leave on a Tuesday. Therefore, there can be confusion if you were there for one or two days, but it would strictly count as one night without any confusion.

Therefore, you would say you went on a 14-day holiday or trip (the itinerary) and spent 13 nights on all your legs combined, for example.

Planning vs Estimates

There is also an important distinction between planning (what's the intention) and estimating (what's calculated). A time of arrival is always an estimate as a calculation is required; that's why it is called ETA (Estimated Time of Arrival).

You can't plan to leave San Francisco and arrive in Hawaii 10 minutes later, regardless of how desperate your intention is. If you intend to arrive in Hawaii by a certain date and estimate 10 days for the journey, then you can plan to leave San Francisco 12 to 15 days before. Therefore, your departure date is planned (what's the intention), and the arrival is still an estimate (what's calculated based on season, winds, currents, and many other factors). Plans can change due to weather, government requirements, breakdowns, delays, etc.

Tips for planning an itinerary

The following tips are worth noting to manage your itinerary and maintain an excellent overview:

  • 1) Name your itinerary with a short and clear title, such as 2024 Antarctic Expedition or 2024 Italy Family Torn, that is descriptive, easy to remember, and simple to refer to in conversations.
  • 2) You can set your itinerary's visibility to private while planning it, share it with only those you contact, or share it with anyone who views your profile.
  • 3) Next, add each leg of the significant stopovers by date and location.
  • 4) Then, keep updating each leg as required.

Be realistic and mindful when planning an itinerary. People will arrange their timing and life around it, taking time off work, booking flights, arranging accommodation, etc. It's crucial to let the crew know how accurate they can expect the itinerary to be.

Bermuda then on to Sint Martin and the leeward ils

Planned (fairly accurate)

1 Leg
1,907 nm
226 days
Available: 1 of 1
Start2024 Oct 28 Mon
US Deale
End2025 Jun 11 Wed
I mostly solo but would welcome 1 or 2 crew. I plan to slowly work my way to Cartagena.

Leg 1

1,907 nm226 nights
Underway
Depart 2024 Oct 28 Mon
US crewscene.comDeale
Arrive 2025 Jun 11 Wed
CO crewscene.comCartagena 12 Waypoints
Crew is welcome for all or part of the journey.
End of Itinerary

Vessel

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, Passport 470 AC
Vessel year
1985 built, and most recent major refit completed in 2024
Vessel main propulsion
sail
Vessel hull type
monohull
Vessel length
14.3 metres (47 ft)
Vessel weight (displacement)
17 tonnes (37,485 lb)
Crew & guests aboard
usually 1 person aboard
Journey
cruising: Offshore, passage or cruising

Crew

Team request
position preferably for individuals, but teams may apply
Nationality of crew
anyone
Gender of crew
preferably female crew, but male crew may apply
Age of crew
any
Height of crew
any
Weight of crew
any

Lifestyle

Eating
Only 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
Only strict 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
contribute
- visible to Free & Premium members only
crew to pay an agreed share towards some expenses

Dear Shipmates

Introduction

Ahoy! I'm Tom, nice to meet you all. I'm cruising around the Caribbean and looking for like-minded crew to share the journey. I'm laid back & very chill. The boat is older, built like a tank, she is recently updated and very warm and cozy inside. I enjoy Latin dancing and just started tango classes. After hurricane season I will be heading to Bermuda, Saint Martin then slowly down the leeward islands to Columbia. After some sprucing up in Cartagena the plan is San Blas for a few months at least.

About the boat, the plans, and current crew

very safevessel is survey certifiedusually single handedshare experiencevisit remote placesseek adventurefulfill a dreamlearn a languageface challengesfind a soulmate/partnerlive off the gridmulticultural

Boat is a 1985 Passport 47, 1 of only 14 built. She was built back in the golden age of offshore boats when you could still lay 17 tons of solid glass into a boat. These boats are famous as go-anywhere, safe, offshore cruisers. We'll be heading to Colombia to haul out and paint, then San Blas, Panama for spearfishing in paradise while we wait the hurricane season

What is expected of the crew

clean & tidyenthusiasticfit & healthyfriendlyrespectfultrustworthygood communicatoreager to learn & workpositive outlooksense of humorcan pay own expensesdon't mind cleaningwill not bring a bicyclewill not bring a friendwill not bring a pet

I'd like you to keep and open mind, be respectful, and keep the common areas clean. Safety is important aboard, so you'll have a lot to learn in the first few days - but after a week or so you'll start to feel the boat, feel when she's asking for a reef, or asking to push her a bit harder. I will be happy to teach you how to sail.

Recommendations

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Private

male
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