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since Jun 2024

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Owner & Captain/Skipper - always or often aboard

SV - Sailing Vessel, 9.1 m (30 ft), sail, monohull, Van de Stadt Custom-built

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Availability after 21 Apr 2025

Embark (Boarding)

preferably after the 21 Apr 2025 and before the 6 May 2025

Duration

for any duration

Disembark

flexible, no specific date

Locations

Boarding location

Canada - Quebec - 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

Canada - Nova Scotia - visible to Crew members only

this destination is around 792 km from the boarding location

My current location where I'm in person

Canada - same as boarding location

Home Port of Registry (registered vessel)

Canada - Ontario - 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
elementary French

Vessel type, make and model

SV Sailing Vessel, Van de Stadt Custom-built

Vessel year

1983 built , and no major refit completed in the last 15 years

Vessel main propulsion

sail

Vessel hull type

monohull

Vessel length

9.1 metres (30 ft)

Vessel weight (displacement)

5.9 tonnes (13,010 lb)

Crew & guests aboard

usually 2 people aboard

Journey

passage or passage: Atlantic

Crew

Team request

position preferably for individuals, but teams may apply

Nationality of crew

anyone

Gender of crew

preferably male crew, but female crew may apply

Age of crew

preferably over 16 years of age

Height of crew

any

Weight of crew

any

Lifestyle

Eating

Anyone 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

unpaid

crew is not expecting to be paid

Shorebased working or training from or based on a shore or land

positions available

preferably for
Shorebased: Day work any experience

unpaid

for work experience or volunteering

I am a farmer beguiled by academia from which I retired. Rather than continue to pay rent I bought a sturdy and safe motor sailor for the current adventure. I live in British Columbia and I'm in the process of sailing the boat to the West Coast. The present plan is to leave Valleyfield when the locks open and be in Nova Scotia for the end of hurricane season. The main flaw in the plan is the skipper is not a young man who spent far too many years smoking so I need help with the physicality of sailing. While not in a rush (haste and schedules are not safe at sea) I wish to set sail within a couple of days of a crewmate arriving. On a personal level I like to think of myself as easy going but who doesn't?

About the boat, the plans, and current crew

very safelive on little money

I wouldn't say the boat is unsinkable (remember the Titanic) but it is tougher than the skipper or any crew who sails on her. On the other hand, it has few luxuries -- a two burner Force 10 stove, manual head, 20 gal. fresh water storage, and requisite nautical equipment.

What is expected of the crew

fit & healthygood listenereager to learn & workopen mindedenjoy cookingdon't mind cleaninggood with maintenancecan follow orderswill not bring a bicyclewill not bring a pet