Current: Looking for deliveries or crewing opportunities in New Zealand with my college age daughter between Feb 9 and March 7 2024

Future: After March 15 available for trips in the Caribbean, max 4 week duration
Future: In summer available for short trips (max 10 days) on the Great Lakes or East Coast

My daughter and I are traveling to New Zealand and are looking for a crewing or delivery opportunity. She has done some dinghy and yacht sailing. In addition, she lived out of her van for 3 months, so knows what it is like to have small quarters. We are a great team and communicate really well. She is a self-starter and has very similar skills and traits to me. She loves to meet new people and visit new places.

I can stand watch. I can drive any type or size of dinghy. I love to cook (and am good at it), and am not a picky eater, although I do have to limit my intake of gluten. I am fine with cleaning, (although I like cooking better :). I like to stay busy/physically active. I am a team player and am happy to help out with whatever needs to be done. I am very creative/good at thinking outside of the box and coming up with solutions when problems arise. I am physically fit , easy-going, upbeat, friendly/social. I love meeting people, trying new things, exploring and having adventures. I don't get flustered easily, and I hold up well under pressure. I am an excellent communicator. I take criticism well and can follow orders.

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I am PADI open-water scuba certified. I windsurf, paddle board, snorkel, kayak, basically, I love anything on the water. (not much experience fishing, but I am willing to give it a shot!)

I can't play any musical instruments, but am happy to sing along. I am a good listener. I also love to tell stories and make people laugh.

My kids are all grown up and I'm looking to spread my wings and launch into the next leg of this journey that is life. When I look out at the water and see the boats bobbing on their moorings something in me shouts, yes, that is where I am meant to be, so, here I am, a smile on my face, excitement bubbling in my chest. I have done a lot of introspection over the years and am even-tempered, intelligent and kind. I'm a writer and a life coach. I love to laugh, and do it often. In the past I was a teacher, owned my own business with my husband, and did marketing and PR.

BACKGROUND/SAILING EXPERIENCE:I learned to sail when I was 9 years old. Since then I have sailed and raced boats all over the world. During the summer I sail and race a C-Scow (20’, flat-bottomed, single sail) and a Sunfish. I also teach small boat sailing.
I did two sailboat deliveries, and three other recent sailboat trips. The deliveries were from Fort Lauderdale to St. Thomas and from Fort Lauderdale to Nassau. I took the helm on both trips, and did a lot of the navigation on the second trip (using a handheld WW II compass and an ancient GPS, and some 20 year old charts - not by choice, I found all this out after we set off-and learned the hard way to check all of that beforehand!) I’m capable of using modern navigation equipment as well :)
In December 2022 I sailed off the coast of Puerto Rico on a Beneteau 40'. Jan 2023 I did a 13 day trip on a 102' schooner (purple tall ship pictured) from Martinique to St. Vincent/the Grenadines and back. April 2023 I helped sail a 38' Beneteau from Roatan to Utila, Honduras, then did the 20 hour passage to Guatemala and sailed up the river to Rio Dulce. Once at the marina in Rio Dulce I helped get the boat ready for the off-season.

Able to provide references.

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I want to get out on the water and gain more yacht sailing experience with the eventual goal to get enough sea days to apply for my captain's license and possibly have my own boat. I live in the Midwest. I’m particularly interested in longer voyages offshore on the ocean, as those are what I can count toward my license.