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A yacht delivery offers boat owners, builders and brokers an alternative to shipping when needing to relocate the vessel over both short and long distances. Many Captains and crew specialise in this type of work, and are qualified and experienced to deliver various boat types and sizes. There are many advantages to having a yacht delivered by a crew instead of shipped. The boat owner has flexibility to decide the schedule of when and how far the vessel is moved, they can join the boat at any agreed time, and it can be more cost effective as well. A good crew will take care of the yacht and sail it conservatively so as to minimise the wear and tear on the vessel during the delivery.
Find a Crew is used by many qualified and experienced captains to find extra crew for deliveries (they usually register a boat profile to contact crew members), and also for crew to find a position on a delivery. Boat owners and representatives use Find a Crew to look for the crew they need to deliver the boat. The advanced matching facility on Find a Crew allows them to set specific criteria so they find the right people for the job. Most delivery jobs offer at least one paid position (Captain), and depending on the size and type of vessel, and the duration of the journey, additional paid crew members may also be on board (chef, cook, deckhand, watchkeeper, engineer etc). Yacht deliveries also provide recreational opportunities for crew members (competent crew, experienced passenger, delivery crew etc) looking for extra sea miles or just an adventure.
showing the first 2 of 34 total listed Boat profiles:
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Sailing Vessel (Sloop), 13.7 meters (45ft)
United States, North America
15-Feb-2012 to 1-Mar-2012 (2 weeks - 3 months)
The boat is a Norseman 447 currently in Puntarenas, Costa Rica heading for Friday Harbor, WA. This is expected to take 2 months, possibly a couples weeks longer. If interested in parts of the trip that's ok too. There are a couple of passages that ...
Costa Rica, North America
English
Cook,
Watch-keeper,
Deckhand,
United States, North America
Sailing Vessel (Cutter), 19.8 meters (65ft)
United States, North America
20-Feb-2012 to 26-Feb-2012 (2 weeks - 4 weeks)
The vessel is a 65 foot Bruce Roberts New York. A big, red, twin-engine, steel surfboard. Cutter rig. Cruises at 8.5 knots on one engine, and 10.5 on both. Electric furling Head sail and stay sail, lazy jacked Main. The boat is 3/4 through a comple...
English, Dutch, German, Polish, Swedish
Watch-keeper,
Deckhand,
Delivery Crew,
United States, North America
showing the first 2 of 1148 total listed Crew profiles:
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43, Female, Non-Smoker
Canadian
21-Feb-2012 to 21-Feb-2013 (1 day - 6 months)
Over the past 10 years I have sailed extensively along the Atlantic Canadian coast and the Eastern US. Other sailing experience has been in the Bahamas as well as two blue ocean voyages; Nova Scotia to Bermuda, Bermuda to Antigua on board a 62' sc...
English
1st Mate / Officer,
Engineer / Mechanic,
Watch-keeper,
Delivery Crew,
Shore-based: Office Administration,
any country
21, Male, Non-Smoker
Mexican
1-Jun-2012 to 10-Jan-2013 (2 days - 5 months)
English, Spanish
Deckhand,
Delivery Crew,
Escort,
Companion / Mate / Partner,
Platonic Friend/Relationship,
any country