My Notes
Availability after 1 Jul 2025
Locations
- Tuamotu-Gambier Islands - visible to Crew members only - Tuamotu-Gambier Islands - visible to Crew members only - Tuamotu-Gambier Islands - visible to Crew members only - New Mexico - visible to Premium CrewItineraries
What are itineraries, routes, legs, stopovers, and waypoints?
- An itinerary is a route divided into legs showing the planned locations and dates of the main stopovers from the start (S) (initial departure) to the finish (F) (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 (reasonably 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:
- Name your itinerary with a short and clear title, such as 2025 Antarctic Expedition or 2025 Italy Family Cruise, that is descriptive, easy to remember, and simple to refer to in conversations.
- 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.
- Next, add each leg of the significant stopovers by date and location.
- 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.
New Zealand - Tahiti - Tuamotus - other FP islands
Avatoru Rangiroa Atoll
Leg 1
Leg 2
Vessel
Crew
Lifestyle
Experience
Position
Recreational generally unpaid positions, or contributing towards some agreed expenses
Deckhand no experience
Watch-keeper any experience
Cook some experience
Dear Shipmates
Introduction
Since 2014, I have been a full-time liveaboard on this boat cruising the east coast of the US, the Caribbean, through the Panama Canal, a bit on the west coast of the US, Mexico/Sea of Cortez, then in 2023, across the pacific to the Marquesas and other south pacific islands ending up in New Zealand in December 2023. After spending a year in New Zealand and refitting the boat a bit, we sailed from New Zealand back to French Polynesia in March 2025 where we’ll spend a year cruising and exploring.
Jane, my partner, is relatively new to sailing so we think it would be nice to have some crew as we continue the adventure to help bridge the gap as she gains experience.
I like to run a no-drama, fun boat but safety is always paramount. Ideal crew would have a great outlook on life, know how to laugh as well as enjoying more serious discussions and enjoy the journey as much as the destination. Ideally, anyone joining us will enjoy the “getting there” as much as the “being there”.
About the boat, the plans, and current crew
usually cleancomfortablevery safeshare experiencevisit remote placesseek adventurelive off the grid
We secured long-stay visas for French Polynesia and will be cruising here until March 2026. We especially enjoy the more remote, less inhabited islands like the Tuamotus but also plan to visit the more common cruising grounds of Tahiti, Moore’s, Raita, and Bora Bora.
The boat is set up for extended off-grid living and we prefer to have crew that appreciates the simpler lifestyle and the necessary compromises of being in the more remote anchorages. There are two paddleboards available for use and we enjoy snorkeling the reefs with the occasional shore excursion.
We both enjoy cooking and eating a healthy diet but realize we need to compromise when away from grocery stores for an extended period. We have had people with restricted diets on board and, though they claim it won’t be problem, have found it to be an extra hassle that doesn’t fit with the remote lifestyle.
The boat is a Bob Perry designed 2014 Passport Vista 545 Aft Cockpit, the first Passport Vista 545 Aft Cockpit built by Passport Yachts and Cruising World's 2016 "Boat of the Year", as well as the 2016 “Best Full-Size Cruiser Over 50 feet”. She was conceived as a voyaging yacht for short-handed crew and is explicitly designed and outfitted for blue water voyaging with state-of-the-art electronics (GPS, AIS, HD Radar, auto pilot, Starlink, SSB, VHF, etc.). Since we prefer anchoring out most of the time, the boat is pretty self-sufficient with ~1500W of solar panels, a backup diesel generator, and Cape Horn Xtreme watermaker.
What is expected of the crew
clean & tidyeasy-goingenthusiasticfit & healthytravel light (little luggage)eager to learn & workopen mindedenjoy cookingdon't mind cleaning
I like to have fun and enjoy the occasional happy hour but this is definitely not a party boat. Illegal drugs are not acceptable.
So if you're trying to build time or just want the experience of a longer sailing passage, let me know.
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