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since Jul 2014
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since Jul 2014
last sign in 26 minutes ago
Owner & Captain/Skipper - always or often aboard
SV - Sailing Vessel, 16.6 m (54 ft), sail, monohull, Passport Vista 545 AC

Availability ready now

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

Locations

 Boarding location
New Zealandcrewscene.com - Northland - 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
Tongacrewscene.com - Vava'u - visible to Crew members only
this destination is around 2,217 km from the boarding location
 My current location where I'm in person
New Zealandcrewscene.com - same as boarding location
 Home Port of Registry (registered vessel)
United Statescrewscene.com - New Mexico - visible to Premium Crew

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 Vista 545 AC
Vessel year
2014 built
Vessel main propulsion
sail
Vessel hull type
monohull
Vessel length
16.6 metres (54 ft)
Vessel weight (displacement)
20 tonnes (44,100 lb)
Crew & guests aboard
usually 2 people aboard
Journey
passage or cruising

Crew

Team request
position for individuals or teams
Nationality of crew
anyone
Gender of crew
anyone
Age of crew
preferably between 21 to 70 years of age
Height of crew
any
Weight of crew
any

Lifestyle

Eating
Anyone and aboard an unrestricted diet is preferred
Drinking
Anyone and aboard any or no drinking is fine
Smoking
Preferably non-smokers and aboard there is strictly no smoking

Experience

Coastal/Ocean sea time
preferably crew with at least 4.3 weeks spent at sea
Coastal/Ocean sea miles
none required

Position

Recreational    generally unpaid positions, or contributing towards some agreed expenses

positions available
preferably for
 Deckhand   no experience
 Watch-keeper   any experience
 Cook   some experience
unpaid
crew is not expecting to be paid

Dear Shipmates

Introduction

UPDATE: After a great season cruising the Sea of Cortez, crossing the Pacific to the Marquesas and spending time there, the Tuamotus, Tahiti and other south pacific islands, I will be heading to New Zealand in mid-November for cyclone season.

March 2024, I plan to resume visiting more islands but don’t have a definite plan, yet.

__________

After a career in the high tech world, I semi-retired several years ago with the plan to travel on my boat and see the world. So far, the plan is working well and I enjoy sailing and exploring new places. After cruising the Florida keys, the east coast of the US and Long Island Sound, I headed to the Caribbean to check it out and never came back.

Now, I would like to see more of the world and have moved up to a larger sailboat to cross bigger oceans.

I am relatively fit and enjoy an active lifestyle including scuba diving and hiking. In the past, I've put my boat in storage during hurricane season and spent time in the deserts of the US west.

About the boat, the plans, and current crew

usually cleancomfortablevery safeshare experiencevisit remote placesseek adventurelive off the grid

I've been living on a sailboat off and on since 2009. Always considering safety first, I like a relaxed, fun environment and exploring new places/

After cruising the east coast of the US from Florida to Long Island Sound, I sailed to the Caribbean and the boat never came back to the US. In 2013, I decided I wanted to leave the Caribbean for longer voyages and had a semi-custom blue water boat built. After commissioning the new boat in 2014, I cruised the east coast again then went back to the Caribbean and eventually to Panama and transited the canal. My cruising plans had to be put on hold for a couple of years so I brought the boat to San Diego.

I am now ready to continue voyaging and am in the process of getting the boat ready to leave San Diego around the 1st of the year with the intent of heading south to the Sea of Cortez, cruise there for a few months then head across the pacific to the Marquesas and spend a lot of time island hopping in the south pacific ducking south as necessary to avoid monsoon season.

The boat is a 2014 Passport 545 Aft Cockpit and is explicitly designed and outfitted for blue water voyaging with state of the art electronics (GPS, AIS, HD Radar,auto pilot, SSB, VHF, sat phone, etc.). Since I prefer anchoring out most of the time, the boat is pretty self-sufficient with 550W of solar panels, a backup diesel generator and Cape Horn Xtreme watermaker. There is AC but that requires either being in a marina or running the generator. Because the boat is well-ventilated with several fans, the AC usually isn't needed even in the tropics.

What is expected of the crew

clean & tidyeasy-goingenthusiasticfit & healthytravel light (little luggage)eager to learn & workopen mindedenjoy cookingdon't mind cleaning

All that is required is a love of sailing and voyaging and being comfortable on a boat. Most of the duties will be standing watch, helping with cooking and keeping the yacht ship-shape.

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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