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since Nov 2021
last sign in 10 Apr 2025
Owner & Captain/Skipper - always or often aboard
SY - Sailing Yacht, 10 m (33 ft), sail, catamaran, Edel Cat 33

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viewed 1,095 times
since Nov 2021
last sign in 10 Apr 2025

Availability ready now

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

Locations

 Boarding location
Finlandcrewscene.com - Uusimaa - visible to Crew members only
Your boarding area is ? within this vessel's boarding location
and the Crew is preferably within Finland
Your current location is around ? away from this location
 Destination planned to take the vessel next
Spaincrewscene.com - Islas Baleares - visible to Crew members only
this destination is around 2,899 km from the boarding location
 My current location where I'm in person
Finlandcrewscene.com - same as boarding location
 Home Port of Registry (registered vessel)
Finlandcrewscene.com - Uusimaa - visible to Premium Crew

Itineraries

  • 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:

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Next, add each leg of the significant stopovers by date and location.
  4. 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.

Helsinki (Finland) to Helgoland (Germany) and back


Pending (not accurate)
1 Leg
754 nm
30 days
Available: 2 of 2 Crew positions
S: Start2025 Jun 1 Sun
F: Finish2025 Jul 1 Tue
The plan for this summer is to sail from Finland to Helgoland and back. Along the way, there are numerous beautiful islands in Finland, Estonia, Sweden, and Denmark.

I have 2-3 months time for the trip. The starting date is somehow flexible, preferably during a suitable weather window in the beginning of June.

If you are interested in participating in some way or another, please let me know in good time beforehand :-)

Leg 1

754 nm30 nights
Available: 2 of 2 Crew positions
Depart 2025 Jun 1 Sun
Arrive 2025 Jul 1 Tue
DE crewscene.comHeligoland (town) 20 Waypoints
End of Itinerary

Vessel

Languages spoken aboard
native
speaking natively like a local without a noticeable foreign accent
fluent
speaking fluently with an extensive vocabulary, but with a foreign accent
competent
speaking competently with a solid vocabulary on almost any topic
elementary
speaking enough to get by, but may get lost in a conversation
learning
not speaking the language, but learned enough to say simple sentences
not proficient
may know a few words, but cannot form sentences or ask questions
native German
fluent English, Finnish, French
competent Spanish
Vessel type, make and model
SY Sailing Yacht, Edel Cat 33
Vessel year
2009 built, and most recent major refit completed in 2020
Vessel main propulsion
sail
Vessel hull type
catamaran
Vessel length
10 metres (33 ft)
Vessel weight (displacement)
3 tonnes (6,615 lb)
Crew & guests aboard
usually 2 people aboard
Journey
cruising

Crew

Team request
position preferably for individuals, but teams may apply
Nationality of crew
anyone
Gender of crew
position for female crew only
Age of crew
preferably over 30 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
Preferably non-smokers and  aboard there is strictly no smoking

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
contribute
- visible to Free & Premium members only
crew to pay an agreed share towards some expenses

Dear Shipmates

Introduction

I am an active sailor living in Helsinki/Finland, sailing on my 33ft Edel Catamaran. I appreciate respecting the nature, prefer anchoring in natural spots rather than visiting marinas. My boat is more or less self-sufficient in energy (electric propulsion / solar energy).

I've been sailing since 1980. First, on Swiss lakes and since 1989, on the Baltic Sea on catamarans or trimarans, more rarely on monohulls. A lot of racing and cruising. One North-Atlantic crossing (west to east) on a 40 foot catamaran. International Certificate for Operators of Pleasure Craft, CEVNI, sailed over 25.000 nautical miles.

About the boat, the plans, and current crew

usually cleancomfortablevessel is survey certifiedlive on little moneyhave a holidayshare experiencevisit remote placesseek adventurefulfill a dreamlearn a languagefind a soulmate/partnerlive off the grid

I am planning a trip around Europe in the near future, aiming exploring Europes west-coast in detail and spending the winter in the Med before returning north. Approximately 1.5 years duration. And before that trip, I sail on the Baltic Sea, Finland, Baltic countries, Sweden, Denmark, Poland, Germany.

When living on the boat, my office is with me and normally I do not have to work a lot.

In addition to sailing and the sea, important things in my life are radical honesty, responsibility, safe communication, deepness, self-development, music, piano playing, lindy-hop and blues dance, touch, presence in the moment, curiosity and playfulness, independent choices.

I speak German, Finnish, English, French and Spanish.

What is expected of the crew

clean & tidycommittedeasy-goingenthusiasticfit & healthyfriendlyrespectfultrustworthyconfident swimmerrarely/unlikely seasickgood communicatorpoliteLGBTIQA+ respectfulopen mindedsense of humorcan pay own expensesdon't mind cleaningcan follow ordersharmony

If you love the sea, sailing and exploring new places, that's already a good starting point. Sailling experience would be great, but not required (assuming you are interested in learning). In addition, if you like music, singing, playing and instrument or even dancing, then we might have really a lot in common.

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