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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 (initial departure) to the end (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 (fairly 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 2024 Antarctic Expedition or 2024 Italy Family Torn, 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.
Charter in San Blas islands for 6 months
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Vessel
What are the language proficiency levels?
Crew
Lifestyle
Experience
Position
Recreational generally unpaid positions, or contributing towards some agreed expenses
Hostess / Steward some experience
Crew any experience
Shorebased working or training from or based on a shore or land
Shorebased: Day work any experience
Dear Shipmates
Introduction
Hi. My name is John. I am from the mountains of Colorado. I bought my sailboat about 1.5 years ago in Trinidad. I sailed the windward island for a few months and then crossed the Caribbean to Panama. I have landed in San blas islands and absolutely love it here. Really wonderful and mostly younger sailors and crew. I am going to be here for about six months. Then possibly Columbia to get away from the lightning, or possibly get going across the pacific. I plan to sail all the way around but I am not in a rush. I plan to charter my boat here in San Blas. I need to earn Some money along the way. That’s what I could use some help with. Usually about two or 3 charters per month. Charters are usually between 2-6 days. I would pay for all food expenses during those times. Depending on the charter business’s success I’d be open to sharing the profits should a long term partnership be a possibility. Time off of charter time, they’d need to share for some food expenses but nothing else. I cover boat costs and fuel. Most of time, myself and the other captains and crew and families enjoy sailing around the beautiful islands and have bonfires on the beach and go spearfishing and snorkeling and yoga and whatever seems like a good time. While not at play we all take charters seriously because that’s the only way to make a little money here. So you’ll have that opportunity too.
About the boat, the plans, and current crew
usually cleancomfortablevery safevessel is survey certifiedusually single handedlive on little moneyshare experiencevisit remote placesseek adventurefulfill a dreamlearn a languageface challengesfind a soulmate/partnerlive off the gridmulticultural
What is expected of the crew
clean & tidyeasy-goingfit & healthyfriendlyrespectfultrustworthyconfident swimmerrarely/unlikely seasickgood communicatortravel light (little luggage)eager to learn & workpolitepositive outlookopen mindedsense of humorcan pay own expensesready to partyenjoy cookingdon't mind cleaningwill not bring a bicycleharmony
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