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since Jul 2024
last sign in 16 Apr 2025
Owner & Captain/Skipper - always or often aboard
SY - Sailing Yacht, 11.6 m (38 ft), sail, monohull, Jeanneau Sun Shine 38

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viewed 497 times
since Jul 2024
last sign in 16 Apr 2025

Availability after 1 Jun 2025

Embark (Boarding)
must embark after the 1 Jun 2025
Duration
preferably for at least 4 days and for any duration onwards
Disembark
flexible, no specific date

Locations

 Boarding location
Netherlandscrewscene.com - North Holland - 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
Netherlands - same as boarding location
 My current location where I'm in person
Netherlandscrewscene.com - Groningen - visible to Crew members only
 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.

Amsterdam to Brest


Pending (not accurate)
1 Leg
485 nm
7 days
Available: 3 of 3 Crew positions
S: Start2025 Jun 3 Tue
F: Finish2025 Jun 10 Tue
FR crewscene.comBrest
Will probably rest a little bit at Cherbourg

Leg 1

485 nm7 nights
Available: 3 of 3 Crew positions
Depart 2025 Jun 3 Tue
Arrive 2025 Jun 10 Tue
FR crewscene.comBrest 21 Waypoints
End of Itinerary

Cuxhaven to Norderney


Planned (reasonably accurate)
2 Legs
80 nm
1 day
S: Start2024 Aug 17 Sat
F: Finish2024 Aug 18 Sun
DE crewscene.comNorderney Frisian Islands (Germany)

Leg 1

38 nm0 nights
Completed
Depart 2024 Aug 17 Sat
Arrive 2024 Aug 17 Sat
DE crewscene.comHeligoland (town) 5 Waypoints
Stopover 1 night

Leg 2

42 nm0 nights
Completed
Depart 2024 Aug 18 Sun
DE Heligoland (town)
Arrive 2024 Aug 18 Sun
DE crewscene.comNorderney Frisian Islands (Germany)7 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 Finnish
fluent English
Vessel type, make and model
SY Sailing Yacht, Jeanneau Sun Shine 38
Vessel year
1986 built , and no major refit completed in the last 15 years
Vessel main propulsion
sail
Vessel hull type
monohull
Vessel length
11.6 metres (38 ft)
Vessel weight (displacement)
7 tonnes (15,435 lb)
Crew & guests aboard
usually 1 person aboard
Journey
cruising

Crew

Team request
position for individuals or teams
Nationality of crew
anyone
Gender of crew
anyone
Age of crew
preferably between 35 to 55 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 preferably 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   no experience
unpaid
crew is not expecting to be paid

Dear Shipmates

Introduction

Living aboard my sailboat with my dog. Originally from Finland.

About the boat, the plans, and current crew

often messyusually cleancomfortablevery safevessel is survey certifiedusually single handedshare experience

I have made some improvements on the boat and will continue to do so. The age of the boat is visible, but I have all the modern electronics such as AIS, Radar, etc. Also Satellite internet.

What is expected of the crew

easy-goingfit & healthyfriendlyrespectfulrarely/unlikely seasickgood communicatoreager to learn & workopen mindedsense of humordon't mind cleaningcan follow orderswill not bring a pet

I'm comfortable and capable of single-handing the boat. So not much experience is needed.

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