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[Bach]

LAST MINUTE:
CROSSING THE OCEAN FROM TENERIFE TO BARBADOS ON A SWAN 57, PRICE PP 1250 EURO
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[Ishmael]

Hell, I'd do it for free, but I'll take the paycheck. Where do I sign up?

[savoir]

Calling Mr Dawg, calling Mr Dawg . . . . . Thread Kill needed over in Cruising Anarchy

[Five Guys Named Moe]

that's funny

[Caca Cabeza]

Hmm. Swan owner wanting a delivery on the cheap?

In November?

I smell insurance.

[us7070]

Hmm. Swan owner wanting a delivery on the cheap?

In November?

I smell insurance.

that route is always done in the winter - that's when the trade winds start to blow.

If he were in the ARC, he could get that kind of money..., but for a regular delivery - I don't think so.

[islandplanet]

Obviously someone who has more boat than he can afford to own. A paying crew could be quite costly.

[us7070]

Obviously someone who has more boat than he can afford to own. A paying crew could be quite costly.

This kind of thing is pretty common in Europe - boats are basically run as businesses, and constantly have paying crew aboard.

In fact, this exact boat may previously have been in the same business under a different owner.

There were two Swan 57's doing this kind of business for a number of years - both did the ARC, then a Caribbean circuit, then back to Europe for the summer - every year. I'm pretty sure one of the boats was sold within the last year.

European sailors don't have the aversion to paying for a spot on a boat, in the same way American sailors do. It's considered perfectly acceptable as a vacation, or a way to get miles.

That's another difference - for various certifications, at least in the UK, you need to have a certain number of offshore miles, and they are pretty rigorous about it. Little books get signed by skippers at the end of a voyage, and so on.

American sailors basically don't get certifications, and only keep an informal record of their miles.

These businesses are a way for aspiring sailors to get their needed offshore miles.