Is anyone looking for yacht crew?
Thanks!
Answers:
There is a monthly magazine called Spin Sheet that is specific to the Chesapeake that lists yachts with the ned of crew and crew looking for yachts. I am sure that there are similar magazines in other areas.
Contact John Goode at Southern Sailing School in Southampton for some very professional advice.
Mike
Yachtmaster
If you look in the back of any sailing magazines there is often alot of places for delivery crew . This would be a good way to get started as it is often free and they don't mind if you have no experience.
Or you could try on the Internet and look up the Yacht crew agents . If you have the cash you could go classics racing in the Med or over in the Caribbean . Great fun and you can learn so much.
I started out getting a job on a 70 classic schooner in the med .That was ten years ago and I have been all over the world.
If you ave the time and are serious then get a few tickets first . Your STCW95 is the most commonly asked for one these days . after that the world is your playground.
Good luck and happy sailing.
If you want to become professional yacht crew (ie. you get paid to be crew), you will need a Yachtmaster certificate from the MCA. The Royal Yachting Association (RYA) is authorized to give training classes and test for this.
Alternately, if you just want to sail around and have fun, there are lots of people needing crew, especially for open ocean voyages. Often, they like younger, unexperienced people because they are trainable, and because they have had a lot of recent practice staying up all night!
The magazine Latitude 38, based in the San Francisco area, has a great crew list for many parts of the world. You can advertise there, or contact skippers from their list.
Another thing you can do is "walk the docks" where the cruisers hang out--at the marinas where they leave. Be friendly and helpful, and ask the skippers if they or anyone they know of need crew. For example, every November, there is a large contingent of yachts leaving from the Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands heading to the Caribbean. This event is called the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC). (see web site below) There is another one heading east to Europe again in the spring called the ARC Europe. Those are not the only ones you can join, but they are likely candidates because there are so many boats leaving.
Also, more locally, just walk the docks at your local marina on weekends. Any sailing experience, even if it is just day sailing, is a good thing.
Have fun!
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