Best way to find crew...?

Buy something you can handle on your own. It is an oft spoken maxim that the smaller the boat the greater the fun. A colleague at work with a leisure 17 got more seatime in than most guys with 36 footers. It'd sail on a bit of spit. Dry out comfortably and he moored it at the bottom of his garden (OK NOT an option in central Manchester but when you live on the shores of chichester harbour......)
 
Joining a sailing club could help. You will get the chance to recruit crew and spend time with them socially prior to inviting them on to your boat.

The big boat owners at my club have no problems getting crew together from the ranks of the dinghy sailors.
 
Yea thinking about joining chichester, maybe, but i really know i wont use it.
Do u think they will just allow my to post an advert up?
 
Join an active club and spread it about you want to go racing.... that's if you don't mind paying lots of bills and having your boat wrecked.
 
If you filled in your profile, people would know where in the country you are and may even contact you and ask.
 
size is not a major concern in terms of ability to singlehand. Any boat can be set up for this, but you do need to have appropriate equipment (Joyons last round the world singlehanded was 90ft long!)

I go out on my own quite frequently.
 
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Everyone seem's to have a hard time to find crew.
What's the best tactics? Discuss?


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ISTR that the late Sir Peter Blake decided that breeding his own was the best way.

Alas, the problem with that approach is that for the first couple of years you are effectively single-handing, and <hint> find oneself looking to crew on other folks boats </hint> for something more adventurous than an afternoon's pootle[0] around Chi harbour before SWMBO declares that her+son&heir have had enough, and that they want to go home...

rgds
[0] That sounds a bit mobo - donno - 'drift' doesn't quite have the right connotations for us.
 
Personally I can sail, alone, with no difficulty whatsoever. Comming alongside, however, mooring to pontoons and picking up buoys (hello sailor) still present the occasional problem.... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
I have a hard time I think because I don't spend enough time in UK to keep contacts going.

There are many who want to crew - but you have to find via club notice boards etc.

AS you've probably noticed - I have had trouble on a number of occasions to get crew - because of above and also the dates I want them ! Many are working, other family committments / holidays etc.

I think the best way is to get friendly with a club or similar ...

As to the forums - let's be honest there are not that many on here that don't have their own boat ..... and we all want to sail our own tub !

I can say this though - I have not had any experience with strangers on my boat - as a result of asking for crew - that I have not enjoyed. And I think I can say that they in turn have had a good time while on board ...
 
I had difficulty coming alongside as well, until I bought a bosco boat hook, and developed a simple method that allows me to come alongside and hook on without leaving the cockpit, then with the engine still running ahead, this hold the boat alongside, so I can finish the securing of the mooring ropes at my leisure.
 
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