Trans Atlantic

[johnsail]

Have an aquaintance (female, single, 30's and a chef) who has sailed spasmodically over the last few years.

She has time on her hands in October of this year and would very much like to do a Trans Arc. She plans to do Comp crew during the summer.

What web sites or contacts should she explore to secure a berth?

(This is a serious enquiry but no doubt you wags out there will have field day with this one!)



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[snowleopard]

the problem will be sorting the genuine ones from the dirty old men!!

here are a few to try:

http://www.7knots.com/
<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.cruiser.co.za/crewfinder.asp>http://www.cruiser.co.za/crewfinder.asp</A>

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[StellaGirl]

Crewseekers

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[l'escargot]

This is the and companies like <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.formula1sailing.com/raceReg/arc/arc.htm>Formula 1 and <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.challengebusiness.com/events/summary/2004-wcc-arc.htm>Challenge Business</A> enter boats - you get a place at a cost. Otherwise it is try and find someone who is entering and has a spare berth, which is a long shot. Start posting about the forums - particularly the one on the ARC website.

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[blackbeard]

Took part in the 2003 ARC on the Challenge Business boat. Strongly recommended.

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[tcm]

Re: formula 1 oh god

i wd be wary of f1. Seems to be quite lager louty. In the BVI, we lost our dinghy, and as they have a watch on all night every night, on of them retireved it. We fioujnd uit attached to them the next morning, and one of their crew shouted across that he had gone out to get it. Low on supplies i sent over a few bottles of beer or summink as a thankyou as one of the kids swam over to pick it up the next morning. Next day we came across them in soper's hole, and i said thanks again, planning to buy them a drink or settle their bar bill - them finding our dinghy saved us $300 - but before i had a chance we got all sorts of sarky comments - "someone needs to leartn to tie a knot" etc etc which i suppose is fair enough but somewhat inyerface and a poor show, i think. Maybe i just happened across the really rude crew but i wouldn't have wanted to be on that boat...

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[Jeremy_W]

October's an odd time for the trip. The route Westwards from the Canaries peeks at the time of the ARC. Eastbound passages from the State or the Caribbean tend to be earlier in the year. Maybe there are South Africa - Brazil passages.

If her time is strictly delineated (e.g. one job ending in September, the new job starting 1 November, for example) go with a commercial operation. They will start and finish roughly on time. Long-time bluewater cruisers operate on a basis that manana displays an excessive level of urgency: Starting a few days late or staying a couple of extra days in the Azores really doesn't matter too much. A new employer may not be so laid back.

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[Bob]

Someone is looking for crew for an Atlantic crossing now on the crewfinder at: http://cruiserlog.conforums.com/index.cgi

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[snowleopard]

too right about october being an odd time to go. we left the canaries on nov 25 and for the first week we were tracking the progress of a hurricane in the caribbean. i wouldn't want to arrive there before 1st dec. sadly weather seasons are no respecters of our work schedules.

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