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Crew needed - Bermuda to BVI!

Posted By: maytrix

Crew needed - Bermuda to BVI! - 11/21/2019 11:58 PM

Our boat is in Bermuda with a planned departure of November 25th to head to the BVI. Looking for at least one additional crew. This is on a Beneteau Oceanis 43. If you want to get offshore experience and build your sea time this is a great opportunity. If interested, please contact Gina - sail@swainsailing.com

Thanks!
Posted By: sail445

Re: Crew needed - Bermuda to BVI! - 11/22/2019 12:07 AM

Originally Posted by maytrix
Our boat is in Bermuda with a planned departure of November 25th to head to the BVI. Looking for at least one additional crew. This is on a Beneteau Oceanis 43. If you want to get offshore experience and build your sea time this is a great opportunity. If interested, please contact Gina - sail@swainsailing.com

Thanks!

That the almost winter. Good luck finding crew
Posted By: warren460

Re: Crew needed - Bermuda to BVI! - 11/22/2019 04:17 AM

You can contact offshore passage opportunities. Hank May help.
Posted By: maytrix

Re: Crew needed - Bermuda to BVI! - 11/22/2019 01:59 PM

Originally Posted by warren460
You can contact offshore passage opportunities. Hank May help.


Thanks
Posted By: UncleLuff

Re: Crew needed - Bermuda to BVI! - 11/22/2019 03:19 PM

Would love to but alas, family, job, etc... A little more notice and I could of made this work. Curious though how long is the sail from Bermuda to BVI?
Posted By: Winterstale

Re: Crew needed - Bermuda to BVI! - 11/22/2019 05:44 PM

The 25th is only three days away...the airfare only will kill anyone at this time of year! Hope you find crew! My husband would have loved to do this with more notice!
Posted By: maytrix

Re: Crew needed - Bermuda to BVI! - 11/22/2019 09:17 PM

Yeah, we're going to cover travel expenses. Wish we had more notice, but an issue caused the initial crew to have to return to BVI for a repair and then that delayed things where they couldn't stay. Wish I had the time to go as well. Too much else going on though.

Trip takes about a week.
Posted By: sail445

Re: Crew needed - Bermuda to BVI! - 11/22/2019 11:34 PM

Originally Posted by maytrix
Yeah, we're going to cover travel expenses. Wish we had more notice, but an issue caused the initial crew to have to return to BVI for a repair and then that delayed things where they couldn't stay. Wish I had the time to go as well. Too much else going on though.

Trip takes about a week.

Try and get a crew company and wait for a for a weather window and have them come down.
On a Beneteau Oceania you have to make sure your not Slamming to weather to much because it’s a fast boat and tends to slam going to weather in high winds and seas.
Posted By: warren460

Re: Crew needed - Bermuda to BVI! - 11/23/2019 02:15 AM

Have you considered a delivery company ?

We used denismarineservices@gmail.com a couple times
Posted By: GlennA

Re: Crew needed - Bermuda to BVI! - 11/24/2019 11:19 AM

Sorry i have not been on the last few days but this would have been a no brainer. Just pulled the latest GRIBs and ran a quick routing. Departing Town Cut afternoon on the 25th it will be a 4 and a half day run. Maybe 16 hours motoring the first day then beam reach in 12-16 kn gradually changing to 15-18 kn off the port quarter and finish into JVD on a dead run in 12 kn. Could not ask for a better sail.
Posted By: maytrix

Re: Crew needed - Bermuda to BVI! - 11/24/2019 03:47 PM

Originally Posted by warren460
Have you considered a delivery company ?

We used denismarineservices@gmail.com a couple times


This is the second year the trip has been made and the last (at least while we own her). On the past trips both from BVI to RI and the return trip it has been done as an offshore course. It just didn't work out that way this year and we're pretty much hands off as we don't have time to manage it.

Fortunately we did get a crew put together so they'll depart Tuesday morning.
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