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Delivery skipper?
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09/22/2015 09:31 PM
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Posts: 847 Redmond, WA
MrEZgoin
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I may be in need of someone to help me deliver my boat from St. Lucia to Tortola. Probably in October or as late as early November. Any recommendations?
Any experienced amateurs interested in a free one-way cruise?
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Re: Delivery skipper?
[Re: MrEZgoin]
#68776
09/23/2015 03:46 AM
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You should find someone on here who can help. I used to offer 'down island' trips regularly on TTOL in the past and never had any problems getting crew. You are coming the right way so that helps! If you don't get an offer in a few days I can provide contact details for a few crew members including amateur skippers who've done the trip previously.
I'd like to help but I'm stuck in the UK for the foreseeable future.
P.S. What's the boat?
Last edited by Jeannius; 09/23/2015 03:49 AM.
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Re: Delivery skipper?
[Re: Jeannius]
#68777
09/23/2015 11:34 AM
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Thanks, should have mentioned the boat:
Jenneau 36i sail mono, fresh out of phase-out.
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Re: Delivery skipper?
[Re: warren460]
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09/23/2015 02:31 PM
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The thought has occurred to me, but wife is opposed to the idea (and can't go). Maybe as a last resort I can convince her, but I need to explore other options first.
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Re: Delivery skipper?
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09/23/2015 07:45 PM
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warren460 said: If you depart St Marteen early enough, could avoid that overnight too. Depending if your waiting for the bridge to open and the weather. But yes it could be done.
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Re: Delivery skipper?
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09/23/2015 10:50 PM
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The only reason to move it "immediately" (October or November) is so I that I'm already heading to St. Lucia for the handover. I could store it there for a while, but then I'd have to make another trip to move it. We've chartered end of October without major incident... News has been calling for an early end to the hurricane season.
Insurance could be an issue... fleet coverage through Sunsail will end at handover, and the current plan is to sign with Conch before moving the boat and be covered under their fleet coverage for the trip. Peter at Conch didn't voice any objections...
I'm totally open to being told why what I'm planning is a bad idea...
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Re: Delivery skipper?
[Re: sail445]
#68786
09/24/2015 10:16 AM
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sail445 said:warren460 said: If you depart St Marteen early enough, could avoid that overnight too. Depending if your waiting for the bridge to open and the weather. But yes it could be done. Just don't be in the lagoon. Easy to leave Simpson Bay in the dark.
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Re: Delivery skipper?
[Re: Zanshin]
#68787
09/24/2015 10:21 AM
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I have no problem taking a week or two for the trip. Looking at the number of passages, it seems a week would be fairly rushed and two would give some time for down days or weather.
I would probably prefer to sail overnight to the risk of arriving after dark. Having mostly chartered up to now, my night sailing experience is limited to my ASA 105 course, but I think I would totally enjoy it in suitable conditions.
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Re: Delivery skipper?
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11/27/2015 09:01 PM
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Just so you can all breathe a collective sigh of relief :-) the boat is now safely in Road Town and we are already looking forward to our next visit in February.
The passage from St. Lucia was... interesting... engine problems meant we had to sail pretty much the entire distance and hand-steer to conserve batteries, etc.
Being boarded by the Dutch CG was fun too.
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