Take the Safety at Sea course. It is invaluable and makes you much more attractive as a crew member.
Have the proper gear - foulies, boots, gloves, inflatable PFD with harness and tether, headlight, water bottle, coffee mug Do some overnight cruising, even if a cruise to nowhere. Get used to a 3 hour watch in the middle of the night. Steer by compass or instrument with no reference point other than a star or two. Try to do some deliveries. Racers often need return crew, so get on crew boards for distance races. Sail in conditions you would avoid. You don't get to choose your weather on day 4 or 14 of an ocean voyage. Get comfortable with 30 knot winds and 8 foot seas. Remember, forces go up exponentially as wind doubles. Joel On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 1:20 PM, Jean-Francois J Rivard via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > I would go around the local sailing clubs and figure out who's a pro > delivery captn' They are often looking for crew. Typical deal: You pay your > way to and form the boat, you "work" for free but you get the experience > you want. > > Best of luck. > > Regards, > Francois Rivard > 1990 34+ "Take Five" > Lake Lanier, GA > > > > > My recent trip to Tofino and the west coast of Vancouver Island has > convinced me I want to do more offshore passages, and eventually cross > oceans. I have a fair amount of experience sailing around Puget Sound/San > Juans/etc. and feel like I?d be fairly useful addition to most crews. > > If you had very little offshore sailing experience and had set a goal of > sailing to or from Hawaii within the next 1-3 years (crewing on somebody > else?s boat), how would you go about it? > > -- > Andrew Means > S.V. Safari - 1977 C&C 34 Mk I > Seattle, WA > > > _______________________________________________ > > This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you > like what we do, please help us pay for our costs by donating. All > Contributions are greatly appreciated! > > -- Joel 301 541 8551
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