TIA,
Rob
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Oakland, CA
If you are not secure in the answer to any of the above start easy and work
up. Two week offshore passages can be great adventures - they can also be
two weeks of unmitigated hell. The Orange Coast folk offer weekend deals as
well as protected initial cruises. Get comfortable with a bad three day
cruise - then try a couple of weeks - maybe go for a crew spot on the Baha
haha. Then maybe an off shore leg on the Eagle or the Mahina Tiare III.
Jim - Who likes watchs on stormy nights - a severe personality flaw.
"Rob Gendreau" <rob_ge...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Cheapest way to get experience is to hang around marinas and try
hitch-hiking. (God I love those people who spent all their lives in
business earning enough money to buy a BIG boat--and then discovered
they needed crew to help run it.) Buy yourself some high quality
foul weather gear, a good sheath knife, and a floppy canvas sun hat.
Then just appear eager and flexible relative to scheduling. Cruising
boats sometimes need extra hand just for a long passage. Be prepared
to have/prove you have airfare home. And read everything you can about
sailing--so you at least know the vocabulary.
I've been paid to crew, chipped in for groceries (trans Atlantic) and
gone for free (all I could eat and drink on one trip).
Allan
"He who would go to sea for pleasure, would go to Hell for a pastime."