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Where to find a boat to take you on an ocean crossing. Shorthanded passagemakers are eager to take on useful crew. List of popular routes, ports and times of the year.
[Cruising World, February 1998]
Account of a paid bluewater crew passage from Newport to Bermuda. 5 pages with list of organizations offering passage berths around the world.
[Sail Magazine, February 2001]
Why you might want to act as crew on a cruising boat, both the obvious reasons and some less obvious.
[Sail Jazz, Mount Pleasant, SC, USA]
Here are Crew Available and Crew Wanted lists which a cruising sailor can search by type of sailing, geography, rig type, and other criteria.
[7knots Marine Services, Port Alberni, BC, Canada]
Where to be at the right time to find a crew berth. A rough guide to the movement of cruising yachts around the world.
[Cruiser Log, USA]
On-line forum regarding cruising areas. Includes local facts and descriptions, charter information, crew available and wanted, Questions and answers format. No search.
[The Sailing Company, Middletown, RI, USA]
Brief grab bag of tips and checklists for picking the right boat and skipper to crew with.
[Bill Dietrich, USA]
Two unmoderated forums on finding crew / finding crewing berths. Useful, but caveat emptor when it comes to joining strangers on a cruising boat.
[Usenet, USA]
Listings for both paid and unpaid positions. A recent look showed about 100 berths available along many of the world′s cruising routes, with about twice that many crew looking for berths.
[The Float Plan, Yellow Springs, OH, USA]
A listing of cruising skippers wanting crew, with short descriptions and e-mail addresses. Also a page for crew offering their services.
[Floatplan.com, Yellow Springs, OH, USA]At any given time, there are at least 1,000 boats girdling the globe.
Lars Hassler
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