Crew Wanted: Possible crew position available

[domander]

In February 2016, I'll be departing Panama for the South Pacific and ending in New Zealand in November. I'm testing the waters now to see if there is any interest out there to join the boat, but cannot at this time promise a spot on board. I will know more as time goes on. Once a plan is established you can count on it.

The itinerary is: Galapagos, Easter Island, Pitcairn, Gambiers, Tuamotus, Society Islands. Then Cook Islands, Niue, Tonga and New Zealand. Generally speaking, you are free to join and leave the boat at any point on the voyage. There's the possibility of a week long "shake down" cruise for serious applicants to see if we're compatible.

From Tahiti onwards you may be the only other crew member, or may be crewing with me and my wife. She is not a big fan of ocean passages, so her coming along is still uncertain. I am most desirous of having you for the part after Tahiti, as that is when I may most need an extra set of hands, both for practical reasons as well as for my insurance requirements.

Before Tahiti you could be part of a 3 to 5 person crew including me. There's no pay and no fee required. You just help with the food expenses and generally pay your own way as far as airfare and incidentals. From Tahiti onward you'd most likely have your own cabin.

This is the first part of a circumnavigation, and if things work out well there is the possibility of you continuing through Fiji, New Caledonia, Australia, southern Indian Ocean, South Africa, and on to Grenada.

I'm a 61 year old retired Fire Chief from Toronto, and have been single handing in the eastern Caribbean, Turks and Caicos, Bahamas and along the eastern coast of the USA for more than 2 years. My boat, Prince Diamond, is a 2006 Bénéteau 423, and is outfitted well, including AIS, radar, water-maker etc. Anyone who is curious can check out my blog at The Adventures of PRINCE DIAMOND . Looking forward to your comments!

[jmellone]

Originally Posted by domander

In February 2016, I'll be departing Panama for the South Pacific and ending in New Zealand in November. I'm testing the waters now to see if there is any interest out there to join the boat, but cannot at this time promise a spot on board. I will know more as time goes on. Once a plan is established you can count on it.

The itinerary is: Galapagos, Easter Island, Pitcairn, Gambiers, Tuamotus, Society Islands. Then Cook Islands, Niue, Tonga and New Zealand. Generally speaking, you are free to join and leave the boat at any point on the voyage. There's the possibility of a week long "shake down" cruise for serious applicants to see if we're compatible.

From Tahiti onwards you may be the only other crew member, or may be crewing with me and my wife. She is not a big fan of ocean passages, so her coming along is still uncertain. I am most desirous of having you for the part after Tahiti, as that is when I may most need an extra set of hands, both for practical reasons as well as for my insurance requirements.

Before Tahiti you could be part of a 3 to 5 person crew including me. There's no pay and no fee required. You just help with the food expenses and generally pay your own way as far as airfare and incidentals. From Tahiti onward you'd most likely have your own cabin.

This is the first part of a circumnavigation, and if things work out well there is the possibility of you continuing through Fiji, New Caledonia, Australia, southern Indian Ocean, South Africa, and on to Grenada.

I'm a 61 year old retired Fire Chief from Toronto, and have been single handing in the eastern Caribbean, Turks and Caicos, Bahamas and along the eastern coast of the USA for more than 2 years. My boat, Prince Diamond, is a 2006 Bénéteau 423, and is outfitted well, including AIS, radar, water-maker etc. Anyone who is curious can check out my blog at The Adventures of PRINCE DIAMOND . Looking forward to your comments!

Hello Brian Domander

My name is Joseph Mellone and I currently live in Hawaii. I'm a very capable person, familiar with ocean and boating for the balance of my life (I’m 54 years old), but have not had the opportunity to crew on a sailboat. I would be very interested in providing service to you as crew for your continued journey.

I have interest in the south pacific as an author and explorer and am looking for an opportunity to experience this part of the globe from Galapagos west.

I’m currently self employed as a software developer, writer and skilled in the trades (electrical, plumbing, carpentry, landscaping, etc.) and reside specifically on Maui, HI.

As your plans mature and if you are interested in interviewing me further, please contact me by email jmellone@sebagosoftware.com or via this forum.


Thank you for your time.

Sincerely,

Joseph Mellone

[Blusailn]

[QUOTE=domander;1810300]In February 2016, I'll be departing Panama for the South Pacific and ending in New Zealand in November. I'm testing the waters now to see if there is any interest out there to join the boat, but cannot at this time promise a spot on board. I will know more as time goes on. Once a plan is established you can count on it.

The itinerary is: Galapagos, Easter Island, Pitcairn, Gambiers, Tuamotus, Society Islands. Then Cook Islands, Niue, Tonga and New Zealand. Generally speaking, you are free to join and leave the boat at any point on the voyage. There's the possibility of a week long "shake down" cruise for serious applicants to see if we're compatible.

From Tahiti onwards you may be the only other crew member, or may be crewing with me and my wife. She is not a big fan of ocean passages, so her coming along is still uncertain. I am most desirous of having you for the part after Tahiti, as that is when I may most need an extra set of hands, both for practical reasons as well as for my insurance requirements.

Before Tahiti you could be part of a 3 to 5 person crew including me. There's no pay and no fee required. You just help with the food expenses and generally pay your own way as far as airfare and incidentals. From Tahiti onward you'd most likely have your own cabin.

This is the first part of a circumnavigation, and if things work out well there is the possibility of you continuing through Fiji, New Caledonia, Australia, southern Indian Ocean, South Africa, and on to Grenada.

I'm a 61 year old retired Fire Chief from Toronto, and have been single handing in the eastern Caribbean, Turks and Caicos, Bahamas and along the eastern coast of the USA for more than 2 years. My boat, Prince Diamond, is a 2006 Bénéteau 423, and is outfitted well, including AIS, radar, water-maker etc. Anyone who is curious can check out my blog at The Adventures of PRINCE DIAMOND . Looking forward to your comments![/QUOTE

Hi, Brian. I am a longtime Island Packet owner who has always dreamed of sailing around the world. Life and work has a way of pushing certain dreams further and further out. You made me laugh when I read your hellish lazarette story. That.....along with your love of animals, along with your beautiful oil painting....made me respond to your crew position along your circumnavigation. Please contact me offline at your leisure. Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Paula

[Blusailn]

[QUOTE=Blusailn;1819908]

Originally Posted by domander

In February 2016, I'll be departing Panama for the South Pacific and ending in New Zealand in November. I'm testing the waters now to see if there is any interest out there to join the boat, but cannot at this time promise a spot on board. I will know more as time goes on. Once a plan is established you can count on it.

The itinerary is: Galapagos, Easter Island, Pitcairn, Gambiers, Tuamotus, Society Islands. Then Cook Islands, Niue, Tonga and New Zealand. Generally speaking, you are free to join and leave the boat at any point on the voyage. There's the possibility of a week long "shake down" cruise for serious applicants to see if we're compatible.

From Tahiti onwards you may be the only other crew member, or may be crewing with me and my wife. She is not a big fan of ocean passages, so her coming along is still uncertain. I am most desirous of having you for the part after Tahiti, as that is when I may most need an extra set of hands, both for practical reasons as well as for my insurance requirements.

Before Tahiti you could be part of a 3 to 5 person crew including me. There's no pay and no fee required. You just help with the food expenses and generally pay your own way as far as airfare and incidentals. From Tahiti onward you'd most likely have your own cabin.

This is the first part of a circumnavigation, and if things work out well there is the possibility of you continuing through Fiji, New Caledonia, Australia, southern Indian Ocean, South Africa, and on to Grenada.

I'm a 61 year old retired Fire Chief from Toronto, and have been single handing in the eastern Caribbean, Turks and Caicos, Bahamas and along the eastern coast of the USA for more than 2 years. My boat, Prince Diamond, is a 2006 Bénéteau 423, and is outfitted well, including AIS, radar, water-maker etc. Anyone who is curious can check out my blog at The Adventures of PRINCE DIAMOND . Looking forward to your comments![/QUOTE

Hi, Brian. I am a longtime Island Packet owner who has always dreamed of sailing around the world. Life and work has a way of pushing certain dreams further and further out. You made me laugh when I read your hellish lazarette story. That.....along with your love of animals, along with your beautiful oil painting....made me respond to your crew position along your circumnavigation. Please contact me offline at your leisure. Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Paula

Here is my contact info: mspaulacarrollathotmaildotcom

[Monja]

Hi
Are you still looking for crew?


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[mariogl]

Originally Posted by domander

In February 2016, I'll be departing Panama for the South Pacific and ending in New Zealand in November. I'm testing the waters now to see if there is any interest out there to join the boat, but cannot at this time promise a spot on board. I will know more as time goes on. Once a plan is established you can count on it.

The itinerary is: Galapagos, Easter Island, Pitcairn, Gambiers, Tuamotus, Society Islands. Then Cook Islands, Niue, Tonga and New Zealand. Generally speaking, you are free to join and leave the boat at any point on the voyage. There's the possibility of a week long "shake down" cruise for serious applicants to see if we're compatible.

From Tahiti onwards you may be the only other crew member, or may be crewing with me and my wife. She is not a big fan of ocean passages, so her coming along is still uncertain. I am most desirous of having you for the part after Tahiti, as that is when I may most need an extra set of hands, both for practical reasons as well as for my insurance requirements.

Before Tahiti you could be part of a 3 to 5 person crew including me. There's no pay and no fee required. You just help with the food expenses and generally pay your own way as far as airfare and incidentals. From Tahiti onward you'd most likely have your own cabin.

This is the first part of a circumnavigation, and if things work out well there is the possibility of you continuing through Fiji, New Caledonia, Australia, southern Indian Ocean, South Africa, and on to Grenada.

I'm a 61 year old retired Fire Chief from Toronto, and have been single handing in the eastern Caribbean, Turks and Caicos, Bahamas and along the eastern coast of the USA for more than 2 years. My boat, Prince Diamond, is a 2006 Bénéteau 423, and is outfitted well, including AIS, radar, water-maker etc. Anyone who is curious can check out my blog at The Adventures of PRINCE DIAMOND . Looking forward to your comments!

Hi Brian,

I like would to be part of the week long shake down before asking about joining you for the Pacific ocean passage.

When and where about you will be doing the sea trials?

Thanks, Mario Luzano
marioglatyahoo.com

[domander]

Hi Mario,

Everything is quite uncertain. IF there is a few days to meet with prospective crew, a 2 day passage in North Carolina would probably happen sometime in October.

- Brian

[Torybelle]

Hi Brian,
My husband Martijn and I are interested crewing on the beautiful Black Diamond for your journey from Panama to NZ.
We want to crew from Panama to Australia in the same time frame you are looking at – leaving Jan and arriving end of 2016. Not only does the timing work well, from your ad and blog, in as much as I’m able it tell, it seems we would be compatible. And I’m enjoying reading about your journey.
A little about us.
We have some sailing experience. Martijn has his RYA dayskipper and will be taking the ICC and VHF radio tests soon and I’m aiming at getting my RYA dayskipper later this year.
We’re both easy going, fairly well travelled, love adventure, have a sense of humour, happy to pull our weight and great cooks.
I’m 38, and an Aussie / Dutchie.
Martijn is 41 and Dutch (we’re living in The Netherlands currently). Like many Dutchies he speaks a few languages (which is often rather handy).
You can check out our blog from when we moved from Aus to NL. It is a little old but it will it give you a better sense of us. http://thankyoupleaze.blogspot.nl/
Once you hit the selecting crew step, if you feel it could work and want discuss further you can contact us at missbells@hotmail.com.
Cortney.

[ODAT]

I’m very interested to be under consideration for your upcoming sailing adventure!
I have been a full time RV’er for the last nine years; I love travel and am used to small spaces and making do with whats at hand. I currently own a 17' Carolina skiff w/ a 70 hp motor.
This past winter I crewed aboard a 57’ ketch as cook and loved it! I don’t have sailing experience but want to learn. I am certified wilderness emergency aid first responder.
At a healthy 58 years old, I want to see the world! I don’t drink,smoke or take drugs, but don’t mind if you do. I’m happy go lucky, a morning person, easy to get along with but not a pushover.
My interests are exploring other cultures, SCUBA- Padi certified, fishing,cooking , reading, music, dance, conversation ( but I’m not a chatter box).
I retired from the phone company 10 years ago ( I worked outside on a line crew) , have pension and health benefits, I get by OK.
I can be reached at comettreker@gmail.com or by phone at 415-828-0743
I can provide references from my prior boat Captain and crew.
thank you for your consideration.
sincerely,
Lisa Kamieniecki

[Tony Millroy]

Hi Brian,
I sent a message to your Facebook messenger. Did you get it?

[domander]

No Tony, I didn't. This is the best place for inquiries about the circumnavigation.

- Brian Domander

[skalashn]

Hello Brian:
Interested in crewing for you. I am a 41 year old IT consultant and currently live in Oakville, Ontario. I have been sailing on Lake Ontario for the last ~10 years, and have owned and cruised my own Beneteau 361 for the last 3 years, mostly singlehanded. I also took one week ASA liveaboard course in USVI a few years ago, to get a feel of sailing in that part of the world. I am currently looking for opportunities to gain offshore experience.
I am easy to get along with, can cook reasonably well, can stand watch and have no issues with skipper’s authority. Also having done a lot of my own boat work recently, I believe these skills may come in handy.
My interests outside of sailing are jazz, reading, geography and travel. I do not smoke or use drugs but do enjoy occasional drink.
If you are interested in talking further, or if you are in the Toronto area and would like to meet in person, please PM.

Fair winds
Sergey

[Tony Millroy]

I would like to be considered for the Pacific passage and onward.
So, a bit about me;
I am about the same age as you and have sailed and travelled at every opportunity in my life. In my early years I ran sailing charters out of Central Queensland Australia out to the Great Barrier reef, aboard a range of vessels, including 60ft Wharram Cat, 55 ft ferro sloop, 45ft fibreglass ketch and various stink boats from a 200 tonne urge to a 65 ft converted trawler. I have sailed as crew on extended cruises. From Thailand to the Similan Islands and back to Phang Na for a month, Coastal Queensland and the Barrier reef, more times than I can remember, and the north east coast of New Zealand at least 3 times. As an added bonus, I know New Zealand as well as Australia.
I have sound experience as a watchman, helmsman, small boat driver, and, I am a PADI dive master, but have not used that qualification for some time.
Most importantly, I am a great cook, used to galley cooking and costing/catering for extended tours. I can make a healthy, tasty meal for 6 in a rolling sea with 4 ingredients.
I have a sense of humour, great taste in music, a self depracating nature and am well read, particularly in Pacific island travel and adventure.
Did I mention my modesty?
I fully realise and appreciate how important compatibility is on a ship. When I am onboard, i live by one rule; i.e., that the skipper is the font of all knowledge and decision. Sounds corny, but thats the only way. I get on well with others and can work with almost anyone of any age or sex.
I am free to travel anytime this year and can move at a weeks notice, but I do hope for a little more than that.
Your adventure is the stuff of dreams.

[bluewaterdreams]

Hey Brian! My name is Brian! Retired Fire Operations Specialist (wildland, not structural) from Banff National Park. 16 years coastal sailing PNW, mostly single handed. 22 years as a park warden. Put me on your list of potential candidates please. My schedule is flexible and my passport is ready! I can be reached at forestlogic@hotmail.com. Kind regards, Brian

[Skyler]

Mr. Brian Domander,

First and foremost, Congratulations on being one of the successful people fulfilling their aspirations. It is with such actions that this world moves towards a more peaceful planet and it is easily viewable as a grand accomplishment that your friends and family so rightfully acknowledge as seen on your blog. My name is Skyler Banfill and I too am currently participating in a circumnavigation. I started in central Mexico and have spent the last six months travelling and experiencing to where I currently reside at a resort lodge tucked in the primary rainforest mountains of Costa Rica as the sole volunteer. I came across your post on cruiserforum.com (through a search on google for crew in Panama). In a month or so, I plan to enter and continue through and about Panama for some time and as I have for all the many previous destinations was searching to explore options. What struck me was really significant is a number of syncronicities with the mission that I have shared and what you have described in your post. This personal voyage (a solo one throughout) was planned for around a years time but had been leading to the opiphany of the reality of it for a lifetime. From the begginning of its creation till the present, when someone inquires about information with a plan, the usually reply I give is along the lines of:

"Just let the world lead where it does, follow intuition but be in the present not concerned about what could be in the future but to focus on the present and all the beauty that it is." They usually ask something further of a plan. I have felt it may continue through Central America. I am not sure why, but the whole time through the planning, I have felt a strong pull towards taking a boat or a yacht, but preferably a sailboat through the Panama Canal and make the way to the Galapagos and continue south to Easter Island and return somewhere most likely if the boat path allows it, make a big "U" of South America and make the way to north Africa (Morocco), Spain or continue somewhere along those lines. A huge part of all this though is New Zealand. That is one of the main reasons that this whole trip started for me, was the intention of going there, i feel a big pull, and if possible, may live there someday. If anything changes however, things are diverted, or anything shifts, that's okay and I will still feel I am exactly where I am supposed to be and everything is as it should."

You are the first boat, person, or oppurtunity that has come up in the past year and a half that is a realistic oppurtunity. I understand that you are not in a place to make the decision at this point if you are able to take on crew, but let me tell you sir, that when I saw your post, I was struck a gaze with awe. I too spent time as a firefighter (volunteer) at West Virginia University during school, so I with experience I admire and honor what you have given in service (as you must have) to be a chief. This would add to the admiration I would put forth in dilligent, trustworthy, helpful, friendly, courteous, obedient, thrifty, brave and best work always attitude I would put forth if you so choose to have crew and extend the oppurtunity. Another one of the many things I can offer is cooking experience as I have cooked in several restaraunt and specialty kitchens. If you would so like, I would be happy to communicate or Skype further to share other qualification or if you have any questions or interests. I have hoped to partake in a nautical circumnavigation (I thought that this oppurtunity may come later, maybe with family) in addition to the present (what I expected to be mostly land, but may be more diverse than imagined). You posted you planned to leave from Panama (where I will be in two weeks) in February 2016. If this is something you would like to discuss further, know that this time (on my end) would diligently and easily be conformed to fit a scheduled departure date. Staying in Panama or near for that time or continuing through the "U" of South America and at the return (in 5 or 6 months be wherever was needed). If you wanted for partial of the journey, maybe easter Island and Galapagos, all, or some other section, or if something changed along the way, I am comfortable with the idea of spontaneity and things changing or diverting or finishing with crewmanship if needed or requested (or continuing in its entirety. Regardless of where this communication, workmanship, friendship or whatnot may lead, I again thank you. Thank you for your service of fire leadership, thank you for living your life (a world leadership) and finally, thank you for showing that these oppurtunities do exist, whatever is meant to happen will occur and to keep our eyes and minds concentrated on ease and happiness.

Be well my friend.
Skyler (Sky)