Question:
There is a whole community of liveaboard yachties travelling around the world on a budget trying to get in touch with backpackers to join them on their travels for a contribution towards their living expenses. It would be really easy to produce a guide on where and how to get in touch with these people (ie for each country a list of ports/bars/resturants that have notice boards for yachts looking for crew/passengers)or web site addresses. We have taken somewhere in the region of 200 backpackers on our yacht in africa/madagascar/thailand and Malaysia and our visitors book is full of comments like "thankyou for giving me a vacation from my vacation" and "the only way to get off the tourist route" you can visit some of our photo's on our web page www.cruiser.co.za/hostkhulula.asp

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Can you do ocean passages?

 

In today's security environment, most of the yachts are taking on paid, experienced, professionals, for all deck, engineering, and housekeeping positions. The days of backpackers playing sailor are over.

Cheers,

Nigel