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Learn about boat life & maintenance and, if you like, practice a language (German, English) additionally. Live on the sailing boat, be part of a holistic lifestyle, where work meets living and spare time. Therefore it is a marketing job: Movie cutting, picture editing, social media feeding. We can learn and profit from each other.
The feedbacks we got so far refer to the building process of our ship. This is coming to an end. You will profit from the hard work your colleagues had already done. Anyway: The job is therefore very different now.
We need just help, it is our own private boat.
We are very open for chats & discussions together. We are more productive in a team and would welcome to have open-minded people, who would like to learn many different things and about people and viewpoints, helping us.
We (Ralf & Julia) are an Austrian-Swiss couple in our end-fourties, mid-fifties, who are are seeking for a simpler lifestyle.
Julia is a language teacher and author, who works online. She would appreciate your help on the computer, as writing is very time consuming. Ideally you can bring your own computer and work with it. Standard programs and apps are fine, of course.
Ralf has an education as boat builder and likes to coach and supervise. He is very precise in his job and therefore you can really profit from asking him about boat-building. He likes to show things to people a lot.
Eat, help, live with us! :-)
Additional food information: Very flexible and open. Mostly we prepare and have dinner together. You take whatever you want from the fridge. We provide shopping and can adapt. There is always enough. We would appreciate some flexibility though: E. g.: Have the same brands of foods or coffee as we do. Additionally: We work hard on not wasting foods, which involves your cooperation.
We are very flexible and adapt, would like you to do the same and adapt to our way of living too. One of our wishes is to solve misunderstandings & wishes with communication. Feel free to profit from our experiences and take your new experiences as coaching & learning. Living tightly on small space available can be quite demanding.
Please do not confuse that with a hotel, or a luxurious yacht with servants. There is no butler, or hired chef either. Contributing to keeping the facilities, which we share, clean, is part of your spare time.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
Interests
Politics / Social justice
Sustainability
Pets
Culture
Van life
Self development
Movies & TV
History
Music
DIY & crafts
Books
Cooking & food
Languages
Writing
Carpentry
Yoga / Wellness
Sailing / Boating
Winter sports
Water sports
Outdoor activities
Hiking
Adventure sports
Cycling
Mountain
Nature
Camping
Beach
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Learn about life on a sailing ship and, if you like, boat renovation, practice a language (English, German) additionally. Live on the sailing ship, which needs to be maintenanced constantly.
Learn about how to live with more people --> social skills.
Learn flexibility and how to get things done.
Become even more open minded by experiencing alternative life-styles.
If you are interested: Additionally learn from our experiences in many different jobs and coutries, about alternative living.
Excursions, your initiative very welcome, in the surroundings on the weekend, relaxing and swimming in the afternoon in summer on deck, or the beach.
Help
Movie cutting, picture editing, social media feeding. Brainstorming ideas.
Not considered work, but making living together under one roof possible: Cleaning off your own dirt, act in a team, when it comes to living: kitchen, toilet, shower, ... .
Languages
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Italian: Fluent
French: Intermediate
Greek: Beginner
Polish: Beginner
Turkish: BeginnerThis host offers a language exchange
I am a language professional. I am happy to help, yet our main team work will be as described above. Your initiative, if you would like to learn a language is necessary. You can learn, I am very happy to provide help, yet I am not teaching during the time we work on our goals.
Accommodation
On the sailing ship; with the hosts; in your own cabin, though. It is a ship, so things work a bit different: The showers and toilets are combined on the ship, we have to save water too.
The hygiene standards on a ship are a little higher (reason: salt, humidity are very destructive, bugs are more difficult to avoid), therefore you are not allowed to enter your cabin unwashed, or full of salt from the ocean. No dishes or foods are allowed in the cabin either.
Additional food information: Very flexible and open. Mostly we eat dinner together. We provide shopping and are flexible. There is always enough. We would appreciate some flexibility though: E. g.: Have the same brands of foods or coffee as we do. Additionally: We work hard on not wasting foods, which involves your cooperation.
Our personal favourites are healthy and fresh options, we are flexible and happy to adapt to vegetarians, meat-eaters, vegans.
What else ...
Swimming
Kite-surfing
sightseeing
hiking
biking
fishing
(going to town with dingi with & by us)
Your are free to use your spare time however you like. Your initiative is essential for activities like this. In winter it will be a challenge to find open companies for these activities.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
There is WIFI in cafés and restaurants in the marina and surrounding, which provide wifi (some places only in summer, though).
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Feedback (21)
I don’t wanna get into it too deep (already on try three), but I’m gonna say this was an experience that i’m going to keep close. I just experienced so many new views on a ton of topics (like feminism, climate change, money, but also just personal goals),… read more
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I don’t wanna get into it too deep (already on try three), but I’m gonna say this was an experience that i’m going to keep close. I just experienced so many new views on a ton of topics (like feminism, climate change, money, but also just personal goals),… read more
The work is, of course, quite physical but Ralf is really good at teaching and explaining, and you get to try a lot of different tasks. Just to give some examples I… read more
Felix understands instructions on the construction site quickly and enthusiastically contributed to the progress of it. He was… read more
We definitely thank him for his feedback,… read more
Ralf tought us a lot about working with different machines, so we felt soon confident in using them on our own, even though we hadn't… read more
Wir hatten sehr viele tolle und… read more
Cette expérience fut incroyable pour nous, leur accueil était très chaleureux, toujours à l’écoute et prêts à échanger sur quelque sujet que ce soit. Nous avons vécu avec eux dans leur maison de location, la vie en communauté s’est bien déroulée !… read more
She used… read more
Nous avons fais des rencontres incroyables, le cadre de vie est aussi calme… read more
Ralf and Julia are a great team! Ralf is very cooperative and patient, has a lot of expertise and… read more
He liked to help in the kitchen and saw in the house sometimes, if something needed cleaning, without asking.… read more
Vincent is a quiet and thoughtful guy,… read more
I enjoyed the work and I learnt a lot about boatbuilding and working with different tools.
Ralf is an amazing boss. He is patient and encouraging. He always keeps the morale high and he knows a lot of jokes 😁
I enjoyed discussing all types of topics with Ralf and… read more
We can highly recommend to work and live with Gennaro.
