Help with boat repairs and maintenace for sailing experience in the Solent around Southampton UK

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Última actividad
10/07/2020
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Hi I am an English sailor and an English teacher by profession living in Southampton UK. I am married with 2 sons and love to play tennis, football and play the guitar. We live in in non-smoking house with my wife ( we don't have any pets or any particular dietary constraints) Southampton University is 3 minutes walk and then city centre is not far . My wife is also a English teacher so the volunteer will have access to two people who can help them improve their Language skills. What I am looking for is person or persons who is (are) fit and active and happy to work with their hands. No experience is necessary but should have good hand eye coordination and not be afraid to work with power tools.

We brought th eboat back form Greece and now we are going to haul her out and egt her ready for the next excting phase in the boats life.

We need to replace the fuel tank, refubish the windows and remove and refit some deck fittings. I am lookong for help with the abopve work. Once the work is compreted the boat will be launched and sailed locally and futher afield. Passages to France, Holland and a cricumnavigation of the UK are on the cards
Tipo de ayuda
Construcción
Mantenimiento / bricolage
Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje
Will learn some basic boat building/maintenance skills have access to the delights of the south coast of the UK and will do some some off shore l sailing with an RYA qualified skipper
Ayuda
I am looking for someone who is practical and can help me prepare a 36 foot sailing yacht
We will be sanding, painting , some fiber glass work and some installation of various bits and pieces. Once afloat the volunteer(s) can enjoy some off shore sailing
Idiomas hablados
English: Fluido
Spanish: Fluido
Russian: Fluido
Alojamiento
Living on the boat
Algo más...
I have 20 years of sailing experience and a yacht master qualification and the volunteer will be provided with full safety equipment and safety will be a priority when working on the boat and while sailing
Un poco más de información
- Acceso a Internet
- Acceso a Internet limitado
- Tenemos animales
- Somos fumadores
- Puede alojar familias
¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?
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Big intial push to get boat ready then full on sailing there on (max 25 hours)

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Intercambio cultural:
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Comunicación:
(4.0)

12/09/2019

Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (Georg)

Georg is a nice guy who is inteligent and hard working. He is not a natural communicator and at times was doing things that that I was unaware of. He was a bit messesy at times and on one occasion his carelessness caused some damage to my boat although he did try to fix it but of course a his repair could not resotre the damage. --text… read more

(Bueno )

05/09/2019

Dejado por el workawayer (Georg) para el anfitrión

I stayed with Alistair for 3 weeks on his boat, a 10.5m long sailing yacht.

The task was to get the boat ready for sailing and then sail it up north, to Southampton, England.
It was planned to take about the whole August, and we were a group of five: Alistair and four workawayers… Dan, Martin and my girlfriend Anni and me.

The difficulty was… read more that the current and the wind would be against us and to be able to sail, we would have to head off quite far offshore, maybe spending over a week in the Atlantic.

We stayed on the boatyard in Faro (Portugal) for about 1.5 weeks until we were able for departure and spent most of those hot days working and hanging around on the boat and slept/cooked also on its limited space. We met some really nice elderly residents on the boatyard, and we had a lovely barbecue there with them.

The trip didn’t work out as planned. Once our offshore sailing was stopped through an engine causing problems (dirty fuel tank) and additionally one crew member couldn’t get rid of his seasickness (I was also seasick for a whole day). I think none of the crew, apart from Alistair, looked really forward anymore to spend a big amount of days offshore, after the unpleasant events on the first days, but it was necessary for the sailing.

We carried on to Lisbon from where we plant to start a longer offshore trip to the north. But on the way to Lisbon, we suddenly realized that water was coming through the floor from the bow. During the rest of the cruise we had to get rid of the water, to the abundance it mixed also with some diesel from the engine room. It turned out, that water got into a chamber which was not closed properly. After we arrived in Lisbon, all crew members decided not to continue any longer. For me it was the previous events (e.g. Problems with the signal lights, leaking fresh water tank) combined with Alistair’s way of managing the appearing problems/stressful situations and the fact, that much more days offshore were about to come, which made me not feel comfortable enough to continue. I was sorry for this disappointing decision considering our trip, but I hope it’s understandable, it was too much for us “first timers”.

Nevertheless, I experienced Alistair as a generous guy, very passionate about sailing and he invited all of us for a big dinner once and he covered the food during the time we prepared the boat on the yard and I really enjoyed the magical moments we had, e.g. the dolphins playing with the boat and the sunsets/sunrises on the beautiful empty blue ocean and to get to know a complete new world for me, the world of sailing.

In total we sailed/motored 4 days and spent the rest in harbors or on the yard, I am very grateful that I was able to experience sailing/living on a yacht for the very first time.

Thank you Alistair

(Muy Bien )

05/09/2019

Dejado por el workawayer (Anni) para el anfitrión

I volunteered at Alistair’s sailboat from 28th of July until 18th of August with my boyfriend and two other workawayers. We started in Faro by preparing the boat for 1,5 weeks. During this time, we fixed the essentials, organized the equipment and lived on the boatyard which was quite an experience! I’m very grateful for all the laughs we shared… read more

(Muy Bien )

28/04/2019

Dejado por el workawayer (Will) para el anfitrión

Alistair is a good-humoured and generous guy with a real passion for sailing. The 3 weeks I spent with him were great fun, despite the frustrations and setbacks which the endeavour to fix a boat (in Spain) was liable to throw at us!

We spent about 2 weeks working on the boat, before spending just under a week sailing it from Malaga to Cadiz in… read more

(Muy Bien )

25/06/2017

Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (jeremy)

Jay stayed with us for just over a week and it was a pleasure to meet him. He worked very hard and we had fun too. I would recommend him as he is a very nice guy who is trusworthy and knowledgable mechanically.

(Exelente )

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