Crew / Companion Wanted Caribbean Cruise

[mrwuffles]

Originally Posted by BlueWaterMD

What next? Somali man seeks rich attractive woman for extended cruise. Must be willing to provide megayacht within 200 miles of somali coast. Solo and unarmed a plus!

Must be weak and easy going Dont want a girl that will put up a fight. Dont forget all your life savings and must like a man that can negotiate with foreign govts

[SteveRobison]

It's pretty funny when you think about it, the guy got to be nuts and pretty hard up to.

[sailingdog]

The way I see it... if he can afford a Nordhavn 46, and the fuel to run it all around the Caribbean from Columbia, he can afford to pay the lady's airfare and gear expenses...

[mrwuffles]

They are actually surprisingly fuel efficient.

[billyruffn]

Gui / Dog,

You guys are tough on some of the poor souls who venture in here. Maybe you could post a "sticky" for newbies seeking crew -- you know, sort of a 'rules of the road' piece. It might contain a couple of check lists -- one for people who really do want to find crew and the other for "captains" like Stevie and the guy from Turkey who just want create a thread that is certain to entertain the crew here at SailNet.

[sailingdog]

Umm... they pretty much bring it upon themselves IMHO... especially when they post a "looking for hot chick to crew for me" as their first post. There isn't any way to give them the common sense God gave an ant if they ain't got it to begin with.

Originally Posted by billyruffn

Gui / Dog,

You guys are tough on some of the poor souls who venture in here. Maybe you could post a "sticky" for newbies seeking crew -- you know, sort of a 'rules of the road' piece. It might contain a couple of check lists -- one for people who really do want to find crew and the other for "captains" like Stevie and the guy from Turkey who just want create a thread that is certain to entertain the crew here at SailNet.

[rdstanley]

If the sailnet dating service doesn't work out for you here's a couple suggestions...

match.com

if that doesn't work try ho's r us

Give me a break!

[billyruffn]

These are some of the more amusing threads, especially when they fight back! No end to the wit and sarcasm found here.

To those who think it's only the ladies who are in danger in these types of arrangements, I offer the following sea story: Several years back I met a guy in Panama -- retired Air Canada pilot -- who was solo sailing a 40+ cat. Nice guy, great fisherman, good sailor -- he was looking for company in the So. Pacific. He recruited a lady to join him sight unseen (well, maybe they swapped photos, I'm not sure). She arrived in Colon, rolled her suitcases down the dock, moved aboard taking over more than 1/2 the boat with her stuff, and started acting like she owned the place. She actually had him emptying out lockers so she could stow all the things she'd brought along. Being a gentleman, he figured he couldn't kick her off 24 hours after she arrived, so she stayed for a while. After a week with her on board he was roaming the docks for hours every afternoon looking for a place to have a quite drink and maybe scrounge a meal with someone who might be sympathetic to his plight. We all told him he had to send her packing. He eventually confronted her and offered to refund the cost of her ticket if she'd leave. She blew a gasket, cussed him up one side and down the other -- you could hear her all over the marina. In a day or so she was gone and our friend was alone once more.

Maybe he should have used the SailNet forum -- what's worse: having the Dog and Gui make you look like an idiot, or proving you are by letting a witch move aboard.

[kjango]

hahahaha,,,,,so that's where my ex-wife went

[kjango]

I had a dream I was living on my boat with a witch. When she came back from the grocery the Skipjack was leaving the harbor & I was hurling her things overboard. Man .... that dream was liberating