Crossing the Atlantic on Aphrodite: Invitation to my readers who are passionate sailors
Aphrodite is being painted right now in Barcelona. Assuming it all goes well she will leave Barcelona Nov 1st and be in Barbados around Dec 10th. Stops will be Gibraltar and Canaries a day each for provisioning. Last time Aphrodite did Canaries, Barbados in only 12 days. I am not doing the crossing myself but I am putting together a crew to do it. Nina and I will sail around St Barths between Dec 15th and Dec 28th. So far I have one professional sailor who has been on Aphrodite for a year. His name is Hernan Prado. This is a good blog post of his in Spanish describing his experience on Aphrodite. So I am recruiting 4 or 5 more crew members who can stay a minimum of 45 days and more if possible. I pay for all the expenses. Amateur crew members have to pay their transportation to Aphrodite and from Aphrodite when they disembark, that´s all. I already tweeted this and got many proposals of which two look like candidates who qualify and who are available. There is also the possibility of doing the return in April.
Here are some pictures of 92ft Ketch Aphrodite designed by Andre Hoek and built by Vitters.
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Posted by Julien GENESTOUX - October 12, 2009 7:44 pm - #
Wifi on board?
Posted by Martin Varsavsky - October 12, 2009 7:56 pm - #
satellite phones but no internet unless somebody finds a way to have it for some reasonable amount of money
Posted by Raul Moreno - October 12, 2009 8:47 pm - #
What do you consider an amateur crew member? Can you recruit a crew member with no sailing experience? Where does one apply? Best =)
Posted by Mariano - October 12, 2009 10:51 pm - #
Está hermoso ese barco. A ver si un día ponés fotos de cómo es adentro! Debe ser espectacular.
Posted by wixho - October 12, 2009 10:54 pm - #
very nice sailboat, how much does one of this cost ? more or less ?
Posted by Caspar - October 13, 2009 11:52 am - #
Dear Martin, as Raul Moreno asked: What are the requirements as an amateuer?
And by the way: you had a beautiful video on your blog from a past transatlantic turn, featuring the Aphrodite and some excellent music – where is it gone?
Best regards, Caspar
Posted by Martin Varsavsky - October 13, 2009 1:32 pm - #
I already got many replies and I want to thank people for sending them. An amateur is a non professional who wants to spend a month, 45 days on a boat because he loves sailing, maybe owns a smaller sailboat and sails the Med and wants to cross the Ocean. But we will not take people who don´t have sailing experience.
Posted by Gustavo - October 13, 2009 5:27 pm - #
Hi Martin, I´ve been saling since almost 15 years, race regattas PHRF and O.R.C Club formulas in a 27 and 41 feet sailing boats respectively, at least twice a month. I raced Buenos Aires Punta del Este many times and also sailed in the BVI´s on holidays. I also sailed in Sydney and Auckland while I stood there some years ago.
How do you qualify to your adventure?
Posted by GerryG - October 13, 2009 7:57 pm - #
What will happen with the blog in the meantime?
Posted by Martin Varsavsky - October 13, 2009 8:38 pm - #
Nothing I am not sailing accross the ocean. My boat is.
Posted by Miquel - October 13, 2009 10:02 pm - #
Hi Martin,
I’m catalan and living in Barcelona. I’ve been sailing for a long time, always at the Med (Corsica, Sardinia, Balears, etc).
I’m mechanical engineer, but actually without work, and I cannot imagine a better positive input, than sailing on this incredible Aphrodite.
I also have the spanish sailing title called ‘Capitan de Yate de Recreo’.
Maybe I can meet Hernan Prado in Barcelona ?
Regards,
Miquel
Posted by Pete Dillon - October 15, 2009 10:31 am - #
Dear Sir,
I saw your advertisement in Crew Seekers.
I would like to apply for the position of Captain of your beautiful Ketch.
If you are interested please contact me at: wfsound:hotmail.com
I will send you the appropriate resumes on your request.
I am in Italy at present.
Regards
Pete Dillon
PS; I am a very experinced sailor and Captain with over 140,000 ocean miles
Posted by Pete Dillon - October 15, 2009 10:32 am - #
Dear Sir,
I saw your advertisement in Crew Seekers.
I would like to apply for the position of Captain of your beautiful Ketch.
If you are interested please contact me at: wfsound@hotmail.com
I will send you the appropriate resumes on your request.
I am in Italy at present.
Regards
Pete Dillon
PS; I am a very experinced sailor and Captain with over 140,000 ocean miles
Posted by patricia calvo - October 15, 2009 7:55 pm - #
Hi Martin,
I´m spanish and I´m working in sail boats between 60-80 feets, like a mariner and cook,always at the Med:Turkey,Greece,Italy,Balears…I love sailing and I did it from a long time,I´d like cross the Atlantic in your marvellous Aphrodite,for me it´s a dream and I´m ready!!
Also I´ve the spanish sailing title “Patron de embarcaciones de recreo” PER and navigation book.
I´m in Canary Islands at present.
Thank you,regards,
Patricia
Posted by Laurance - October 29, 2009 1:00 am - #
I’m Aphrodite’s skipper.
Thanks to all who applied for this opportunity. I have now finalised the crew selection for this crossing so any further enquiries should be from those wishing to join us for the return voyage to Europe commencing around May 2010.