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The skipper of a Lagoon 380 S2 catamaran is on a multi-year voyage. He has just explored French Guiana, Suriname and Guyana after an Atlantic crossing and is now in the Caribbean. He is looking for crew to join for part of the next stages. In April and part of May the boat will explore the Caribbean: Trinidad, Grenada, St Lucia, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, Antigua, St Martin and the BVI. Some spots are opening up soon for this part. From May to November there are five possible plans, and the final choice will depend on what the future crew want and on the group budget. Option 1 is Grenada, Tobago and Trinidad, staying south of the hurricane zone. Option 2 is the Dominican Republic to Panama via Jamaica, then Panama, Costa Rica and Colombia. Option 3 is the same route to Panama, then the Panama Canal and the Pacific (Galapagos possibly, French Polynesia, Cook Islands, Niue, Tonga) to arrive in New Zealand in November; it is the likely favourite next year if not done now. Option 4 leaves the Caribbean in early to mid May for the Azores, mainland Portugal, Madeira, the Canaries, Cape Verde, Senegal, Gambia and Fernando de Noronha, and returns to the Caribbean in December. Option 5 goes from the Caribbean, with a possible stop in Bermuda, to Halifax and the Canadian East Coast, then either to the Azores (leaving May to July) or back to the Caribbean in late November. The boat also takes part in ocean citizen science with Cambridge, St Andrews and other universities, currently developing an affordable hydrophone to record whale sounds. Remote work may be possible in places thanks to satellite internet. Occasionally the boat hosts special sailing weeks for invited guests. The skipper is a 42-year-old New Zealander, a former corporate lawyer who now runs a remote travel gear company. He speaks English, with a little Portuguese, Spanish, Māori and Japanese. He holds RYA Coastal Skipper, ICC and GMDSS qualifications. He has sailed over 17,000 nautical miles in six years, crossing the Atlantic three times. The boat has four double cabins, over 1000W of solar, lithium batteries, a watermaker, a 2400W inverter, Iridium Go! and Starlink. Costs are shared: crew pay no accommodation or maintenance and only contribute to direct trip costs. English is spoken aboard.
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