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Julian on October 1st, 2011

Video makers who are established or student of video are invited aboard Tropicbird. This may be in the Caribbean or during the crossing of the Pacific to Asia. The successful candidate must prove that he or she can capture the spirit of this project. They must also prove that they have a marketplace for the [...]

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Julian on August 2nd, 2011

My Panama sailing adventure is on Tropicbird. One would think that an adventure is only had when the sails are up but on a boat it seems its always an adventure. Dropping the anchor and going ashore to a new place or country is always adventurous. Some years ago I wrote the text for the [...]

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Julian on May 31st, 2011

This is an opportunity to crew a sailing boat. There is a need for crew aboard  Tropicbird although handling her by myself is not a problem. ( I don’t have problems I have challenges). However whenever I enter a new port, anchorage, island, country or continent I am pleased that I have accepted other people [...]

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Julian on May 18th, 2011

I offer time aboard my boat, this is not a job offer and it is not work. Work on a sailing boat can be fun. After a while it does not feel like working at all. You could even call it a ‘Charter’ if you like. Although if you compare the cost of spending time on [...]

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Julian on May 18th, 2011

Please discuss directly with Julian the cost to share time aboard Tropicbird The cost will depend on many factors including  sharing the cost of food and personal consumables (toilet paper, detergents etc) and diesel cost based on hours that it is necessary to run the engine; an hourly rate. If whilst making a passage there [...]

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Julian on May 17th, 2011

Attempting to explain how I have managed my life aboard a boat for over eleven years (on and off) is difficult. There are so many facets. Suffice to say I am surviving. Perhaps the most amazing thing about my life is that I finance the resurrection and ongoing maintenance of Tropicbird. She is built of [...]

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