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Julian on July 9th, 2012

More crew wanted for Tropicbird as she cruises the South Pacific. We have already arrived from the Galapagos to the Marquesas  via the Tuamotu islands to Tahiti and the Society islands. The Tuamotu islands are between the Marquesas and Tahiti and worthy of much exploration given enough time, unfortunately my timetable would not accommodate this. [...]

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Julian on December 12th, 2011

 The following is email correspondence between my first chosen crew and myself. Please read all of this to give you an idea of both our characters. You may also see the reasons why we chose each other. If you feel that you fit with the two of us then please contact me. My responses are [...]

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Julian on October 20th, 2011

Captain of the boat is Julian. His primary responsibility is for the safety of the crew and the boat. He also offers his philosophy on life by nurturing rater than preaching, pressure or persuasion. When people ask me how long have I been sailing I tell them that I was sailing before I was born. The [...]

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Julian on October 20th, 2011

Spiritual retreat on a sailing boat. Here is an opportunity for you to choose to loose all that’s bad in you.  Clean yourself from the inside out on a boat. Choose a unique environment well away from temptation and social pressure. Separate yourself from electronic communication. Try it for a while and get back to [...]

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Julian on October 1st, 2011

Living on a sailing boat There are many ways to live on a boat and places to be. At the moment I live on my boat in the Caribbean. Some choose to spend six months at a time, some year round with breaks to visit family and get a bit of Terra Firma now and [...]

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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

Come aboard my boat and experience what it’s like to live aboard full time. This opportunity is unique and allows you to experience a different way of life, (one you may well chose to adopt yourself) whilst also seeing different places, experiencing different cultures and learning about living aboard a yacht. Don’t feel intimidated, many [...]

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Julian on May 18th, 2011

If you would like to experience life aboard a classic world cruising sailing yacht then come onboard Tropicbird. I will acknowledge all the sea miles you make with a written description and my signature. Or if you have a ‘Log Book’ I will sign that. Also night passages. These are particularly expensive to charter. Anyone [...]

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Julian on May 18th, 2011

The best sailing I have done was in Cuba. I chose to sail from Jamaica to Cienfueugo in Cuba which one is able to do inside a bunch of islands which protect the inner area from any sea swell. Thus the water is absolutely flat with the wind still blowing. At the time the wind [...]

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Julian on May 17th, 2011

I have a testimonial which says that I (Julian), likes things done his way. The writer agrees that since Tropicbird is my boat and my home that I should continue this way as my ‘right’, I make no apologies for the pun! once I quoted the need for the use of coasters on a boat, [...]

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