Sailing south
I am sailing direction south. The boat is free before 4th of July. And later in August. You can come for this period.
I can teach you sailing, navigation, boat maintenance, everything about boats and low cost traveling. The crew can help with: driving the boat, night shifts (if we do longer sailing), mooring the boat, droping anchor, cooking (I am vegetarian, but vegan food is not problem for me. My girlfriend is vegan and i am used to it), boat sitting if i go siteseeing or shopping.
I paid for the boat. The crew can pay for the marinas. (it is a small boat and the marinas are around 36 euro per night. If you are couple or 2 friends : it will be 18 euro per person. It is much, much cheaper than staying in a hostel.
No skills needed, just motivation for work and learn.
Rules of the boat:
No drugs allowed on the boat, also no meat or seafood (bringing and cooking on the boat), and no fishing.
I am not using the engine. I am using engine just to get in and get out of the marina. I am not going if there is a forcast for more that 30 knots wind gusts.
The plan is to move the boat from the Netherlands to Belgium, France, Spain till Portugal before November 2025. Later i will do Atlantic crossing with my girlfriend. But my girlfriend is in Bulgaria now and she can not help before the summer.
If you have more than few days free time is better because sometimes we need to wait for nice weater before the passage.
I am doing youtube channel:
ivanlodkaran
You can see the interior of the boat here.
Awesome experience
Ivan is a patient and calm captain , he navigates an old but nice and functional boat. He has the necessary skills to teach you nodes, manoeuvres, and generally sailing. I spent 8 days in his crew and it was a wonderful time , we went through very nice days of navigation. Ivan is a really honest and nice person and I can only recommend to navigate with him! Thanks again captain ! See you around the world maybe in South America ?
29th Jun 2025