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  • Karaka

    • 16m custom
    • Panama
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Exploring Panama

CREW WANTED

1 spot is freeing up to join the Karaka crew for our next adventures.

For the coming months we will sail the Caribbean side of Panama and Colombia, mostly in the San Blas islands of Kuna Yala. We’ll eventually cross the Panama canal sometime at the end of 2026 and sail north to Mexico on the Pacific side.

Since 2004, Karaka has been sailing across the world’s oceans as a community boat, taking hundreds of crew, most of them long term, and going almost twice around the world.

We’re looking for people to complete the crew, preferably long term, for several months at least. This is not hitch-sailing but a cooperative, non-profit project where everyone contributes to the costs and life on board.

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Position

  • Crew positionNovice Crew

  • Availability 1 Mar 2026 for the foreseeable future

  • Expenses to/from vesselPaid by crew

  • Expenses onboardContribution on a shared basis

  • Team / SoloNot important

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Vessel

  • TypeSailing Yacht

  • Make/modelcustom

  • Length16 metres

  • Berth7

  • Sailing from Panama , Portobelo

  • Sailing to Panama , San Blas

  • Language spoke aboardEnglish

  • Boat descriptionThe boat is an old school steel ketch, big, tall, wide, heavy, black, gnarly, full of character. She was an abandoned boat, bought for 1$, and she has circumnavigated since with a crew of sea vagabonds. She is run on limited funds from crew contribution on a non profit basis and so is not a luxury yacht, yet she is sound and strong, especially after our recent extensive refit. We are now ready to keep on going and we have opening for people to join us. We are 2 long term crew on board at the moment, me as skipper owner included. The crew is usually 6 or 7 strong.

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Skipper

  • NationalityFrench

  • Age45

  • GenderMale

  • Fluent languages English
    French

  • Basic knowledge of Spanish

  • Sea Miles 10,000+

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