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Summer work Sailing

The_President
The_President Posts: 14,280
edited February 2013 in Not Sports Related
My son wants to spend this summer working in the Med on Sailing flotillas as Deck Hand or whatever.
He has qualification up to Comp Crew, and is looking to get to skipper during the summer if not before.

Anybody got any ideas? Sunsail/Neilson etc. and how he goes about doing it.

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  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,390
    I was in Gibraltar many years ago, shopped and asked around and picked up a deckhand job for two ventures on a fishing drifter. It was amongst the hardest jobs I have ever had and that was in decent weather. Not quite a job with the Admiral's flotilla, but an experience all the same
  • Chrispy51
    Chrispy51 Posts: 473
    He can apply direct on their website, alternatevely head into your nearest RYA training centre (if you're based in Kent try Bewl water) and they will help you out with contacts etc. Although I have never done it abroad, I worked at Bewl teaching dinghy sailing for a couple of uni holidays and they helped a few people out with jobs in Sunsail and other providers overseas
  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    Thanks guys.
    I dont live far from Sunsail's HQ, so i might go down there and make a nuisance of myself !
  • Solidgone
    Solidgone Posts: 10,232
    ...bring back some flares for RD. Thanks.
  • maybe_baby
    maybe_baby Posts: 2,609
    Two week on a trawler out of Anchorage can earn you £25,000.

  • harveys_gardener
    harveys_gardener Posts: 7,038
    Day skipper needs a tough theory course through RYA. They do lots of evening classes. Also google crew wanted.

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