Sailing Around the World: Is It Safe?

Is it safe?

Throughout our journey, many of our friends and family members have been concerned about how dangerous it can be to travel.  Obviously we all know that some things are inherently safe like staying at an all inclusive resort and never leaving the property.

You can stay in your shell like this hermit crab in Fakarava.

And some things are inherently unsafe (think standing on a dark street corner in Tijuana) when it comes to traveling.

One can presume that it only gets worse when the sun goes down. petracross

Sailing can be safe, as long as you’re smart.

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Sailing and Seasickness

The main questions we get all revolve around the same issue:

 

“I am very comfortable on the water. However, I have been seasick twice in my life (both time on rough seas in motorized fishing boats), and I was wondering your opinion of how that might affect me while on longer sailing trips? Does your body adapt? I’m sure it’s pretty different person to person, but I was just wondering if you have some general advice.”

 OR

 I’d love to do this. It’s just a matter of convincing my wife. Unfortunately, she suffers somewhat from the violent seasickness. Any chance she could outgrow it if she sat a boat long enough?”

 

Seasickness, (and its prevention) easily the number one concern we get from those looking to get into volunteer crewing.  As such, we’re doing a 3 part series on the issue.

Tiffany chipped this one over to Greg simply because she has a superhuman cast-iron stomach and has never suffered from seasickness in her entire wild life of deep sea ocean racing, Coast Guard storm rescues and sailing instructing.  Tiffany is part mermaid and bleeds salt water.  Greg, on the other hand, is a mere mortal who dearly loves his aquatic-born bride.  As such, where she goes so must he.  Being mortal he is not immune to the ravages of Neptune’s fury and has learned to actually deal with it.

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Sailing – How to Test the Waters

So lets assume that you read our previous article “Volunteer Crewing 101” and though you may have some reservations, the idea of travelling around the world on someone else’s luxury yacht for months on end visiting far flung tropical islands with your only expense being the cost of groceries appeals to you.

(Look, if the opportunity to travel to Tahiti for free doesn’t get your attention then there is simply something wrong with you.  😉

Let’s also assume you have never once in your life set foot upon a ship.  How do you go from clueless landlubber to salty swabbie?  Or at least how do you check this out for yourself and see if the sailor’s life is, indeed, for you?

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Volunteer Crewing 101

What are the three biggest unavoidable expenses of Travel?

1) Transportation

2) Accommodation

3) Food

Now what if, in order to not pay the first two, you were forced to spend your days in tropical splendor visiting the remote places completely inaccessible to common travelers?  Continue reading “Volunteer Crewing 101”