T.M. Schram, male, 27
Ref 101917
| Nationality: | Netherlands |
| Currently based in: | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Looking for: | Worldwide opportunities |
| Experience: | 200 ocean miles / 1500 coastal miles |
| Hi, always looking for the next adventure! I am Thomas, in daily life a 27 year-old project manager in civil engineering projects. Still learning the trade, but I am eager to know everything there is to making our physical world work. I am keen on learning a lot of things, engineering, space flight, astronomy, philosophy, wood working, general construction skills, drawing and much more. Among these is crossing the oceans. Sailing has been a passion since going to summer camps as a kid. At the sailing camps I did different small boats (one-person, two-person, katamaran, windsurf). In addition to the summer camps, I grew up lakeside where we had a little outboard dinghy and a two-person sailboat with my brothers. Like many fish, my passion shifted from fresh water to the seas. In 2016, I started being a skipper on a 40 feet charter boat, and I was sold. Since then I organised multiple trips myself and joined crews on others. Also, I joined a student sailing club in 2020 and since 2022 the royal dutch yacht club in Muiden. Some remarkable trips have been: sailing a month on the Banda and Timor seas starting in Indonesia and ending up in Darwin, Australia, and organising a flotilla of 4 yachts and 28 friends to reach the Stromboli Vulcano, Italy. In all of my voyages I experienced one thing: you never know beforehand what you will learn this time. You think you will learn about over night watchkeeping? Turns out it was mainly a lesson in pumps and tanks for the domestic system and even more fun.... cooling systems of the diesel engine.So the philosophy is: you do not know everything and you better be ready to learn something unexpected. I might make my application as a duo. My girlfriend (28) has a bit less sailing and technical experience but she is Italian (think about the food), medical doctor and so incredibly caring. Must-haves in every voyage! | |
| Smoking: | non-smoker |
| Relationship status: | partnered |
| Dietary requirements: | I try to eat more vegetarian, but in an environment of a lot of physical strain meats are a hell of a good way to get fats, proteins and dopamine for morale. |
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| Number of years sailing: | 10+ |
| Sea miles sailed: | Ocean: 200 / Coastal: 1500 |
| Nights at sea: | 11-49 |
| I have experience as: | Coastal Skipper |
| Sailing Skills | Experienced I have done this many times and am confident to help others less experienced. I am happy doing this day |
Competent I am competent doing this in daylight, or if there is someone more experienced with me |
Basic I have only done this a few times, but I am willing to learn |
None I have not done this before |
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| Steer a compass course |  | |||
| Keep lookout/watch-keeping | | |||
| Trimming sails – mainsail and foresail/jib | | |||
| Reefing | | |||
| Working the foredeck – setting sails including spinnakers and cruising chutes | | |||
| Navigating with GPS and paper charts at sea | | |||
| Anchoring and handling anchors | | |||
| Cooking at sea | | |||
| Using dinghies with outboard motors | | |||
| Heaving-to and other heavy weather tactics | |
Other nautical or cruising skills |
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| Using VHF radio | |
| Diesel engine maintenance | |
| Outboard engine maintenance | |
Voyage History |
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| Date | Boat | From/To | Miles | Role | # Crew | Rally |
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| 2023 | fleet of 4 42 ft yachts | Sicily/Sicily | 150 | Captain | 8 | |
| 2022 | Nautor Swan ca. 40 ft from 1974 | Tuscany/Marseille | 300 | Watch-leader | 3 | |
| 2022 | Some ca. 42 ft yacht | Greece/Greece | 100 | Captain | 6 | |
| 2022 | Colin Archer from 80s | SE Moluccas Indonesia/Darwin, Australia | 900 | Watch-leader | 3 | |
| 2021 | Some ca. 50ft yacht | Greece/Greece | 100 | Captain | 8 | |
| 2019 | Some ca. 40 ft yacht | Croatia/Croatia | 100 | Captain | 4 | |
| 2016 | Some | Croatia/Crioatia | 100 | Captain | 4 | |
