Thomas Franz, male, 42

Ref 30910

Nationality: Germany
Currently based in: Trier, Germany
Looking for: Worldwide opportunities
Experience: 1000 ocean miles / 1500 coastal miles
After I quit my job as engineer 14 months ago I have travelled around the world. At the moment I'm crossing the atlantic to Tobago looking for a boot from Tobago to other carribean islands around the 20th of December. I'm easy going and open-minded. My sailing experience is ~4.000NM (~3.000NM off-shore) including three hour watches w/o auto pilot, atlantic crossing, sailing the channel islands, baltic sea and skipper experience in croatia. German sailing licence SKS, SBFsee and SRC. I like to share every task on board like cooking, cleaning, fixing things and standing watches. Languages: German, English, Spanish (basics), Japanese (basics)
Smoking: non-smoker
Relationship status:
Dietary requirements: no dietary restrictions
Languages: English; German; Spanish;
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Thomas’s Sailing Experience

Number of years sailing: 4 to 9
Sea miles sailed: Ocean: 1000 / Coastal: 1500
Nights at sea: 1-10
I have experience as: Coastal Skipper
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Steer a compass course x
Keep lookout/watch-keeping x
Trimming sails – mainsail and foresail/jib x
Reefing x
Working the foredeck – setting sails including spinnakers and cruising chutes x
Navigating with GPS and paper charts at sea x
Anchoring and handling anchors x
Cooking at sea x
Using dinghies with outboard motors x
Heaving-to and other heavy weather tactics x

Other nautical or cruising skills

Using VHF radiox
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