Hi everyone. These forums have been awesome to read through and I have learnt so much already just buy reading. In Feb next year I will be resigning from my current job to start my career in sailing. (love the sound of that) I will be attending a crew member’s course through Sunsail and if I am correct I will have a RYA day skipper shore based certification with a STCW 95. I have not sailed before and I thought it best to receive some proper training before I set out on this adventure. I am a qualified surf-lifeguard, open water 1 scuba diver and have been an avid deep sea fisherman for many of my years. So my sea legs are pretty stern. I hope My problem however is employment after I have completed the course. I would like to get into things straight after I have done the course. Does anybody know of how I can get on a vessel from South Africa to anywhere in the world? Should I fly somewhere else to get myself onto some busy docks? Any ideas, suggestions or help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks,
eager- Welcome to the the Forums. From the lack of response to your thread I think you may have chosen a bad time to post your question. You see, the Ft. Lauderdale Boat Show is this week, so many people are focussing their attention on that event right now (me included). I suggest that you do a search on this site about getting a start in yachting and then renew your question again sometime late next week. Good luck, Ken
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