Our Crew

I cannot expect anyone to commit to the full three years and therefore I believe that the trip will be completed with a combination of friends and wives, children and other keen sailors. I have posted my plans on the Cruising Association Crewing Service and I have had a lot of interest from fellow members. I have also attended a number of the Crewing Service meetings. This is a great way to meet other members and if you have plans, perhaps even those that are not as ambitious as mine, then it is a great way to find fellow sailors and crew members for such trips. It is also quite inspiring and it is interesting to hear others plans and to chat to them about them and you realise there are many experienced sailors who do not have their own boat but who would like to help and to share in adventures.

Stormbird can be managed by two and Arne & Helene Matensson wrote a book called “Back to the Helm” when they circumnavigated on their Hallberg Rassy 62 Yaghan between 2006-2009. Their boat was number 10 and my boat is number 11 and they sailed it themselves alone. The accommodation on Stormbird is very flexible with four cabins and three heads.