Get paid to travel the world!
I have secured my next sailing adventure. I leave Tuesday the 7th for Nassau, Bahamas to begin working with Sail Nassau. Sail Nassau operates 2 Americas Cup racing sailboats and offers race charters to visitors. I will be crewing on one of the boats and racing multiple times a day. We have a kiosk at the illustrious Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island.
Yesterday I went over the options you have for creating a sailing blog. I outlined blog hosts, sailing blog hosts, and hosting your own blog. Depending on how tech savvy you are, one of those options will work. However, if you are running a sailing blog there are some other things you need to consider. Traveling, water, and internet access affect the decisions made when preparing to blog while sailing.
Just wanted to let my readers know that I have launched a new forum section to this website. The link is in the navigation bar, but you can also reach it directly at forum.nauticaljournal.com.
This is designed to continue the discussion started on this blog and to give the readers of this site the ability to preovide content themselves. Please let me know if you have any feedback; in fact write it in the forum.
Adam
One of the best ways to stay in touch with friends and family while sailing is via a blog. It allows you to post photos and stories without having to send multiple emails and manage a contact list. If you take it seriously, your blog can even provide a supplementary income. There are a number of options for blogging while sailing, I will go over a few of them in this article. In Part 2 I will go over some things you need to consider while running a sailing blog.
This article is for nippers (newbies). It is designed to give you a guide on how to look for work when you are new to the industry. They are basic techniques that require little to no experience, and once you have been sailing a while other crew finding opportunities will become available. This is just a basic overview of these topics and I will expand on them individually in later articles.
Unless you have some sailing experience you most likely will have to take an unpaid position for your first voyage. This is not a rule, but it can be hard to find a captain who will take a chance paying an unproven crew member. Don’t worry, even unpaid positions usually provide room and board and will likely tip well upon completion. Just make sure you work this out with the captain beforehand. First up…
Your job sucks. You hate your boss. You get little satisfaction from your work. You regret sacrificing fun and adventure for a desk and monthly rent.
You want to travel. You want to meet new people and have incredible experiences. You want to be free from the shackles of the 9 to 5 work week. You yearn for a challenge and stimulation. You want to be the envy of all your friends.
My recommendation? Sailing. Read the rest of this entry »
Nautical Journal is back!
You may have noticed that the site had been down for a while. Well I tried to update my wordpress software and was unable to recover my previous posts until now. I would like to thank the wonderful people at Blue Host Technical Support for walking me through the solution.
In other news…
I have finished my trip. I flew back to the States from Cartagena, Columbia about two weeks ago (just before the hurricanes started rolling through). All in all my trip was spectacular. I saw places I never thought I would witness (See my new picture gallery). I am committed to making sailing my career so that I can continue traveling and meeting new people.
Which brings me to this…
The focus of this blog will shift from a personal journal to a informational/instructional resource for the would-be sailor. I truly enjoy sailing and want to help others do the same. The rewards are immense but the commitment can be daunting. I aim to ease those worries and help people travel the world… and get paid to do it.
Still got a little work to do before this blog really gets cruising but its close… so stay tuned.
Adam
Once I return home I will be expanding my writing to 2 additional blogs. One will deal with current events from the anarcho-capitalist perspective, the second will have information about sailing, this blog will remain a personal journal about my adventures. Until that day I will be writing articles about all these topics and posting them on this site. If you have any suggestion please feel free to contact me.
Panama has the most violent thunderstorms I have ever witnessed… every day/night. They roll in and pound you for about 45 minutes and then dissipate slowly. If they come at night it is an epileptic’s nightmare; strobe light frequency. The thunder is just one continuous rumble of varying amplitude. Otherwise it is a pretty amazing place. Small deserted islands covered in palm trees are scattered along the coast. The coral is technicolor. The main land is blanketed in jungle with monkeys swinging in the trees and leaf-cutter ants marching to and from their den.
We are going through the canal in the next few days. Really looking forward to the experience. Met a bunch of people from new england here at the marina. Panama seems to be a popular location to wait out the hurricane season. I posted a bunch more pictures on my flickr page because I just cant seem to figure out how to get them up on this site very easily. I have a bunch of stories to write but they are most likely going to have to wait until I get back to the US.
Dolphins off the bow off the coast of Martinique
