Sailing Monastrell

TypeSailing Yacht

Make/modelBeneteau Oceanis

Length47 feet

Berth6

Language spoke aboardEnglish

Boat descriptionBeneteau Oceanis 46, 2009 model. I took ownership of "Monastrell" in 2016, then in 2017 began preparing her for my adventure of sailing her back to Australia via the Atlantic, Panama and Pacific. After doing the final prep we crossed the Atlantic in April 2018. Greece to Gibraltar, Gibraltar to Morocco, Morocco to Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, to Cape Verde, Cape Verde to St Lucia, Caribbean. What an amazing experience! In late 2019 I flew back to Australia for a visit, the short story is I ended up stuck there for 3 years during Covid, while the boat was stuck on the hard in Trinidad. The good news is I’m back and am looking for crew, preferably with some passage experience, but not essential (refer to ad detail) who are like minded and looking to experience everything Ocean passaging has to offer with the final reward of being able to bathe in beautiful turquoise waters in geographically and culturally rich and diverse environments! I've spent the big dollars purchasing and preparing her. Ongoing maintenance and repairs are my responsibility also. Crew will contribute toward the day to day expenses. Most of my trip so far has been singlehanded, which is rewarding but my time spent with good crew aboard has been more so, so now I'm inviting like minded people to share in this awesome experience. If you are interested drop me a line, Cheers Bruce Full safety gear, lifejackets, safety lines, lazy lines, serviced liferaft, flares etc. The Beneteau Oceanis 46 is a very comfortable boat as a live aboard as well as being a lovely and easy boat to sail with almost all controls leading back to the cockpit, including reefing, minimising the need to go up on deck, making her safe and a pleasure to sail! She is equipped with AIS and radar, VHF and MF/HF radios along with the standard, chart plotters, navigation, auto pilot and wind instruments found on most blue water cruisers! She also has solar panels, generator and water maker :-)