I agree with most of what SS says - it is extremely difficult (though
not impossible) to make a living from sailing. There are lots of very
young ppl and old ppl who are willing to work to a pitence, doing what
they enjoy.

Of course it's not true that you MUST have any sort of formal
qualification to make a living.

Ian

On Fri, 11 Jul 2003 11:36:57 -0400, "Simple Simon"
<Pieman@Mincemeat.com> wrote:

>Sadly, your options are severly limited as there
>are not many positions available in sailing.
>
>The few that are available don't pay all that well.
>Careers such as sailing instruction, being a delivery
>captain or charter captain are not all that easy to
>find. In your god forsaken part of the world there
>is probably very limited career options in sailing.
>
>You might consider relocating to a decent part of
>the world where there is plenty of sailing related
>tourism. For example, here in South Florida, USA
>there are folks making a decent living running
>liveaboard sailboats in the diving industry. There are
>a few who do charters for sunset sails and daysails.
>Then there is the delivery captain business for
>vessels being shuttled back and forth from the
>Caribbean to the mainland. Other than that it
>is tough to make a living sailing. The only other
>possibilities are captaining a boat for instructing
>Boy Scouts, Girl Scout sailing instruction ususally
>on inland lakes, etc.
>
>For any money-making proposition you will need
>to get a Captain's license. It is required by law.
>
>
>"Simon" <simonDON'TYOUDARESPAMME@nospam.com> wrote in message news:bemkij$i12$1@sparta.btinternet.com...
>> As a lad/teenager I sailed regularly, crewing on Ents and owning a Topper.
>> then life came along  ;-) and it all stopped for a (long) while.
>>
>> Now I'm older, wiser and redundant (a victim of the IT industry) I would
>> love to make a career out of my oldest hobby.
>>
>> Any thoughts, advice, suggestions or comments as to whether there is a
>> career to be made, and if so, how, would be MUCH appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Simon
>>
>>
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