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Student looking for a sailing boat from France to Ireland.

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  • 04-07-2012 12:01am
    #1
    Ephemeral.
    Registered Users Posts: 7 ✭


    Hi all,


    I'll be studying in Ireland next academic year as an Erasmus student and I'm looking for a way to get from France to Ireland that doesn't include planes or ferries. I thought that sailing could totally match that and could as well be a nice experience.
    I was wondering if you could give me advices on which irish websites I could find sailers (in french it's called "bourse aux équipiers", haven't found a proper translation, sorry) who need a hand on their boat, if you knew if that was a common practice in mid / late august or early september and if you knew anyone interested. Of course any advice or warning is more than welcome !


    Thanks for reading.


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    pedroeibar1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,108 ✭✭✭pedroeibar1


    "bourse aux équipiers" = crew exchange or crew market.

    C’est ‘crew available’ ici http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056326284
    Néanmoins, à mon avis, vous ne trouverez une solution facilement, normalement il y a très peu des trajets entre la Bretagne et l’Irlande. Il soit mieux de réserver un passage sur un paquebot/Ryanair.


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    davlacey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 236 ✭✭davlacey


    are u trying to enter the country illegally? seems odd no planes or boats but u would get on a yacht


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    hytrogen
    Registered Users Posts: 952 ✭✭✭hytrogen


    www.sailing.ie is probably a reasonable bet for crewing ads in Ireland. Might also be some on www.apolloduck.ie
    or else if you look up the nearby yachtclub you want to land in & email them to post an add with their sailors ya might have a chance too
    fair winds


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    #5
    Ephemeral.
    Registered Users Posts: 7 ✭Ephemeral.


    Hey !

    Thanks pedro. I don't care if they leave from Bretagne. It can be anywhere in France but I guess it's the same problem, right ? : (
    So what I could do is find a boat from France to England if there are more people doing that distance, and then from England to Ireland (might be a ferry this time). If someone has more info on that !

    @hytrogen: Thanks, I'll look into those sites. It's true that I haven't found anyone doing that trip on french sites...

    @davlacey : Aha ! No I'm not trying to get in the country illegally. That hadn't even crossed my mind but now I realise it might scare people off (especially since I used to have a huge beard making me look like I come from some middle-east country). That made me laugh.
    I'll avoid planes (eventhough they might be the cheapest / fastest / easiest way to get to Dublin) and ferries as much as possible as it's against my political opinions. I might end up having to use a ferry though. I can leave France whenever I want in August since I'm not working so I have time for planning an alternative trip. I also think that the journey is a part of the adventure. It'd feel weird to take off and be in another country in like 2 hours. I need to feel the time escaping, to realise I'm going to be leaving my home country for a year. I also plan on going to South America someday so that would be a first experience with sailing.


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