Les Sables to Tortola - Day 2

Les Sables, France to Tortola, British Virgin Islands
Day 2 - 12/08/13

• 45'00N 006'58W
• First dolphin sighting
• Slow day everyone taking long naps
• Sunny - Sunbathing
• Auto pilot
• Sails up - Engine off
• In Bio Biscay
• Saw a Shark
• log: 241
  

Les Sables to Tortola - Day 1

Les Sables, France to Tortola, British Virgin Islands
Day 1 - 11/08/13

• Set off 15:00hrs
• First solo watch - Nothing interesting
• Auto Pilot
• Bio Biscay
• 46'26N 001'49W
• Log: 40nm

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Delivery - St Malo to Sete

Day 18 - 12/07/13

• Arrived at Sete
• Last watch by my self
• Calm, Engine on, little misty
• Under 5 knots
• Hear a helicopter but cant see it
• Total distance - 2,000 nm

 

 

 

 

 

Delivery - St Malo to Sete

Day 17 - 11/07/13

• Still hot but feels cooler
• Sailing and making good progress
• Taking over dingy sail boat
• 42'14N 003'19E

Delivery - St Malo - Sete

Day 16 - 10/07/13

• Followed by tuna fish all morning
• Saw Turtle
• Really hot 29c
• Put Code Zero up
• SE wind
  
  
  

Delivery - St Malo to Sete

Day 15 - 09/07/13

• Stopped in Spain for lunch and supplies
• Motored then Sailed 7 knots
• Really hot 28c
• Glowing bubbles and Dolphins at night time
• 40'31N 002'11E

Delivery - St Malo to Sete

Day 14 - 08/07/13

• Tried sailing without compass
• Slow Sailing max 6 knots
• Engine on and off
• Really hot 28c
• 1,491 nm
• 36'38N 002'45W

Delivery - St Malo to Sete

Day 13 - 07/07/13

• Saw a pod of Dolphins
• Sail/ Motor
• Sunny really hot 28c
• 36'12N 004'34W

Delivery - St Malo to Sete

Day 12 - 06/07/13

• Set off 09.30
• Sailed/ Motored
• Max Speed 7 knots
• 36'12N 004'34W

Delivery - St Malo to Sete

Day 11 - 05/07/13

• Day in Gibraltar
• Catching up on washing
• Got mp3 wire
• Went out for meal then drinking
• Siphoning Coca Cola

Delivery - St Malo to Sete

Day 10 - 04/07/13

• Solo shirt didn't last long after wind came up
• Tacking up wind all day not getting very far
• Arrived in Gibraltar at 20.00 hrs.
• One of the main sail Sliding pins came out
• 36'07N 006'15W

Delivery - St Malo to Sete

Day 9 - 03/07/13

• No wind
• Red hot
• Showered in Sun on back of Yacht
• Speed - 6-7 knots
• Doing 2 hour solo Shifts
• Laying in Sun
• Another day in paradise

Delivery - St Malo to Sete

Day 8 - 02/07/13

• Managed 15.4knots
• Swell going up and down
• Had radio on all day
• 41'12N 008'55W

Delivery - St Malo to Sete

Day 7 - 01/07/13

• Managed 13.9knots
• Saw Dolphins
• Swell growing
• 30 knots of wind
• 42'72N 009'08W

Delivery - St Malo to Sete

Day 6 - 30/06/13

• Begin are descent of the Straights of Portugal
• Tacking up wind
• No sleep
• Huge Waves - 2-3 Meters

Delivery - St Malo to Sete

Day 5 - 29/06/13

• Arrived in Spain
• Went to a monkey nut bar - throw outside on the floor
• Had big Spanish sardines
•  44'49N 008'14W
  
  
  
  

Delivery - St Malo to Sete

Day 1 - 25/06/13

• False Start - Main sail pin holding boom up half out and bent
• 7 knots
• My first watch
• 48'40N 002'06W

Day 2 - 26/06/13

• No wind - Engine on/ Sails down
• Saw orange company wire ship
• Tide cause lack on progress
• 48'53N 002'01W

Day 3 - 27/06/13

• No wind - Engine on/ Sails down
• 48'43N 004'30W

Day 4 - 28/06/13

• Wind Picked up
• Engine off - Main and Genoa up
• 46'05N 007'08W

William Woodward

William Woodward

Personal Details

 

Nationality: British

USA visa: B2 valid until Nov 14

UK: +44 (0) 7800 997000

French: +33 6 37 65 42 86

Email: outdoorwill@hotmail.co.uk

Date of birth: 7th March 1992

Health: Good, ENG1 valid until 2015, Non-smoker, No tattoos

Full UK Driving Licence

Current location: England

Availability: 21^st November 2013

Personal Profile

I am a keen hard working Sailor looking for a Deckhand position where I can utilise my current skills while learning new ones. My aim is to eventually be able to do everything on the yacht. I have completed my Day Skipper and followed that through with two long Distance 2000-4000nm Deliveries, first one a pogo 10.50 sailing yacht from St Malo to Sete and the second a Lagoon 45o from Les Sable to Tortola across the Atlantic so therefore I have plenty experience with lines and solo watches. Before I came into the yachting industry I spent four years gaining skills and qualifications in Outdoor Pursuits through Higher Education, work place experience, and employment. I have practical experience across a wide range of outdoor activities such as kayaking, canoeing, climbing, caving, skiing etc, and have specific Instructor experience in water-based sports. This experience has developed within me a keen understanding of transferable skill sets such as the importance of team work, patience, safety consciousness and above all reliability, also a great knowledge of knots and team building activities.

Qualifications

RYA Yachtmaster Offshore

RYA Day Skipper

RYA Powerboat Level 2

STCW Basic Training

RYA Diesel Engine Maintenance

RYA Short Range Radio

Sixteen Hour 1^st Aid Certificate

British Canoe Union - Foundation Safety and Rescue, Two Star Award

ICT knowledge 

Day Work - April 2013 to present 

M/Y	Sea Raider V	40m	Wash Down	Gel Coat, Chrome, Teak	Marine Shampoo, Part 2 Acid
M/Y	Australis	52m	Wash Down	Gel Coat, Chrome, Teak	Marine Shampoo, Marine Polish
M/Y	Te Manu	50m	Polishing	Chrome, Met	Marine Polish
M/Y	GO	39m	Engine room	Engine, Chrome	Alcohol Manager, 90NF
M/Y	Kahalani	55m	Wash Down	Teak, Gel Coat	1, 2 part Acid, Roll-Off, Cleaner/ Wax
M/Y	Lady L	44m	Engine room	Engine, Sea water filters	Spray Nine
M/Y	St Nicolas	70m	Engine room	Engine, Chrome	Spray Nine, Disinfectant, Chrome Polish
M/Y	Amorazur ii	45m	Assembly	Guest Table	None
M/Y	Rio Rita London	56m	Wash Down	Teak, Gel Coat	1, 2 part Acid, Spray Nine, Black Streak
M/Y	Lady Nag Nag	52m	Sanding down	Shower Panels	Hand and mechanic Sanders

Professional Experience

10th September – 21st November 2013	Cape Town, South Africa	Yachtmaster Offshore
Training Voyages and one 60nm trip as skipper and been assessed on acting skippers role. Shore based assessment on Navigation and Chart work.
11th August – 5th September 2013	Les Sables, France to Tortola, BVI	Atlantic Delivery (4,100nm)
Sailing from Les sables to Tortola, delivering a brand new Lagoon 45o. Working as a First Mate on the vessel, preparing and provisioning for Atlantic crossing, solo watches and full wash down on arrival in Tortola.
23rd June - 12th July 2013 (3 weeks)	Saint Malo to Sete, France	Delivery (1,938)
Sailing from St Malo to Sete, delivering a Pogo 10.50. Working as Deckhand on the vessel, using main sail, genoa and code zero as well as doing overnight watches and lines when docking up. Learning how to get the best possible speed adjusting the eye and tension of the lines.
February - March 2013 (6 week course)	Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK	Crew Training Course
Training voyage around the Isle of Wight and along the South of England coast on-board Albatross 2 Farr 65 and Sweden 45 sailing yachts. This focussed on rigging handling in challenging weather conditions and particularly control of corrosion and dealing with routine day to day maintenance issues. The highlight of this voyage was plotting courses with specific practical experience in port to port navigation using buoys, three points to pin-point location etc.
June to late August 2012 (9 weeks)	Crane Lake Camp, Massachusetts, USA	Lifeguard/ Kayak Instructor
I worked as a Lifeguard/ Kayak Instructor at a Summer Camp. My work was to instruct and supervise school aged children on summer camp in water based activities. Obviously working in such close proximity it was important to cultivate the ability to work as part of a team, patience in dealing with the children, and a strong sense of responsibility and safety awareness.
June 2010 (2 weeks)	Isle of Man, UK	Work experience - Venture Centre
Practical work placement to gain experience instructing in water based sports and the running of Kayak and Canoe sessions. The highlight of this was my independent circumnavigation of the Isle of Man in a Sea Kayak with other instructors over three days.

Previous Employment

September to June 2012 October to January 2013	Dominos	Delivery Driver/ In-store
This involved working as a team from taking the order to delivering the pizzas. My roles were varied from taking the orders via phone or counter, preparing and labelling the boxes, boxing and cutting the pizzas from oven to delivery, I also helped in keeping the store clean and tidy as well as washing up at close.
2008 to 2011	Wealth Management Group	Cleaner
This was a part time position and I worked after hours keeping the office clean and tidy where I gained cleaning and polishing skills. I also helped when required in Data Entry processing information from spread sheets to the client management system.

Education

Salt Grammar School - Seven GCSE’s.

Skipton College - National Diploma in Outdoor Sport 2008 to 2010.

Bradford University - Completed first year of Foundation Degree in Outdoor Sport 2010 to 2011 (Government funding meant I could not finish the course).

Interests

Sculling – Bradford Rowing Club 2003 to 2008.

I enjoy going Skiing with friends can do most pistes.

I enjoy walking, kayaking, canoeing also have a keen interest in rope work activities such as climbing, caving, pioneering (the art of using ropes and wooden spars joined by lashings and knots to create a structure) etc, so I’m very good with knots and know all about different sorts of harnesses .

I have a Classic Mini Sprite which I have re-built and have a keen interest in anything to do with Minis (classic not new) and am a member of the Classic Mini Club.

References

Delivery	Skipper	Nick Collishaw
	nick_collishaw@hotmail.co.uk
Te Manu	First Mate	Phil
	temanu@aol.com
GO	Chief Engineer	Bozidar Mijatovic
+33 6 45 97 11 97	chiefengineer@feadship-go.nl
Kahalani	First Officer	Micheal Duncker
+33 6 09 16 67 14	firstofficer@mykahalani.com
Lady L	Chief Engineer	Andrew Wright
+33 777 230 785	engineer@myladyl.com
St Nicolas	Chief Engineer
+39 340 506 5573 +34 610 580 895	cheifengineer@my-saintnicolas.com
Rio Rita London	Bosun
+377 93 15 37 48	myriorita@monaco.mc
Dominos	Management	Waseem Hussain
+44(0)1943877785	S28268@hotmail.co.uk
Wealth Management Group	Manager	Russell Bavinton
+44(0)7775513961	russell@wealthmanagementllp.co.uk