Comments on: How does one get into sailing tall ships? http://boatssailing.com/how-does-one-get-into-sailing-tall-ships All about boats, yachts and sailing Fri, 18 May 2012 02:15:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Dennis http://boatssailing.com/how-does-one-get-into-sailing-tall-ships/comment-page-1#comment-116 Dennis Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:09:24 +0000 http://boatssailing.com/how-does-one-get-into-sailing-tall-ships#comment-116 Most of the tall ships hire volunteers off the dock. There are several tall ships around both the east and west coasts of the US. Get down to the docks when one is around and strike up a conversation with the crew. Most likely you'll be working for room and board, but the good news is that after you get a year of seatime on one you can apply for an Able Seaman's document and a Mate 200 ton license. After you get the license in hand you stand a good chance of getting hired on for pay. You don't need it to work on most tall ship's, but it wouldn't hurt to get a Z-card. This is a merchant marine document issued by the USCG. Here are a couple of websites with information on getting merchant marine documents and licenses. Most of the tall ships hire volunteers off the dock. There are several tall ships around both the east and west coasts of the US. Get down to the docks when one is around and strike up a conversation with the crew. Most likely you’ll be working for room and board, but the good news is that after you get a year of seatime on one you can apply for an Able Seaman’s document and a Mate 200 ton license. After you get the license in hand you stand a good chance of getting hired on for pay.

You don’t need it to work on most tall ship’s, but it wouldn’t hurt to get a Z-card. This is a merchant marine document issued by the USCG. Here are a couple of websites with information on getting merchant marine documents and licenses.

]]> By: paul h http://boatssailing.com/how-does-one-get-into-sailing-tall-ships/comment-page-1#comment-115 paul h Sun, 19 Oct 2008 10:07:29 +0000 http://boatssailing.com/how-does-one-get-into-sailing-tall-ships#comment-115 Try to find some on the net and see if you can get on as a crew member--eastern ports seem to have lots of them and some are resto jobs that look for donated time and labor and crewing. Try to find some on the net and see if you can get on as a crew member–eastern ports seem to have lots of them and some are resto jobs that look for donated time and labor and crewing.

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