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[Carlos Estevez]

Hi gents
My name is Carlos, I live in southern Santa Catarina state , Brazil.
Having changed from merchant fleet (as chief electrician) into small turist vessels (master up to 100 ton) I own a 60 ton, 1947 gaff schooner.
It's been nice during summer time (southern emysfere; jan, fev & march), hard to carry on to the next season.
So please, I would like to have a help from the list on how to get a job on board a yatch.
Please keep on mind that I am not a member of the first world community; I am just a south american guy with argentine & brazilian qualifications (even STCW95 updated)

Thank you
FW
Carlos

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[Ian McColgin]

In general, you need to throw yourself in the path of rich people.

The big problem is that your local season and the international season are about the same time - northern hemisphere winter. Trying to break into the yacht crew market in New England, which would nicely complement your season, is hard.

Here on Cape Cod we have quite a good group of Brazillians, both settling in and working seasonally, but I'm not aware of any in yacht related trades. You might try writing:

Brazillian Organization for Service & Support
459 Main Street
Hyannis, MA 02601
USA

G'luck