We put some notices up in marinas saying we wanted to crew yachts around Fiji. We had no responses but we did find some adverts looking for crew so we went to find the boats. The first boat we went to was called the Spirit Guide and was owned by Captain Billy. We went aboard to find Captain Billy who had a bandage around his leg and was bleeding profusely. We chatted to him for a bit before he decided he needed a lie down as his leg was bleeding so much!! We suggested a doctor maybe but Billy would not have any of it. We said we would pop back in a bit. So off to the next boat which was the other side of the marina. This boat was owned by a guy called Mathias who was Norwegian. He had bought the boat in Taihiti and was sailing across the Pacific to Indonesia. He said he was more than happy to have us as crew but was waiting to here from work in Norway, so might have to go home. He had never sailed before he bought the boat in Taihiti!! Brave me thinks, but then he did explain he worked for the military and seemed pretty cool headed. So we went back to see Captain Billy, his leg was bandaged and not pissing blood everywhere now so that was good. We sat and had a chat with him for about half an hour, he had pretty much jacked everything in about 7 years ago, bought a boat in France and had sailed it ever since. He wanted us to pay for us to sail with him so we bailed on that boat and kept looking.
By Stuff
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