Hi Everyone,
I've gleaned a large amount of good information from Thorn Tree over the last couple of years and so I tried searching for an answer to my questions but without luck.
I'm planning to try and cross the Atlantic from the Med-Caribbean around mid-/late-November. This seems like a viable ambition, especially if I travel to one of the bottlenecks like Gib, Las Palma, Mallorca etc. The problem is what to do as and when I arrive in the Caribbean. I've been reading that the kind of low-skilled, low-paid work I'd be looking for would be going to locals, which is fair enough and something I entirely agree with. As I'm also toying with the idea of catching another yacht in approx. March next year over the Pacific, though, the difficulties are
a) what to do with the three or four months I'd spend in the Caribbean and b) what is the likelihood of finding any kind of employment (as unfortunately i'm not expecting a hereditary peerage and financial independence anytime soon, at least not before December).
Any advice would be hugely, hugely appreciated. Oh I am 22 with a British passport.
Thanks a lot,
Tom
I've seen foreigners employed as waiters on Grand Cayman so the regulations may be different there. I also saw a young Australian videotaping tourists as they snorkeled on Stingray City (Grand Cayman), then selling the videotapes.
Your best bet might be to find places where you can live rent-free by working in a small guest house or hotel. A friend of mine lived free in Dominica for a month because he was able to help with repairs at the small inn where he stayed. He had other work offers down the road, too, so it's a matter of having skills, being in the right place at the right time, and talking to locals.
You may be able to work on a private yacht in some way, if that appeals to you. Again, it's a matter of getting to an island and talking to people, as well as looking for bulletin boards at each port to see what's going on. 7 Knots Boat page
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