THIS IS A PRIVATE INVITATION TO JOIN MY YACHT FOR A WONDERFUL SAILING ADVENTURE! AN EXCITING SAILING ADVENTURE FROM ANATOLIA TO ST LUCIA 2013 Starting April 2013 to December 2013 Manca will complete an exciting sailing voyage from the Eastern Aegean Sea to St Lucia and the Caribbean. THE GENERAL PLAN FEBRUARY- MARCH MANCA WILL BE PREPARED FOR THE NINE MONTH PASSAGE. APRIL. The Eastern Aegean Turkish coast Eastern Greek Islands maybe north to Thessaloniki MAY Peloponnese Ionian Greek Islands JUNE Croatia and Slovenia JULY Venice Italy Sicily Tunisia and maybe Malta AUGUST Sardinia Corsica France SEPTEMBER Balerics Spain Gibralta OCTOBER Morocco (Maybe) Atlantic Spain Portugal Depart early October for Madeira and Grand Canaries NOVEMBER Cruise Grand Canaries start of 2013 ARC November 24 to St Lucia DECEMBER at St Lucia and possible Caribbean Cruise… 2014 JANUARY –MAY CRUISE THE CARIBBEAN.
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THIS IS A PRIVATE INVITATION TO JOIN MY YACHT FOR A WONDERFUL SAILING ADVENTURE!
AN EXCITING SAILING ADVENTURE FROM ANATOLIA TO
ST LUCIA 2013
Starting April 2013 to December 2013 Manca will complete an exciting sailing
voyage from the Eastern Aegean Sea to St Lucia and the Caribbean.
THE GENERAL PLAN
FEBRUARY- MARCH MANCA WILL BE PREPARED FOR THE NINE MONTH PASSAGE.
APRIL. The Eastern Aegean Turkish coast Eastern Greek Islands maybe north to
Thessaloniki
MAY Peloponnese Ionian Greek Islands
JUNE Croatia and Slovenia
JULY Venice Italy Sicily Tunisia and maybe Malta
AUGUST Sardinia Corsica France
SEPTEMBER Balerics Spain Gibralta
OCTOBER Morocco (Maybe) Atlantic Spain Portugal Depart early October for
Madeira and Grand Canaries
NOVEMBER Cruise Grand Canaries start of 2013 ARC November 24 to St Lucia
DECEMBER at St Lucia and possible Caribbean Cruise…
2014 JANUARY –MAY CRUISE THE CARIBBEAN.
THE YACHT
The Beneteau First 44.7 racing near Sydney2012 a younger sister to Manca! She is a great racing and cruising yacht: Bruce Farr design.
Manca snug at Kapi Creek Turkey 2012
Beautiful fast cruising design!
Terry Helms Manca racing Italy 2007
THE ROUTES outline the general Westward plan but
totally open to the
wind, “fancy free” and
flexibility!
Manca leaves about 1870 yachts behind in Barcolana 2007
Terry enjoying the helm of a classic 1930 wooden skiff on the Tamar River Tasmania where his father learned to sail!
YOUR SKIPPER
Terry was born and educated in Australia. He migrated to Canada where he spent
a number of years as a high school teacher. He always wanted to go sailing!
Growing up on an island and listening to the sound of the wind and waves at night
created a close affinity for the sea.
But it was not until 1977 that he first got a chance to take sailing lessons in
Vancouver Canada. Shortly after that he bought his first yacht! An O’Day 27 with a
red hull and a gold mast! The sail number was “007”. What a beauty. The hull was
so light and thin she sailed very well. Soon Terry, after being nagged every
weekend by a marina neighbor who also had an O’Day 27, took up racing in PHRF
with a passion! He now had match races! What fun! It took a year to learn racing
but after that with a great team the trophies started arriving on a regular basis.
By 1986 the O’Day was feeling a little tired and Terry jumped on a chance to by
one of the first Beneteaus to arrive in Vancouver. Epicurious a First 32 became a
great racer and cruiser on the West Coast. For 20 years she was the yacht to beat
in her PHRF division. She was still in top shape after 20 summers of cruising and
racing when, sadly she was sold in 2006!
During this time Terry joined the CYA and with many years of sailing experience
easily completed his CYA Instructor’s License. He introduced many people to the
art, fun and joy of sailing through racing, cruising and instruction.
In 2004 Terry was invited to sail around The Black Sea in the KYRA Rally. This was
64 days 35 ports and six countries starting in Istanbul anti-clockwise around all
the amazing countries of the Black Sea and return to Istanbul. On departure day a
school of dolphins escorted the yacht into the Bosporus. What a magical moment!
Terry enjoyed the wonderful Black Sea sailing, the food, culture and history so
much that he was determined to return to Turkey and The Mediterranean!
Happily Terry had a plan. He made some money from some good investments and
went shopping for a replacement for Epicurious. In 2006 when he found Manca a
Beneteau first 44.7 just one year old, (launched in 2005), it was a retirement
dream come true. The yacht a very fast racer with all the comforts of a beautiful
Bruce Farr designed cruiser; was exactly what Terry wanted.
In 2007 the first port of call was Venice! Then two summers in Croatia and
Slovenia. In May 2008 Terry sailed out of the Adriatic through the Corinthian
Canal at dawn and into the Aegean! 850 miles later Manca landed in Turkey!
Terry began a wonderful cruise of the Greek islands and the Turkish coast. The
beauty, the history, food, wine and the myriad of bays and anchorages became a
magnet. The compass pointed to Mamaris as a base for Manca until 2012.
In April 2010 Manca sailed the 530 miles to Istanbul taking in a number of fishing
villages along the coast of the Marmar Sea. In Istanbul Manca joined the Eastern
Mediterranean Yacht Rally sailing over 2001NM along the Turkish coast, Cyprus,
Lebanon, Syria ,Israel, Egypt and return, logging over 3700Nm.
In 2011 many friends joined Terry to sail the Eastern Aegean. From April to
November Manca was proudly and safely sailing those very precious guests.
Now in 2012 Terry has many special friends sailing the wonderful Lycian coast,
enjoying the wonderful hot dry summers: swimming, food, culture, history,
beautiful landscapes, deep blue sea, diving, and photography! Magic! There are
so many bays, inlets and places of interest one could spend a life time here…but!
In 2013 Manca will begin her magical amazing sail to St Lucia over 4000NM.
Manca is now registered for the 2013 Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC 2013). This
rally with about 200 entries will depart The Grand Canaries on November 24
2013.
SUMMARY. Terry has owned, cruised and raced three yachts. He has logged over
55,000nm. He is a very safe, responsible skipper who plans well and checks the
forecast three times before heading out to sea. He takes pride in maintaining his
yachts to a very high; safe standard. He loves sharing his joy of and passion for
sailing with friends and good company!
THE CREW Preference will be given to crews who have
taken sailing lessons. For the two long legs: Portugal-
Canaries and Canaries-St Lucia a high level of experience
is required. The invitation to sail with me is totally private
and extended to you as a friend to share my yacht, to
enjoy the love of the sea and sailing!
THE DATES ARE APPROXIMATE AT TIME OF WRITING YOU CAN
SELECT YOURS NOW!
THE LEGS ARE FLEXIBLE BUT TRENDING WEST TO St Lucia
yours can overlap. You can select one or more. Some
crew changes can happen in the middle of a leg. Keeping
this in mind, I prefer a minimum stay of about three
weeks. You can see from the plan above there is about
one month in each country.
THE COSTS WILL BE VERY REASONABLE! COST SHARING
OF EXPENSES WILL BE AN ARRANGEMENT THAT MAKES
YOU SMILE. WE WORK THIS OUT TOGETHER AND REACH
A CLEAR, MUTUALLY SATISFACTORY ARRANGEMENT
BEFORE YOU SAIL. NO SURPRISES. The normal
arrangement is to make a small contribution for running
expenses. A transparent kitty is shared for food drinks
moorage (if any) and fuel.
SLEEPING THERE ARE THREE DOUBLE BERTHS AND THE
SETTEE MAKES A DOUBLE
SAFETY MANCA is built to Category 11 Offshore. All
required safety gear will be up to full standard for ARC.
Life raft has had a certified five year service in April 2012.
Harnesses must be worn at night at all times and in winds
above 15-18.
MAINTAINENCE MANCA IS PROFESSIONALLY
MAINTAINED TO A VERY HIGH STANDARD.
MOTORING I HATE MOTORING AND LOVE TO SAIL BUT
ONCE IN AWHILE YOU JUST HAVE TO GET THERE IF NO
WIND!
NAVIGATION TWO INDEPENDENT SYSTEMS: TAYMARINE
AND NAVIONICS. ALL PILOTS ON AND PAPER CHARTS ON
BOARD. TWO SPARE GPS.
COMMUNICATIONS Yacht has Raymarine VHF and ICOM
SSB multi band. Iridium phone will be added in 2013.
