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1) Cooks 2) People with the capacity to repair diesel engines 3) navigators 4) people with medical skills, esp emergency medical skills I choose navigation, because i I am good with math and dangerous with cooking. Learning navigation is relatively accessible, by going to a course or getting a book (some link here would be great).''add links''
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2) In all the ports i visited in Central America and the [[South Pacific]] including [[Australia]] at 8 AM local time all the boats in the harbor talk with each other over radio on channel 19. Thus you can listen and participate of you can either get on a boat with a radio or from a radio on land. They talk about all kinds of things they need, like where to get the bottoms of boats scraped and where is a good place to buy diesel fuel that is not watered down. And at the end of this broadcast you can generally say "My name is Wombat and I am looking for a ride to the Marquesas and I can cook."
The four things capabilities that boat captains are most often looking forare# cooks,# people with the capacity to repair diesel engines,# navigators,# people with medical skills, especially emergency medical skills.
The navigator also turns out to be one of the easiest [[jobs]], because almost all sailboats going long distance have satellite navigation systems which make directing the boat relatively easy. Navigators, like medical folks, are to be able to deal with emergencies, specifically lightning hitting the boat.
