Boat Owners Survey This survey will give us most of the information we need to begin to match prospective crewmembers with your boat and itinerary. We understand that there are as many different offshore passage opportunities as there are boats. Through our broad and growing membership we will be able to offer you many quality crewmember options that will complement your plans. Please take the time to fill out the survey and return it to us so that we may begin to fulfill your requirements. Boat Owner: _____________________________________________________ Date: ______________ Contact Address:_________________________________________________ Suite: __________________ City: _______________________________________ State: _____________ Zip: ___________________ E-Mail: __________________________________________ Web Site URL: ___________________________________ Home Telephone: _________________________________ Business:___________________________________ Cell Phone:__________________________________ Pager: _____________________ Fax: _________________ Boat Name: ___________________________________________ Home Port: _________________________ Type of Vessel: ________________________________ Year: _________________Length: ________________ Documentation #:_______________________________________ Country Issued: ______________ Draft: _______ Beam: ________ Displacement: _________ Mast Height: ______Tonnage: ____ Engine (type and size): ________________________________ Fuel Capacity: _____________ Water Capacity: ____________________ Color of Vessel: __________ Crew Capacity: ____________ What kind of sleeping arrangements can you provide? ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ Private: __________ Dual Occupancy: ____________ Shared: _________ # of Heads: ___________ Equipment on Board: Please include Makes and Model # 's and year installed. Generator:__________________________________________ Watermaker:_________________________________________ Autopilot:__________________________________________ Weatherfax: ________________________________________ GPS and or handheld:________________________________ Radar:______________________________________________ SSB (or Ham): ______________________________________ Other: Self steering, emergency steering, storm sails, storm ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ Covers (for large windows) safety equipment… please lists all that applies and details. ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ What is your planned itinerary? ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ How long would you like people to sail aboard? ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ Are you in need of a professional crew? ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ Are you looking for a cook? ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ Do you have any children traveling with you? ____________ What ages _____________________________ Any pets? _______________________________ Are you looking for crew who can help sail your boat in exchange for free passage? __________________ Are you looking for crew to share expenses and add to your cruising kitty? ________________________ How much per day? ________________ Per week? ________________ Per Month? _________________ Do you run an informal charter service whose fees are very reasonable and will interest our members who do not expect to pay normal high rates? ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ (Boat owners looking to charge a lot of money will be referred to a charter brokerage firm, which we are not. However, we do understand that a reasonable arrangement can usually be worked out.) If you have been chartering before, please tell us for how long. ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ If so what are your usual cruising grounds? ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ Are you flexible with your fee? __________________Would you consider lowering your fee if we can take care of all your crew needs and save you the advertising and marketing costs normally associated with a charter company. _________________ Or if we where able to send you crew to replace cancellations or fill in a slow season? _____________________ Are there any other circumstances that you believe we can be of service to you? ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ Do you have a captain's license? _______ Is your boat Coast Guard Certified to carry more than 6 passengers? ______ Are you looking for any particular skills in a crewmember such as? Navigation: ____________________ Celestial: _____________________ Watch Captain: _________________ Mechanical:______________________ Medical: ________________________ Culinary: _______________________ Musical Instruments: ____________ Photography: _____________________ Scuba Divers: ____________________ Language's Spoken: ________________________________________________________________________ Are you strictly a non-smoking boat? _______ Or can someone smoke on deck to leeward? ____________ Describe your perfect crewmember: ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ Type of Trip What type of voyage are you planning and your philosophy about the trip? (check one) ______ You are hiring us to move your boat and get it from Point A to B as quickly as possible and in better shape than when we took posession of the boat. ______ You are delivering the boat (forced march) where it is important to get there as soon as possible. (6 knots in the right direction) ________________ Fee? ________________ No Fee? ______ You are looking for help sailing your boat on offshore legs, but you wait for nice weather. (No hurry) The crew will depart once you reach your destination. ________ ______ Shared expense trip where the crew have some say in the destination and itinerary (an informal charter)_______ ______ Looking for a long term commitment for an extended trip to far away places. (no formal itinerary, go where the wind takes you) Other Explain: ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ Let us know of any ways you think that our list of available crew may be of benefit to you? We are anxious to help customize boat owners needs to our services and look forward to tailoring our program to suit you. Feel free to call us at any time. Additional Comments: ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ Looking for a Boat? Some OPO members are looking to buy their dream offshore boat. Often the boats listed in the magazines or found on the Internet are located far from where they live. If the boat happens to be docked near where you live would you be willing to take a look at the boat first? (Yes or No) __________ Are you looking for a boat yourself?_______________ What kind and how big?___________________ When do you plan to go cruising?_______________ Where?______________________ If you think it may a good boat then the OPO member can fly down or hire a surveyor as the next step towards buying the boat. Our intentions are to have OPO members help with the search for good boats. It would be a great way to meet a new boat owner who is planning to take off and will need some crew (you) when they go. We have a couple of members who are marine surveyors and have offered to discount their services to OPO members. If you come across a good buy we are also interested in getting information on those boats to pass on to members looking for a boat. Please return the survey as soon as possible Contact Information You can leave a message at 1-800-4-PASSAGe (1-800-472-7724) 1-800-4-PASSAGe Home | Membership | Message Board | About OPO | Upcoming Rallies | Contact Us