THE SKIPPER
The skippers name is Jan Klintegaard, Danish, retired from his own business as Marine Surveyor. Former education as able seaman, mate and certification as Captain in the Merchant Navy. Spend some years in the Danish Navy as lieutenant and many years in the Danish Police force. Left Denmark in 2001, sailed down Europe to the Canary Islands, across the Atlantic and spend 3 years in the Caribbean, worked as boat builder on Grand Cayman for a while. Went through the Panama Canal in 2004 and spend 2 years in the Pacific, 2 years in the South East Asia and plan to continue sailing many years to come. Has sailed Anaconda more than 100.000 Nautical Miles. No smoker. Diver with certification as dive instructor **CMAS and PADI.

First mate is skippers girlfriend Laura Foster, 46 years old and an experienced sailor around the world.
Second "mate" is a dog, Ana, which came on board in the Caribbean, 6 years ago as puppy. Black and white Staffordshire type Bull Boxer. She is a very good swimmer and sailor and a good watch dog.
She lives on the deck/cockpit.

FROM THE LOG BOOK     CREW PLAN    SAILPLAN 2011    THE BOAT    DO YOU WANT TO JOIN

    
        First mate Laura Foster                                                 The skipper Jan Klintegaard


Second "mate" is Ana

 


Following is an excerpt from "The boat, as a society" published by Margaret Skårup, long-distance sailor  for many years. The book is published by FTLF, Association for Promoting Long-distance voyage. You may consider the challenge you will get on a longer cruise. So - before boarding - maybe you should ask yourself:

Would I be able to::

  1 to act confidently, so my new buddy can trust me 
  2 to respect my new buddys 
  3 to maintain my self respect 
  4 to create my own psychic space between others and strangers on board
  5 to close the conversation, foreign and private smell out
  6 to deal with jealousy 
  7 to face with others 'nakedness 
  8 to shut off the others' love life aboard 
  9 to face that others do not have the same standards for cleanup, cleaning, body wash and lot more 
10 to sometimes live in damp, wet bedding and underwear
11 to taking bath in a half bucket of salt water if fresh water portfolio is small
12 to sleep in a narrow, sometimes quite closed bed - in all weather 
13 to participate in shifts around the clock - often alone at night 
14 to cook and consume food in all weather 
15 to endure that standing fresh water can be scarce and possibly taste of chlorine
16 to the food on long sailing across an ocean can be very one-sided, maybe sparse and very different than expected 
17 to face with cockroaches and other vermin anywhere if they come aboard 
18 to face with an infinite horizon and the feeling that no help is available if a serious accident should happen on board 
19 to face with a turbulent and noisy seas, and a rocking and swaying boat around the clock
20 to face with night sailing alone on guard, with unfamiliar sounds, windy weather and water on deck
21 to endure the "confinement" on an anchorage when the dinghi not return on time 
22 to resolve conflicts - see the possibilities - and limits at any time
23 and much more ...

It may seem negative to many, but it's not so bad. 
But if this scares you a lot, so you might not be for long distance sailing on the world's oceans. 

Skippers ironic motto when he sits and enjoys the landscape, a beautiful sunset and himself with a cold "Sundowner" in his hand:
"It's damn hard to be long-distance sailor ... yes, it's fucking harder than that!"

Welcome aboard on Anaconda