McNaughtical said..
Cisco,
In defense of backpackers, I had a wonderful backpacker come with me. She was a 29 year old German girl who had never sailed before. I only met her the day she came on board but I liked her instantly. She got seasick but laughed about it, had a wave come over the cockpit which washed her dinner off her plate and her onto the cockpit floor, which threw her into fits of laughter. She brought food to contribute to the trip, and was eager to help and learn.
She is now back in Germany and keeps in touch. I'd have her back as crew any day.
Yeah I Have had a few backpackers through couch surfing , finda crew , and even just meeting people at the dock like my Canadian mate that stars in the utube video below.
Latvian lovely laura we traveled to Lizard island from Airlie beach,
Spanish and english couple in the video recently on my new yacht Dived on my hull / cooked food / cleaned my gally and got me two kilos of porterhouse steak fresh from the Coles bin!
Colombian dive instructor/girl friend hmmmm we won't talk about that one! Latvina hot blood!
I have worked with tourism now for 7 years and yes some can be painful but yes but without them this country would be worse of than it is right now.
i have met the grumpy old skippers on the Whitsunday boats and understand why they try to get the younger generation skippers on the boats!
Bro choppa grills The Island! Hope you left him a bottle of water Bro!
