FREE BOAT GIVEAWAY - OPEN TO EVERYONE, JUST APPLY

PLEASE READ ALL THE WAY TO THE END….

BOAT DESCRIPTION – A LEHETE BOURGEOIS 42 FT, 1.85 M DRAFT, BEAM 11 FT, CUTTER RIGGED, ENCAPSULATED KEEL, 11 TONNE. IT HAS THE SPACE OF A TYPICAL 39 FT CRUISING BOAT, NOT YOUR STANDARD 422 PEARSON SAY. ONLY 6 MADE IN AUSTRALIA BY CRAZY FRENCHMAN. THE BOAT WAS BUILT FOR HIM.

LOCATION – PANAMARINA, PUERTO LINDO, PANAMA – ON THE HARDSTAND
MONTHLY HARDSTAND IS $450 USD. PROBABLY NEED 1 TO 2 MONTHS TO DO WORK ON IT

THE RULES TO ENTER THE GIVEAWAY

RULE 1 – YOU NEED TO BE SERIOUS ABOUT OWNING THIS BOAT. YOU MUST HAVE AT LEAST SOME FUNDS AVAILABLE TO YOU TO TAKE OVER THE BOAT. AT THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF BEING THE WINNER, YOU MUST TAKE OVER PAYMENTS OF THE HARDSTAND AND MARINA FEES WITHIN 1 WEEK. THESE ARE $350 PER MONTH. IF YOU DON’T, IT GOES TO THE RUNNER UP AND SO ON AND SO ON. I HAVE PAID FOR SOME OF THE FUTURE HARDSTAND COSTS AT THIS POINT IN TIME AND THE LIFT BACK INTO THE WATER IS ALSO PAID FOR TOO SO IF YOU WIN EARLY AND GET DOWN TO PANAMA AND GET THE BOAT BACK INTO THE WATER WITHOUT DILLY DALLYING YOUR COSTS WILL BE MINIMAL.

RULE 2 – YOU MUST BE 18 YEARS OF AGE. YOU CANNOT BE OLDER THAN 121. I HAVE TO DRAW THE LINE SOMEWHERE

RULE 3 – APPLICATION
A) CREATE A VIDEO (IN LANDSCAPE VIEW NOT INSTAGRAM VIEW) TELLING YOUR STORY IN NO MORE THAN 3 MINUTES. IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE A MASTERPIECE BUT IT MUST CONVEY YOUR STORY AND IT MUST BE A TRUE STORY. TRY NOT TO HAVE ONE CONTINUAL SELFIE, SPLICE IN VIDEOS OR PICTURES OF WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. UPLOAD YOUR VIDEO TO YOUTUBE. DON’T WORRY, NO ONE WILL BE ABLE TO SEE IT IF YOU MARK IT AS “UNLISTED” WHICH IS WHAT YOU SHOULD DO. AND YES, TO UPLOAD YOUR VIDEO TO YOUTUBE YOU WILL HAVE TO REGISTER IN YOUTUBE. SEND ME AN EMAIL TO peter@elcanoworldchallenge.org WITH THE LINK TO YOUR VIDEO INCLUDED. DO NOT SEND ME THE VIDEO AS AN ATTACHMENT TO THE VIDEO.

B) IN THE EMAIL YOU MUST GIVE ME PERMISSION TO SHOW ALL OR PART OF THE VIDEO ON YOUTUBE FOR THE PEOPLE TO VIEW AND APPRAISE. I WON’T BE JUDGING IT, MY PATREONS AND PAYPAL SUPPORTERS WILL BE. GENERAL VIEWERS WILL GET TO COMMENT WHICH WILL LIKELY EFFECT THE OUTCOME ie please write – “I hereby give permission for Sailing into Freedom to show all or part of my video on YOUTUBE”.

C) ALSO INCLUDE IN THE EMAIL YOUR NAME, AGE, SEX, LOCATION, WHEN YOU CAN GET TO THE BOAT INITITALLY AND WHEN WILL YOU BE READY TO SET OFF ON YOUR SAILING ADVENTURE. ALSO INCLUDE A 100 WORD PARAGRAPH ABOUT WHY YOU SHOULD BE GIVEN THE BOAT. IDEALLY, THIS WILL BE IN THE VIDEO TOO BUT DEPENDING ON HOW MANY I GET I MAY HAVE TO CULL THEM SOMEWAY. I WILL ENDEAVOUR TO WATCH ALL THE VIDEOS THOUGH SO DON’T FRET BUT IF I GET 10,000 VIDEOS I WILL BE DEAD BEFORE I SEE THEM ALL SO SOMETHING HAS TO GIVE.

RULE 4 – YOU MUST PROVIDE A SMALL AMOUNT OF VIDEO OF YOU GETTING TO THE BOAT, WORKING ON THE BOAT AND EVENTUALLY SAILING THE BOAT TO END THE STORY OF THE GIVEAWAY. NOTHING ONEROUS HERE, NO EDITING REQUIRED, JUST SEND ME THE RAW FILES AND I WILL PUT IT TOGETHER.

RULE 5 – THERE ARE SOME WARM CLOTHES IN THE LOCKERS IN THE V BERTH. I DIDNT HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO GIVE THEM TO PEOPLE THAT NEED THEM SO PLEASE DO IT.
GOOD LUCK AND MAY THE BEST PERSON WIN.

PLUKKIMEDES, ATHENS

MARCH 2023

WORK TO DO ON THE BOAT

TOILET – THE PUMP IS GOOD BUT THE LID NEEDS REPLACING, IT HAS A SMALL CRACK IN IT THAT WRECKS THE SUCTION. BOTH SEALS NEED TO BE REPLACED.

BILGE CLEANED – THERE IS A SMALL LEAK FROM THE SUMP OF THE ENGINE ( A COUPLE OF DROPS PER DAY WHEN RUNNING) BUT THE MAIN OIL THAT WAS IN THE BILGE (I REMOVED MOST OF IT) CAME FROM A 4 LITRE CONTAINER OF NEW ENGINE OIL THAT GOT A SPLIT IN IT AND LEAKED INTO THE BILGE. IT FREAKED ME OUT WHEN IT HAPPENED UNTIL I REALISED WHERE IT CAME FROM.

HULL AND DECK PAINTING – SAND BACK, FILLED WITH EPOXY FILLER AND PAINTED IN POLYURETHANE

THE OVEN/STOVE TOP NEEDS TO BE REPLACED IF YOU NEED IT – I DIDN’T NEED IT BECAUSE I WAS HAVING FIRES ON THE BEACH. I SAW A SECOND HAND ONE ADVERTISED A YEAR AGO FOR $50 BUT I WAS TOO LATE. JUST ASK AROUND. OCCASIONALLY THEY ARE GIVEN AWAY. GO EARLY TO ANY SWAP MEET FOR BOATS.

ANTI FOUL – RUB IT BACK A BIT AND PAINT IT

OTHER JOBS – NAVIGATION LIGHTS, MAST HEAD RE LIGHTNING SPIKE, VHF RADIO ANTENNAE (I HAVE BOUGHT IT, JUST INSTALL IT) AND AS PER USUAL, FOR AN OLD BOAT THERE IS ALWAYS ANOTHER JOB TO DO.

IDEALLY YOU MUST BE ABLE TO GET TO THE BOAT WITHIN A MONTH OR 2. I HAD TO LOCK THE BOAT UP COMPLETELY – THERE IS NO AIR FLOW WHICH IS NOT GOOD FOR MOULD ON A BOAT. I DID THIS BECAUSE BIRDS IN THE AREA ARE KNOWN TO FLY INTO THESE BOATS AND MAKE NESTS. THEY CAN MAKE A HUGE MESS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. I WIPED VINEGAR OVER ALL THE SURFACES WHERE I COULD BUT I HURT MY BACK AND I WAS IN A BAD WAY FOR 3 WEEKS WHILE I WAS PACKING UP SO IT WAS LESS THAN OPTIMAL.

A BIG CALL OUT TO SAILING LA VAGABOND, SAILING UMA, MJ SAILING, SAILING ZINGARO, CALICO SKIES, DELOS, LIFE ON JUPITER….AND ANY OTHER SAILING CHANNELS TO GET THIS BOAT TO A GOOD HOME. GOOD ON YOU. TOP STUFF.