STOP PRESS NEWS
I have a new computer. I
have also changed from Net
Objects Fusion to Front
Page. Please bear with me
as I am updating this
website using the new
software version on the new
computer. It is nearly all
updated.
SUMMARY & IMMEDIATE PLANS
My crew companions for the
cruise from Cyprus to France
are joining me during the
last week of June and we are
planning on setting off
cruising on 3rd July, 2010.
We will be discussing route
so as to take into account
their interests as well as
mine. Destination is
France. See Cruising Plans
for my present thoughts.
Welcome to the new Cruising on
Mantra Website
The catamaran Mantra was sold after
circumnavigating westabout round the
world. I then bought a displacement
motor yacht, renamed her MANTRA and
I started adapting this website for
the new Mantra.
Any photos which show the M.Y.
"Mantra" with a green hull
are old. Mantra has been
repainted and now has a yellow
hull. I have adapted & updated
nearly all the website. What
remains to be done is the Mantra
Operating Manual, past history
of where I’ve cruised, replacing the
Video and adding more photos as well
as replacing those photos which are
of Mantra before I refurbished and
repainted her. I face some technical
challenges in getting the photo
albums right, in replacing photos in
the body of the website and other
things which require better computer
skills than I have.
The purpose of the site:
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To provide information for
people who might be
interested in joining me
cruising on Mantra
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To provide a means for
friends and potential future
crew and their friends to
keep up to date with where
I am, what we’re doing and
what the plans are.
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To answer the most
frequently asked questions.
Using the Website:
To navigate around the site, click
on the buttons which are at the top
left of the first page of each
section.
See below for what is on this
website. Then either click the
buttons at the top left or click on
the item in the Table of Contents
below.
HISTORY
During 2007, Mantra was repositioned
successfully from Portsmouth to
Cyprus via Guernsey / Gibraltar /
Malta and also cruised from Cyprus
to the Greek Aegean islands, on to
Athens, through the Corinth Canal to
the Greek Ionian islands, visited
Italy, revisited Malta and come back
to Cyprus again. In 2008 we cruised
Turkey from Finike to Marmaris and
back, also taking in Greek
Kastellorizon. In 2009 we again
cruised Turkey, starting at Finike
and ending at Gumusluk north of
Bodrum. We also visited the Greek
Aegean islands of Kalimnos, Kos,
Simi and Kastellorizon.
I look crew companions who love
cruising on yachts and like
pottering about on boats, who enjoy
adventure and the romance of new
places, and who are capable of
keeping watch conscientiously,
enjoy cooking, are fit, are agreeable
and who will participate in ongoing
work on the boat. Additional
skills would be an added bonus. Of
particular interest are skills with
engines, electronics, electrics,
computers and cooking. Someone who
knows more than me and can help me
with maintenance would be great, but
is really not at all essential. Crew
must be nonsmokers who don’t get sea
sick and whose ego does not inhibit
them from asking when they don't
know or are unsure. Another
important requirement is freedom
from time constraints which might
cause problems if we were delayed.
Usually, we would share day to day
expenses such as food & consumables,
some marina charges / mooring fees,
etc. I would not expect any
contribution towards the cost of
diesel fuel for propulsion, nor
towards the costs of maintaining
Mantra. While cruising we would be
likely fairly often to eat our
evening meal ashore at tavernas,
trattorias, etc, providing our
budgets allow.
While I prefer someone with good
yachting experience, I am prepared
to take a beginner to yachting who
has a strong desire to learn and who
is willing to dose with
anti-seasickness stuff until sure of
being free from seasickness. I
would prefer someone whose mother
tongue is English.
I have a lot of cruising
experience (see PM Sailing
Experience in the Section called
"Ship's Company") but I am always
learning. I am told I am an
effective and patient teacher and I
would be happy to help someone learn
more about yachting.
MANTRA (ex-Strobarli) is very well
equipped, including paravane
stabilisers, comprehensive
electronics, a get-one-home wing
engine and sails. I bought her in
2006 and have considerably upgraded
her. She is a Cygnus displacement
motor yacht. Maximum speed is 8+
knots. Cruising speed is from 4 to
7 knots. Safe range should be well
over 3000 miles. Mantra has a
steadying mizzen sail and also has
twin running / reaching foresails.
On this "nearly completed'' website
you should find answers to most of
your questions. Unfortunately, many
of the pictures are of MANTRA as she
was (= green hull) rather than as
she is now (= yellow hull). Also
unfortunately, the current photos do
not do justice to her lovely
interior, nor do they show the new
electronics. I have included on this
website the Yacht Broker's
specification which originally
aroused my interest and which I’ve
updated as as I intend selling
Mantra sometime in the next few
years.
The
best methods for communicating with
me are email to
paulonmantra@yahoo.com or
by phone or SMS text message. In
Cyprus my phone number is + 357) 99
647 619 and that is the main phone
number I use all the time. For
those who have Skype (Voice Over
Internet Protocol) my Skype name is:
paulonmantra.
The website is organised as follows:
You can click on any of the yellow
headings above instead of going back
up to the buttons at the top left.
Thank you
for visiting my Website
