🧼 Helper Wanted to Refresh a Sailboat in Paradise! ⛵🌴

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The experience

I recently acquired a beautiful sailboat in Guadeloupe 🇬🇵. While she’s in great shape structurally, she could use some love to shine again! I’m looking for a helpful and hands-on traveler to assist with basic cleaning, scrubbing, and light painting, as well as more complex work involving electricity, wood and epoxy (which I am also learning). Right now we're staying in Martinique until some of that work has been completed.

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What you offer

15 hours of help per week

Painting & Decorating: Help with painting or decorating the property facilities.

Cleaning: Help clean the kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms and common areas.

Building & Repairing: Help with a wide range of repairs or building.

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What you get

3 days off per week

Private Room: You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.

Language lessons: Take free language classes at our place.

Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.

Dedicated Workspace: Specific space for you to work remotely

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Requirements

Intermediate French or Intermediate English

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

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What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

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Program Details

This is a laid-back opportunity for someone who enjoys working with their hands and being near the sea 🌊. You’ll help me clean, scrub, and do minor painting jobs around the boat — mostly exterior work to freshen up the aesthetics. You’ll get to live the boat life, learn a bit about sailing, and soak in the natural beauty of Guadeloupe. No technical experience is required, just a proactive spirit and a willingness to get a bit messy! 🎨🧹

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Activities & Shift

I usually cook so it is good if you do the dishes and can clean the kitchen, though we can swap those some days if you're a good cook.
Then there are maintenance tasks: emptying bildges when it rains, cleaning surfaces, scraping the hull (I provide mask, tuba and palms which are also great for scuba diving in your free time)... And then there are the big projects: restoring the electrical network, restoring the dinghy, fixing leaks, woodwork, epoxy, etc.

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Rules

Right now I'm 300 m from the beach, either by rowing a dinghy, using the kayak or swimming, depending on days and needs, so you have to be in good shape to do that every time you want to go to shore.
There is not to be meat or fish onboard; you can obviously do whatever you want off the boat.