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Originally Posted by fcallagy

Hi Ollric sounds like a great dream and I,m sure one many here share but I,d really really need to know the people I was about to set off with on a voyage really really well. Its called cabin fever for a reason. Just my 2 cents

Yes, you have got to get along with the others, it's not automatic but it is possible. I sailed half way around the world with people I had never met before and I had the best time of my life.
There are also people that have shared a yacht with great results and have had all the benefits of owning a yacht but only have had one fraction of the cost and headaches. Again it has to be done with compatible and like minded people. Before I would sign on any agreement, the agreement would have to cover the smallest details and address everyone expectations.
To assess the compatibility issue, especially on the water, I would do a bareboat charter together at least once. Even only a couple of weeks on a boat will reveal a lot about the people involved.
I have done many bareboat charters and I have never had serious issues with "cabin fever". It's more about the personal expectations that everyone has.
The main problem I see is in finding partners lays in the fact that statistically there are hardly any people that can actually do what they want.
Almost everyone here in the west is sucked in a rat race of some kind; careers, mortgages, wives, children, family, low paying jobs and so on.
Nobody is really free to do what they dream about or have the balls to do it.
To make this project worth while, the candidates would have to have at least a total of 2 months per year free and quite a bit of extra money.
In most cases people that have one, have not the other. That's the catch 22.
I work 4 weeks on, 4 weeks off earning a decent income, I am also free from the above mentioned ties.
Not many other people do, I am afraid. That's the challenge.
Cheers
Giovanni