What do you mean, the plan? We don't have a plan. Maybe I should call that part of the website "serious matters" or something equally intimidating, but since most people usually expect some kind of plan in all things, we'll stick to the name as it draws the crowds.
The thing to understand about Karaka and crewing on her is that plans and schedules are tentative at best. If you want me to be honest, they are in fact pretty much nonexistent. We go with the flow, we turn back when we feel like it, we stay when it is pleasant and we leave when the next port seem more interesting than the one we are in. We usually have a rough idea of what ocean we want to be sailing in, but even that is not always clear. Most of the time we don't know where we'll be and what we'll do a few months in the future. It doesn't seem to be a problem for the crew members we had in the past, since we tend to go slow and so it is fairly easy to guess where we will be in the near future. We organize long crossings in advance so we do not undertake a big passage without the crew being aware of the possibility of it before they come. As far as schedules go, it is very hard to keep one while sailing. We manage, with huge efforts and a lot of dedication, to be in the same country as the one the coming crew members fly in, but it has happened that we were not in the right country when a return flight was due. For that reason, we prefer crew members who have no obligations, no set return dates, no return flights, no reasons not to stay in that lovely little island for another two weeks. It makes life for everybody much easier. At the same time we understand that the reality of modern life might be at odd with such an attitude so we always do our best to accommodate. It was just to say that if you want to come and crew with us you need to be flexible about plans, and especially about schedules.