Welcome to the Ocean Nomads Blog where we feature our members, write about the latest, and share some ocean adventure and impact inspiration and information.
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CoSagres Basecamp Portugal. Interest poll for Ocean Nomads
Raise your hand if this is you! 😊🐒But where to set up basecamp when you keep having that drive to navigate, nomad, and explore, and not sure where home should be? We are ON it by creating a web of nomads, vessels, and basecamps around the world🗺🏝🏕⚓️🧩🍍for more fun, impact, support and anticipation to what

A salty poem by Ocean Nomad Sophie
OCEAN NOMADS x WINDFALL Into the Unknown leg Galicia- Porto somewhere in August 2021 Once upon a time there was a nomadic spirited girl, who at the other side of the world found her magic pearl. It was about a life at sea she never knew before,her heart sang wild since she opened that

Sailboat Travel & Crewing Opportunities with Ocean Nomads | Autumn 2021
Current adventurous sailing possibilities to get the ocean in your veins and jump on board to experience travelling by sail boat.

Member Spotlight: Long term liveaboard and retired RYA Instructor Keith welcoming ocean nomads sailing crew
Every now and then we publish one in-depth story from an Ocean Nomads member. To learn more about each other, to learn from each other, inspire and be inspired, and to accelerate our journeys. This week we shine a light on Keith Riley. Keith is a true seaman who lived practically his whole life at sea,

Why is the ocean so important?
The Ocean is the heart of the planet. Water covers more than two-thirds of the Earth’s surface. Sea plants, like Posidonia, produce 70% of the oxygen we breathe (1), and the deep waters are home to wildlife and some of the biggest creatures on earth. It provides us with food, jobs, life, entertainment, and sailing!

Explore travelling by sail. How to find a sailboat ride with Ocean Nomads?
You are keen to travel by sail! But what if you don’t have a boat (yet;)) and you would like to experience ocean magic by sail? The adventurous, purpose-driven, and eco-minded way. In this blog post we highlight how Ocean Nomads can support you with making your ocean adventure and impact dreams real. Here are 10 waypoints to get out there as sailing crew with Ocean Nomads.

Member Spotlight: Kerstine | Bosun & Media mate at Sea Shepherd
Every other week we publish one in-depth story from an Ocean Nomads member. To learn more about each other, to learn from each other, inspire and be inspired, and to accelerate our journeys. This week we shine a light on Kerstine Launay. Nomad turned sailor on the seven seas, currently working with Sea Shepherd Global.She discovered sailing

Member Spotlight: Carola von Szemerey | Founder of the Sound of Sisterhood. Surfer, Sailor & Dancing through life with action and intuition.
Every other week we will publish one in-depth story from an Ocean Nomads member. To learn more about each other, to learn from each other, inspire and be inspired, and to accelerate our journeys. This week we shine a light on Carola von Szemerey She knows the importance of living with nature, with the moon , following intuition and

Member Spotlight: Eoin Keyes | He Dreams and Does. Boat owner, Surfer & so much more.
Here’s an interview with our professional sea hippy: Eoin Keyes. He just refitted his own boat, budget and resourcefulness style, he’s been captaining one of our flotillas, he’s captaining for the Viking TV show and he’s a fanatic surfer. He dreams and he does. Let his story inspire you!

Ocean Nomads Member Spotlight: Pim van Hooff | Boathitchhiked 15000 Nautical Miles from Italy to Fiji crewing on different boats
This week we shine a light on Pim van Hooff. He sailed from Italy to Fiji as crew on multiple different sailing boats. He continued overland in Asia until Corona came. He dreamt it, and went for it! We’re super proud of his journey and curious to all that is to come. Here’s his story!

Member Spotlight: Janneke Dijkhuis | Hitch’hiked’ across the Indian & Atlantic Ocean without ever having sailed before
Janneke sailed across the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic without having sailed a day in my life before embarking on this journey

Travelling the Dutch coast under Sail with FairFerry, Twister & Ocean Nomads
Last weekend a group of Ocean Nomads jumped on board the classic Schooner Twister for an ocean adventure as part of the Fair Ferry initiative. What Fair Ferry, Twister, and Ocean Nomads have in common: we facilitate sailboat travel. The adventurous kind. One way trips. Exploring places along the way. Pure, simple and for a