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ON Camp at the Forester Snapshots | Netherlands Meet-up
ON Camp at the Forester Snapshots | Netherlands Meet-up Sooo cool to catch up and connect some Ocean Nomads brothers and sisters in the Netherlands this weekend in the nature campside forest in Flevoland. Here’s a little recap! Camping style catch-up with some beachball and badminton play, home made veggie pizza in the

Sailboat Travel & Crewing Opportunities | Spring / Summer 2023
Adventure, Impact and community focused sailing possibilities to get the ocean in your veins and jump on board to experience travelling by sail boat. A snapshot of crewing opportunities Spring and Summer 2023 by Ocean Nomads Members

We sailed around the Atlantic! A recap and wrap up
In 13 legs, we’ve been sailing around the Atlantic with the focus on: Adventure Sailing, Positive Impact, Stories & Skill Building, Conscious Lifestyle & Ocean Minded Community.
210 days
13 legs
15.000 Miles
12 Countries
37 Islands
100 Nomads!
What a voyage it has been!

Sailing Across the Atlantic on SV Twister | A poem by Luis
A poem dedicated to new friends who, together, we crossed the Atlantic on Twister, 2022 (3426 NM). With love, By Luis Kong Atlantic This old lady travels metal to water with her sharp keel slicing swells like a wild horse bucking up and down in the Atlantic rodeo. She’s pushing forward the love of motion and

We have arrived from the Atlantic Crossing! | Some highlights
What happens if you put 17 strangers on a boat together for a longggg period of time? An adventure of a lifetime! Happy, tired, and beyond excited we made it safe and sound to the tropics. Last week we arrived in the West Indies after a succesful Atlantic crossing! In this blogpost some photos &

She’s off! SV Twister and Ocean Nomads sail around the Atlantic Ocean | Departure Recap
She’s off! This Tuesday 07 AM SV Twister set sail out of Amsterdam for a mission around the Atlantic Ocean with a boat load of Ocean Nomads driven for an experience with full ON adventure, impact and community. What a milestone already to reach this point. Thank you everyone involved for helping to make

Your Captain for Expedition ON Leg 1, 2 and several Caribbean legs
This is Frans Veldstra. Captain of Expedition ON Leg 1,2 and several Caribbean legs. Frans grew up in a seafarer family, both boat builders and seamen. He started racing at a young age sailing regatta’s in Europe and has done many deliveries and captain jobs throughout his life. At a young age he also explored

3 Ways to find YOUR sailboat ride with Ocean Nomads
A bit more background on how we go about connecting you to the ocean, each other, and support in accelerating sail boat travel dreams and ambitions. Spontaneous Ocean Nomads Meet-ups Yesterday we rather spontaneous united a boatload full with ocean nomads. All of us about to go on big ocean adventures! But on different

A few words from Suzy about how Ocean Nomads is bringing transformation and excitement for an ocean minded lifestyle | Logbook update
Photo: Sailing into Madeira from the Netherlands with SV Twister. Few things are more exciting than travelling by sail into a country A little update about the latest.. I just got off the phone with Paula. Finally we managed to connect after both living a lot in no signal world. Inspired by her mum,

Call for local environmental conservation people and projects around the Atlantic and Eastern Caribbean | Team up with Ocean Nomads for positive impact
As sailors, and especially as a community of sailors, we revisit places, we have a unique skillset, and unique opportunity to support with our tools, skills, hands, eyes, and cargo sailing possibilities. We can build connections between places that do not exist in any other way. And very often we are privilidged living the lifestyle we are living, and drives us to be more giving. We are expanding and updating our database on local collaborative ocean projects and positive change – driven destination representatives, tourguide, ocean companies. For our upcoming Expedition ON, but also for all ocean nomads sooner or later sailing the Atlantic circle.

Finding sailing crew opportunities | Travel the world by sail! Newbies
This September we dedicate the full month knowledge sharing about travelling by sail as newby. We have lots of members who started from zero and are now a sailing hero, and lots of members who are looking to get started. We can learn a lot from each other. Join the conversation, absorb the information, ask your questions, share your ideas, stories, curiosities and experiences in relation to getting started on travelling by sail

Sailboat Travel & Crewing Opportunities | Later Summer / Autumn 2022
Adventure, Impact and community focused sailing possibilities to get the ocean in your veins and jump on board to experience travelling by sail boat. A snapshot of crewing opportunities later Summer and autumn 2022.