Ocean Nomads
Captain resources
Tips, guides and people for captains and boat owners taking on crew.
Free resources
For the people who call a boat home
Tips for captains
Picking crew, from boat owners who do it.
Practical tips from our captains guide and stories from boat owners in the network.
Find crew for your boat
How the network finds you crew.
How we help boat owners find crew they actually want on board.
Crew chart for your crew
50 steps before they step aboard.
Send new crew the free chart, so they arrive prepared and know what to agree with you first.
Inside the network
The tools and the people, for members
Guide for captains taking on crew
From deciding on crew to life at sea.
Questions to ask crew, crew management before you leave the dock, smooth operations at sea, a captain letter template and tools for life on board.
Included with the Ocean Nomads network
The Atlantic Crew Report
131 crossers, ten years.
The full report, including the captain’s side of the story.
Included with the Ocean Nomads network
Humans on a sailing expedition
Why some trips click and others don’t.
The post is free. The facilitation tools for life on board are inside.
Included with the Ocean Nomads network
Provisioning for a crew
Feed a crew, leave less behind.
The provisioning sheet template, plus places, contacts and farms shared by members.
Included with the Ocean Nomads network
Waste at sea
What goes overboard, and what never does.
Plus how to make a difference for a healthy ocean as a captain, in the captains guide.
Included with the Ocean Nomads network
People to call on
Crew, boat sitters and boats to meet.
Crew ready to sail, members ready to boat sit or help with your refit, other boats to meet along the way, and the map to find them.
Included with the Ocean Nomads network
Bring your boat aboard
For boat owners with a big heart for the ocean. We’re a small bunch, but we really help each other out, and this is how we sail:
- Everyone is crew. Hands-on, nobody on board is a guest being served.
- Look after the ocean you came to see. Nothing plastic goes over the side, minimum packaging on board.
- Look after each other. A safety briefing for every new crew, and the awkward thing said early and kindly.
- Agree it before you go. Money, watches and house rules, in writing.