So far we have +300 members from +35 different nationalities. We have +70 members with vessels who are occasionally looking for ocean nomads valued crew and therefore prefer to find within our network. 

Our members are liveaboards, adventure travellers, (aspiring) sailors, people working in the sailing, surf or ocean sports industry, eco project initiators, impact entrepreneurs as well as surfers and (free)divers looking to design their lives around the ocean. We have a growing group of vanlifers and overlanders as well who navigate the coastlines. We’re a varied mix of salty souls with a shared drive to live pure, simple, free and protect planet ocean.

Our members are young by heart. We do not exclude someone because of their chronological age. We have members in there 20s up to maybe even someone in their 80s! We all have a lot to learn and give to each other.  It’s about the mindset and drive for ocean adventure and making a positive impact.

On our membership portal you can sea who is near you. On the Ocean Nomads map  we feature members, vessels, basecamps, projects, friends and other local happenings ocean nomads should know about.

You can learn more about how to network came about here (3 minute video) and more member videos in our member story section.

• You can check the latest opportunities in the Sailing Adventure Wanted & Available space in our member hub. The more specific you are the better we can tag and connect you to relevant people who may have or know about an adventure opportunity. 
• Explore the Ocean Nomads MAP and see if there are any vessels in the area you’re looking for (only members can access). We currently have +80 vessel members who are often eager to share the experience. 
• Check out the member resource ‘Find a Sailboat ride‘ where we share websites, ideas, and ways to find a ride. 
• Simply ask the community for tips. We are an active and engaged group, walking the extra mile for a fellow Ocean Nomad. Show up in a meet-up and the first personalized connections are being made. Very often members don’t need crew and don’t put the word out but they welcome them if the right person shows up.
• Looking for a ride across the Atlantic? Also check out Suzanne’s book: Ocean Nomad (50% discount for Ocean Nomads members). In the member hub we also have a resource on Sailing the Atlantic and lots of members who shared their experience. You can watch some replays inside.
• We amplify our members voices on Social Media. Tag us and we repost on our Instagram and facebook groups totalling +25.000 people, if you want.
• Suzy is launching a course on how to travel the world by sail as crew in 2023! Be the first to know and claim the best price as a member.

• If adventure and impact driven salty souls are what you are looking for, we have a growing pool of ready to jump on board members all around the world. Members have access to resources and mini-courses related to the ocean nomads lifestyle, crewing, provisioning, cooking, and walk to extra mile to make things real. 
• Share your crew needs / wishes on the Ocean Nomads member hub in topic Crew Opportunities. We make personalized connections with people who think may be a good fit. 
• We can also amplify your search in our new moon and full moon newsletter, social media channels, and facebook groups.

Yes! While big focus of our community is on life AT sea, most of us also love the land. Our common interest in a love for nature, cultivating conscious living. and connecting with other freedom spirits creating a lifestyle around this. Besides many member living on boats, also many of us live off grid, in our van, just with a backpack OR are curious to learn more about all it. As sailors we also need places and people on the land to visit, and as land people we also need adventurers in our life :). If you align with our values, you’ll find beautiful connections in our network.

At the moment we offer two memberships:

Nomad Membership (65 euro / year) And Vessel Membership (119 euro / year).

We don’t have monthly memberships for the reason that relationship building takes time. We do our very best to create meaningful personal connection and therefore we simply got to know each other a little bit. We go for quality over quantity.  

We believe with a little barrier-to-entry membership fee, we attract those truly determined. And it helps us do what we do. We don’t want to mess around on social media too much. It’s too shallow, too noisy, and not real. Via the ocean nomads membership we can do more and become more.

Pan pan! Membership fees go up later in 2023. Lock in the current rate today.

We are not an online community. We’re all about sharing, exploring, and thriving in the great outdoors. We host a couple off facebook groups, started initially to simply enhance the sharing economy by sharing and posting relevant ocean adventure opportunities. But we intend to move away form the big corporates that can sell your data or delete your efforts with a click, and have fake profiles. We’re not actively managing the facebook groups. Life is too short for that. And we don’t want to encourage scrolling while the outdoors is waiting for you. All our efforts are going into cultivating a kind, safe, and adventure community offline. We have a dedicated membership platform set up using a platform called mightynetworks with the goal to create more meaningful connections, support each other with questions and answers, so at the end of the day we have more time for the important stuff: connect to nature. By becoming a contributing member we can contribute to your journey. Oh. and we will NEVER sell your data. Welcome to the family!

Hell yeah! But away from corporate giant infrastructure. We don’t want to facilitate scrolling, we want to facilitate outdoor action! We like to be independent and the whole idea behind the online platform is for us to spend less time online and on the dream realization distracting socials. That includes us who manage Ocean Nomads. Our members are our top priority! And outdoor play. If there’s time left or the weather is bad we connect to social media now and then. 

Safety and Kindness first. Membership can be denied or cancelled if we feel reasons to do so. We automatically accept member requests but all gets reviewed. Especially when it comes to sailing we want to do what we can to connect you to kind, responsible, happy people. We have experienced 1 case where we declined and of course then refund the fees. We also just rolled out a verification system where members can leave references to each other.

Of course! Through the member network you can reap the benefits of more adventure, impact and community in your life all year and near you. As long as you align with our values and vision you are welcome to join! 

We have pulled all our community management into one place to be able to focus on YOU. We are using a tool called Mightynetworks. You can access our network via their app or via desktop. Also, it works in the browser. The APP though is really good so we do recommend you to download that. You’ll have like your personally nomad journey advisory board in your pocket! No advertisement, no data being sold,  just you and community.