Ocean Nomads

27/08/2026

Ocean Nomads uniting in the Netherlands! 🇳🇱

With many Ocean Nomads based in the Netherlands and some expeditions being prepared and leaving soon, time to meet-up!

Next week we bring you together in the Netherlands. The in person meet-ups and trips are the best way to deepening your connection to fellow ocean nomads and the ocean adventure dreams.
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When? September 4
Where? SV Windfall in Almere

Also an opportunity the meet the people behind 3 big upcoming ocean expeditions!

Your Hosts 💫

Thomas is about to embark on his life voyage he has been preparing for for years! He’s sailing to the Artic to freeze in winter. But first, another big expedition is up where he’ll be the support vessel for the kitesurf across the Atlantic mission with Koen!

Koen, who’ll be the worlds first kitesurfer across the Atlantic is joining the Meetup too 🌱

Suzanne has been living nomadically into the decades now, by sail, van and foot. For many years exploring the world as crew, captain and then founded Ocean Nomads to connect you all to the ocean travel and lifestyle magic and people. The next big trip you can join: one or more legs around the Atlantic.

Where Thomas, Koen, and a whole bunch of Ocean Nomads will be sailing out together from Cape Verde! How special.
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Are you in the zone and eager to sprinkle some salt and ocean vibes into your life? Come meet up with us!

Free event for Ocean Nomads members.
RSVP in the Memberhub. Comment JOIN and we send you the link.
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Not around? Join our next online meetup with New Moon, mingle on the network hub to meet fellow ocean nomads, and explore our splashy new map 🌎 📍to see who is navigating near you, and for the eco and ocean impact tips and projects around the world.

22/08/2026

🌊 It started with a message.
Carine and Brianna found each other through the Ocean Nomads network. Same pull towards the sea, and a love for horse riding, surf, slow nature vibes and lifestyle.

Fast forward.

Waking up off-grid in Portugal. Paddling out into Atlantic swell. Riding horses along empty beaches at sunrise. 🐎

Sometimes you just find your people and say ‘let’s go’!
The “hey” in the member network turns into a whole week on the Portuguese coast, and you can join!

🏄‍♀️🐎 Salty Saddles 20 to 26 September | Ovar, Northern Portugal

Surfing, horses, off-grid living, and a small group of people who get it. No experience needed on a horse or a board.

👉 Details in bio.

Maybe your next adventure starts with a simple hey too. 🌊😊

Led by Carine of Bonanza the Land & Brianna Ocean Nomads

📍 Bonanza the land, Ovar With BONANZA

Trip leaders Carine and Brianna

Ocean Nomads connects you with like-minded people through a shared love for the ocean, adventure in nature, and a simple life in tune with nature. Sometimes that happens at sea, sometimes beside it, and sometimes it’s a mix! That’s the magic when members team up.

Comment ‘Salty’ and we send over more info.
Any questions or curiousities about the trip? Just drop a comment!

16/08/2026

Ocean adventures change the way you approach life, nature, and the ocean.
Discover what it feels like to wake up on the open sea, breathe salty ocean air, feel the wind in your hair, navigate by the stars, live simply and resourcefully, and come eye to eye with dolphins. Day after day.
There is only one way to find out: go for it. 🌊

Upcoming winter we’re teaming up again with SV Twister the 1902 schooner from our 2022/2023 Atlantic expedition sets sail from Amsterdam for a full circle around the Atlantic: 123 days, 9,250 nautical miles, eight legs. We are gathering the crew! Is it you? 🌱

⛵️ Amsterdam → Madeira (12 Nov) A wild offshore milebuilder
🏝 Madeira → Tenerife (5 Dec) island hopping through Macaronesia & a taste of offshore sailing
🎄 Tenerife → Cape Verde (18 Dec) Christmas at sea, New Year in Mindelo together with +30 Ocean Nomads
🌊 Cape Verde → Martinique (31 Dec) A legendary 2,100-mile trade-wind crossing (sailing out together with Koen Darras & Thomas van Thiel kitesuring by sail)
🐢 Two Caribbean island loops (Jan & Feb) to places only to be reached by sail
🐳 Martinique → Azores → Amsterdam (Feb & Mar) The wild way home

And this crossing carries a little extra magic. On 3 January, Twister departs Cape Verde alongside Koen, kitesurfing his way across the Atlantic, with expedition vessel Windfall who’s sailing to the Artic. Three ocean missions. One big blue. It may become the biggest Ocean Nomads gathering in Cape Verde (& At sea) ever. 💙

Adventure. Community. Skillbuilding. Impact.

That’s the Ocean Nomads mix on every leg. We cross an ocean powered by wind, sail slow, provision locally, learn from each other, and look after the ocean that carries us. 🌱

The best part? An Ocean Nomads trip is rarely the end of the story, but more the beginning of a new course in your life. Julie joined in 2022 and never really left boat life. This year, she’s back as your Ocean Nomads trip host, welcoming you aboard.

Comment ATLANTIC we send you all the details. 💙

Which adventure excites you most?

Twister Sailing

02/07/2026

Just 3 months to go until our Salty Saddles Adventure with surf, horseback riding and sailing in North Portugal.

🌊 Meet Brianna & Carine: Salty Saddles Live Q&A
Curious about the adventure? Join us live, get all your questions answered, and learn what to expect.

🕕 Today at 18:00 (Lisbon time)
🎁 €50 off when you join live & book.
🎥 https://luma.com/2rrvigbm

01/07/2026

Just 3 months to go until our Salty Saddles Adventure! Picture 7 days of slow living on Portugal’s Atlantic coast: riding horses along empty beaches, learning or leveling up your surf, sailing the Aveiro lagoon, and enjoying nourishing home-cooked meals by a local chef and sharing it all with a small group of adventurous, like-minded…

Just 3 months to go until our Salty Saddles Adventure! Picture 7 days of slow living on Portugal’s Atlantic coast: riding horses along empty beaches, learning or leveling up your surf, sailing the Aveiro lagoon, and enjoying nourishing home-cooked meals by a local chef and sharing it all with a sm...

29/06/2026

Just 3 months to go until our Salty Saddles Adventure!

Picture 7 days of slow living on Portugal’s Atlantic coast
~riding horses along empty beaches
~learning or leveling up your surf
~sailing the Aveiro lagoon
~enjoying nourishing home-cooked meals by a local chef and sharing it all with a small group of adventurous, like-minded people.

No experience needed—just an open mind and a willingness to try something new.

Come to reset, reconnect with nature, step outside your comfort zone, and leave with new skills, new friends and memories that will stay with you long after the week ends. 🤍

Learn more in our trips page :
https://oceannomads.co/trips/salty-saddles/

03/06/2026

Twister is back. The 1902 schooner you may remember from our 2021 Macaronesia trip and the 2022 to 2023 Atlantic expedition. We are teaming up again for a full circle around the Atlantic. Amsterdam to Madeira to the Canaries to Cape Verde to the Caribbean and back via the Azores.

Four months around the Atlantic, split into seven legs you can join one or more of. We are still finalising details, but we have dates and destinations to plan with.

18/05/2026

Here is snapshot of open crew calls, adventures and projects, from the Netherlands to Tasmania, from the Ocean Nomads member network.

Every season, vessels in the Ocean Nomads network put out a call. Some are crossing oceans. Some are sailing slow seasons in the Med. Some are working on boat projects in a yard somewhere and welcome an extra pair of hands. Some are paid, some are paying, some are somewhere in between. Here is snaps...

03/05/2026

What has sailing made to you?

03/05/2026

If I had waited until I had the money, the experience, the license, the boat, or a partner to go with…
I'd still be on land.
Endlessly preparing. Probably still doubting myself.
And I would have missed all of it.
The dolphins. The friendships. The wild remote places. The lessons only the ocean teaches. The moments of feeling so alive.
But I didn't wait.
I said yes to travelling the world by sail on other people's boats. I started with crewing on a boat I found online. Said no to that boat just before sailing into the blue. Found another one. Crossed my first ocean.
That changed the next decade of my life. Sailing in every continent, on all sorts of boats, as crew, captain and expedition organizer. 5 times across the Atlantic and 50.000 nautical miles in the logbook by now.

Here's the thing.
Most people never start because they think they're not ready. They think they need more gear, licenses, skills. More budget. Their own boat. More certainty.
So they stay in research mode. Or they take a course and still don't know what to do next. Or worse, they end up on a boat that doesn't feel safe or aligned, and it turns them off the whole dream.
The ocean doesn't care about your background or certificates. It asks for presence. Respect. Awareness and the willingness to learn and show up anyway.

Sailing as crew is the accessible way in. It's how you get out there fastest. How you sail the most. How you figure out if you even like it before sinking your savings into a boat.
Most people who own boats wish they'd done it this way first. Trust me, I know of too many boat owners / builders who never leave the dock or give up soon after they set sail because the resources are strechted. Or life catches up on them.

If the ocean nomads lifestyle is calling you, you don't need to figure it all out now. You just need to open the door a little wider, and take a step into the direction of your dreams. And keep the end goal in mind. There are many means towards an end goal and sailing as crew is shortcut in many ways.

With ocean love, Suzanne from Ocean Nomads

What's been holding you back mostly from dipping your toes into sailinglife? Drop a comment. Perhaps we can help!

I put some resources to get started in the comments.

My drive? connect you to nature and the ocean! When you experience the magic, the ocean gets into your heart, and care 💙