We'll be sailing in and out of different anchorages and islands. We have lot of ideas where to go. We let the route also depend on your individual wishes and preferences. Together we will  make it legendary!

ADVENTURE |  This trip will allow us to sail one way from Lefkada to Athens, Greece to get in more miles, sailing time and to make sure we all build our skills and experience.  We will include a mix of sailing, jumping in the sea, snorkeling, exploring islands, cooking, cultural interaction, freediving, hiking and relaxing. We try to avoid marinas, so we can be closer to nature.

SPONTANEITY | We run our trips rather spontaneously on purpose. We’re dependent on the weather. We go with the flow, and we may change course to explore what we find on the way. We embrace the art of getting lost. We don’t plan out our routes into detail (except for the departure and arrival destination). On purpose.

SAILING | You don’t need sailing experience. The Skippers that we are working with are professionally qualified and teach you the basics (and much more if you want), helping you become a competent crew member – or building upon any existing skills you do have. We can sign off miles and give you a reference if you need one. We take care of onboard duties as a group. 

VESSELS | We are chartering 2-5 sailboats with Ocean Nomad Members so we can enjoy similar vibes, values and have a great vacation away from it all.  

IMPACT | We share adventure and relaxation time, as well as thoughts, tips and ideas about how we can live more simply and sustainably, whilst exploring the natural world. No one of us has the answer, but together we do have. Connection and conversation at sea go deeper in one day than months on land.

LOCAL | We aim to team up with locals as much as possible to learn the best we can about the local situation. Working with a local partner involves different habits, customs, awareness levels, and cultural backgrounds. We stay open and look beyond our ‘eco-bubble’ to plot better routes for positive change.

GETTING THERE | We are aware that many need to fly to join one of our trips, and we encourage transport options such as train, bus, ferry, and car sharing. Both Lefkada and Athens can we reached overland. We’re actively looking for the best ways to maximize our positive impact and minimize our negative impact. 

ENVIRONMENT | We do what we can to minimize our environmental impact. We sail as much as possible and use the motor as little as possible. Preparation and doing your part is key. And we encourage and welcome your ideas, tools and tricks on improving our positive footprint.

PROVISIONING | Collectively, we take care of the provisioning and cooking. It’s part of the fun! We don’t organize luxury cruises. We aim to provision as locally as possible, and minimize plastic use. Our trips are vegetarian (fish and meat-free), with occasional opportunities to eat ashore if you struggle with this. We use less freshwater and power than the average sailboat charter. We share thoughts, ideas, and knowledge on no-fridge food preservation, eco-friendly sailboat maintenance, and other positive solutions.

OCEAN PROTECTION Our drive: Protecting our playground! 

PEOPLE | We make our gathering big enough to guarantee a wonderful mix of inspiring souls, but small enough to drop anchor in the middle of nature. Participants usually don’t know each other, but after days of shared adventure and collaboration, new friendships are made. Many of our previous nomads come back again and again. Ocean Nomads come from all walks of life; we put a lot of effort in creating a diverse mix of people, so that we can learn from each other and pass on inspiration & ideas. Many trip alumni and members have since teamed up for more adventure and impact projects. All ages are welcome and encouraged to join. Reasons for joining are often the desire to live a nomadic lifestyle, buy a boat, share experience, and learn with safety, sustainability and accessibility aspects being taking care of. 

TEAMWORK | Sailing is an active way of travel that requires teamwork. We share the tasks, operation, and sailing of the boat. We provision, cook, sail, and fix things (if necessary) together as a team. Our trips are not a laid-back luxury experience.
Hands-on participation creates the adventure, and helps you learn to be a better sailor. That said, for all our Caribbean trips we already have enough hands on board so you are welcome to sit back and relax if that's what you're after!

HEALTH | We can only do good if we feel good. Our trips include yoga, breathwork / freedive clinics, healthy and local food provisioning, and lots of outdoor action and adventure. They are powered by YOU, our members and crew. 

PEACE | Our trips are not a party experience. We value the mornings and like to maximize daylight for exploring and connecting to nature. Drinking a lot of alcohol ruins this experience and has no place on our trips. We operate a strict no-alcohol-on board and non smoking on board policy. This trip will also differ to make sure everyone feels comfortable and so we can all connect. There will be no alcohol on board the boats, but of course, on shore, there is no problem if you would like to enjoy a cocktail responsibly with dinner or cocktail hour. 

ADAPTATION | Boats rock and make noise. They are small. People snore. Weather rules. We have limited resources. Adaptability is key. That said, these are charter boats that are certified and checked for safety according to local laws.

ACCESSIBILITY | Any age, gender, and experience level is welcome. We know a trip like this is not within everyone's financial reach. It costs considerable money to make this expedition real, in most safe way. But where resources allow, we facilitate scholarship opportunities to make an adventure like this accessible for the driven on a budget one.

Learning by doing, that’s what we strive for. Here are some of the skills you develop on our trips:

SAILING | You’ll learn hands-on everything to become a competent crew member. By the end of the journey, you can sail the ship. Our skippers and often also fellow crew members are happy to share and show what to know.

SEAMANSHIP | A Huge part of happy, safe and meaningful ocean nomadic living depends on your seamanship skills.  You can have the biggest bank account but once you’re at sea nothing can be googled or bought. And no person can be hired to fix something. You have to be inventive as situations arise and you’ll learn from experiences along the way. You learn about the wind, the weather, geography, stars, navigation, sea life, boats, yourself, people, and much more. 

CONSCIOUS LIVING | Experience resourcefulness. And how you can implement it all into your life. As sailors, we are intricately connected to the ocean on a daily basis. Experiencing sea time daily provides a deep and lasting respect for nature. You’re dependent on it. You experience the power of the wind and the waves, and realise how precious our resources are, such as water, fresh air, power, and fresh vegetables. You will become aware that what might be considered normal ‘back home’, is not so normal on a boat.

NATURE AWARENESS | Most of us spend more time indoors than outdoors. It’s easy to forget the natural world we’re coming from and living in. On the ocean, you face the wind and water elements and find that connection to nature. Imagine a scene with no traffic, news, pollution, or civilisation. Just wind and water – plenty of that! A scene where you can gaze for hours to the millions of stars above you; enjoy the dozens of dolphins sliding through the water at the bow of the boat; admire the pink-orange-red sunrises and sunsets, without any airplane trails changing the fluffy and cauliflower-like cloud patterns.

By being disconnected from everything but nature, you’ll learn a great deal about the ocean. When you see the good, bad and ugly with your own eyes, talk face-to-face with people living on and for the ocean, and experience its value, it makes you eager to learn more, do more, be more, and likely Live more: At sea.

You’ll become very aware of the natural world around you. This inspires. And it’s eye-opening. You come to realise how disconnected from nature we are in our daily lives. In the middle of nature, far away from civilisation, you will see human impact. Usually we’re far away. It’s hard to make it tangible. It doesn’t really affect us. Or so we think. But by being out there, you literally broaden your horizon. Experience will make you think, gain fresh perspectives, and may inspire you to act to turn the tide of the ocean challenges.

Ocean Nomad, Adventurer, Captain & Freedive Instructor

Hi! My name is Suzanne and I’m super excited to again organize and ocean nomads fleet with Ocean Nomads.

 Half my time on this planet, I’ve been living a nomadic ocean minded lifestyle, navigating ocean and coastlines by sail, van, (kite)surf and mermaid fins. I hitchhiked 40.000 miles on sailboats and now slow travel coastlines living in my van. I wrote the Atlantic ocean travel guide Ocean Nomad and founder of the Ocean Nomads community. The mission: Connecting you to ocean, and to cultivate and encourage a simple, natural, conscious way of life. I’ve spent some winters in the Caribbean before, and I can’t wait to share this magic with you! 

Check out my blog Oceanpreneur & Say hi to me on the Ocean Nomads network or Insta @oceanpreneur

From zero to hero in ocean nomad Lifestyle design

According to my mom, I swam before I could walk… I will take her word for it.  I just spent my first winter outside the USA surfing, sailing, RVing, hiking/hitchhiking, and connecting with other Nomads along the way and I AM NEVER LOOKING BACK.

My main goal as Community Co-Captain is to connect fellow nomads and help facilitate opportunities in sailing, environmental awareness, ocean sports and adventure the way others have helped me.

My lifelong dream has been to spend time outside of the US, explore different places, meet , new people and just live somewhere different than what I grew up with. If you told me this time last year that I would have spent the better part the last 365 days sailing around The Canary Islands, surfing in Ireland, sleeping in a van ALONE in England and writing this newsletter on an island in the Adriatic Sea, I would have rolled my eyes at you.  But after joining Ocean Nomads two years ago now, my life has done a complete 180° ( in the best way possible), and I have the network and so many of you to thank for that!

Advanced Hitchhiker, Long Distance Hiker, Full time Vanlifer, Videographer, Banana Pancake Professional & IKO Kite Instructor

Hello fellow nature vagabonds! I couldn’t be more excited to partake in such a great adventure and life experience on a sailboat with a great bunch of you ON.

My name is Jonatan and I’m from an island in Sweden. Travelling and being on the road without knowing what tomorrow brings has been in my DNA most likely since birth. Things like cultural exchange, hitchhiking, vanlife, hiking, diving, skiing, kitesurfing, freedive, surfing to name a few has brought me to the most wonderful places and meetings in my life. And it’s just the meetings and the sharing of life stories that have been the most memorable thing.. I’m a fanatic kitesurfer and now also IKO Instructor. I'll  be the videographer on board.
Say hi to me on the Ocean Nomads network or Insta.

We share tips & tools, helping accelerate personal journeys to alternative adventurous conscious life on or near the sea. Ocean nomads adventures are not just a one time thing you join for a week or two and that’s it. These are experiences that change the way you approach life, nature and the ocean. We believe our trips are just the beginning for plotting the next course in your life. By jumping on board this, you also join our expanding global network of impact-driven travellers, ocean entrepreneurs, sailors, (free)divers, surfers, and active salty souls passionate about the ocean and eager to do good. 

On our community HUB we continue the conversation, action, team-ups and meet-ups beyond our events and expeditions to maximize the impact, fun, and ripple effects for ocean adventure and action. We got your back before and after the trip and make the personal connections and introductions to accelerate your dreams.

We used to have an image in our head that sailing is only for rich people, that it’s about showing off boats and boat toys, and that as crew you’re just meant to scrub the deck. Not true. Sailors are free spirits and ocean-minded people. Most of us share the same dream to live a simple life on a sailboat, set off to explore the world, and live life on their own terms. We unite and exchanges ideas to make this dream happen! We  connect with fellow nomads that are on the same mission. Who knows who you may meet during these adventures and what opportunities may come from it?

This is not just an expedition you join for 11 days and that’s it. This is an experience that will change the way you approach life, nature and the ocean. We believe our ON expeditions are just the beginning for plotting the next course in your life. By jumping on board this voyage, you will also join our expanding global network of impact-driven travelers, ocean entrepreneurs, sailors, (free)divers, surfers, and active salty souls passionate about the ocean and eager to do good. On our community platform we continue the conversation, action, team-ups and meet-ups beyond our events and expeditions to maximize the impact, fun, and ripple effects for ocean adventure and action. We got your back on this expedition and the journey after.