June Full Moon Splash - 2026

Hello Ocean Nomads Friends, Family & Fans!

Welcome to June! We have Atlantic Ocean trip dates, member ocean expeditions moving forward, our first multi ocean adventure coming soon, yoga & sailing member led trip, as well as multiple members welcoming you on board their voyages! Explore a snapshot of insights, tips and stories in this news splash, to bring more ocean exploration, impact and community into your life.

With Ocean Love 💙, Team ON

In this splash:

Community Exchanges, Adventures & Stories Sail Greece, Azores & Exchanges Community Ripples Into the Artic, Ocean Expeditions & Sea Shanties Upcoming Trips! Salty Saddles + Yoga & Sailing Our #1 most demanded voyage Atlantic Crossing dates!

Dates & Destinations are Confirmed!

Atlantic Circle

It's confirmed! We are sailing around the Atlantic ocean again. The goal: maximum ripple effects for ocean adventure, impact and community.

We're still finalizing the trip pages but here's an insight into the route & plan.

Applications are already open for Ocean Nomads members.

Stories, Projects, Connections & Support

In the Ocean Nomads Community

Here's a snapshot of the latest from our member network (Login / Join to explore more, connect & make impact).

Projects & Adventures | Notice Board

Atlantic Circle! Dates & Destinations (Application open for members!) Twister is back! The 1902 schooner you may remember from our 2021 Macaronesia trip and the 2022/2023 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 7 legs you can join one or... Read Article

Ocean cruising / passage making from the Canary Islands to the Azores & Sailing between the Azores islands over summerDeparting now ,ASAP as soon as I can get some crew from Las Palmas Grand Canaria to the islands of The Azores, Portugal. The yacht is a steel constructed, Van da Stadt designed. I ,the skipper is a RYA Ocean Yachtmaster Instr... Read Article

Hey Nomads, this year I have to stay a lot in Germany, but from 24.06. until 08.07 I will be in Tazacorte on La Palma. If anyone’s around, your welcome for a short sailing turn or only a visit. Read Article

Work Exchange. Help Prep & Sail with Me I’m currently preparing Windfall for departure again this September, when we’ll start sailing south towards the Canary Islands as the beginning of the project towards the far north. ⛵🌍This summer I’m still looking for people who would like to come help out at the boatyard and become part of the adventu... Read Article

Volunteers Wanted The Sailing Vessle Kassandra is being renovated. It is a beautiful luxury sailing yacht from 1993, 54 feet long, made of steel, and with two masts. Do you want to help in this process? What will we be doing? In the coming weeks, it will mainly be painting work. After that, it becomes more technical with replacing valves and hoses and reinstalli... Read Article

​Explore our Notice Board for the latest opportunities and say hi in the next new moon meet-up to network beyond the published opportunities.

Community Home

I am looking for anybody to donate one sail basically of any size for a 20ft fishing boat. He is very resourceful and will make it fit ;) We'll bring it by plane from the Netherlands to Mozambique to Captain Guilherme. He is a ship builder and fisherman in the inner waters of Maputo bay. As you probably spotted this is an improvised first ... Read Article

Sailing at Kithira, South GreeceWe’d love for you to join us for some great sailing. Read Article

Atlantic crossing Insights from 131 ocean adventurers! Here are the results of something that's been running in the background for a decade now: an extensive survey on crew and captains sailing the Atlantic. What did they learn, see, discover? How did they find their crew and boats? What would they do different? What are the biggest lessons? An... Read Article

One Give & One Ask. GO If you,re new, welcome to the family! Here are 2 quick questions for you! 1. Share one 'thing' you'd hope to gain from the community within the next couple of months? 2. Share one 'thing' you're able to give / bring into the community? If you've been here for a while, reply to those new where you can support or woul... Read Article

Help shape the next wave 💙 Hola ON Family! This past year we've been adjusting the sails on a lot of things behind the scenes, and now we'd love to hear from you. Not just what you think of the features, but what Ocean Nomads has actually helped you with. The connections, adventures, opportunities, ideas, friendships, perspective shifts, or simply feeling less alone in wa... Read Article

Resource Highlight

Meet-Up

Monday, June 15 at 6:00 PM GMT+1 Monthly Meetup & Member Welcome Hosted by our Thomas van Thiel and Jonatan Bjorkman This online gathering is an opportunity to get to know fellow members in the Ocean Nomads community. The more we learn about each other, the better we can provide value and connect you to fellow community members who can be of help or support. I personally find these meetups so valuable, to put... RSVP

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September 2026 | Dutch Lakes

Sail & Yoga

Morning light on the water. A yoga session that quiets your mind before the sails go up. The balance between moving inward, breath, body, stillness, and opening outward to wind, water, and a crew of people you’re getting to know. This trip lives in the space between those two things.

Member led trip by the one and only Menno!

Sept '26 | Portugal

Surf, Horse Back Riding & Sail

Some adventures bring one passion to life. This one brings three. We invite you into a week of nature connection, movement, and simple living, riding along empty beaches, surfing Atlantic waves, and sailing the lagoon.

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Carine sharing more about Salty Saddles!

THE superpower of Ocean Nomads

3 ocean expeditions synchronize!

Connecting you to the ocean and each other. That has been our mission since the very start. And we're still ON it!

January 3 🌕

Three Ocean Missions are setting out together for the Atlantic.

Koen Darras is going solo. By kitesurf. The first person ever to

attempt it. Roughly 3,000 nautical miles by kite alone. Learn More.

Thomas van Thiel is sailing SV Windfall alongside as Koen's support

vessel. His own bigger project starts in the years after: Spend the winter

in the Arctic pack ice in 2028, then the Northwest Passage.Learn More.​

And with Ocean Nomads we set out for the Atlantic crossing on SV Twister at the same time (And you can join!). Learn More.​

Three Ocean Impact Adventure Missions. One window. Crew, captains, and ocean adventure missions that found each other through this network. And how cool is that! This may be the biggest Ocean Nomads gathering ever.

With lots of opportunities for you to join in the preparation stages, or after! Or let us know if you want to sail along. Both Koen and Thomas are scouting for support crew in our network.
Thank you all for keeping the Ocean Nomads movement moving! The place where your big crazy dreams are normal :) We get you, and we here to support each other!

A big splash thanks to all our members and trip alumni who have already joined us, sharing and caring for each other, the ocean, creating ripple effects together! 💙