About Us
We are building something. A community of people who look out for each other, love the ocean, and want something that is increasingly hard to find ashore. We are a Sea flotilla. We are a Clan..
You can join us in any of the following ways:
1) Bring your own boat and go sailing secure in the knowledge that you have other boats nearby with seasoned sailors ready to help you out. The trip will be planned by experienced skippers who carry many of the tools, equipment, and knowledge to help you if you need it.
2) Work with us to find, purchase, and fit out your own boat - even if you have a very small budget. Then progress to option 1), above.
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3) Come along and crew on one of our boats. Maybe you will progress to your own boat or you might just want to stay as crew, it's down to you.
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4) Follow us through the website, newsletters, videos, and personal updates. Contribute if you can. And maybe one day we will get together, especially if we come your way.
SeaClan is a community. And just like any community we have to live, make money to be able to run the boat and live, but we try and keep the costs low and the people high (on adventure). We sail with an easy going open minded attitude, we look after each other, and we believe that there is a way we can live which greater values than the ones we have left behind.
And we are growing. Many of the people we meet include those that support us, sail with us, and even those that decide to come along on their own boat to join us. We evolve and we grow; we work it out as we go along. And we know there is more than a life spent as a wage slave.
My own past and a life of adventure and experience has taught me what is important, and what simply is not. As a skipper, a therapist, and a coach I can now pass that on to others through sailing, guidance, and support. And maybe if we can spread an idea of another way, along the way, then we can do something that counts.
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Sailing
Everything we do has risks, and anybody who ventures out to sea in a small sailing boat takes a risk simply by doing so. Getting closer to nature we try and avoid using engines as much as possible and prefer to use sail. ​We also tend to avoid any gadgets and other components that use vast amounts of power, are very susceptible to break down, cost a lot of money, and are largely unnecessary.
When we go to sea with sail alone we feel close to nature and alive; when we use only the wind and our own resources, we feel a true sense of working in perfect harmony with what is natural. The sense of achievement is heightened, the skills sharpen exponentially, our train of thought is allowed to deepen, and we leave no footprint of our existence whatsoever. In short, we live that much closer to ourselves. Our understanding of life is enhanced by living closer to our natural selves. Being on or near the ocean, very little else comes anywhere near to providing the peace and understanding that we seek.
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Sailing an old, heavily built, long keeled yacht is a sharp lesson in sail training. But for those that come to handle a boat under sail and sail alone, a level of competence and understanding with the sea is reached that will seldom be touched upon otherwise.
