The Bearings
Resources in addition to book Ocean Nomad
Reading
A few books that I love and recommend
Ocean & sailing Books
- Blue Mind: The Surprising Science That Shows How Being Near, In, On, or Under Water Can Make You Happier, Healthier, More Connected, and Better at What You Do – Wallace J. Nichols
- How to read WATER: Clues and Patterns from Puddles to the Sea – Tristan Gooley
- Sea Legs: One Family’s Year on the Ocean – Guy Grieve
- The Old Man and the Sea – Ernest Hemingway
- Sailing the Farm: A Survival Guide to Homesteading on the Ocean – Ken Neumeyer
- The World is Blue: How Our Fate and the Ocean’s Are One – Sylvia Earle
- Deep – James Nestor
- Ocean Nomad: the Complete Atlantic Sailing Crew Guide – Catch A Ride & Contribute to a Healthier Ocean 😉
Adventure books
- The Beach – Alex Garland
- I am Pilgrim – Terry Hayes
- Sailing Alone Around the World – Joshua Slocum
- Occupation Circumnavigator: Sailing Around the World – Lars Hässler
- Flirting with mermaids – John Kretschmer
- Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific in a Raft – Thor Heyerdahl
Health and Help Books
- Breatheology – Stigg (Freediver) (The power of proper breathing)
- The Truly Happy You – A simple guide to truly igniting your inner spark
Other reading
- Download an online course from online learning platforms like Udemy, Coursera, and FutureLearn.
- A good read on stars, meteorology, ocean wildlife, the Caribbean or Europe will surely trigger your interest when on board.
- Download articles you come across the weeks before and read them offline while at sea. A good app for that is ‘Pocket.’
Boat hitch hike Stories
More Atlantic Ocean adventure inspiration. These are blogs of Atlantic hitch-sailors that took the survey:
Sunaddicts.wordpress.com (Polish)
Allende-losmares.blogspot.com.es (Spanish)
Bruderleichtfuss.com (German)
Lesensduvoyage.net (French)
Blogs of boat hitchhikers:
Be Me Trip (French – Lovely couple that sailed from Europe to Brazil)
Tomas who sailed the Indian Ocean
Lisa & Julia who are travelling the world without a plane
Carmen shares her best tips boathitchhiking from 100 days at sea
Submit your book, podcast or movie recommendation!