Nomad life

Family picture at the start of our life onboard (April 2023 , Breda)

24 June 2025,

Since April 21 we are travelling again with the Atlas. After a beautiful trip along Helgoland, Kiel Canal and the Danish islands we arrived in Sweden. We notice that we are much more relaxed compared to the trip we've made last year along England and France. Sailing is not that exciting anymore and it's getting even easier, for example because we'd installed a GPS compass on the wheelhouse recently, so our autopilot finally works now.

We are already more used to the traveling life and all the facets that comes with it. The Baltic Sea is calm and we can anchor quietly on many spots. Actually, just by now we realized how intense the trip was that we made last year. At first there was a mixture of adrenaline consisting of: tensions around the departure, saying goodbye, whether everything works and continues to work in terms of essential technical installations and of course the incredible feeling of freedom of actually traveling with the Atlas. Then the phase of intense joy was there, exploring and learning how to live in a nomadic way and the question of how to make it sustainable. Then, autumn arrived, the waves and the weather increasingly began to affect our daily lives. We were pushed into a corner more and more, on financial and emotional level. Until we had a hunch at the end of November and we saw our chance to sail back to Den Helder in between two storms. This turned out to be the right decision. Taking a breath in a port where we feel welcome and where we could stay for a few months. It did us good to be among family and friends again. And opportunities for work occurred almost naturally. We managed to get the situation under control again. It was nice to reflect on the journey from this position and to make new travel plans. It went against our feelings to go back towards the south again and we decided to sail further up North. 

Below a few photos from 2024, England