Join an Expedition!
On selected voyages we have space for students, volunteers, researchers, members or project participants on board. These expeditions are not ordinary sailing holidays. They are hands-on filed experiences in remote marine environments, where participants contribute to learning, observation, documentation and ocean conservation.
Our Programs, Projects and Expeditions:
Our next Destinations:
All Year 2026: The Philippines
Please visit our Expedition Page for details of our Fieldwork!
Blue Highway – Whale Migration
New Research Programme – Launching Autumn 2027 ONE OF THE WORLD’S LEAST KNOWN WHALE HIGHWAYS Every year, more than 600 pygmy blue whales make a 5,000-kilometre journey between Antarctic feeding grounds and breeding aggregations in the Banda Sea — passing through the…
Connecting Islands
Programme Initiative Building a Sustainable Communication Network Connecting Islands – Building a Sustainable Communication Network Between Bluewater Sailors and Remote Island Communities in Melanesia Connecting Islands is a non-profit initiative that aims to…
Workshop “Sustainable living”
Every year we take young adults on board to live and learn together for 3–4 weeks. The participants explore sustainable living through hands-on practice, shared routines, and collective responsibility in a close-knit onboard community. Daily life on the boat serves as…
Plastic Pollution – Strategies and Methods
Plastic Polution Workshop with Healthy-Earth.org SY NORA Simrad next to an offshore vulcano in southern Japan Dr Liam Kelleher. GEES University of Birmingham setting up a fully automated air sampler Steve Allen PhD Workshop host and skipper In October 2025 Steve Allen…
Internship Ocean Health with the Norwegian University of Life Science
Internship Ocean Health Since June 2024 we have a cooperation with the Norwegian University of Life Science (NMBU) in Ås. Together with Prof. Turid Mørkøre we established an internship with the title “Ocean Health”. Six students are staying with us on board for 4…
Marine Debris Survey in Eastern Indonesia
(on-going) Wicked-Horizon conducted an inspection-survey to assess the extent of floating marine debris, particularly plastic waste, in Eastern Indonesia following the COVID-19 lockdown from June to August 2022. The survey was carried out through visual inspections…