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Creating and sharing ocean sailing stories and adventures

Come sailing with Ocean sailing expeditions

Our mission: To sail with everyday people to rare and remote places, to participate with passion in ocean races and adventures and undertake expeditions we’ll remember and treasure, for the rest of our lives.

Step up and join us onboard as crew of the 62 - 72 foot yachts Silver Fern, Salt Lines, Magic Miles and Te Kaihōpara for the ocean sailing adventure of a lifetime. Whether its an ocean passage down Australia's East Coast, a 200 yacht regatta around the Whitsunday Islands, the Rolex Sydney Hobart Race, a cruise through the Pacific Islands, a Tasman Sea crossing or circumnavigating Australia and New Zealand, why not join us as a crew member in one of the limited spots available for each adventure. Find out more about offshore sailing, watch the intro video or read the crew testimonials and see what others have to say about their adventures onboard with us.

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AUSTRALIAN CIRCUMNAVIGATION 2026-27 / 13-MONTHS / 15-LEGS / 4-YACHTS

After successfully sailing 8,500nm and 5 legs, with 2 yachts in 2023, we completed our first Australian Circumnavigation in under 4 months. With the lessons learned, we've completely redesigned the next edition in 2026/27. This new 13 month odyssey, made up of 15 individual legs, will dive even deeper into the rarest and remotest parts of the Australian Coastline, taking in offshore islands and reefs was well.

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Te Kaihopara

Magic Miles

Upcoming sailing adventures

Whether your next step is an ocean race or offshore passage, we have a growing calendar of exciting events on our 62 - 72 foot racing and expedition yachts, Silver Fern, Te Kaihōpara, Salt Lines and Magic Miles;

Crew positions available;

For a summary of the 2024 - 2026 events, check the sailing calendar

Follow our sailing adventures live

Our crews share a daily blog, photos and videos from our sailing adventures. We share the adventures as the stories unfold and it’s fascinating to check out what happens behind the scenes on our sailing expeditions. Every adventure and every crew are unique, so no two challenges are the same. Our live tracker updates boat speed and true wind every 15 minutes.

You can follow our updates at Sailing.Blog or Facebook.

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Listen to the ocean sailing podcast

The Ocean Sailing Podcast is designed for people who love to cruise, race or explore the worlds oceans. It’s also for those yet to experience the joy of sailing and those no longer able to cast off their dock lines and head for the open sea. Each episode is packed with great stories, tips, lessons and the colourful characters that go sailing in all forms.

Join now and listen free to the Ocean Sailing Podcast episodes.

EPISODE 118: MATT HARVEY / DAVID HOWS - AUSTRALIAN CIRCUMNAVIGATION REVIEW: 8,500NM IN 4 MONTHS

Skippers David Hows and Matt Harvey catch up to review their 2-yacht circumnavigation of Australia in 2023. With 8,500nm covered in just 4 months, they share the highs and lows of covering the 7th largest coastline in the world. The event was spread over 5 legs and 102 crew in total, across the two 72-foot yachts; Silver Fern and Salt Lines, including 3 circumnavigators that completed all 5 legs. With 4,600 meals prepared, it was a planning exercise of military proportions.

With engine failures, crocodiles, storms and boat fatigue to deal with, sailing some sections of this vast country are not for the faint hearted. The stunning Great Barrier Reef, North Queensland islands and reefs, Cape York, Thursday Island, the Kimberley’s, 9 metre tides in Broome, the Montebello Island Group, the Great Australian Bight and the wilderness of Tasmania, there is just so much thats remote and incredible to explore.

Listen to podcast episodes online or subscribe with RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google or Stitcher.

YOUTH SAILING SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

The Ocean Sailing Expeditions Youth Sailing Scholarship Program has been designed to introduce young people to ocean sailing expeditions and blue water passages. Our goal, (when we have spare capacity onboard) is to expose young people to offshore sailing at a young age and provide them with experiences and skills, that may help shape their future sporting and occupational choices. While its exciting to read about or watch ocean sailing online, the magic only happens when you experience it. We hope that removing barriers for young people helps provide opportunities they may not otherwise consider.

Find out more and apply.

Watch the Ocean Sailing Expeditions story

The story of how Ocean Sailing Expeditions got started, where the idea came from, the 72-foot Silver Fern project, why people come sailing offshore with us and what's next with our upcoming expeditions and adventures and more about the criteria for joining the crew for a race, passage, expedition or regatta.

FAces from our adventures

Some of incredible group of passionate sailors, that have joined us on Ocean Sailing Expeditions and Races.

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Check out the photo gallery of our past adventures to get a taste of what ocean sailing is all about. From offshore coastal passages to ocean races, multi-day regattas and Tasman Sea crossings we have covered more than 60,000 nautical miles and competed in more than 400 races in the past 8 years.

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Live expedition Tracker

Follow each yacht’s sailing adventures on the live Predict Wind GPS Tracker. With Predict Wind and Starlink its easy to put weather routing, departure planning and live location tracking into one technology package. I love it because I can use any messenger app on my iPhone for phone calls, email and messaging and its all part of the same subscription package.

View the Live Tracker

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View fullsize Seasickness, Meerkats emerging and awesome sailing with a 12-15kt NW ⛵⁠ ⁠ Read Salt Lines crew member Sandy's blog here:⁠ ⁠ https://www.sailing.blog/salt-lines/smooth-sailing-1
View fullsize Australian Circumnavigation 2026 - 2027 ⛵⁠ ⁠ After the success of our Australian circumnavigation last year, we decided to bring it back bigger and better than ever!⁠ ⁠ 🇦🇺 15 legs exploring the magical coastline of Australia⁠ 🗓️ 13 months, startin
View fullsize Salt Lines have headed North with their newly repaired boom back in place, they are ready for their passage to Opua! ⛵️⁠ ⁠ Read the first blog of the trip, written by Skipper Jess’ mum Sandy here:⁠ ⁠ https://www.sailing.blog/salt-lines/rough-se
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View fullsize Skipper Matt Harvey is back, returning after a brief hiatus spent at home with his family and back to Skipper Silver Fern to Auckland. ⛵️⁠ ⁠ Our next adventure involves sailing with Te Kaihōpara up the East Coast of the North Island, finally bringing
View fullsize Te Kaihōpara and I were brimming with feverish excitement as we welcomed onboard our new set of crew members for an adventurous sail from Picton to Auckland, along the east coast of New Zealand’s North Island 👏⁠ ⁠ Read Chief Mate Timmy's first
View fullsize Bra's for Fiji! 👙⁠ ⁠ Its a little over 2 months until Silver Fern and Te Kaihōpara head for Fiji, for 3 months of cruising expedition adventures. We have received hundreds of bra’s from generous and kind people all over New Zealand and Austral
View fullsize Time flies onboard Te Kaihōpara ⛵️⁠ ⁠ Read Timmy's final blog on the expedition here:⁠ ⁠ https://www.sailing.blog/te-kaihopara/time-flies-onboard-te-kaihpara

Professionally managed and operated

Ocean Sailing Expeditions adheres to international maritime safety standards by operating our sailing vessels: Silver Fern and Salt Lines in “Unlimited Commercial Survey” under Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) and the Maritime and Coastguard Association (MCA) . Magic Miles is in coastal survey with AMSA. We also hold permits and obtain the required approvals to operate in the various marine parks, world heritage environments and protected fiords we visit. We aspire to make an impact every day by strengthening the communities, protecting nature and wildlife, and preserving the cultural riches of the areas we operate in. We are members of Sustainable Travel International and the Adventure Travel Trade Association. We report live weather at sea daily, to the Australian Bureau of Meteorology’s as members of the Volunteer Observing Ship (VOS) Fleet.