** Dreaming of crossing the Atlantic (East > West) in early 2025 with a friend, please message me if that is you! **

My name is Rachel, I am 29 years old, from the UK. I have spent the last five years of my life working for different marine conservation organisations, which has taken me to live in Madagascar, the Philippines and Costa Rica.

Over the past few years I have absolutely fallen in love with freediving and the feeling of peace that comes with it, I’m a AIDA & Apnea Total freediving instructor and love introducing people to the underwater world, I spent last winter teaching freediving in Koh Tao, Thailand. I am also training as a breathwork facilitator and I am endlessly fascinated by the power of the breath, I'd be happy to share my freediving and breathwork knowledge!

I like to think I can get on with most people, and I pride myself in being able to remain calm in the face of stressful situations.

I've also been scuba diving for 12 years and I am a PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer with over 700 logged dives, and over 60 certified students. I am absolute coral nerd and love taking photos and videos of weird and wonderful marine life I come across.

I love being both under and on top of the ocean, I completed 3 days of the RYA competent crew course in Portsmouth, and in November 2022 I joined an Ocean Nomads trip, sailing a traditional dutch schooner from Madeira to Tenerife. This gave me a much better idea of what life is like at sea, we dealt with some challenging weather, did night watch shifts, spent time at the helm and helped cooking/cleaning. I absolutely loved it and this experience confirmed to me that I want to spend more time at sea.

I love cooking and have experience cooking meat/vegan/veggie food for groups of up to 20 people. I also would be happy to help with childcare, I have a 5 yr old nephew who I love spending time with, and I am an absolute animal lover so any pets on board is a bonus for me!

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My interests include free diving, yoga, dancing, singing, playing guitar, surfing, swimming, hula hooping (sometimes with fire), hiking, scuba diving, exploring new places, travelling and cooking. I also write songs with my guitar and love to share music with people, I would love to write some ocean inspired music.

I recently have gotten into spearfishing, which as an ex vegan has been quite the journey for me, but being able to hunt for my own food from the ocean has been so empowering and has actually allowed me to feel more connected to nature. Would love to keep learning more!

I spent two summers living in a 1978 campervan, so I am very well accustomed to travelling light and living off finite resources!

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I feel super comfortable on boats and I very rarely get sea sick. I am motivated to get more sailing experience and to develop my sailing skills and would love the opportunity to learn more.

I really enjoy the team work aspect of being part of a crew on a boat, and I want to immerse myself in the seafaring lifestyle. I would also really like to meet some interesting characters along the way and hear about different people's alternative life experiences on land and at sea.