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We are a non-profit amateur sports association recognized by CONI and affiliated with the MSP Italia Sports Promotion Body
A growing community of dreamers, sailors, freedivers, scuba divers, kitesurfers and sports enthusiasts in general, united by a passion for the sea, freedom and good food.
Our experiences include offshore sailing and ocean crossings to new destinations and relaxing weeks cruising to familiar locales, where we can pursue our many other passions beyond sailing.
IKIGAI SAILING
it's a vision, it's a sailing boat that slowly moves to the most beautiful places
beautiful people of the planet, is to return to a life in nature according to nature, is the practice of activities
sports, it is a passion for cooking, it is a vocation for travel and adventure, it is a
community in motion, is a dimension parallel to modern society,
a break from the Matrix
The idea is to take a round-the-world sailing trip while practicing and teaching our passions by promoting a healthy lifestyle, in nature, according to nature.
Sailing around the world
The project started from Rome sailing in the Mediterranean Sea starting in July and throughout the 2022 summer season, starting from Sardinia and ending in Almerimar (Spain) where we finished preparing the boat for the Atlantic Ocean. (Read the summary post of the summer season).
Next, we passed Gibraltar to arrive in the Canary Islands and cross the Atlantic Ocean to reach St. Marteen (Caribbean) in January 2023.
Watch videos of the Atlantic crossing here
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We explored the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean, from the BVI to Grenada, for two long seasons before continuing westward to the Los Roques archipelago, Venezuela and the Netherlands Antilles, where we are currently (September 2024).
Colombia awaits us shortly, poilo straits of Panama to meet the Pacific...it will then be the turn of Galapagos Islands, Marquesas Islands, Tahiti and Fiji to arrive on the northern coast of Australia. We then go up Indonesia to get to Thailand then Sri Lanka, Maldives to meet the Indian Ocean then India to Dubai.
We descend to skirt Oman and Yemen to enter the Red Sea skirting Sudan and Egypt to enter the Mediterranean again through the Suez Strait and conclude with its exploration....
"Only the direction is real, the goal is always fictitious, even once reached ... actually, most of all once reached."
(Arthur Schnitzler)
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“It is during lockdown, isolated and still that a story is born that speaks of
FREEDOM, TRAVEL and SHARING.”
Luca
Skipper, Kitesurfing & Freediving instructor
Luca has Rya Yacht Master Offshore certification and is recognized sailing instructor by Coni Italy. Luca is also a certified Freediving instructor by the international organizations AIDA and Apnea Total and a certified Kitesurfing instructor by IKO International.
Passionate about aquatic therapies, he has participated in Janzu & Wata first level courses, allowing himself to merge a vocation for water with a passion for caring for others.
With a professional background in the restaurant industry and a love for good food and hospitality, he enjoys pampering guests by immersing them in the “Dolce Vita” of IKIGAI, a project founded with his friend Brano in 2022 to promote a life in harmony with nature, away from the induced needs of modern society.
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Brano
Dive Master, Spearfisher & Adventures seeker
Brano holds a range of diving certifications including IANTD Divemaster, Cave Diver, Rescue Diver, OW Sidemount, Oxygen Administrator, First Aid, Gas Blender EANx, SSI Independent Diver, PADI AOW, PADI OW, and AIDA Freediver Level 2.
His passion for water is unparalleled, encompassing diving, freediving, spearfishing, and various water sports.
With a love for adventure, Brano has traveled to over 30 countries, exploring new horizons through hiking, paramotoring, and motorbike traveling.
His enthusiasm extends to cooking, technology, freedom searching, and Bitcoin. In 2022, Brano co-founded IKIGAI Sailing with his friend Luca, a sailing around the world project dedicated to living in harmony with nature and promoting a life of freedom and adventure.
WHAT IS IKIGAI
The term Ikigai can be translated with the Italian expression "reason for living" and represents in Japanese culture "the reason for waking up in the morning".
According to this philosophy everyone should find their own Ikigai by making an important effort of internal research, to achieve the deepest satisfaction in their life.
Applying Ikigai means using a real compass, useful for transforming one's individual purpose and professional skills into a project that manages, at the same time, to have a social impact and realize economic benefits.
Applying the concept of Ikigai we see that the goal of every winning project is to ensure that four elements intersect: what you can get paid for, what you are good at, what the world needs and what you love
OUR IKIGAI
PASSION
For the sea, for sailing, for adventure, for travel, for cooking, for sports.
VOCATION
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Bringing people closer to their passions, to other people, to nature and to themselves.
MISSION
We promote sustainable tourism and healthy lifestyles thanks to which we can fully nourish the simple basic needs that produce our primary goal, true Well-Being. These will include practicing sports, nutrition according to nature, conviviality, sharing of intentions and passions. Thanks to the wind, we move around to discover the Globe and our inner selves, immersed in different cultures, seeking their beauties and savoring their fruits.
PROFESSION
As professional skippers and instructors, we promote the seafaring culture in the name of adventure and Well-Being. We manage the boat the services offered on board, including cooking and managing sports equipment for the pleasure of each one of our members. We conduct training courses and internships on activities we love and practice, such as sailing, freediving, fishing, diving, kitesurfing and yoga.
WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS
Freedom, sharing, awareness, friendship, trust, sustainability, dreams, taking care of one's self, discoveries and understanding of new cultures.
WHAT WE CAN BE PAID FOR
Sharing of our life on board, travel organization, on-board courses of different sport disciplines.
WHAT WE LOVE
Adventure, sailing, friendship, travel, nature, cooking, sports, personal growth
WHAT WE ARE GOOD AT
Organizing and planning trips, managing the boat and the many aspects of navigation, team building, reception and hospitality, positive thinking, problem solving, cooking, teaching