Unleash your inner pirate and learn to love boats in Fredrikstad, Norway

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  WHEN FACED WITH THE PROSPECT OF LIVING IN A BROKEN WORLD,
  
  BY THE RULES OF THE WORLD BREAKERS,
  
  WHAT COULD YOU POSSIBLY DO???
  
  🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️
  
  YOU CAN BECOME,
  THE CIRCUS PIRATE,
  YOU WERE BORN TO BE!!
  
  🏴‍☠️🎪🏴‍☠️🎪🏴‍☠️
  
  do me a favour me hearty,
  
  PLEASE READ EVERYTHING!!
  
  Before sendin yer scroll!!
  
  “⛵ Audentes Fortuna Iuvat ⚓” –
  
  FORTUNE FAVORS THE BOLD!
  
  Ahoy hoy, me hearties!!
  
  My name is David and I am a man from Sligo with a dream.
  
  Rather than accepting the ordinary, I have chosen to embrace the outlandish and downright ridiculous task of restoring old wooden ships and eventually sailing them around the world while delivering a Pirate themed Circus to the masses!
  
  To do this we need wild hearted wanderers and salty souls to live together and build together. We have created a beautiful life and community around these boats already, and we are always excited to grow our pirate family.
  
  We want to work on wooden ships alongside circus shenanigans in order to eventually voyage on circus ships and bring the circus across the seven seas.
  
  🎪🏴‍☠️🎪 THE PIRATE CIRCUS 🎪🏴‍☠️🎪
  
  The Pirate Circus is literally just starting.
  
  There is no finished show.
  
  There is no formula.
  
  There is no established circus.
  
  We are looking for creative energy to start it up.
  
  We want to restore old wooden ships through circus shenanigans.
  
  Circus skills, pirate theme and aesthetics, fencing and stage combat, acting and theatre, music, storytelling, costumes, boatbuilding and practical construction can all become part of this strange experiment.
  
  ⭐ Somewhere in your message, include:
  
  “Ive packed me chest , so I can run away to sea, with the circus pirates.”
  
  She is a Norwegian gaff-rigged ketch , converted in the 80's from a Hardanger Kutter fishing boat, with stories in her bones and rot in her timbers. She’s a beautiful rascal who is extremely demanding but hopefully absolutely possibly worth it!
  
  ⚓⚓⚓🏴‍☠️ WHO’S NEEDED? 🏴‍☠️⚓⚓⚓
  
  This isnt a holiday experience. Although at times it probably absolutely fits that description. This is a floating project, home, sanctuary, and experiment. No two days are the same — and every week brings a new tide.
  
  WE LOVE
  
  🪵 CARPENTERS, woodworkers, and boatbuilders!!!!!
  
  🔧 MECHANICAL MINDS!!
  
  🤺 FENCERS AND STAGE COMBAT PEOPLE!!
  
  🎭 ACTORS AND THEATRE PEOPLE!!
  
  🎪 CIRCUS PERFORMERS!!
  
  🧵 COSTUME MAKERS!!
  
  🎨 ARTISTS, stitchers, painters, dreamers!!!
  
  🍲 COOKS who care and feed with joy!!
  
  🎶 MUSICIANS, storytellers, chaos gremlins!
  
  ☀️ POSITIVE PEOPLE
  
  📱 Social media & nonprofit wizards
  
  🧘 Yoga guides, sea witches, and kind-hearted souls
  
  We encourage each other and we try our best to be kind to one another!!
  
  You will be expected to do the same!
  
  All identities, orientations, and backgrounds are welcome. If you’re kind, curious, and willing to work — you’re already halfway here. If you cannot sit at a table with people you have different opinions to. You would not be welcome at ours.
  
  🌊⚓🌊 LIFE ABOARD 🌊⚓🌊
  
  We are now a static operation based on the River Glomma in Fredrikstad.
  
  Think of it as a shanty floating village.
  
  The boats are our homes, workshops, gathering places, and stages.
  
  This project is now run by the volunteers and core crew.
  
  We have Bosun who leads the meetings and provides assistance.
  
  We have Quartermaster who is in charge of provisioning and usually foresees/oversees the galley being kept shipshape.
  
  Volunteers will attend a meeting after breakfast and they can choose a task for the day.
  
  Tasks are varied between repairing boats in the fleet. And diy projects that focus on improving our communal living spaces.
  
  Volunteers have daily tasks which are shared on a weekly chore list.
  
  Checking water levels in bilges and pumps is part of this.
  
  Cooking and cleaning for large groups is also included.
  
  Tasks can be logistical, mechanical, artistic, carpentry or whatever needs doing that day.
  
  Days may include dumpster diving, shopping, painting, cooking, cleaning, fixing, walking into town for parts, organising or rowing in the mist just to feel alive.
  
  There are kayaks. Small sailing dinghies. Occasional local sails. Music nights. Long conversations. Bad coffee. Sometimes magic.
  
  ⛵🌫️🎶☕🌊
  
  Sailing is possible but it's not always guaranteed. If you want it to happen you need to organise yourself and gather others and make it happen!
  
  "Navigare necesse est, vivere non est necesse."
  
  To sail is necessary; to live is not.
  
  ❄️🌨️🧤 WINTER ABOARD 🧤🌨️❄️
  
  Norwegian winter is cold, dark and wet.
  
  We need hardy souls.
  
  Who want a challenge.
  
  Living aboard in winter is a very different experience.
  
  Layers are your friend!!
  
  🧶 Wool layers
  
  🧦 Wool socks
  
  🔥 Warm base layers
  
  🧥 Warm jacket
  
  🌧️ Waterproof jacket and trousers
  
  🧤 Warm gloves
  
  🧢 Warm hat / beanie
  
  🧣 Scarf / neck warmer
  
  🥾 Warm waterproof boots with good grip
  
  You don't need to arrive with expensive winter gear.
  
  There are second-hand stores in Fredrikstad where you can find things cheaply, and we also have spare communal clothes and winter gear.
  
  Not everyone can afford expensive winter gear, and we understand that.
  
  🛏️⚓🛏️ SLEEPING ABOARD 🛏️⚓🛏️
  
  I cannot guarantee a physical bunk for every volunteer every night.
  
  Sleeping arrangements are flexible.
  
  You might get a bunk.
  
  You might sleep on a couch.
  
  You might sleep on a deck.
  
  You might sleep in a tent.
  
  You might sleep in a hammock.
  
  It depends on how many people are here and what spaces are available.
  
  If you understand the sleeping situation is flexible please say
  
  ⭐ “I could sleep in a tempest, I could!”
  
  🖤🖤🖤 ON SOBRIETY, STRUGGLE & PURPOSE 🖤🖤🖤
  
  This space has quietly become a refuge for those who need it — especially those healing from burnout, addiction, or just too much world.
  
  If you’re sober, sober-curious, or simply looking to reconnect with yourself and others in a deeper way, you are welcome here. 🖤
  
  I decided myself to give up alcohol and smoking years ago, and I've seen how much easier it can be to make changes when you're surrounded by people, meaningful work and things that give you a reason to get out of bed.
  
  We've had plenty of people come here intending to cut down on drinking or smoking, and find that they naturally do so while they're here.
  
  Sometimes having something useful to do all day, being part of a community and having somewhere to socialise where drinking isn't mandatory makes a surprisingly big difference.
  
  And, of course, alcohol and cigarettes are bloody expensive in Norway! 😂💰🇳🇴
  
  That said, we can't make anyone sober.
  
  We're not a rehab centre, and we're not trying to create a community where everyone has to live the same way.
  
  People make their own choices.
  
  Some people drink.
  
  Some don't.
  
  Some smoke.
  
  Some don't.
  
  The important thing is that everyone respects the people around them.
  
  There is no hash or weed smoking in communal spaces. If someone chooses to use it, that needs to happen on a private boat or off-site, away from the communal living areas.
  
  The same principle applies generally: your choices are your responsibility, and other people's choices are theirs.
  
  If you're trying to make a change, we'll happily support you.
  
  If you're already sober, you're welcome.
  
  If you're sober-curious, you're welcome.
  
  If you're simply looking for a place where you can spend your time doing meaningful things and meeting people without alcohol being the centre of everything, you're welcome.
  
  This isn't rehab.
  
  But it can be a good place to remember who you are.
  
  💌🏴‍☠️💌 IF YOU WANT TO JOIN 💌🏴‍☠️💌
  
  Read this fully. Sit with it. Then, if it still stirs something in you:
  
  ⭐ Start your message with:
  
  “J’arrrr matey I be wantin’ to join yer crew, I be applying for the salty position o’ ship’s…” (insert your spirit or skill)
  
  Tell us a tall tale (a wee fib or fable is fine). Maybe something like:
  
  “One day I seen an enchantment I dids, the skies were mischievous that day, they was...”
  
  I love the stories.
  
  🌊🌊🌊 A FEW FINAL WAVES 🌊🌊🌊
  
  This is my home, not a hostel. It’s not a business. There is no pay — but food, shelter, and a place at the table are shared with those who pull their weight and bring their heart.
  
  Plans change with the weather. I can’t promise a space months in advance — if you want to come, message as close to the time as you can and be flexible, You can message early to make contact, just understand I cannot confirm spaces until closer to the time.
  
  This lifestyle isn’t just about sailing. It’s also about being still, and learning how to live with the boat when she isn’t going anywhere and living in close quarters with many other amazing humans.
  
  You’ll learn a lot here — about boats, people, sailing, circus, and probably yourself. I’ll give you my time and knowledge in person. I just don’t have the energy to answer dozens of Q&A messages by phone.
  
  I am working and studying at the moment, and I am super tired a lot of the time.
  
  So please be gentle with me, me hearties. 🖤
  
  I talk to a lot of people, and I'm in school and working most evenings. So please understand I don't have the energy to answer all questions.
  
  We have a Bosun in the crew who will take your calls and questions.
  
  Just ask for the Bosuns contact if you need it.
  
  Once you are accepted to the project and you have made travel plans I will put you in the incoming pirates group chat. Which has more information and also has more crew inside who can answer questions!
  
  If you’ve made it this far — thank you. You’re already rare.
  
  This project needs people like you. People with soul and guts and calloused hands. People who want to build something real. Even when the world feels a little unreal.
  
  If you also are looking to buy a boat and start your livaboard life Norway has tonnes of cheap boats and even free ones given away all the time. I can help you FIND A BOAT!
  
  ⚓⛵⚓
  
  Per aspera ad astra
  
  — Through hardships to the stars!
  
  So bring your courage. Bring your craft. Help us keep this dream afloat.
  
  Always remember and never forget,
  
  A flappy sail,
  
  Is NOT a HAPPY sail!
  
  “Fair winds and the unflappiest of sails,
  
  — Your Captain
  
  A filthy pirate from the Emerald Isle ☠️☘️”
  
  🏴‍☠️🗺️🏴‍☠️ THE FINAL TREASURE HUNT 🏴‍☠️🗺️🏴‍☠️
  
  If you've made it this far, you're probably one of the strange ones.
  
  There are five little prompts hidden throughout this profile.
  
  Please read everything.
  
  Try your best to answer them.
  
  You don't need to make your message perfect.
  
  Just show me you've actually read it.
  
  ⭐ Somewhere in your message, include:
  
  “No your a towel”
  
  🦜🌊 NOW BRING ME THAT HORIZON!! 🌊🦜
  
  The poem below is for the lost ones.
  
  The ones looking from the outside trying to find the way.
  
  A few words to the curious,
  
  If ye be hidin in the deep,
  
  If ye be climbin up the keep,
  
  If ye be lookin to the seas,
  
  To be findin, what might please
  
  If ye be scrimpin, low in coin
  
  Saunter down and surely join
  
  Send yer scroll, use yer mind
  
  Keep on lookin youl surely find.
  
  Spy your glass, fetch a dram
  
  Measure it, by the GRAM
  
  Reel it in and look fer Pam
  
  underneath her transom
  
  letters held at ransom
  
  Poseidon's ledger holds the key
  
  Sailing closer to the lee
  
  Ram Jam cousin to Pam
  
  And after notes and rest
  
  The chorus says it thest.
  
  Woah Spaghetti
  
  PAM BALAM!!!!!!
  
  🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️
  
  And also most importantly
  
  Let's find the
  
  ONE PIECE!!!!!!!
  
  🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️

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  Tipos de ajuda e oportunidades de aprendizado

  Projetos artísticos

  Prática de idiomas

  Ajuda em projetos ambientais

  Jardinagem geral

  Projetos DIY criativos

  Criar/cozinhar refeições caseiras

  Ajuda a cuidar da casa

  Manutenção geral
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  Interesses

  

  Eventos e social

  

  Cultura

  

  Trabalho beneficente

  

  Escrever

  

  Cuidar de plantas

  

  Fotografia

  

  Música

  

  Idiomas

  

  Mochilão

  

  História

  

  Jardinagem

  

  Desenho e pintura

  

  Faça você mesmo

  

  Culinária e comida

  

  Carpintaria

  

  Livros

  

  Blogs

  

  Arte e design

  

  Animais

  

  Arquitetura

  

  Yoga/bem-estar

  

  Esportes aquáticos

  

  Velejar/navegar

  

  Atividades ao ar livre

  

  Naturaleza

  

  Montanhas

  

  Esportes de aventura

  

  Ciclismo

  

  Camping

  

  Caminhada
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  Oportunidades de intercâmbio cultural e aprendizado

  Our crew is forever growing and the project becomes more structured each day.
  
  We run meetings every work day (Monday-Friday) at 10.30.
  
  In the meetings you can choose a pod to join for the day.
  
  Pods are run by Pod leaders and focus on pod specific tasks for the day.
  
  Volunteers are encouraged to step up and become pod leaders themselves or take on other various roles of responsibility.
  
  So far Pods are
  
  Mechanical
  Self explanatory.
  
  Homestead
  Making sure communal spaces are tidy and meals are prepared for all the crew. There are 3 a day.
  
  Runners.
  
  Logistics, moving of boats and or materials, fixing of tarps and preparing for rain or wind.
  
  Loggers,
  
  The procuring and processing and storing of firewood.
  
  We also have Quartermaster in charge of all provisioning across the fleet.
  
  And we have Bosuns, who run the meetings and give the pod leaders their tasks for the day. The Bosuns are responsible for the day to day running of the project while I am at school and at work.
  
  You have the opportunity to learn many skills here and we are always open to improving the current systems we have already in place.

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  Ajuda

  Mainly looking for crew, to help with everyday tasks on board. Varies from steering the boat while I take up the anchor or take out the sails. To some cooking, some cleaning, and odd jobs that need to be done. Like some painting maybe decorating.
  
  It will be the responsibility of the crew to prepare breakfast, lunch and dinner each day.
  
  Crew are also responsible for keeping the saloon tidy. This includes doing the dishes and refilling our water jugs. Keeping the table relatively uncluttered is particularly helpful for our minds and is also doubly important at sea.
  
  Emptying bins is also a beautiful thing to do.
  
  Making tea and or coffee is also always a small act of love that keeps the crew smiling and thriving.
  
  Games are always welcome and crew are encouraged to spontaneously start them. Who am I is a classic staple on the ship.
  
  I'm always happy for ART onboard if you have an idea let me know and we can buy the supplies and make it happen!
  
  Always while sailing it's important to have a good rain jacket. Waterproof trousers are also good to have. (You can get cheap ones of these in most outdoor stores) and nice warm layers. Wool is great because it stays warm when wet. Outdoor hiking fleeces are also good.We now have a shower onboard. Hurrah! We will also be washing our clothes by hand onboard. If this doesn't suit you then life at sea probably won't either.
  
  You do not need to bring anything special. Apart from clothes that suit the weather when you are coming. If you do not know what the weather is. Then look it up. Thermal wool layers are really useful in cold seasons.
  
  
  
  In terms of bedding, if you can bring a sleeping bag it means theres more blankets to go around. And if you can't we will find some for you.
  
  Boat is currently in Norway I am doing a boat building course so we will be here at least two years.
  
  Disclaimer.
  
  We sometimes have crew onboard who when weather allows feel comfortable enough to be nude.
  
  We also source some of our food from dumpster diving. This is usually bread pastries fruit and vegetables and sometimes if it's in good condition meat. We wash this food and use it. It is absolutely insane the things that get thrown in the bin in today's world. If it can be saved and consumed I believe it's a good thing. If your not comfortable with either of these things maybe this isn't the right opportunity for you.
  
  
  If you have read this section and agree to the terms. Include
  
  "I be a salty Dog at heart captain!"
  
  somewhere in your intro message.

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  Idiomas

  Inglês: Fluente
  Espanhol: Iniciante
  Francês: Iniciante
  Croatian: Iniciante

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  Acomodação

  We have two main vessels in the fleet right now. Both boats have wood fired heating and radiators and electricity. There are many berths between the two boats. So you might sleep in a bunk or you might end up with a room it depends who is already here. We also swap around and generally people can sleep where they are most comfortable. Food will be provided. A big shop will be done with all of us together and we will take turns cooking and cleaning.
  
  We have another small sailing boat that crew can also live in while we are here in Norway. If you are introverted this might suit you down to the ground :)

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  Algo mais...

  Depending on where we are travellers can decide what they would like to do. Sea swimming can be done daily. We will look for hikes where we can find them and try to make the most of where we visit.

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  Mais alguns detalhes

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    Acesso à internet

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    Acesso à internet limitado

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    Temos mascotes

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    Somos fumantes

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    Pode hospedar famílias

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  Pode hospedar nômades digitais

  Can use my internet hotspot. Or get a data Sim. Internet can be spotty at sea.

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  Espaço para estacionar campervans

  Can find you somewhere to park nearby.

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  Pode aceitar animais

  Pets are allowed. Depends on how they feel about being on the boat. A trial period would be good to see if it works. Dogs have been onboard and have been very good boys...and girls!! Zelda :p

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  Quantos Workawayers pode acomodar?

  Mais de 2

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  Meus animais / animais de estimação

  

  Mowgli

  A German shepherd mixed with a boxer. He is super calm and friendly with everyone. He really is the best boy.

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