Green Coco
We are an adventure sailing cooperative specializing in authentic voyaging...
...for families, kiters, surfers, divers, beach lovers & island explorers!SEE OUR SCHEDULE HERE
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ABOUT US
Voyage the world
as a community
Join our world-schooling expedition as we circumnavigate the globe!Green Coco is a private sailing cooperative: families, adventurers, and outdoor lovers exploring the Earth together.Please see our Schedule of Trips.You can participate in 5-14 day sailing trips with our captain & chef (Kristian & Sabrina) running the boat, plus an onboard teacher for the kids.
Where we've been
in the last 2 years...
Starting in Seychelles in early 2024, we sailed Nesi (our 60ft catamaran) to Madagascar, South Africa, Namibia, across the Atlantic Ocean to Brazil enroute to Caribbean... hosting visiting families & adventurous travelers in every country.
See our blog and videos.
WHAT's NEXT?
Where do you want to go?
Jan-July 2026: We're sailing from Martinique to Virgin Islands and up to Bahamas and then across to Guatemala;
Nov-Dec 2026: After hurricane season we'll visit San Blas archipelago, enroute to Panama Canal.
Jan-March 2027: Come visit the world-famous Galapagos with us in affordable 4 day port stays or expedition style 9 day boat trips (inner islands or outer islands).
Note, we cancelled our route via Venezuela's islands & Colombia due to the escalation in conflict in those waters.
2027-2028 aboard nesi
After a 4000nm passage we'll be in Hawaii for the year. Experience the Hawaiian islands from the water -- like you've never seen them before!Inquire here.
Ways to participate
1. Email Newsletter (free) - follow the journey around the world, and get special offers for trips2. Expedition Letters (subscribe $100/yr) - we send you a monthly print 4 page letter by SNAIL MAIL, full of art & cool trivia from our voyages, perfect for families and travel lovers.3. Come Sailing! Join one of our 5-14 day trips, see our Schedule! Details and Pricing information below.
How do our trips work?
As a private cooperative, our guests are mostly members, investors and friends. We welcome general public to try the experience or apply for membership.Our specialty is community adventures, with participatory learning experiences. We offer a range of trip options to accommodate budgets.Join us for 6-14 day sailing trips during different legs. Our 60ft catamaran Nesi has 3 guest cabins + 1 vberth (sleeps up to 7 or 8). More guests possible by special request.
What does it cost?
For a standard 5 day trip with captain, chef, onboard teacher for kids, all costs covered except drinks and 3rd party activities.Three options:1. General Public - come try the experience. Trip runs about ~$4K for 2 adults in 1 cabin. You can book anytime.2. Co-op Member - join the co-op through application and $400 fee, get 30% off cabins and more. Trip runs about $3K for 2 adults in 1 cabin.3. Investor - purchase a boat share for our lowest rates (when available), get investor perks. Purchase credits in advance, just pay for food & fuel during trips, around $1.2K for 2 adults in 1 cabin.Discounts available... for 7+ day trips, family of 4, single occupancy, kids under 12, shared cooking or worktrade (available for co-op members)
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How it all started...
green coco expedition
When our twins turned 2, we asked ourselves, "Where will they go to school?"After seeing many sailors raise their kids on globe-trotting yachts, we were inspired. We created the Green Coco Expedition: a 15 year world-schooling program, a learning voyage that is open to all-ages.We have teachers aboard for the kids, and we offer workshops on breathwork, sailing, culinary arts, Non-violent Communication, and RIE parenting methods.Families, single adventurers, and outdoor lovers of all types participated in trips along the way. Join us!
ABOUT YOUR hosts
We are a family with 4 year old twins traveling around the world in our catamaran, Nesi. This is our home; the world is our school. Visiting teachers live aboard the boat, joined by other families and friends from the Green Coco Sailing Cooperative who participate in 2 week trips. We can't wait to share this journey with you, from near or afar :)Read more about the cooperative and our 10 years of Expedition Sailing from California to French Polynesia here.
-- Captain Kristian, Nurse Sabrina, Twins Kaiana & Naiyah
Our Dream
...is to share the magic of the oceans, world's cultures, and incredible expression of nature with others....we hope that our Expedition Letters and Green Coco Adventure Cooperative can bring joy & delight to kids, families, and friends as they navigate the world....whether or not you subscribe or join us, feel free to send us a message and share your dream.
Yearly Schedule
The Green Coco Expedition is going around the world, hosting families & adventurous travelers, aboard the 60ft catamaran Nesi.We are an adventure cooperative, a private membership organization.Interested in joining? Send us a message. 2024: Seychelles, Madagascar, South Africa, Namibia COMPLETED!
2025: Brazil to Caribbean COMPLETED!
2026: Caribbean to Panama Canal We are here now
2027: Galapagos, Hawaii
2028: Alaska, British Columbia
2029: California, Baja, French Polynesia
2030: Kiribati, Cook Islands, Tonga
2031: New Zealand, Fiji, Micronesia, Palau
2032: Indonesia, Thailand
2033: Phillipines, Taiwan, Japan
2034-2037: TBDSchedule is subject to change. Check below for available trips.
Available Trips
CARIBBEAN (2026)
FULL TRIP.Trinidade to Grenada. 11 days
FULL TRIP. Grenada to St. Vincent. 12 days.
FULL TRIP. St. Vincent to Martinique. 12 days.
FULL TRIP. Martinique to Guadalupe. 13 days.
FULL TRIP. Guadalupe to Saint Martinique. 11 days.FULL TRIP Saint Martin to BVIs, via Anguilla.
Feb 6-15, 2025 (10 days) . Highlights: Island hopping, SCUBA, snorkeling, kitesurfing.FULL TRIP. BVIs roundtrip.
February 19-25, 2026 (7 days)
Highlights: Snorkeling, island hopping, kitesurfingFULL TRIP. BVIs. 7 daysBVI. 1 Cabin Available.
March 11-17, 2026 (7 days)
Highlights: Snorkeling, diving, island hoppingFULL TRIP. BVIs.
March 20-26, 2026 (7 days)
Highlights: Snorkeling, diving, island hopping, kite-surfingFULL TRIP. USVIs.
March 29-April 4, 2026 7 days
St. Thomas, St. John & Surrounding IsletsPuerto Rico âžś Dominican Republic. 1 Cabin Available.
April 8–19, 2026 (12 days)
Highlights: Isla Culebra, south coast Puerto Rico, surfing on north/west coasts, kitesurfing.FULL TRIP. Dominican Republic âžś Bahamas. 10 days
OPEN TRIP: Bahamas Long Island, Rum Cay, Conception. 3 Cabins available.
May 5-11, 2026 (7 days)
From east side of Long Island (Clarence Town) up to Rum Cay, Conception Island, then down west side of Long Island.
Pickup & Dropoff Clarence Town (Long Island).
Highlights: Snorkeling, cays, island varietyFULL TRIP. Bahamas. 7 days.FULL TRIP. Bahamas. 7 days.Bahamas Andros Island to Miami. 1 Cabin available.
June 4-10, 2026 (7 days)
Visiting Andros Island and spots enroute to Florida.
Pickup Fresh Creek airport (Andros) and dropoff Miami.PASSAGE. Miami to Rio Dulce Guatemala, via Belize Cays. 2 Cabins available.
June 21- July 10
(10 days sailing expected; 21 day window for picking good weather/ avoiding tropical storms)
Pickup Miami area.
Dropoff Rio Dulce Guatemala.--
Hurricane Season ~ Maintenance Period July-November 2026...more trips below
PANAMA (Dec '26/Jan '27)
PASSAGE. Rio Dulce Guatemala to San Blas Panama, via Bay of Islands Honduras. 2 Cabins available
Nov 10-23, 2026 (14 days)San Blas roundtrip (Panama). 1 Cabin Available
Nov 26-Dec 4, 2026 (9 days)
Highlights: San Blas diving & kiting, remote explorationFULL TRIP: San Blas roundtrip (Panama)
Dec 7-11, 2026 (5 days)
Highlights: San Blas diving & kiting, remote exploration
BOOKEDFULL TRIP: San Blas roundtrip
Dec 13-19, 2026 (7 days)
Highlights: San Blas diving & kiting, remote exploration
BOOKED
FULL TRIP: San Blas to Colon
Dec 23-Jan 2, 2026 (11 days)
Xmas & New Years
Highlights: San Blas diving & kiting, remote exploration
BOOKEDOPEN TRIP: Panama Canal Transit (ColĂłn âžś Panama City). 3 cabins available.
Jan 5-11, 2026 (7 days)
Highlights: Panama Canal transit
3 Cabins availableOPEN TRIP: Panama City âžś Galapagos (San Cristobal Island). 3 cabins available.
Jan 16-29, 2027 (14 days)
Highlights: Las Perlas Islands, potential stop at Malpelo after 300nm. Total 860nm transit (6 days sailing), plus 3-4 days exploring San Cristobal, Galapagos.
3 Cabins available.
GALAPAGOS, HAWAII (2027)
OPEN TRIP: San Cristobal, Galapagos
Feb 5-8, 2027 (4 days)
PORT STAY. No sailing. Nesi is moored in harbor, acts as home base for local exploration.
3 cabins availableOPEN TRIP: San Cristobal, Galapagos
Feb 12-15, 2027 (4 days)
PORT STAY. No sailing. Nesi is moored in harbor, acts as home base.
3 cabins availableOPEN TRIP: San Cristobal, Galapagos
Feb 19-22, 2027 (4 days)
PORT STAY.
No sailing. Nesi is moored in harbor, acts as home base.
3 cabins available
OPEN TRIP: San Cristobal âžś Isabella Island, Galapagos
March 1-9, 2027 (9 days)
3 cabins availableOPEN TRIP: Isabella Island, Galapagos
March 12-15, 2027 (4 days)
PORT STAY. No sailing. Nesi is moored in harbor.
3 Cabins availableFULL TRIP: Isabella Island to Santa Cruz, Galapagos
March 18-27, 2027 (10 days)OPEN PASSAGE: Galapagos âžś Hawaii
March 30-April 30 , 2027 (32 days)
3 Cabins availableHAWAII TRIPS: to be determined.
We plan to offer 7-10 day trips exploring the Hawaiian islands.Please Inquire Here.
Alaska & Brit. Columbia 2028
From Hawaii, we plan to sail north to central Alaska during summertime, then head south along the inside passage to British Columbia until Tofino by late summer. Cold water, incredible glaciers, epic landscapes, abundant wildlife.Approximate stops will include:
Yukutat
Glacier Bay
Sitka
Petersberg
Ketchikan
Haida Gwaii
Shearwater
Tofino
Channel Islands 2029,
Baja, French Polynesia 2030
We aim to spend a season in California in the Channel Islands - celebrating where Green Coco started! Then after a few trips in Sea of Cortez, we'll head across the Pacific to our beloved French Polynesia.Approximate stops will include:
Channel Islands National Park
Catalina Island and surroundings
Baja Peninsula
Sea of Cortez
Islas Socorros
Marquesas
Tuamotus
Society Islands
interested? send us an inquiry 🙏
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About Expedition letters
Expedition Letters are hand made, sent by SNAIL MAIL monthly to your home or school -- anywhere in the world!!Who doesn't love receiving awesome letters in the mail from far away?? Especially when they are full of cool stories and trivia :)With beautiful drawings in the 19th century naturalist style of explorers, filled with art and educational nuggets to inspire a love of learning and discovery, we are bringing back a screen free experience to families.We hope to instill a love of learning thru exploration, one letter at a time!Kids will explore the world via the countries that Green Coco visits during our 15 year circumnavigation world schooling expedition.Each paid subscription helps us sent Letters to classrooms to share this with other kids; and also supports our artist Joelie .Global shipping included.
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Meet the Artist
Joelie Russell
The artist behind Expedition Letters is Joelie from Western Australia. She is a child educator & artist who currently lives in Cocos Keeling islands.HOW DID WE MEET?
Joelie came aboard Nesi as the expedition teacher for 4 months, sailing with us from Seychelles to Madagascar. Her training in Waldorf/Steiner education and love of outdoors created super fun & artistic experiences for the kids aboard the boat!THE STORY BEHIND THE LETTERS
We chatted many times over dinner on the cockpit of Nesi, wondering: "how can we make the Expedition a screen-free experience for kids?" We thought, who doesn't LOVE getting letters in the mail?? We also like the style of Naturalist field notes from the 19th century, full of art and romance. So we created Expedition Letters, a mixture of letters and naturalist field notes, to promote a love of learning with a screen-free experience.JOELIE'S BACKGROUND
Most famous for her baskets made from fishing net debris found in the shores of Cocos Keeling Island, Joelie also makes beautiful lino-print artwork. She creates the stamps for Green Coco's Crew Sunshirts too! Your Letters subscription directly supports Joelie's art and livelihood. We hope to share more of her work here soon!
Blog Posts
about the
Green Coco Cooperative
We are a home-grown sailing cooperative of friends who decided to go cruising around the world! We welcome all-ages, including families with kids 6 months and up. Led by Kristian + Sabrina, we've evolved with 3 boats over the last 11 years.The "Green Coconut Run" started in 2015 in California on a 3 year trip to Tahiti. We hosted members of the co-op aboard the classic 1968 trimaran Aldebaran (42ft, read some background, with our visitors joining for 2 week legs along the way: Mexico (+Baja), El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, and Ecuador (+Galapagos). Check the historical blog posts.Upon arrival in French Polynesia, we fell in love with the place. Who doesn't?? With community financing, Kristian & Sabrina (and newborn twins) upgraded to the 2000 catamaran Selavi (46ft) and started expanding the co-op with new captains for Aldebaran (Billy & Kimber). Green Coco operated mostly in Tahiti & Tuamotus atolls during these 5 years.In early 2024, we launched the Green Coco Expedition, a world-schooling circumnavigation. New captains were recruited to run SelavĂ in Tahiti's islands. Kristian & Sabrina and (now 4 year old twins) moved aboard the 2010 catamaran Nesi (60ft) in Seychelles, starting the voyage. They headed south around Madagascar, South Africa, Namibia, and across the Atlantic to Brazil. Read more about the Expedition here.Our vision for the co-op is a space to empower our community to spend time in nature, to create more opportunities to enjoy the outdoors, and to help fulfill more dreams. We welcome all like-minded enthusiasts :)
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