Introduction to sailing the Atlantic East-West ("Finding Dory V" - Webinar #1)

"Finding Dory" is a (free-to-join) social community of yachties who plan to cross the Atlantic (East-West and West-East) next season (2026-2027). "Finding Dory" is organized in collaboration with Helena and Steve from "Noforeignland" and is free for all cruisers (skippers and crew) to join.

This is the 5th season we organize and support this adhoc flottila of cruisers. Actually, the previous season ("Finding Dory IV" - with a fleet of over 400 boats) is not over yet, as about 100 boats are doing their W-E transat at this very moment.

For the upcoming season, we are starting the group early to give everyone ample time to prepare for their transat. As part of this preparation, we organize a set of free interactive webinars assisting the aspiring "transat-ers" in preparing their boat and crew for a safe passage, with a wide range of topics like "safely navigating the orca territories", "insurance", "weather routing", "fishing while on passage", "Provisioning and cooking", "fleet tracking", etc...

So... here we are: announcing our first webinar of the season, an introduction to crossing the Atlantic East-West. #exciting!

As the first webinar, it is a bird's eye overview of what to expect for an E-W transat, the main challenges and magic moments, introduction to the weather and routings and some key pointers in preparing the boat and crew.

So, join our first (free) webinar of the season, on Monday May 18th at 20:00 Rome (CET) time (=18:00 GMT).

Our webinar will be held on “ZOOM” and consist of +- 60 minutes of presentation, followed by 30 minutes (or more if needed) of open Q-and-A/discussions/shared experiences amongst the participants.

Our webinars are free for all “Finding Dory” members. We will record the session and publish the link to the recording afterwards to all members of our community.

The instructions on how to join this webinar, are distributed to "Finding Dory" members only, rather than widely distributing the link via social media, mainly to avoid spammers to join in, and disturb our webinar.

So, if you want to participate in the webinars, first join the "Finding Dory" community. Via our flotilla's Telegram chat group, we will send you details for each webinar. Instructions on how to join the growing "Finding Dory" flotilla on Telegram, you can find in this Noforeignland blogpost.

About Peter Casier:

I am the facilitator for the "Finding Dory" community and will present this webinar. I just finished my 8th transat a week ago, so things are still fresh in my mind :-)
If not cruising, on open passages or sailing in a regatta myself, most of my time is dedicated in coaching or training others: People new to sailing, new boat owners, or cruisers preparing for their first open ocean passage...

"Finding Dory", is a social community of cruisers who plan to cross the Atlantic (East-West and West-East) during the next season (2026-2027). It is "free-to-join" adhoc group of yachties, bonded by one common goal: to cross the Atlantic together, safely. "Finding Dory" is organized in collaboration with "Noforeignland" (NFL). How to join the Finding Dory and get the details of our webinars? Join our Telegram chat channel - details in this post on Noforeignland. This post also has all details on the background, purpose and setup of our flotilla.