OUR MISSION
Adventure sailing, citizen science and storytelling to inspire action for a healthy ocean among boating and coastal communities.
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A JOURNEY
WITH PURPOSE
Taking part, and increasing participation from others, in a smorgasbord of exciting citizen science projects through our pioneering global ocean citizen science directory
ADVENTURE SCIENCE & STORYTELLING
Advancing knowledge and understanding of our global ocean by hosting local initiatives, early-career researchers and storytellers on board FREERANGER in the places we visit.
OUTREACH &
INNOVATION
Using FREERANGER as a platform for outreach and innovation, and as a testbed for innovative research-based or green-operational maritime technologies, from the simple solutions to the high-tech.
After a year cruising in the Pacific North West we departed Victoria, British Columbia in July 2024 to sail north through the Broughton Archipelago and around Vancouver Island on the west coast to Ucluelet our last stop in Canada. While in BC we participated in citizen science initiatives on eel grass health and marine mammal populations.
We departed British Columbia on September 12th and set sail on a 750nm offshore passage south to to the USA making landfall in San Francisco. During the offshore passage we contributed to six citizen science initiatives with the intention of supporting multi institutional researchers with ground-truthing, observations, data collection and ocean plastics trackers.
During October we journeyed down the coast of California visiting marine and wildlife hotspots and conservation initiatives in Monterey Bay, California's Channel Islands, Newport Beach and San Diego.
In November 2024 we joined the Baja-ha-ha fleet of 130 cruising yachts to sail 750nm into the Tropics and Cabo San Lucas a poignant end point of the extraordinary Gray Whale migration each year and our entry point to the Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California) a biodiversity hotspot due to its many endemic plant and animal species, and its unique geological features. We will be around these waters into February 2025.
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JOURNEY 2024
OUR STORY
Free Range Ocean is a project by British-Canadian duo Duncan Copeland and Larissa Clark. Founded in 2023 as a not-for-profit organisation it brings together the best of our combined forty years in environmental campaigns, development and communications and channels them into a massive personal and professional project designed to positively impact the people and places we visit aboard Freeranger our 50ft expedition sailboat and home.
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BE THE CHANGE!
EXPLORE OUR OCEAN CITIZEN SCIENCE PROJECT DIRECTORY TO DISCOVER VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES.
We've got dozens listed already from around the world that need citizen scientists to get involved in all kinds of projects - from pollution to biodiversity - at all times of the year. We welcome suggestions of new projects!
