{"id":1531,"date":"2023-03-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oneocean25stg.wpenginepowered.com\/insights\/seafarer-communities"},"modified":"2025-10-30T13:23:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T13:23:36","slug":"seafarer-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oneocean.com\/insights\/seafarer-communities","title":{"rendered":"Building a Community At Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Feelings of belonging and inclusion within a group are a tonic to frequently cited issues among seafarers such as isolation, boredom and inactivity. An important part of this is the creation of community and camaraderie onboard.<\/p>\n<h3>What is a community?<\/h3>\n<p>The Oxford Dictionary defines a community as \u2018a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common\u2019 or \u2018the condition of sharing or having certain\u00a0attitudes and interests in common\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>From this alone we can already start to see how it is applicable to the life of the seafarer.<\/p>\n<p>The relationships, interactions and support which seafarers provide to each other onboard are vitally important.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly there are often concerns that there is too little interaction onboard these days. Seafarers are criticised for heading back to their cabins and keeping themselves to themselves.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8434 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1143px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1143\/778;\" title=\"Nagasaki,,Japan,-,November,4,,2019,:,Three,Cruise,Ship\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oneocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/shutterstock_1850988715-copy.jpg\" alt=\"DSC6051 Exposure\" width=\"1143\" height=\"778\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oneocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/shutterstock_1850988715-copy.jpg 1143w, https:\/\/www.oneocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/shutterstock_1850988715-copy.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.oneocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/shutterstock_1850988715-copy.jpg 480w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1143px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_8\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column_11  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et-last-child\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_44  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\">\n<h3>Cabin fever<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_9\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column_12  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_image et_pb_image_9\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/oceantg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/shutterstock_1443268187--scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/oceantg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/shutterstock_1443268187--scaled.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column_13  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et-last-child\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_45  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\">\n<p>When work feels more enjoyable, then time goes quicker. Things feel more positive, and the sense of achievement magnified. That applies even more at sea when distance from family and friends can put a strain wellbeing. So making sure that seafarers feel part of something while onboard can make a real positive difference.<\/p>\n<p>That said, there are many barriers and challenges to be overcome to help ensure a community onboard, and to put a little enjoyment back into seafaring. Smaller crew numbers indeed make it harder to have the same levels of interactions that seafarers did in the past. The fact that communal spaces have changed too also plays a part.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_10\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column_14  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et-last-child\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_46  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\">\n<p>It should also be remembered that with shorter trips and fewer bonding experiences ashore, the community building onboard does suffer. It is also a fact that everyone carries too much \u2013 in your average e-reader, you can have more books than can be read, and on most hard drives more music than can be listened to even in one trip. With game consoles in the mix too, it is perhaps no wonder people can retreat into themselves, via their cabin.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Feelings of belonging and inclusion within a group are a tonic to frequently cited issues among seafarers such as isolation, boredom and inactivity. An important part of this is the creation of community and camaraderie onboard. What is a community? 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