Florian Dirkse

Florian Dirkse

Florian Dirkse had a dream. In fact, a lot of us have it, we share it but most of us keep on dreaming and don’t do much about it. After his studies, Florian had the opportunity to cross the Atlantic on a sailing yacht. After that, he dreamt to sail around the world with good friends. In 4 years’ time they have saved enough money to set sails for 2 years. That trip around the world, gave him another dream – to clean our oceans. Together with a friend they worked on this project for almost 3 years, 70 hours a week. Today, he continues to combine his greatest passions, sailing and cleaning the oceans. Ready to fulfil your dreams? Florian will tell us how he got courage to fulfil his. Be ready to be inspired!

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