Anchoring in a Storm and Finding Water in Sardinia Ep55

We sail across from Italy to Sardinia and manage to avoid lightening storms and then fill up with water in the busy port of Olbia. Finding water is never an easy thing so we are very careful with how much water we use but this is quite tricky while keeping on top of the clothes washing with a family of five. We hang out with another boat family who we have made good friends with even celebrate an early Christmas with them as now that planse have changed, we cannot be with them in the Canaries this year. We cannot find a weather window to get through the Bonifacio Strait so we decide to head South and cross to the Balearics from there. We ride out a storm gusting up to 50 knots and get 3 visits from the coastguard to check our documents before finally heading in the direction of Spain. We are a family of 5 and make our own electricity and water, homeschool the kids and do our own boat maintenance. Our dream of cruising and exploring the world's oceans is matched with a desire to live a more off-grid and sustainable lifestyle. A background as RYA instructors, flotilla skippers and RNLI crew only partly prepared us for the challenges of this live-aboard lifestyle! Thank-you for watching these videos... we hope to inspire, promote and share our journey with you so please follow the links below to support and connect with us ! Music credits: Sailors Lament by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Artist: http://audionautix.com/ Deck the Halls B by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100368 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ PLEASE NOTE: YouTube have disabled comments on most of our video blogs (and on other family channels) due to safeguarding issues regarding minors on the YouTube platform. In response, we have enabled comments for these videos on our Facebook page and Patreon page and begun a monthly blogspot called: 'FROM THE COCKPIT' where we respond to comments questions and issues relating to travel and sailing with kids.. and live-aboard life in general. ⒸⓄⓃⓃⒺⒸⓉ ▷PATREON: Help towards video production / editing / data costs & get bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/mothershipadrift ▷AMAZON WISH LIST: Books and items we'd LOVE to have onboard.. as soon as budget or Santa Claus allows! https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/94U7ZPWPXBXF ▷PAYPAL: Help towards the cost of travel to places further off the beaten track.. or ice cream! https://paypal.me/Mothershipadrift ▷YOUTUBE: Share our channel with others - just copy and paste this link! https://www.youtube.com/c/mothershipadrift ▷THIS VIDEO LINK: Copy and paste the link below to share THIS particular video! https://youtu.be/oi1d5wVUjVE ▷INSTAGRAM: Photos/videos of far off places, our Amel, crew, and other sailing images https://www.instagram.com/mothershipadrift ▷FACEBOOK: Updates, comments and news as it happens! https://www.facebook.com/mothershipadrift ▷TWITTER: We're not on Twitter much - so direct messages only! https://twitter.com/moshipadrift ▷WEBSITE: Our website with deeper insights and links to other resources https://www.mothershipadrift.com ▷Follow our boat on NOFOREIGNLAND: https://www.noforeignland.com/boat/5858761751134208