Rough Seas and Family Life Aboard - Sailing To Sicily Ep041

We set sail on the tail end of some stormy weather and stow the dinghy on deck to make sure we don't lose it! We sail for 4 days with some pretty strong winds and big swell and decide to skip Sardinia on our way to Sicily as the wind is in the right direction. [BTW sorry about the sound quality in this episode - we know we need to improve!] Without a weather forecast, we get caught out in a storm and our main sail gets another rip in it when we accidentally gybe. It is scary not knowing how long the storm is going to last as we are quite tired after several nights at sea on night watches keeping warm and the boat and children safe. We are a family with 3 children 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! Thankyou for watching these videos... we hope to inspire, educate and share our journey with you so please follow the links below to support and connect with us ! PLEASE NOTE: YouTube have disabled comments on family channels because they sometimes feature kids. As YouTube is no longer a family friendly platform please visit our Facebook or Patreon page (links below) to join conversations and leave messages. ▷PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/mothershipadrift Share in our adventure and get bonus material and deeper insights ▷PAYPAL https://paypal.me/Mothershipadrift?locale.x=en_GB Sponsor our videos or help towards visits to places you'd like us to feature! ▷YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/mothershipadrift Maintenance videos and travel blogs from the boat! ▷THIS VIDEO LINK: https://youtu.be/EOMtckiE8dE Copy and paste this link to share the video! ▷INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/mothershipadrift Photos/videos of the boat, crew, and other sailing characters ▷FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/mothershipadrift Updates, photos, videos and news as it happens! ▷AMAZON: https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/mothershipadriftfamilytravelandsailingblogs Products, spares and items we have on the boat! ▷TWITTER: https://twitter.com/moshipadrift DM's only ▷WEBSITE: https://www.mothershipadrift.com ▷Follow our boat on NOFOREIGNLAND: https://www.noforeignland.com/boat/5858761751134208