Histoire de partir

Going on a sailboat for a year or a lifetime is a funny idea. How can one also desire to live on the water? The dream of travel continues to haunt many sea lovers and boat lovers.

This book answers the thousand questions that can turn the dream of travel into a nightmare. Every day of this family's journey is a "History of Leaving". Each story discovers a new aspect of life at sea. And their great strength is to deliver the reality of a sabbatical cruise with a lot of generosity, humility and humor.

By browsing through these pages, you will be more than just a reader, you will live the journey. You will do like the rest of the crew, you will learn on the job. You will be captain, crew and foam. You will buy and prepare your boat. You will do the navigation, the cooking and the school to the children. You will learn to fish, to fight cockroaches, to recognize a good anchorage, to overcome your fear of gales. You will meet browsers of all kinds and discover some of these countries that make you dream. A valuable experience for your own story of leaving ...

Fifteen of the thousand questions of the candidate for the trip:

• Am I to live at sea?
• What budget do you anticipate?
• How to buy a boat?
• Which course to choose?
• How to ensure the safety of children?
• And their schooling?
• Monohull or catamaran?
• Should we insure his ship?
• How will my spouse adapt?
• Which annex to choose?
• How to manage fresh water, electricity or cold on board?
• What if my children get sick?
• And the pirates and cyclones and the captain's age?
• ...