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Pictured: The Holly Blue.
Cornwall mum and dad pack in their 9-5s to become YouTubers – living on 42ft YACHT in Greece
A British couple have packed in their overworked schedules to live on a 42ft yacht – but it's not all plain sailing.
Having grown tired of their 9-5s, Laura and Ross Colledge, from Cornwall, decided to sell their house and splashed out on a £100,000 yacht.
For the last five years, the pair have been sailing around the Greek islands with their two sons, nine-year-old Noah and Josh, 12, living a life of "purpose, joy and fulfilment".
But the bold move has not come without struggle.
"Sailing life is very changeable so getting a work/life balance is tricky," Laura, 43, told What's The Jam.
“Maintaining any kind of routine is a challenge.
"You have to be able to ‘go chameleon’ when the weather or other circumstances demand a change of plan.”
Laura and Ross, 39, who are directors of Sailing Holly Blue on YouTube and BoatFit Online Health and Fitness Coaching, decided to take the leap after reevaluating their lives.
She said: “Ross was working 50 plus hours a week and we were like ships in the night.
“He felt our children’s formative years were slipping away before our eyes and he was missing so much.
“We wanted to be able to better meet Josh’s extra educational needs, as he has ADHD and is suspected high-functioning autistic, while providing them with an exciting, adventurous, non-consumerist upbringing that would make them more worldly.
“Ross remortgaged our newly-renovated house and took a gamble on a boat we'd stepped on and loved a few months earlier, when we were just browsing marinas.
“We have both been water babies as surfers and kayakers in Newquay for many years so the ocean has always drawn us in.”
After buying their 2005 Bavaria 42 yacht in 2018, the couple began darting between Newquay and Plymouth to sharpen their boating skills.
The plan was for Laura to fly to C
2024-04-25
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