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We Quit Everything (Again). Starting From Scratch.
30 November 2025 · 6 min · 2K views · Tenerife
What this video covers
Ivo and Dajana, the couple behind Silkap, sold their sailboat in 2025 after seven years of circumnavigation and now hold only a suitcase each, no fixed address, and no clear income plan.0:20 Ivo, recently retired with a monthly pension, wants minimal obligations; Dajana, approaching fifty, drained her savings funding the voyage and needs to rebuild income.0:53 The two announce a new land-based chapter and lay out the practical options they are weighing: house-sitting, dog-sitting, farm work, and work-exchange arrangements for lodging.3:34 They also plan to stay connected to sailing without owning a boat — offering themselves as delivery crew, signing nautical miles for Swiss sailing-license candidates, or doing boat maintenance.4:46 Their first destination is El Hierro in the Canary Islands, specifically a quiet, near-empty fishing village they describe as among the least-touristed corners of Europe.5:55 They are currently in Tenerife, the same island from which they departed on their Atlantic crossing.4:54 The central tension they name is not logistical but relational: reconciling a retired partner who wants to do nothing with a driven partner who must earn money while travelling.0:42
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