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Lou (Swiss) and Lyz (Mexican) recount how they left a settled life in Switzerland in 2018 to sail the Mediterranean full-time with their two young children.▶ 0:31 Lou had carried the dream for years, placing himself on a Swiss lake mooring waitlist as a teenager and eventually securing a spot for a 26-foot sailboat on the lake near their home.▶ 5:44 A trial charter week in Croatia — rough weather, breaking dishes, Lyz gripping the rail — nearly killed the idea, but she came away convinced that a sailboat was a floating home that reached places no road could.▶ 8:54 Lou flew alone to Athens to inspect a German owner's boat en route from Turkey, slept aboard overnight, and called Lyz to say he'd found the right one; the structure was sound even though the interior needed work.▶ 13:56 They negotiated the price and agreed on a six-week summer trial from Turkey before fully committing.▶ 14:43 That trial, with Lyz's father flying from Mexico City to crew, settled it.▶ 16:37 Oliver resigned from his job, they rented out their Swiss apartment for income, sold furniture, cars, motorcycles, and toys, reduced all possessions to six bags Lou sewed from an old sail, and pulled their children from school — receiving congratulations, not criticism, from the Swiss teachers.▶ 20:45 Since departing Turkey they have covered more than 5,000 miles across 100-plus locations.▶ 0:48

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