and this is how you went from knowing nothing about sailing to crossing the
atlantic ocean and beyond on a sailboat about five years ago i had no sailing experience
spent countless hours on youtube watching my favorite channels
hoping i could learn something from them about my first sailboat in france in 2017 a lagoon 42 took
some american sailing association classes back in the united states and also went as a paying
crew for several weeks on friends boats to have some hands-on experience as i got the lagoon 42
delivered i hired some help to help me sail the boat and learn from them and a year and a half
later i sold the lagoon 42 to work work work save save save to buy a slightly bigger boat a lagoon
46. we have a lot to do over there at ''JOY'' we have to put the solar panels, the interface with
the engines there's so many other additionals that we decided to buy and equip ''JOY'' with
Ed
I met patricia in january 2018. since the first day we met i knew she was the one we got married
and she moved to mexico with me where i lived at the time because of work why am i telling you all
of this well i have heard of a saying happy wife, happy life but never got a second thought about it
convincing someone to do something is the guarantee formula for failure so how do i
propose to her to buy a boat to sail around the world if she doesn't even know how to sail if she
likes it or not she's totally fearful of the water and never learned how to swim let me show you how
we went from having no boat no experience to be live aboard sailing our catamaran here in europe
back
sailing definitely needs to be fun for both parties and that's the only way it can work out
after i went to the process of learning everything i could about sailing crossing the atlantic ocean
and being boatless after selling our lagoon 42 this lifelong passion would just have to be put
on a back burner if my wife did not buy into the idea of exploring the world aboard the sailboat
so how would i get patricia to get as passionate as i was about sailing and possibly make it
flourish inside her the desire and passion of trading land life to life at sea that was when we
both decided to buy a lagoon 46 after visiting the miami boat show little that we knew back then that
only 14 months later the entire world would be in a lockdown and our 12-month weight would quickly
turn in two full years 2020 was difficult year due to all that was happening around the world
we took that opportunity to expand our horizons and live minimally while we explore over 30 000
kilometers inside of jubi the van that became part of our family that year we got to see the entire
united states and experience life from a totally different perspective that we were accustomed to
and understand how lack of space could translate into a feeling of freedom never before experienced
hmm
actually
that experience just assured both of us that we had made the right decision
to buy a sailboat and attempt to save the world
while it is pretty easy to tell people what to do it is much harder to create a welcoming
environment for others to jump head first leaving their fears behind to truly immerse on
a life-changing learning experience it is so much easier to jump in and do it yourself when you see
the other one struggling to perform a relatively easy task but by not doing so the transformation
begins by having that person accountable for that task and you do not get overwhelmed by the need
to correct or do it yourself this process made us to be even closer than we were already elevate the
trust level and create something so much larger than just sailing from one place to the next
Ed
it was just great to be part of patricia's evolution and to share responsibilities while
sailing not only i was able to be living the dream i had in the back of my mind
of sailing the world with someone i love but
made me experience a very high level of happiness as the life we were leaving
it was not my dream or desired but something we were creating little by little together
because this is just the beginning of the story of a couple that have left
everything behind to see the world aboard a sailing catamaran
i started the wolverine team in 2022 as we put together our sailing route that will go like this
in march 2022 we prepared to leave valencia and sail the coast of spain towards denia in
april 2022 we sail from denia to further explore the island of ibiza before we cross the palm of
mallorca which is about 60 nautical miles from the north tip of ibiza in mallorca we plan to
spend almost a month possibly the month of may then jump into menorca for two weeks and finally
stay away from spain to arrive in italy when we plan to spend almost two months exploring sardinia
and then the coast of italy all the way south to rome and napoli as we approach october a decision
will have to be taken to spend the winter in a marina in europe or continue non-stop and
cross the atlantic ocean towards the caribbean what do you think about this plan you're a very
important part of this journey to us and we want to hear your opinion if you have not seen season