We 溝へはまらせる／不時着するd our stressful life in Cornwall to live on a ヨット with our children but it's not all plain sailing

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A British couple have packed in their overworked schedules to live on a 42ft ヨット -but it's not all plain sailing.

Having grown tired of their 9-5s, Laura, 43, and Ross Colledge, 39, from Cornwall, decided to sell their house and splashed out on a £100,000 ヨット.?

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, who are unconventionally schooled.

After buying their 2005 Bavaria 42 ヨット in 2018, the couple began darting between Newquay and Plymouth to sharpen their boating 技術s, and since ended up その上の afield.?

But the bold move has not come without struggles with Laura admitting:?'Sailing life is very changeable so getting a work/life balance is tricky.?持続するing any 肉親，親類d of 決まりきった仕事 is a challenge.

Pictured: The Colledge family enjoying the Greek sun

Laura, 43, and Ross Colledge, 39, from Cornwall, decided to sell their house and splashed out on a £100,000 ヨット. Pictured above is their son

Son Noah enjoying time with one of the family's cat in his gorgeous room while doing schoolwork on a laptop

Former PT?Laura, who has fibromyalgia, working out in the living area

'You have to be able to "go chameleon" when the 天候 or other circumstances 需要・要求する a change of 計画（する）'.

She 追加するd that it can take its （死傷者）数 on 関係s too, 説: 'Sailing life is a 24/7 圧力 cooker at times and you not only have to learn to 選ぶ your 戦う／戦いs, but also where you will and will not 妥協.'

That said, the couple would not 交換（する） their new lifestyle for the world after becoming disillusioned with the hectic pace of life in the UK.

Laura and Ross, 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.

The former PT and online coach said Ross was working in 超過 of 50 hours a week as a partner in a 解雇する／砲火／射撃 取り付け・設備 company.

'We were like ships in the night,' she said.?'Ross?felt our children's formative years were slipping away before our 注目する，もくろむs and he was 行方不明の so much.

'We 手配中の，お尋ね者 to be able to better 会合，会う Josh's extra 教育の needs, as he has ADHD and is 嫌疑者，容疑者／疑うd high-機能（する）／行事ing autistic, while 供給するing them with an ex 特記する／引用するing, adventurous, 非，不，無-consumerist しつけ that would make them more worldly'.

Laura said: 'Ross was working 50 加える hours a week and we were like ships in the night. He felt our children's formative years were slipping away before our 注目する，もくろむs and he was 行方不明の so much'. Pictured: Ross, Noah and Josh

Laura 発言／述べるd: '関係-wise, you will soon learn if the person you are with is your soulmate'

'Ross remortgaged our newly-renovated house and took a 賭事 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.'

The 計画（する） was for Laura to 飛行機で行く to Cyprus with the boys while Ross began a three-month sail to 会合，会う them from the UK.?

Ross said: 'Laura has fibromyalgia, which is a Central Nervous System 条件 誘発する／引き起こすd by 強調する／ストレス, so we 初めは 手配中の，お尋ね者 an ocean-based life to be healthier on the whole.

'But while Laura and the boys were in Cyprus she experienced a 大規模な ゆらめく-up 予定 to the 強調する／ストレス of leaving our old life and me navigating dangerous seas.

'She had to spend a couple of weeks in hospital'.

In the end, the couple changed their 計画（する） and decided to 会合，会う in Greece in June 2019 so they could be 支援する together sooner.

They fell in love with the country and never left.

Laura said: 'We started our 旅行 as a family in Mykonos. We sailed through the Aegean and Dodecanese Islands and 結局 （機の）カム to find a slower pace of sailing life here in the Ionian Islands'.

Over the course of their five-year adventure, Laura and Ross have 昇格d and renovated their ヨット.

While the parents are very happy on their ヨット, they 収容する／認める: '持続するing any 肉親，親類d of 決まりきった仕事 is a challenge. You have to be able to "go chameleon" when the 天候 or other circumstances 需要・要求する a change of 計画（する）

Laura said, of her and Ross: 'We have both been water babies as surfers and kayakers in Newquay for many years so the ocean has always drawn us in'

She continued: 'Some of it has been self-基金d but most of it has been through 共同s with our channel and social マスコミ accounts.

'We have 完全にするd 非常に／多数の 昇格s to 改善する our living experience. We've 含むd solar 力／強力にする, lithium イオン 殴打／砲列s, a watermaker and other mod-反対／詐欺s that mean we can live 完全に off grid, 公共事業（料金）／有用性 法案-解放する／自由な and self-十分な if we choose'.

Ross is captain of the family's boat and Laura is first mate.

Noah is 現在／一般に homeschooled, while Josh …に出席するs an online 事実上の 第２位 school.

The family has 拡大するd with 新規加入 of their two cats Ronnie and Smidge ? whom they 可決する・採択するd while on their travels in Greece.

And their adventure is only just starting.

She 追加するd: 'Once we 達成する residency here in Greece we 計画（する） to spread our wings その上の afield.

'One day we would love a bigger boat as the boys become teens and we start to run out of room'.

After buying their 2005 Bavaria 42 ヨット in 2018, the couple began darting between Newquay and Plymouth to sharpen their boating 技術s

The couple '手配中の，お尋ね者 to be able to better 会合，会う Josh's extra 教育の needs, as he has ADHD and is 嫌疑者，容疑者／疑うd high-機能（する）／行事ing autistic, while 供給するing them with an exciting, adventurous, 非，不，無-consumerist しつけ that would make them more worldly'

As for their mental health, the mother says there's 'nothing more grounding than 存在 so の近くに to nature and at the mercy of elements.

'All other things become so trivial. And 関係-wise, you will soon learn if the person y ou are with is your soulmate.

'Your 関係 深くするs to an incredible level and your 尊敬（する）・点, 同様に as 賞賛 for each other 強化するs too.

'It's also 広大な／多数の／重要な to be able to choose who we socialise with and when.

'The boys have friends, young and old, from all over the world.'