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Family, Children and Life Aboard
Children on a circumnavigation, education, family routines, watches and growing up aboard.
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A Sailor Will Find the Sea Anywhere. How We Lived under a State of Emergency. Flood Chronicles. Part 2
A Sailor Will Find the Sea Anywhere. How We Lived under a State of Emergency. Flood Chronicles. Part 2 The beginning of the deluge — How We Lived under a State of Emergency. Flood Chronic…
Tenerife. Masca for the Whole Family
Masca for the Whole Family We try to avoid places overrun by tourists. But some simply have to be visited because of their wondrous beauty. Masca Gorge and the village of the same name ar…
Tenerife. Masca for the Whole Family. Continued
Masca for the Whole Family. Continued The story begins here — Masca for the Whole Family At night, a light was burning in Masca. The evening before, through the binoculars, we had spotted…
Yacht Kids
Yacht Kids In Tenerife, at the Las Galletas marina, we came across a well-lived-in cruising yacht flying the Dutch flag. Canvas awnings, vegetables and fruit in nets beneath the solar pan…
Yacht Kids and the African Heat
The African Heat It came, descended upon us and knocked the wind out of us—that very African heat. At eight in the evening, a thermometer in town read +45°C. The air dries you out more fi…
Homeschooling on a Yacht
Homeschooling. Children on a Yacht “Mum, give me the tablet, quick—I can’t wait to do another French lesson now!” This isn’t a dream. It’s just that I’m sitting in the cockpit learning Sp…
Children on a Yacht: Socialisation and Safety
Socialisation and safety Socialisation is one of the fundamental concerns people have about homeschooling children. Take a child out of school, tear them away from their peer group—and th…
Courage, a Young Sailor, Mountaineer Sergey Sokolov, and Navy Day
Courage, a young sailor, mountaineer Sergey Sokolov, and Navy Day. And mountains A clever man won’t go uphill (as mountaineer Sergey Sokolov liked to say) If Moscow is the heart of the Mo…
Sumatra with a Child Is Nothing to Be Afraid Of :)
Sumatra with a child is nothing to be afraid of :). Big cities and funny transport, adventures while changing connections and relaxation in the jungle. How to get to the island of Sumatra…
Sumatra with a Child: A Jungle Trek
Sumatra with a Child: A Jungle Trek Part One of Our Sumatran Journey — Sumatra with a Child — Visiting the Orangutans The morning after arriving in Bukit Lawang, we finally stopped by the…
Children. Sleep. And a Sailing Yacht
To understand what heeling and rolling on a yacht are like, imagine your house perched on a trampoline attached to a swing... 🙂 Under these conditions, the most ordinary things—sleep, fo…
The Tale of a True Captain
The Tale of a True Captain. The whole truth from the first mate 🙂 I’ll skip the usual “despite the distance, we’re always together” and “always stay as wonderful as you are” (though of c…
“A Family of Farmers’ Triumphant Exit from Their Circumnavigation,” or Our Canary Islands–Senegal Passage :)
And in Senegal, and in Senegal... At anchor on the outskirts of Dakar . We’ve made it through a difficult passage—from the Canary Islands to Senegal . The first mate and the young sailors…
The Route of a Family’s Round-the-World Voyage with Children Aboard the Sailing Yacht Lady Mary
A Round-the-World Sailing Route via the Great Capes and Antarctica with Children Travely-Family aboard the sailing yacht Lady Mary Travely-Family’s Round-the-World Route Red marks the exp…
The Past and Present of Pirate Island: Tobago
The Past and Present of Pirate Island: Tobago The history of its discovery, an ancient relict forest, a search for waterfalls, and the bay where an Englishman once lived and where the des…
Travel First-Aid Kit. What to Pack in a First-Aid Kit for a Seaside Trip with Children
The Traveller’s First-Aid Kit First-aid kit: how to put one together and what to include, plus the finer points and additional medicines needed for long journeys and life with children If…
Transatlantic Menu. A Food Chronicle of an Adult-and-Child Crew for All 23 Days Under Sail. Passage from Cabo Verde to French Guiana.
Transatlantic Menu. A Food Chronicle of an Adult-and-Child Crew for All 23 Days Under Sail This is a new section! There will be a link here — General information on provisioning and food …
Homeschooling on a Yacht
Homeschooling on a yacht. If you are sure that switching your child to homeschooling will free them from routine and leave them heaps of spare time, you are mistaken. If you are sure that…
Radar Detector
Radar Detector. Why You Need One and Why This One in Particular. A Life Hack from the Captain What do getting away with speeding on the road and safety on the Ocean have in common? — A ra…
There Are Plenty of Real Wild Ones… New Yachtsmen Blown to Easter Island. Losses and Finds. More Bucking at Anchor. And the Ancient Moai Giants
There are plenty of real wild ones! New yachtsmen have been blown to Easter Island. Losses and finds. More bucking at anchor. And the ancient moai giants Farewells and new neighbours In t…
Pitcairn. The Truly Crazy Ones Are Few and Far Between
Pitcairn. The truly crazy ones really are few and far between—not everyone who makes it this far is crazy enough. How one superyacht dealt a blow to the economy of an entire country, whil…
On the Way to Paradise. Daily Life and Raising Children, Food and Exploration Plans, with 25 Knots of Wind for Three Days Straight.
On the Way to Paradise. Daily Life and Raising Children, Food and Exploration Plans, with 25 Knots of Wind for Three Days Straight. Seems like we’ve only been under way for a little over …
Fatu Hiva. A French Holiday, Polynesian-Style, and a Hungry Young Sailor
Fatu Hiva. A French Holiday, Polynesian-Style, and a Hungry Young Sailor. You see the flames of Indian campfires dancing on the faces of chiefs from vanished tribes (from a song)... We ha…
How the First Mate and Nastya Sailed the Yacht
How the First Mate and Nastya Sailed the Yacht. Squall-force winds and a gigantic catch. The strange ways of the trade winds and a reunion with friends. I Go to Haifa (have you read that …
Tahiti — Two Round-the-World Sailing Voyages with Children in One Place
Tahiti — Two Round-the-World Sailing Voyages with Children in One Place. How we kept the others from working, whether coral grows in a marina, and where flying saucers splash down Maxim c…
About the Naked People of Tierra del Fuego and the Clothed People on the Yacht
About the naked people of Tierra del Fuego and the clothed people on the yacht. 45 degrees south latitude. According to our track, we have covered 3,350 nautical miles, or 6,030 km, since…
I Asked You, Why Are You Climbing the Mountain? — The Young Sailors Answer
I asked you, why are you climbing the mountain? The young sailors answer. I’m going to write this post without jokes or wisecracks, so that a carefully considered decision doesn’t look fr…
How We Found the Children of Captain Grant—and Captain Grant Himself
How We Found the Children of Captain Grant—and Captain Grant Himself. The Last Phantom Reef of the 37th Parallel South We embarked on our expedition to the phantom islands of the Pacific …
Around the World and Antarctica with Children. Our Story and Lady Mary
Around the World and Antarctica with Children. Our Story and Lady Mary. In our Soviet childhood, it was impossible to imagine that one day we would sail around the world. We might just as…
Easter Island by Yacht with Children. Moai. Storms. Natives
Easter Island by Yacht with Children. Statues. Storms. Natives Friends, here’s our freshly edited video! Mysterious colossi, the islanders’ dark history, and modern life on the most remot…
Cape Horn by Yacht with Children
Cape Horn by Yacht with Children The stormiest place on the planet. 20-metre waves, thousands of shipwrecks, more than 800 vessels lost. ✅Subscribe to the channel: //bit.ly/Follow_Travely…
The World’s Southernmost Museum Through a Child’s Eyes. A Tour by Our Young Sailor
The World’s Southernmost Museum Through a Child’s Eyes. A Tour by Our Young Sailor A tour of the world’s southernmost museum by a young sailor from the sailing yacht Lady Mary Our young s…
The Three Great Capes on a Yacht with Children
The Three Great Capes on a Yacht with Children. Cape Horn, the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Leeuwin “This petty-bourgeois concealment of facts from the proletariat must be stopped,” declared t…
About the “Round-the-World Voyage via the Great Capes and Antarctica with Children” Expedition —
To Antarctica with Children On an expedition along a difficult route, you will usually find either people who do not yet have children, or men who leave their wives and children at home. …
Antarctica Under Sail with Children
Storms and the Drake Passage, fears and doubts. The polar researchers at Bellingshausen Antarctic Station. Penguins, icebergs alongside and polar ice. We marked the 200th anniversary of t…
From Midshipman Nastya
Dear readers! Since Mum is writing an urgent article about the heroic Metelitsa polar team and doesn’t have time for a post, this burden has fallen on my fragile shoulders)). Midshipman N…
How to Celebrate a Child’s Birthday in Isolation, or “No Gatherings of More Than Two People”
“Do you know why I’m so funny?” our young sailor once asked us. “Because I was born on April 1!” And it’s wonderful that Ladunya is so funny. Her easy-going nature keeps her from sinking …
Australia by Yacht. Travely-Family’s Visa and Entry Formalities. Sailing Around the World via Antarctica and the Great Capes with Children
Obtaining an Australian visa in a third country, the particulars of entry formalities, and the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on border crossings. And so, at 11 a.m. on 18 March, we e…
Travelling with Children: Education and Socialisation | How Do You Study Remotely? Life Hacks.
How children learn without school. The pros, cons and bottlenecks. Is it difficult to make friends and fit into a group? 10 years of homeschooling experience and 2 completely different ch…
Patagonia in Winter with Children on a Yacht. Glaciers, Sea Lions, Guanacos
Patagonia in winter aboard a yacht with children, a hundred kilometres from Cape Horn. The southernmost edge of the world, uninhabited wilderness accessible only from the sea. Running agr…
Active Isolation. Where the Children Study. Russians in Australia
Answering a frequently asked question: what courses is our young sailor taking now, during the holidays, while in Australia? And why is she so delighted with them? Links to our schools. S…
Our Yachting Journey Began with Our Child’s Asthma: The Road to Sailing Around the World
How our child’s bronchial asthma set us on the path to sailing around the world. It was asthma that pushed us towards sailing—and ultimately towards a round-the-world voyage. Our daughter…
The World’s First Round-the-World Expedition via the Great Capes and Antarctica with Children Is Complete!
The world’s first round-the-world expedition via the great capes and Antarctica with children is complete! Paradise off the port side. What is that thrill of approaching land? Some atoll …
Polynesia–Vladivostok. On Our First Days in the Ocean and the Tragedy of the Present
Polynesia–Vladivostok. On Our First Days in the Ocean and the Tragedy of the Present Sailing with a warm following trade wind is nothing like the Roaring Forties or battling head-on into …
Our Book “Around the World with Children” Is Out!
Why write a book? As Jacques-Yves Cousteau used to say, if you have the good fortune to lead an extraordinary life, you have no right to turn your back on it. An extraordinary life begins…