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\n Larissa and Duncan are sailing around the world with their two kids to spot wildlife and collect vital ocean data.
\n ADVERTISEMENTQuiet nights during the COVID-19 lockdown led a pair of sailing enthusiasts to start talking about their dream to sail further into the world.\u00a0Planning the adventure became a recreational pastime for the pair that helped pass some long nights in Norway. They would put pins in maps of places they\u2019d like to visit and line up a route to work with the world\u2019s weather patterns.\u00a0They decided to wait until their children were \u201cbig enough to be more independent – and young enough to still think we\u2019re cool enough to be around,” says Larissa.\u00a0The young family finally set off on their voyage around the world in July 2024, and plan to spend several years at sea. What\u2019s more, the adventure is already benefitting several marine conservation projects.A love of the ocean had become daily yacht lifeLarissa Clark and Duncan Copeland met back in 2006 when they were both working at the UK\u2019s Environmental Justice Foundation and started dating six years later.Duncan had spent much of his childhood as a \u2018boat kid\u2019 on a world voyage. While Larissa didn\u2019t grow up sailing the seven seas, travel has always been a big part of her life, inspired by her grandad, who would tell her that \u2018travel is the greatest education\u2019.\u00a0To avoid flying to South America in 2011, Larissa \u201ctook the plunge\u201d to join a historic tall ship as a trainee crew member, sailing across the Atlantic Ocean from Spain to Brazil. This month at sea nurtured her love of ocean voyaging.Taking their two children, aged six and eight, aboard their 50ft sailboat \u2018Freeranger\u2019 seemed like a natural step.\u00a0The family packed up their home in Canada – where Duncan was executive director of an NGO dedicated to combatting illegal fishing in Africa – and began the greatest adventure of their lives.\u00a0Paddle on: The ocean is wonderfully unpredictable\u201cThis is the kind of life-affirming experience you only get when you step outside your comfort zone,\u201d Larissa tells Euronews Travel.\u00a0\u201cSo you could say that we got what we\u2019d asked for on New Year’s Day as a crocodile slipped off a mangrove estuary on the Pacific coast of Mexico and disappeared silently beneath the hull of our 9ft inflatable dingy.\u201d\u00a0Duncan encouraged the family to \u2018paddle on\u2019 in what she describes as \u201chis best \u2018everything is fine and normal\u2019 voice\u201d as they managed to avoid the danger. This was not the first hair-raising incident on their voyage, however.Just two months earlier, off the California coast, a 60ft Sei whale – the third biggest whale in the world – turned mid-course and dove under their boat, \u201cto which Duncan bellowed, \u2018Everyone hold on\u2019,\u201d Larissa reminisces.On the ocean, no day is the same, and there are epic memories for the young family – from highs such as journeying with humpback whales on their migration from British Columbia to Mexico to lows of untangling a discarded fishing net from the propeller in a major great white shark breeding zone.\u00a0But Larissa describes it as \u201call part of the tapestry that makes for an incredible adventure.\u201dADVERTISEMENTThe dream of a family sailing adventure began years beforeThe journey, Larissa says, is a \u201cchance to roam around the one ocean that connects us all, powered by the wind and curiosity.\u201dIt\u2019s also \u201ca chance for our kids to grow up learning important life skills\u2026and giving them a break from what can be an overwhelming material culture.\u201d\u00a0The parents hope their children\u2019s time at sea will help them become resourceful, thoughtful, and help them to better understand \u201cthe power of nature\u201d.These experiences grew into what is the family\u2019s biggest adventure yet.\u00a0ADVERTISEMENTTheir children, Skye and Eden, have been \u201cwaddling around decks since babies\u201d. The Copelands bought their first family sailboat in 2020 when they were working in Norway and explored the local fjords together.Larissa is happy that, so far, \u201cthey love the family time, the new experiences, especially wildlife and swimming, and the cosiness of life on board.\u201d\u00a0Perhaps the biggest transition for the children, Larissa acknowledges, is that they\u2019re homeschooled on the boat, aided by a Canadian school programme.\u201cThere\u2019s a quote we often think about in life and sailing,\u201d adds Larissa: \u201c\u2018The pessimist complains about the wind, the optimist hopes it will change, the realist adjusts the sails\u2019.\u201dADVERTISEMENTCitizen science makes the family adventure a journey with purposeThe couple want to contribute towards the \u2018ocean we need for the future we want\u2019. That\u2019s why they decided to participate in citizen science and ocean conservation projects along the way.Finding the right boat was crucial, and they eventually settled on a secondhand, safe and fast boat that allows them to generate electricity on board from six solar panels.\u00a0The boast has four cabins so that friends, family, and \u201cearly-career ocean researchers and communicators\u201d can share the experience.\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s a great boat that balances being our family home and an expedition vessel,\u201d says Larissa.\u00a0ADVERTISEMENTBefore they set off, the couple founded a not-for-profit organisation called Free Range Ocean and launched the Ocean Citizen Science Project directory, which has since been endorsed by UN Ocean Decade.\u00a0This freely accessible online platform allows anyone in the world to explore and discover interesting research projects that they can participate in – be it families at the beach surveying for invasive species, fishers reporting on kelp forests, or tourists sharing photos of whale sightings.\u00a0And, even if you don\u2019t live near the ocean, you can still contribute remotely.\u00a0\u201cCollecting data from our ocean is a vast, difficult, and expensive task – one that quite honestly needs all hands on deck to achieve,\u201d Larissa adds.ADVERTISEMENTSo far, the family have contributed to more than half a dozen citizen science research projects, such as supporting researchers in British Columbia to better understand local whale populations by sharing their cetacean sightings. They\u2019ve also helped UK scientists understand climate change impacts on phytoplankton by taking regular Secchi depth readings and sharing them on the interactive app – which the children love.The family crew are also using their \u2018Freeranger\u2019 sailboat as a testbed for green-operational maritime technologies.\u00a0Even the most experienced sailors must prepare for offshore sailingGetting to grips with their own boat was the first step the family took. They surrounded themselves with experienced sailors through various cruising associations, getting certified in everything from offshore first aid to boat electrics.ADVERTISEMENT\u201cAn offshore sailor needs to be a jack-of-all-trades and master of as-many-as-possible,\u201d Larissa muses.\u201cThe most surprisingly useful course was a weekend workshop into the \u2018psychology of cruising for couples,\u201d Larissa notes, which helped prepare them mentally and emotionally.\u201cIt got us thinking about our different appetites for risk and how to find a balance them in a harmonious way.\u201d\u00a0What does each day look like on board?The couple\u2019s family and friends have been really supportive of their years-long journey.\u00a0ADVERTISEMENTWhile some worry about what can go wrong at sea, particularly when living in a confined space with young children, they\u2019ve also received glassy-eyes looks from friends telling them that they\u2019re living the dream.\u00a0\u201cIn many cases, a bit of ignorance can be bliss,\u201d Larissa laughs.And how are the confined spaces? \u201cYou learn to live with much less,\u201d Larissa explains. \u201cEven then, it often feels like we have too much on board!\u201d\u00a0The Copelands shop locally and in-season and choose low-impact cleaning materials. They also make their own drinking water rather than buying bottled water.\u00a0ADVERTISEMENT\u201cRoutine is really important, especially for the kids. They say that the sailor\u2019s midnight is 9 pm, so we tend to go to bed early and get up to crack on with homeschool first thing,\u201d she adds.\u00a0The family has found their own rhythm, so afternoons are spent exploring, meeting friends, and working on boat projects.\u00a0The couple have so far successfully navigated all the logistics, from preparing papers for immigration to receiving urgent mail by \u2018WhatsApp screenshots\u2019 from Larissa\u2019s mum in England. They\u2019re not completely off-grid as an on-board Starlink that gives the vessel an internet connection, which Larissa feels is both a \u201cblessing and curse\u201d but handy to stay connected.Larissa herself is taking digital nomadism to the extreme, as she is still remarkably running her boutique PR business that specialises in conservation expeditions alongside her low-impact, extraordinary journeys travel company, Another World Adventures, all while at sea.ADVERTISEMENTHowever Larissa says the concept of a weekend has altogether disappeared – particularly as they have to stay flexible to unpredictable weather.Wildlife sightings at sea continue to inspire the family\u2019s conservation effortsIt took a while for the Copelands to get familiar with the \u201cbig weather and sea conditions.\u201dWhen taking an offshore route to California, Larissa admits \u201cshe was puking most of the way\u201d but that \u201cany sight of a whale, dolphin or bioluminescence made it all worthwhile.”Stopping at wildlife hotspots like Monterey Bay and Catalina Island and a highly demanded day at Disneyland by the youngest crew members has also broken up the journey so far.\u00a0ADVERTISEMENT\u201cIt\u2019s always fun to disembark and stretch our legs!\u201d exclaims Larissa. \u201cFor the most part, we\u2019re cruising down the coast and can take daily trips to the beach, mangroves and nearby towns.\u201d\u00a0They\u2019ve had incredible wildlife sightings, including gray whales and humpback whales along the coast of Baja California in Mexico, to swimming with whale sharks in a \u201cmind-blowing experience.\u201dThey\u2019ve observed black bears combing the beach for berries and sea otters playing in kelp forests right from the boat and heard sea wolves howling at night. What\u2019s more, Larissa shares, they\u2019ve seen \u201chumpback whales, sei whales, dolphins, porpoises, sea turtles, crocodiles, iguanas, and so many birds like albatross, puffins, and blue-footed boobies.”With future plans to head across the South Pacific through Polynesia, Fiji and onto Australia and Asia, later this year, the Copelands will set sail on their biggest offshore passage to date, where they won\u2019t step foot on solid ground for almost a month.\u00a0ADVERTISEMENTThe family will journey to the remote Pitcairn Islands, a group of four volcanic islands in the southern Pacific Ocean. With less than 50 inhabitants, Larissa is excited: \u201cIt\u2019s not a place many people get to visit\u201d.\u00a0To follow the family\u2019s journey and find out how you can support their citizen science projects, visit Free Range Ocean.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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