Were there any considerations for choosing a boat with a young family?

“I wanted a big, spacious saloon that you could see through for transparency. I wanted it to feel like a home, like a floating apartment. With a monohull we would have to put the kids down below a lot, where I wouldn’t be able to see them the whole time,” says Lara.

Aaron adds, “Lagoons are boldly angular in shape, and we thought that was fantastic. It creates that space inside and looks great on the outside. And the sailing performance for a production catamaran, whilst not prioritised, is very very good.”

“I thought regarding the kids, on the 42 specifically, we can steer the boat from here on the same level, it’s not a separate area … and the entire thing can be enclosed without it being a visual and physical barrier,” continues Lara.

What are you most looking forward to?

“That moment when we’re all on the boat somewhere remote, with the kids, and you get to those places no one else gets to … the kids will get to experience things most kids don’t experience.

It doesn’t have to be perfect the whole time but in those moments it’s going to be amazing … showing the girls those great parts of life.

There are a couple of places in the Med that are key destinations for us, some bays in Mallorca and Sardinia where we’ve been rock climbing … when we anchor there it will be fantastic.”

Do you have any concerns at this stage?

Lara laughs, “I’m worried about the girls getting seasick, I’m worried about the baby … if they’ll hurt themselves … I’m worried they might not like living on a boat given that Aaron and I have wanted to forever! I’m not going to think about that..!

I’m hoping the kids will be so stimulated when we’re out there that it will all just gel.”  

Aaron was concerned that they would need to stay in Les Sables for an extended period to tinker with the boat. But he is comforted that the after-sales service from The Multihull Group means that he can get going once the handover is complete. With distribution partners across the globe, a service or spare part is never far away. And there’s always assistance at the end of the phone from the TMG Yachts Service Centre.

Your live-aboard life is only two months away, how are you feeling?

“We’re feeling hugely excited, beyond words! We’ve had this dream for 10 years, and we didn’t think we’d be in a position to do it this soon.  Then our circumstances aligned so that we could do it now,” says Lara.

“We’ve got about 25 things going on at the moment and we have capacity to deal with 15 at a time! Selling the house, storing our possessions … there’s a lot happening.  So we’re rolling with that, and that’s exciting too,” Aaron says.

“Once we jump on the plane for France, the timeline is open ended. There’s lots to do to get there … but it’s all directed towards something really cool.”

We can’t wait to read the first instalment! Watch this space for news from Sailing Sabella – all the Sabella blogs will be posted here.

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