Meet the Fothergills: An Australian family of six living a life of radical adventure aboard their Leopard 46 catamaran, Happy Days, across the Indian Ocean.

Eleven days at sea, sailing west across the South Atlantic from St Helena to Fernando de Noronha. There’s no big crisis on this passage—just the rhythm of ...

📨 Join our newsletter: https://sailingwithsix.kit.com/9c29113ead After 11 days at sea, St Helena felt like the perfect place to stop, reset and catch our ...

Season 6 starts here! 🌊⛵ After an incredible season in South Africa, it’s time to point Happy Days west and head out into the South Atlantic. Our next stop: ...

We thought leaving South Africa would be easy. We were wrong. Our last stop before checking out was Langebaan — and if we're honest, it might just be one of ...

For weeks, Cape Town had been all about fixing the boat, chasing paperwork, and getting ready for the next leg of our journey. But once the biggest jobs were ...

📨 Join our newsletter: https://sailingwithsix.kit.com/9c29113ead Our visa extension was rejected. After driving five and a half hours from Hout Bay to George ...

Before we could leave South Africa behind for good, Happy Days needed to be ready for everything the Atlantic could throw at her. What followed was days of ...

📨 Join our newsletter: https://sailingwithsix.kit.com/9c29113ead Leaving Knysna was always going to be one of the biggest milestones of our South African ...

With just 72 hours left on our South African visas, we thought paperwork would be the hardest part of our week. We were wrong. This episode follows our last ...

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Sometimes the best adventures are the ones you never planned. After an overnight sail from Richards Bay to Durban, we find ourselves weather-bound as we wait ...

🌊 Join Our Sailing Family Adventure! We’re the Fothergills – a family of six living full-time aboard our catamaran, Happy Days. From tropical islands to ...

🌊 Join Our Sailing Family Adventure! We’re the Fothergills – a family of six living full-time aboard our catamaran, Happy Days. From tropical islands to ...

🌊 Join Our Sailing Family Adventure! We’re the Fothergills – a family of six living full-time aboard our catamaran, Happy Days. From tropical islands to ...

🌊 Join Our Sailing Family Adventure! We’re the Fothergills – a family of six living full-time aboard our catamaran, Happy Days. From tropical islands to ...

🌊 Join Our Sailing Family Adventure! We’re the Fothergills – a family of six living full-time aboard our catamaran, Happy Days. From tropical islands to ...

🌊 Join Our Sailing Family Adventure! We’re the Fothergills – a family of six living full-time aboard our catamaran, Happy Days. From tropical islands to ...

After crossing the Mozambique Channel, we arrive in South Africa and receive a warm welcome in Richards Bay from the local cruising community. With Happy Days ...

After exploring and surfing Madagascar, we thought we were finally ready to leave. We had a weather window, a plan, and our sights set on South Africa. But ...

We sailed to one of the most remote corners of Madagascar in search of empty waves—and discovered that finding them was only part of the adventure. From ...

🌊 Join Our Sailing Family Adventure! We’re the Fothergills – a family of six living full-time aboard our catamaran, Happy Days. From tropical islands to ...

🌊 Join Our Sailing Family Adventure! We’re the Fothergills – a family of six living full-time aboard our catamaran, Happy Days. From tropical islands to ...

After finally arriving in northern Madagascar, we thought we’d found the perfect place to slow down. Crystal clear water, tiny fishing villages, remote ...