This is probably the most difficult and hardest episode I have ever made, still, it needed to be done. After almost 9 months onboard sharing the adventure of our life this amazing person is now leaving BE FREE and flying back home. We discussed several options but landed on this as the best solution. Still, we managed to enjoy each other's company and make the best out of the last weeks, days, and hours together. With love and respect.
This was hard and very emotional, yet important to show that it's actually possible to do things with love. Setting someone free is also love, and this is what we believe we have just done. Sailing life is extreme in so many ways. Hopefully sharing this even though it's very private and not something we like to share, we hope it can give an authentic image of not only us as persons but also what real life looks like. The biggest lie online is that everyone can do this and that you should do it today. This lifestyle is hard and definitely not for everyone. We tried, we went all in, and we had a great time creating lots of good memories. Even in Tahiti.

From now on I'm sailing solo again, but first need to fix the steering and sort out some other things before I continue toward the west. The next jump will be 1500 nautical miles nonstop to Fiji.

Please be respectful and kind in your comments, we are only human beings. Ordinary people sharing our extraordinary life with you in good and bad.

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ABOUT THIS CHANNEL:
Sailing around the world in a Bavaria 55 Cruiser, making videos whenever we have time for it. I used to sail singlehanded and occasionally have sailing friends onboard. But now the permanent crew aboard BE FREE is including Gee from Holland. We are now exploring the Pacific Ocean.

Even though this is season 5 on YouTube I did not make that many videos in the beginning. Before fulltime sailing, I sailed several seasons in the Mediterranean prior to this, and obviously also in Scandinavia. I have been traveling the world before and have also been an active regatta sailor. I had my first sailboat at age 7 and have been sailing ever since. Also, more than 10 years of experience in Search and Rescue at sea in Norway.

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I'm just a normal person sharing my travel adventure through my eyes and experience from my perspective! Remember how I do things that might work for me but not for you. It might even not be the correct way to do things, and I don't have the blueprint either. I'm not perfect and nobody is. The day I believe I know it all and don't think I can learn new things I should go ashore.