Argentine family lives aboard sailboat, crosses Pacific
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Constanza Coll and Juan Manuel Dordal, a couple from Buenos Aires, Argentina, have spent the last eight years living on sailboats, and recently completed a 28-day Pacific Ocean crossing with their two children.
The couple began their journey by sailing north from Buenos Aires toward Brazil, initially without fixed plans or expectations. They supported themselves by hosting guests on their boats and, during the pandemic, Constanza published a book about their lifestyle, El Barco Amarillo (“The Yellow Boat”).
After expanding their family and their vessel, progressing from a 20-foot boat to a 51-foot sailboat designed by German Frers. They sailed through the Panama Canal and across 4,500 miles of the Pacific Ocean to French Polynesia. There, their children attend school in French, and they continue to host guests for sailing trips among the islands of Tahiti, Moorea, and Bora Bora.
Constanza recently published a second book, Que sea eterno mientras dure (“May it last as long as it lasts”), which reflects on her experiences and challenges traditional narrative forms. The family recently returned to Argentina for a visit to update documents and see family and friends, after two years living in the Society Islands.
