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‘You learn to live with much less’: Why this family decided to set sail and see the world

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Larissa Clark and Duncan Copeland plan to sail around the world in 2024 .

The couple's two children, aged six and eight , have been sailing on their 50 ft sailboat Freeranger .

They hope their time at sea will help them become resourceful, thoughtful, and help them understand the power of nature’.

The Copelands founded a not-for-profit organisation called Free Range Ocean and launched the Ocean Citizen Science Project directory.

The family crew are using their Freeranger ’ sailboat as a testbed for green-operational maritime technologies.

So far, the family have contributed to more than half a dozen citizen science research projects.

The Copelands will set sail to the Pitcairn Islands , a group of four volcanic islands in the southern Pacific Ocean .

The family has seen whales, dolphins, porpoises, sea turtles, crocodiles, iguanas, and so many birds like albatross, puffins and blue-footed boobies.

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