Very seriously thinking about selling the house and buying a 40 to 45 cat and leaving on a 3 year journey. Has anybody here taken the plunge and sailed away. The wife is pretty nervous so are my daughters 11 & 15 , we all have been around boats our whole life and I have 1000's of sea hours on stink boats but did a lot of sailing in my pre married life.

First 6 months will be all break down trips in Aus , home schooling the kids and getting my head around sails again ,would appreciate some input.

The pacific will be the main target but if all goes we will be heading to the Med or we could even start from their as there are tons of yachts on fire sale their due to the GFC.

I'm pro the cats for stability and shallow draft. A second hand Lagoon 44 or 45 are my pick at the moment.