For ten years, British Australian couple Nick Fabbri and Terysa Vanderloo have turned their back on the suburban dream for a life of travel on the water. What started as a plan to spend the summer sailing the Mediterranean turned into a decade of salty exploration across two oceans, four continents and countless countries.
Incredibly, Nick and Terysa have brought hundreds of thousands of like-minded adventurers along for the ride, sharing their journey in weekly video updates on YouTube. Via their channel, Sailing Ruby Rose, the couple has shown the high highs and low lows of #boatlife, sharing their hard-learned lessons along the way.
Ten years and 25,000 miles of experience later, as more and more people crave escape from 9 to 5s, screens and the pace of technological advancement, Nick and Terysa have compiled all their hard-earned lessons into a comprehensive guide to escaping to a yacht. Written from their own yacht, Nick and Terysa’s all-new book, The Boat Life Handbook, covers everything the aspiring liveaboard sailor needs to know, from learning how to sail, financing the adventure and buying a boat to how to tackle overnight passages, cross oceans, and even more importantly, find a community of like-minded travellers.
“We wrote the book we desperately needed before we set off,” says Nick. “Trial and error are all good until it’s your toilet, engine or sanity on the line, so this is a survival guide written by two people who learned everything the hard way.”
Terysa says, “We are immensely proud of this book. It contains absolutely everything the modern cruiser needs to know while in the dreaming and planning stages, so that they can be fully prepared for the transition from land to sea. Whether you’re going solo, as a couple, or as a family, and no matter your plans or budget, we’ve got you covered.”
Published by the independent Australian press, Exploring Eden Media, The Boat Life Manual is the ideal companion for anyone dreaming or scheming a life under sail and at anchor. The Boat Life Manual also helps restore native forests and ecosystems, and part of the purchase price contributes to the restoration of native ecosystems around the world.
Brendan Batty, founding publisher of Exploring Eden Media, said, “The Boat Life Manual is one of the most exciting books to come out of our press so far. There is nothing we love more than working with passionate authors on subjects they are completely immersed in. Sharing practical, engaging and hard-won knowledge that gets people outdoors, like Nick and Terysa’s experiences of boat life, is why Exploring Eden Media exists. We can’t wait to help people take the leap from landlubber to liveaboard cruiser.”
The Boat Life Manual goes on sale in August in print and digital formats in North America, Europe and the UK, with an audio version to follow. An Australian and New Zealand release will follow soon after. The print edition is available now for pre-order at exploringedenbooks.co/product/the-boat-life-manual.
