Me and Mrs Chox did the sell up and sail thing in 2004. I was 47 and she was 40. We bought the boat, re-fitted as required then set sail early 2005.

By Feb 2007 we had returned to UK and back to a 'normal life'

I am happier now than I have ever been. Fantastic job, great salary, money in my pocket, see the kids any time.

We will return to sailing in a few years time but even then it will not be 12 months a year. I really think that there is more to life than just boats.

One big down side to a web site like this is that it is TOO EASY to be carried away on a crest of a wave.........'go for it'......... 'life is too short' ........... 'you only live once' .......... 'life is a rat race' ........blah blah blah......

Well maybe so, but I think many people are running from something, a life half lived perhaps.

Life is what you make it, how about being happy with work?

So then, hard hat on, ducking for cover