Living at sea aboard a restored 44-foot French sailing boat, the free-spirited Argentinian couple have created, along with infant son Coral, the very definition of a life less ordinary.

<a href="https://www.instagram.com/delfincambiaso/">Delf&iacute;n Cambiaso</a>
&lsquo;I was raised in Buenos Aires and I went to a Scottish school where I played a lot of rugby. Later, when I was studying engineering at university, I decided to do some of my courses in <a href="https://www.lofficielibiza.com/food/best-restaurants-tapas-bars-barcelona" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Barcelona</a> and I signed a contract with a Barcelona-based rugby team. I ended up staying in the city and I met an Argentinian guy who had a little boat. He told me he was sailing to Caribbean and I was fascinated. The Caribbean? In that little boat? I had no idea that was possible. A few months later, when he was returning from the <a href="https://www.lofficielibiza.com/travel/a-perfect-date-night-in-saint-barthelemey" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Caribbean</a>, he wrote to me and said &lsquo;I'm coming back to Barcelona. Wait for me with an asado.&rsquo;&nbsp;He was en route to the Azores Islands where he would refuel. I&rsquo;d never even heard of the Azores, but I looked online and checked out flights. I wrote back to him and said, &lsquo;Actually, do you mind if I join in the Azores?&rsquo; He agreed, and I joined him for my first long passage back to Barcelona. From then I was hooked.&nbsp;
I met Agustina soon after, in Barcelona in 2017. By then I was living on my first boat and Agustina was on a vacation. A mutual friend introduced us. We spent the last three days of her trip together and we already knew in that time that we were meant for each other. I remember taking her to the airport for her flight. I was supposed to fly the next day to Monaco to race a boat and I was like, what if I don't fly and you don't fly? In the end she did fly but she was back with me two weeks later. Some things are meant to be. We lived on the boat in Barcelona for a year and then we sailed out of Port Olimpic on our longest voyage. Thirteen countries, three continents, 7000 nautical miles. Along the way we dropped anchor in hundreds of bays, <a href="https://www.lofficielibiza.com/ibiza/hidden-beaches-on-ibiza-s-answer-to-big-sur" target="_blank" rel="noopener">beaches</a>, islands, keys, towns and ports. We met people from all over the world, we made friends, we laughed non-stop, we cried, we felt alone, we went through fears, anxieties, and endless nervous days downloading meteorology. There were times we felt a lot of fear - while we were crossing from Panama to Colombia our boat was boarded by the Colombian Coast Guard. They were very aggressive with us in the middle of the and searched the boat for drugs &ndash; they even tasted our flour to make sure it wasn&rsquo;t cocaine! It was very tense - they had automatic weapons and we just had to stay calm, even though our boat was in danger of being damaged, In the end they got seasick and had to cut the search short! We saw endless dolphins, whales, sharks and turtles and we fished a lot. We repaired things that we didn't know existed before we left, we learned a lot about boats &ndash; and when I say boats, I mean mechanics, plumbing, fiberglass work, carpentry, renewable energy, electricity, electronics, meteorology and astronomy. 
We realised that we are happiest with very little. Agustina and I connected in a much more intimate way with the world. We became more aware of the beauty that surrounds us and our obligation to care for it. We learned that it is possible to change our habits and to be more respectful, both with the earth and with those next to us. They say that one year of living together on board is equivalent to five on land and we still enjoy every day together. Agustina is my perfect companion, friend, crew mate and mother of our son. Now there are three of us and the adventure continues here in the <a href="https://www.lofficielibiza.com/ibiza/the-balearic-islands-before-and-after" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Balearics</a>. It is still my dream to buy a bigger boat and do a round-the -world trip but let&rsquo;s see. Five years would be perfect.&rsquo;

<a href="https://www.instagram.com/agusbasal/">Agustina Basaldua</a>
&lsquo;Those first few years with Delf&iacute;n on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ahora.sv/">the boat</a> were like a dream. Before we met, I had been travelling alone, meeting up with friends in one city or another. I was very independent and boat life felt like a challenge. I loved it right from the start because I love to always have something to do. It might not be for everyone because it can be uncomfortable at times but for me that&rsquo;s the appeal. It forces you to look very deeply at the person you are and work out exactly what you are capable of. In the beginning, I missed the company of women. The nautical world &ndash; especially in the ports - is very male and I felt alone at times, but when we are travelling, Delf&iacute;n and I are an amazing team. I love the changes that come with each day on the boat. I remember early on in our first big voyage when we sailed to Morocco. We were stuck there for three weeks waiting for a weather window to sail to the Canary Islands. We stayed in the port of Tangiers and every morning we would wake to the sound of the muezzin. It was totally surreal.&nbsp;&nbsp;
After the Canaries we crossed to Martinique, Guadeloupe and Antigua, then on to Venezuela and an archipelago called Los Roques. That was one of my favourite places. I remember being in the immigration office in Grenada, telling the official that we were heading to Venezuela. He looked at us like we were crazy! He was like, &lsquo;You can&rsquo;t go to Venezuela by boat! It&rsquo;s too dangerous&rsquo;. We were like, nah, we&rsquo;re from Argentina! It&rsquo;s fine! In the end we did go, but we sailed with all our electronics off and the navigation lights off, because there&rsquo;s a lot of piracy in that coastal zone. Later we stayed for eight months in the San Blas Islands in Panama, in a beautiful Indigenous Guna community. We connected so well with the locals and we led the same simple life as them &ndash; no restaurants, no stores. Just a boat once a week with <a href="https://www.lofficielibiza.com/ibiza/five-of-the-best-ibiza-farm-shops" target="_blank" rel="noopener">vegetables</a> and another with groceries. We caught a lot of fish, a lot of lobster. That was a big adventure and we both learnt a lot on that trip. You have to be very competent with repairs, because you can&rsquo;t rely on getting any assistance. When you're alone in the ocean and something breaks, you need know how to fix it, and that can be incredibly frightening. I will never forget one time we were&nbsp; crossing the Atlantic and we had 40 knots of headwind. We were being forced backwards and the boat began to drift. The sounds and the creaking were immense, the waves were crashing over us and I thought the boat was going to get smashed to pieces. We were below deck with everything shut tightly and Delf&iacute;n heading up to check every ten minutes or so. That storm lasted a day and half and it felt like forever. 
When we arrived in <a href="https://www.lofficielibiza.com/ibiza/picture-perfect-the-reissued-archive-of-oriol-maspons" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ibiza</a> two years ago, we immediately felt at home. The community here is very open-minded &ndash; nobody is surprised that we live on a boat &ndash; and it&rsquo;s a beautiful place to raise our son, Coral. When I was ready to give birth, I asked the midwife if I needed to go on land to have the baby. She said to stay on the boat, in my home. She said it was the perfect place, very natural and surrounded by the sea, so Coral was born right here in the galley. It was the perfect beginning for our water baby.&rsquo;&nbsp;
To book a charter with Delf&iacute;n and Agustina on SV Ahora click <a href="http://www.ahora-sv.com/">here</a>.

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