Uh,now,a couple from Hampshire are returning home today from a round the world voyage.It's taken them more than 6 years to complete it.Amy Cartwright and Matt Humphries used all their savings to buy a 30-year-old yacht after Matt was made redundant,giving them a dream trip with just a few nightmare moments along the way,
as Duncan Kennedy has been finding out.
2 people,
6 years,
one world.
The adventure of several lifetimes.
Amy Cartwright and Matt Humphreys,
partners for an epic voyage across the globe.
Today we are going to see Florence.
It all began in 2015 when Matt lost his job but found a dream.
They bought a 30 year old yacht called Florence.
Both had sailed inshore before,
but they decided
to go a little further.
And you didn't take very much persuading.
I thought about it for about 2 seconds.
The first major leg was the Atlantic,
an almost immediate disaster.
Last night we broke the boom,which is pretty major.
They limp to safety,they yacht,
but not their spirit broken.
Sailing didn't always mean skimping.
Christmas one of Meli's celebrations en route.
Their diet ranging from festive chickens
to flying fish.
Look at this whopper,
and a whole new range of skills to master.
Just what was the scariest moment in,in this whole voyage?
I think for me,when we were sailing along the coast of Colombia,
when looking back at these waves that were so big behind the boat that I knew they could roll us if we just got the boat wrong sideways across the wave,
I think that for me was the scariest point of the whole trip.
The battering of the waves meant an endless battle of maintenance
both at sea.
And on land
all to keep Florence going.
Their route was not about speed,but depth.
They wanted to see the world,
not just sail past it.
It was meant to take about 3 years.
It ended up double that.
They didn't want to miss anything,absorbing cultures,
places,
and people they fell hard for
and found sad to leave.Don't cry.
Maybe we'll come back one day.
For other places it was impossible to arrive.
Well,that's a first for us.We've just been kicked out of the ports in Indonesia.
Customs officials refused them entry because of COVID.What a mess,
leaving them at one point stranded on this desert island.
You are a couple,
but there must have been tensions along the way,perhaps.Many,many tense moments,and I think we've both had to.
To work hard to learn how to deal with those.
There's only 2 doors on Florence,so if you slam either of them,you end up in a very small space and realize that it's probably a good idea to make up with the other person pretty quickly.
Their longest stretch at sea was 33 days,
and there were times it was overwhelming.
Yeah,last night I just wanted to give up.
They help fund it all by posting videos on social media.
The wilder the trips,the more the clicks.
Did you,did you learn anything about yourselves in this epic voyage?Yeah,it's been really,really good for us both to live.
It's a very simple life on a boat and um yeah,I think that's been one of the best things.Yeah.
If you are prepared to abandon everything else and put everything into going for that dream,
it's unbelievable what is actually possible.
A dream that for now ends with their arrival today in Portsmouth.
An oceanic odyssey for a couple taken
by the seas.
Duncan Kennedy,
BBC News.
Fascinated by that discussion about what happens if you have a row on that 6 year trip around the world.He said there's not many doors to slam and you don't really get very far.So like sitting on the sofa for 4 hours,isn't it?That's true,there's no escape.Uh,now,a couple from Hampshire are returning home today from a round the world voyage.It's taken them more than 6 years to complete it.Amy Cartwright and Matt Humphries used all their savings to buy a 30-year-old yacht after Matt was made redundant,giving them a dream trip with just a few nightmare moments along the way,
Fascinated by that discussion about what happens if you have a row on that 6 year trip around the world.He said there's not many doors to slam and you don't really get very far.So like sitting on the sofa for 4 hours,isn't it?That's true,there's no escape.