Growing Up at Sea: 12-Year-Old Sailor Atticus from @BoyMeetsOcean | Salty Podcast #95

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Sorry for the music overlap of the audio at 34:40 til 34:57.  I inadvertently failed to mute the b-roll video and noticed it after I uploaded it.  It last 17 seconds but is a very good song so enjoy!

A 12-year-old on night watch, clipped in, steering a 46-foot catamaran through real offshore conditions while his friends back home are doing homework on the couch. That’s Atticus, the voice behind Boy Meets Ocean, and he joins us from the Bahamas to explain what full-time liveaboard sailing is actually like when you’re the kid on board, not the parent.

We talk about the transition from land life to boat life, how he keeps friendships going while meeting “boat kids” across the islands, and what daily seamanship looks like on a cruising catamaran. Atticus breaks down the practical stuff families always ask about: anchoring plans, dealing with wind and chop, using navigation and weather apps like Navionics and Windy, and learning to handle sails with his dad. He also shares the safety rules that keep everyone secure offshore, plus the maintenance chores that come with the dream.

Then his dad zooms out to the bigger mission: a health scare that changed their priorities, a worldschooling approach that blends online learning with real travel, and a family plan that goes far beyond the Caribbean toward a future circumnavigation. We also get into content creation at sea, why Atticus edits on a phone, how he thinks about staying genuine on social media, and the tech boundaries they set so the ocean stays the main teacher.

If you’re curious about sailing with kids, homeschooling at sea, Bahamas cruising, and what it takes to raise capable young sailors, listen through and share this with a fellow dreamer. Subscribe, leave a review, and tell us: could you handle life at anchor full time?

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