Web series / Pushed by the Wind: A new sailor aboard Maloya


The three of us had left them, we can find them at quatre?! Little Mia joined the edge in this 54th vlog of Poussé par le Vent. Still in Bonaire, the little family makes us live their daily life before setting sail for Colombia, Panama and the Pacific.

We find Sarah and in her arms her daughter Mia, only three hours after her delivery. In Bonaire since her third trimester of pregnancy, it is on this Dutch island, a short distance from Venezuela, that the young woman chose to give birth to her baby. The family will now travel in fours. This birth is also the occasion for a big party on land and at sea for all the boat mates who share the anchorage with Maloya.

For a month, Sarah, Aurélien, Nael and Mia will extend their stay until they get Mia's passport, which will allow them to continue their journey to Colombia and Panama. So we share their daily life aboard Maloya. At anchor near the town centre, they organise their lives, a bit like the locals, except that everything is done in an annex: the nurses come to provide the necessary care for Mia and Sarah, Nael goes to the crèche as she has done every morning for the past three months.

Paddle rides, swimming and diving sessions are added to the daily routine. Sarah will be able to resume this activity one month after giving birth, in the company of her teacher. A small refresher course that will allow him to accompany the next dives in autonomy.

A month has passed and it is now time for Aurelien to collect Mia's passport in Curaçao, a Caribbean island that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and where Dutch influence is clearly visible.

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