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ULTIME BANQUE POPULAIRE XI • NAVIGATE THE NEW FASTNET • OFFSHORE RACE PREPARATION

Some countries now issue specific remote working visas, including Portugal, Greece, and Bermuda

Self-employed workaboards may be eligible to offset or deduct tax for things like satellite phones, internet service plans, etc

Boosters such as Digital Yacht’s 4G Connect Pro (right) and MailaSail’s WiFi Bat (far right) can improve mobile and wifi connectivity for around £350-£550

In late 2018 my wife, Roxy, and I took a few suitcases of belongings and moved aboard our 47ft Cheoy Lee monohull to start the cruise of a lifetime. So far, a familiar start to a familiar sounding story. Except unlike most liveaboard cruisers, we took something else with us onto Sonder: our careers. We are not sailing vloggers, or working in the marine industry, but 30-something entrepreneurs running a consumer retail business who stumbled onto the realisation that we can do what we do (running a company making pop-up 3D greetings cards), from literally anywhere.

There have been digital nomads working from beach bars and converted vans for years, but the combination of improved digital infrastructure and huge swathes of the previously officebased workforce now working remotely has created a unique opportunity