Mr. Rytt, who grew up outside Copenhagen, had other ideas: He wanted a sailboat. “I’m from a boating family,” said Mr. Rytt, 45, a consultant for Nordic technology companies.

A family has spent the last nine years living and traveling on a 53ft sailboat – and spear their own fresh fish. Sara Rice, 41, and her husband, Lee, 45, had always dreamed of traveling on a ...

More than 600 nautical miles off the coast of California, 29-year-old Oliver Widger is reinventing his life with his cat, a sailboat and a dream.