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It's easy to get bored with the daily grind...

Many of us dream of handing our notices in to go off in search of more exotic pastures, hunting down adventure and excitement - but few have the guts to follow that dream.

But one London couple turned it into reality when they quit their jobs and sailed off into the sunset - literally.

Nick Fabbri and Terysa Vanderloo were fed up of life, so bought a boat and rented out their flat in Blackheath.

And in the last two years, they have sailed to more than 20 countries from Spain to Morocco and St Lucia to central America - and their photos show they are living a life of paradise.

Nick, a former dentist , exclusively told MirrorOnline he had always hoped to pursue his sailing hobby.

(Image: Sailing Yacht Ruby Rose) (Image: Sailing Yacht Ruby Rose)

It wasn't until he bought his first boat in 2007 and learned more about the sailing community that he set himself the goal of taking a year out to sail across the Medeteranian.

"You hear of so many people talking about doing this in the sailing community but nobody ever actually goes through with it," he told the Mirror Online.

"We weren't getting any satisfaction from living in London so decided to try it."

He met Terysa, a paramedic, while travelling across India in 2009. She moved to London from her native Australia and Nick's dream grew bigger and bigger.

(Image: Sailing Yacht Ruby Rose) (Image: Sailing Yacht Ruby Rose)

Terysa, who is in her 30s, said: "We kind of talked about it as a hypothetical dream but then we started to make a plan. To begin with it was a little less ambitious as sailing the Med was doable.

"But as we did a little more research and looked at what we could do, we realised sailing the world wasn't so crazy, so we decided to follow that dream instead."

They bought a new boat, named Yacht Ruby Rose, and spent a year organising their affairs.

As they set off for their first destination - Spain - in May 2015 - feelings of both nerves and excitement began to surface.

(Image: Sailing Yacht Ruby Rose) (Image: Sailing Yacht Ruby Rose)

Nick, who is now in his 40s, said: "The Christmas before I left a colleague didn't even believe I was going. It was a nervous anticipation, a feeling of unreality."

Terysa added: "It was a bizarre feeling - we'd spent so much time anticipating that moment that when it came it was surreal. I didn't get as emotional as I thought I would though, I was a little numb."

From Spain they went to Portugal, Morocco, St Lucia and other islands in the Caribbean before mooring the boat in Antigua for Hurricane season in May last year.

(Image: Sailing Yacht Ruby Rose) (Image: Sailing Yacht Ruby Rose)

The trip was difficult at times and they spent three weeks at sea crossing the Atlantic with just each other for company and little access to phones and e-mails.

Terysa said: "Being cut off was really lovely, it was fantastic and really liberating. It didn't just represent being cut off from the digital world but embodied the ideal of freedom we'd been trying to get for so long.

"We didn't see another boat for weeks, there was nobody else around, just us, the ocean and the occasional bird.

"It did get monotonous at times though, and we survived on food we'd stocked up on in the Canary Islands and caught fish."

(Image: Sailing Yacht Ruby Rose) (Image: Sailing Yacht Ruby Rose)

But the itch pulling them back to the boat was strong. In January, they flew back to Antigua and sailed the boat to a host of Caribbean islands from St Barts to the Virgin Islands, before heading to South Carolina.

They are currently spending the summer visiting Nick's parents in Greece and Terysa's parents in Australia.

In September, they will pick the boat up from America before sailing over to Cuba and South America.

Now, they have pulled their experiences into a blog which they hope to use to inspire others to follow in their footsteps, and are documenting their journey in a YouTube channel.

Terysa added: "On a cold winters day we'd watch sailing videos and use that as inspiration. Now that we're providing that to other people is a lovely feeling. It's bizarre to think we've helped change people's lives."

To follow their journey, see their YouTube channel here .