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He always dreamed of sailing away. She wasn’t a sailor MyStar is not only the first superyacht the couple has
but longed for her children to see the world. Thanks to owned, but their first boat, full stop. Neither comes from
the 35-metre MyStar, they both got what they wanted, a family of sailors. Growing up, Maya’s family hit the
learns Risa Merl. slopes instead of taking to the seas, although she notes
that despite that fact, her sister somehow became a pro-
“I had a desire for my kids to be inspired by the world fessional sailor. “We were busy running a global busi-
and not just be stuck within four walls for their educa- ness and travelling for work, so the time never felt right
tion,” says Maya Talit. “Today the world is changing at before to buy a boat,” Maya says. Instead, they joined
such a fast pace, so we wanted them to see the beauty friends for boating holidays, mainly on motor yachts, but
now.” Meanwhile, her husband, Liran, was passion- in his heart, Liran had a soft spot for sailing yachts.
ate about sailing. Together they forged a plan to take
their four daughters on a far-flung sailing voyage that Maya admits that in the beginning she was skeptical
brought both of their dreams to fruition. about the idea of travelling the world by boat. “It was
Liran’s passion to be on the water – he got his skipper’s
Over the course of nearly four years, the family traipsed license when he was young and he would go sailing with
halfway around the world on their 35.1-metre Alloy friends at every opportunity,” she says. “I didn’t have
Yachts MyStar, from the Mediterranean to the Caribbe- any interest and I wasn’t sure if I would like being on
an, the US to the Galápagos, across the South Pacific the water, but, as I discovered, the benefits are endless
and finally back across the Pacific and up to Alaska. because you are on your own little island.

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