i feel safe on this boat and i think the kids feel safe but we dont have a false sense of security i dont trust the stove clamps fully carly said i dont want to be that person that looks back and just says that i worked and became a slave to the system and not live while they acknowledge that living on a sailboat may not be for everyone neither is living in the city or living in the mountains carl zaniboni said my mind they did everything right because they got the kids to safety carl added i wouldnt do it if i didnt think it was safe carly zaniboni spent three years living on a boat with her parents and met carl while they both traveled the world working on a charter yacht they used the emergency position indicating radio beacon epirb on their boat to call for help its just like your house burning downin we live on the water but whos to say were any worse than people who live in new orleans with hurricanes or kansas with tornadoes eric kaufman his wife charlotte and their two young daughters ages 1 and 3 at the time set sail from san diego in march when two weeks into their trip the family became a stranded in the middle of the pacific ocean and their 1yearold daughter lyra came down with an unknown illness mother nature can do fierce fierce things carl said we always have our eyes on them all the time a california air national guard pararescue team was called in to save them and the parents faced waves of harsh criticism we knew what we were doing carl and carly zaniboni said they understood the difficulties the kaufmans went through the kaufmans allege their satellite phone carrier cut off their only connection to land as they were stranded even though the kauffmans took all the same precautions and ended up helpless in the middle of the pacific the zanibonis still defend their decision and say the kauffmans were not being irresponsible below deck every bunk including the improvised crib for crew has protective netting now the kaufmans are planning to sue their satellite phone carrier and still defend their decision to take their young children with them 151 the zaniboni family made the decision to abandon the comforts of their mississippi home almost a year ago leaving everything behind to live out their dream of raising their young children on a sailboat its pretty much a gigantic playpen carly said despite the challenges including selling everything they owned on land the zanibonis said they have no regrets we have netting all the way around and the gates are always locked weve raised our daughters on a sailboat its just our way of choosing to live we were very prepared she said the kids are forced to wear life jackets on the main deck and are tethered to the boat with a