By Jessica Jerreat A San Diego couple's dream to sail around the world with their two young daughters got off to a stormy start just two weeks into the voyage. The Coast Guard had to come to the aid of Eric and Charlotte Kaufman after their daughter fell seriously sick just as their sailboat became stranded. The couple and their children Lyra, 1, and Dora, 3, were rescued about 900 nautical miles off the Mexican coast a fortnight after they set sail from California in their 36ft yacht, Rebel Heart. Rough seas: Eric and Charlotte Kaufman with their daughters Lyra, left, and Cora, before they set sail
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Couple were headed to the South Pacific with their children, aged 1 and 3
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Coast Guard crew parachuted in to deliver medicine to toddler
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Family are now heading back to shore in their 36ft yacht
But the exotic and remote @placeholder islands where they were headed must have seemed like a distant dream when their youngest daughter fell sick.