The Voyages of Perdika

Sardinia’s East Coast "Life is more simple, but the easy things are more difficult.” I can’t recall where Robin first read this about life afloat, but we laughed out loud because it rang so t ...

Passage to Sardinia We opted to leave Sicily, partly due to the incessant swell, but also because a perfect weather window had come along for our sail to Sardinia. Sadly, that left no time to explore ...

Messina Strait Our stay in Taormina lasted longer than planned while we waited for the winds to settle, so we could pass safely through the Strait of Messina. The Strait is a narrow channel between ...

It was with heavy hearts that we bid farewell to Greece — a place that has become our second home. Honestly, where else in the world can you walk into a shop in a new town and be handed a present be ...

Our final week in Greece was one to savour. We set sail from Kalamata to Pylos in the Western Peloponnese, joined by our good friends Phil and Naomi. Highlights of the week: Crew put to work! O ...

After several years of planning and preparation, our six-year voyage aboard Pérdika is finally underway. Leaving our home port, Lakki Marina, Leros We’ve now sailed just over 400 nautical miles ...

With launch day for Pérdika rapidly approaching, and very little time left, I was reminded of the quote on the wall at Fyne Boat Kits in Kendal where all this began “Don’t let excellence get in t ...

On completing Pouláki I mentioned to Kurt, my boat building teacher, that I hadn’t realised how much sanding was required. “Aye” he quipped, “If you don’t like sanding, don’t build a boat ...

You will often hear us say ‘everything’s a compromise on a boat’ and it’s true. Our electric scooters just arrived and given that space is premium aboard, they will be much simpler to store th ...

On April 6th we landed in Greece to move aboard our floating home. Just four days later, the unfinished dinghy Robin built back in the Lake District finally caught up with us - delivered by land, sea ...