In 2006, while living in Berlin, Germany, I bought a sailing boat, and shook hands with the owner to pay it off within six months, or lose it all. I made the payments, and became a boat owner. In 2007 I set sail for Hamburg from Southampton, England, and only made it to Amsterdam. Eight weeks later I turned around and headed for Australia. It took a couple of years. It’s a much longer story than that, which you can read about on my other blog if you’re interested. There is a film to be reased in 2012 called Between Home about this voyage – The website for the film is here.

This was my route: