Sailing Diary

Kerry sitting on a sailing boat at anchor
Kerry, sitting on Barberry at anchor

Barberry Tales

This is where I’ll share our sailing adventures as Fraser and I set off in our small sailboat to sail from Bangor in Northern Ireland all the way to Turkey in the eastern Mediterranean. You can follow our journey as we tack and gybe our way southwards, then east, then south again in a wiggly line, then east, south, east, south, east. 

Where was I?

Hunger for Power

This week, Fraser talks us through our exciting new lithium battery installation, and we discover that the seas around here might not be as safe as we assumed!

Back in Our Happy Place

In this first blog of 2026, we fit new canvas to Barberry and Fraser risks life and limb to replace our radio aerial.

Season’s End

In our last blog post for this season, Fraser talks about our excursion to some incredible Roman ruins and how we lifted Barberry out of the water in torrential rain.

Lazy days and an Early Christmas

This week, Kerry talks about swimming in the rain in crystal clear water, and finding an octopus beneath our boat in an anchorage.

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