Vathi, Meganisi — When a Quiet Quay Fills Up in 30 Minutes
A quiet Greek harbour, our yacht Ruffles Spray, and a peaceful morning in Vathi, Meganisi, until the flotillas arrived and the quay filled in just 30 minutes.
We built a 44ft steel yacht, left the UK and spent 15 years cruising the Mediterranean.
Then we came back to land. But dry land never felt quite right.
Today we live aboard a narrowboat Rasmunda, still choosing life differently, and sharing the true story through our videos, blog posts and the Getting Away book series, narrated by Mitzie, our ship’s dog.
We built a 44ft steel yacht, left the UK and spent 15 years cruising the Mediterranean. Then we came back to land. But dry land never felt quite right.
Today we live aboard a narrowboat, still choosing life differently, and sharing the true story through our videos, blog posts and the Getting Away book series, narrated by our dog Mitzie.
In our thirties, we asked ourselves a dangerous question: what would we do if we stopped waiting for the “right time” to live differently?
Our answer was to build a 44ft steel yacht while working full-time, then sail away from the UK with our dogs, Mitzie and Monty.
That decision led to 15 years living aboard and cruising the Mediterranean.
Years later, after selling the yacht and trying life back on land, we found ourselves drawn back to the water. Today we live aboard our narrowboat Rasmunda.
This website is the home of that continuing story: the books, the boats, the lessons, the mistakes, and the quiet refusal to live entirely by other people’s expectations.
If you’re dreaming of escaping the rat race yourself, explore our Escape the Rat Race Blog and discover how we turned that dream into reality.
A quiet Greek harbour, our yacht Ruffles Spray, and a peaceful morning in Vathi, Meganisi, until the flotillas arrived and the quay filled in just 30 minutes.
In 1994, a dream began to take shape. We wanted to escape the rat race, build our own yacht and discover a different way of life. This is where our adventure began.
A £14.59 programmable timer solved our narrowboat heating problem, giving us longer heating cycles and hot water without spending £520 on a new calorifier.
From building Ruffles Spray to sailing the Mediterranean with Mitzie and Monty, and our life today aboard narrowboat Rasmunda, these videos bring our story to life. Follow Mitzie’s Logbook and discover the real adventures behind the Getting Away series.
