‘Good will come of this.’  
 I don’t know why I said that ...the fire crew could only abandon our house to its fate. As we stood watching it collapse in flames I put my arms around Linda who was sobbing uncontrollably. All we owned now were the old clothes in which we stood, and an old car for which we no longer had a key.

After a fire destroyed their house, Justin and his wife Linda, irrationally as complet amateurs, decided to build a 15-ton classic yacht – starting with the trees. Local sheep farmers who couldn’t put up a deck chair gave freely of their advice - so what could possibly go wrong?

During a seven year voyage they searched out hidden paradises in Scotland, France, Cornwall and Ireland. This is a travel book about an adventure ...and it’s a book about the quirky, sometimes downright odd, but always entertaining characters who inhabit the shoreline. 

Beautiful narrative and exquisite illustrations, Justin’s story is unexpected and quite extraordinary.