The Gleda Project

It’s been a long time coming but I’m finally moving towards a project re-start. Over the past two weeks I’ve been clearing the barn from one end to the other getting rid of 4 years worth of accumulated crap, sorting tools and equipment, making an inventory of my timber and epoxy supplies and making improvements [...]

A quick post to highlight yet another Tiki 38 build I’ve just become aware of. It’s Tiki 38 No 130 and she’s being built in Geneva, Switzerland by Olivier Roux. If memory serves Daniel Ganz built ‘Marabu’ in Switzerland  as well. Two Tiki 38′s from a completely land-locked country, fantastic! Olivier has started by building [...]

Well here we are, the start of another year, the year 2012. Is it just me or does that sound weird? Twenty twelve, is sounds ridiculously futuristic, or maybe it’s just because this will be my fifty fifth year on this planet and when I talk about things I’ve done in the past it now sounds like [...]

Thanks to my friend Jacques Pierret for drawing my attention to the build of another Wharram Tiki 38 that’s just started in the U.S.- New York to be precise. The boat is to be called ‘Mon Tiki’ and is being built by David Ryan who is owner of a charter sailing company in Montauk. What’s [...]

I thought it’d be a good idea to resurrect this register. It’s pretty outdated but it’s a start. Wouldn’t it be great to find out more about the other Tiki 38′s out there? The form below auto-updates the full Google Docs Spreadsheet which can be viewed HERE. By the way I’ve hidden the e-mail column on [...]

The end of the year fast approaches and as my thoughts turn to 2012 I’m working harder than ever at getting myself in a position to really move forward with the build. As I look back on the two years since I quit my full-time job on the corporate hamster wheel I can take some [...]

I came across this short photo blog the other day and it got me thinking. The post was written and photographed by Magda Biskup and placed on her Destination World blog (links at the end of this article) She tells the story of a guy called Peter, he’s now 74 and spent 38 years constructing his dream [...]

I first came across Jay via his book Sailing with Purpose: The Pursuit of the Dreamas the title suggests his philosophy has always been that our activity on this planet should have a purpose, that we should contribute, and that our experiences should be authentic. I have seen Jay described as ‘an opinionated SOB’ and I doubt [...]

After 6000 Nautical miles of cruising my friend Martin Hivon and his family are moving on to new things and, as a result his beautifully built Tiki 38 ‘Al Raso’ is for sale. She was built to the highest standards (as can be seen from this photo of the galley) and was launched in June 2010. She’s fully equipped for [...]

It will come as no surprise to those that know me personally or through this blog that the “Gleda’ Project’ is all about pursuing a dream to live better and contribute more by doing things that excite me, things that I’m passionate about. I’m constantly learning and working my way towards my goal and to [...]