About Me

SY Alegria, Port Fontvieille, Monaco · gb@gregberryman.com

Where It Started

Melbourne. Box Hill Hospital, Box Hill Primary, Koonung Secondary College, then a degree at Melbourne University I didn't finish. After that, close to two years backpacking around Europe, six months on a kibbutz near the Sea of Galilee, and a camel trek down the Red Sea into the Sinai Desert. The longer version is on Growing Up.

Work, and Getting Around

Back in Melbourne I got into IT and computer consulting, then moved to Sydney and kept at it there. It paid well and it travelled. Over the years I worked out of:

• Kuala Lumpur
• Singapore
• Bangkok
• London
• New York
• Buenos Aires

After Singapore I moved to Bali and went fully remote, based just outside Ubud. That was a good few years.

Argentina is where I learned Spanish. It's come in useful more than I expected, particularly sailing through the Mediterranean and the Caribbean.

The Sailing Chapter

In 2013 I bought a Beneteau Oceanis 45, ordered from the factory in France and picked up in Antibes six months later. I named her Alegria, which is Spanish for joy and happiness. She's now based at Port Fontvieille in Monaco, which has become as close to a home port as I've got.

Sailing areas so far:

• The full Mediterranean: Corsica, Sardinia, the Amalfi Coast, Sicily, the Balearics, the Greek Islands, Turkey, Malta, Croatia
• The Eastern Caribbean, including the British Virgin Islands, after crossing the Atlantic solo in 2023, Monaco to BVI

Find Me

Greg Berryman
C/- SY Alegria, Port Fontvieille, Monaco
gb@gregberryman.com