Setting sail on yacht journey of a lifetime

10:24am Tuesday 3rd June 2008

A FINANCIAL executive from Newcastle is sailing around the world to take up a job in Australia.

Jonny Harrison, an assurance manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) is embarking on a 16-month trip in his own yacht, as part of a secondment from work. When he arrives Down Under, he will work in PwC's Sydney, office.

Mr Harrison said the trip, which he will make with his wife, Kate, had been planned for almost two years.

"The idea of sailing around the world is something that has interested me for a long time, as has the ambition to live and work overseas," he said.

"My wife harbours similar ambitions and, like myself, has sailed since an early age and has a passion for travel."

He added: "I look forward to bringing new skills back to the Newcastle team from my experiences, both on the high seas and from my time in Sydney."

Mr Harrison's trip will start in the North-West, where the yacht is being refitted, then on to Ireland and northern Spain, with the aim of reaching the Canary Islands by late October before crossing the Atlantic in November.

After taking in the Caribbean and Venezuela, the final part of the journey will be via Fiji and New Caledonia before the couple reach Australia in October next year.

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