About this blog

Dermot Tynan

Dermot Tynan (me!) is a Senior SRE (Site Reliability Engineer) for Google in Dublin. When I’m not worrying about data centre turn ups and turn downs for Google, I’m either working on/sailing my Hallberg Rassy 352 called Into The Mystic or working on my Robotic Sailboat.

Into The Mystic

Into the Mystic is a Hallberg Rassy 352. Purchased in Italy in early 2025, she is now (as of October 2025) overwintering in Bruce’s Yard in Faro, Portugal.

Next summer, she will be making her way up through the Orca-infested waters of the Portuguese coastline, to Kinsale in Ireland. In October of 2026, she will finally reach Dun Laoghaire Marina, her new home port.

I will also share experiences sailing (and working on) other peoples boats, including a Beneteau 347 called Nikea which I used to co-own and which lives in Nydri, on the Lefkada peninsula in Greece.

What’s It All About?

This blog is a vapid, useless collection of thoughts, musings and rants on sailing, boat maintenance, robotic sailing, crowded marinas, beautiful anchorages and you know, life in general. If you expected something more, you were misled.

The picture above is of my niece Hannah and I, enjoying the beauty and warmth of Spartachori.