In February, I stepped into the French shorthanded racing Figaro circuit for the first time. One small step across the water…one giant leap for me in my sailing career. For over a year now I have been staring down a long winding road, searching for a way to achieve my dream of a career in offshore racing. I have explored many …
RORC 2H Offshore Race Recap! It is fair to say that we were beyond nervous before the start on Saturday. To put it simply, we had been selected to compete on an amazing boat in a highly competitive series, and the last thing we wanted to do was to screw it up! With 30 …
The End After arriving in Cowes, I spent most of the following morning on the end of the telephone doing press and radio interviews. Amazingly, my trip had generated quite a large amount of media interest, which had built up more as I approached the finish, so we had decided to set aside a day …
Padstow to Cowes Waking up in Padstow the next morning, I felt like I in a completely different place from the day before. Arriving the previous afternoon in thick fog, I couldn’t even see past the first row of houses in the town and had been totally unaware of the beautiful surroundings of rolling green …
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Milford Haven to Padstow That night I managed no more than half an hour’s sleep before I got up and left Milford Haven. I did not actually feel very tired though because of the amount of adrenaline that was running through me. As most of the country went to sleep, at around eleven thirty Alchemy …
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Pwllheli to Milford Haven My final night in Pwllheli was spent preparing for what was going to be a pretty non-stop three days. Then, I set the alarm to screech at me at four in the morning and went to bed. The following morning the atmosphere was still and so quiet you could hear a …
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Holyhead to Pwllheli Alchemy and I found ourselves stuck in Holyhead for three days. Although it was once again very frustrating, I did get to explore Anglesey a bit which I enjoyed. I also managed to buy a heater that I could use on Alchemy when we were stopped – now that it was September …
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Bangor to Holyhead Following five days in Bangor I was quite eager to get moving again. Although I had had an amazing time, I was determined to get South. What was at the forefront of my mind was that we finally had a weather window to cross the Irish Sea from Ardglass to Holyhead… Something …
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I’m joining the boatfolk community! Today I am delighted to announce that I have joined forces with boatfolk, one of the leading boating businesses in the UK. As some of you might know, I stopped at a few of the boatfolk marinas on my trip and every time I was astounded by the quality of the marinas …
Stranraer to Bangor Following my rather eventful passage to Stranraer I was a bit shaken up. It had been a challenge that had knocked me sideways and now I was once again completely mentally overloaded! All I could think about was the fact that I still had hundreds of miles to go and some of …
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