March 2023

So who are the Clipper Race sailors, the people who take a year off to race around the world, and what inspired them? In setting out to learn, the first revelation was there are more women than I expected, 40% of the fleet are female. And this is not something the organizer Clipper Ventures sets, [...] View Post Living Their Dream: The Clipper Round the World Race Story

Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week is perhaps the best known yachting event in the world – raced at by royals and commoners, amateurs and professional global sailing stars, big boats and small. Sailors gather there from all over the UK – and further afield, world yachtie centres included. cowes week, raced by boats big and [...] View Post Cowes and Its Magic Week of Yacht Racing

One of sailing’s most extreme challenges is set to start later this month. Now it’s third edition, the Barcelona World Race is the first and only double-handed, non-stop, round the world regatta. photo: gilles martin-raget / barcelona world race It’s an ocean adventure that puts human limits to the test. Although external assistance is permitted, [...] View Post Barcelona World Race Primer