Sailing, stories and spreading the word

It was a pleasure to join the team at Wipro in London for their Spirit of Wipro run at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park at the beginning of October. There were distance options to suit all running abilities from a children’s 2km run up to the longer 10km. Being...

Lady Liberty to Les Voiles des St Tropez

International Lady Liberty Regatta September has been a real treat; not only has it provided me with a great range of boats on which to sail and race, events have also taken me to some fabulous locations. The month started with The Famous Project being invited to...

Land of Ice and Fire

As I headed into August, I think I had underestimated just how tired I was from all the activity in the previous month. I had enjoyed some amazing sailing and been travelling a great deal and eventually it catches up with you. So August was all about looking after me...

Iconic Island Races

The beginning of the month started with an awesome blast around the Island. The Round the Island race is an iconic annual event and this year it was a blustery affair. The conditions may well have accounted for the difference between the 1100 entrants and the 838 that...

As one race ends, another begins….

The Summer Solstice, and final month, of The Ocean Race has been packed full of drama. This six month quest of racing around the world has delivered as much excitement in the final few days as we have seen in the previous five months. The fleet arrived in Aarhus with...

Fast and fabulous

May has been a busy month and it feels that a great deal of change has taken place. It started in San Francisco, with the Season 3 finale of Sail GP. The conditions were perfect and the competition was tight for a place in the final 3 racing to win $1million. It was a...