Dee Caffari
Dee Caffari has sailed around the world six times. She is the first woman to have sailed single-handed and non-stop around the world in both directions and the only woman to have sailed non-stop around the world a total of three times.
In 2006 Dee became the first woman to sail solo, non-stop, around the world against the prevailing winds and currents and was awarded an MBE in recognition of her achievement.
Dee’s Diary
Giving Back at Grassroots
It is that time of year where people are looking at the end of the season in the UK. The nights are drawing in and the temperatures have dropped. The wind has a chilly feel to it and there is the threat of rain more often. The clocks are about to change and then it…
A Change of Season
There has been an notable change in the temperature here in the UK but we are now able to enjoy the freshening breeze of the Autumnal season. We have seen the annual cricket match played on the Bramble Bank in the middle of the Solent signalling the end of the summer….
New Skills
Last week I was able to be on the receiving end of knowledge transfer. I joined The Magenta Project for a week of near perfect conditions sailing on a GC32 foiling catamaran. OC Sport kindly gave us access to a boat to help provide an opportunity for female sailors to…
Rich Wilson
With just five months to go there is only one thing a certain 27 skippers are thinking about and that is the Vendรฉe Globe. A race solo, non-stop and without assistance around the world departing Les Sables DโOlonne, France on Sunday 6th November. This is the 8th…
Three Peaks for Charity
The Three Peaks Yacht Race is unlike any other yacht race you may encounter. In fact it is so much more than a yacht race, in total, the team of five must sail 389 miles, climb 11.176ft, run 72 miles and cycle 36 miles. The start is from Barmouth setting sail to…
Coaching
It has been so good to be out sailing recently and I am massively inspired by some of the talent too. The Vendee 2020 Vision is a bold initiative and one I am delighted to be part of. Artemis Ocean Racing are giving the Artemis Academy alumni access to their Open 60…
May already!
So where did the month of April go? I have only just realised that I have been a little slack during April on my updates and now it is already May. I must apologise but I must have had too much sun! Yes I saw the weather in the UK too and I was lucky, thanks to my new…
Spi Ouest France
First day of racing in Europe for the Oman Sail Womenโs Team this year. They have three regattas planned racing in a J80 and this regatta being at the start of the season is always the hardest. Tami, Marwa and Ibtisam had forgotten a lot about sailing a J80 so…
Hell On High Seas
To sail on a VO65 again is awesome. These opportunities do not come along everyday so I jumped at the chance. The Challenge was to be part of the Sport Relief Challenge of Hell on High Seas where we take six unsuspecting celebrities on a journey offshore from Belfast…