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Hi there! It’s currently 21ºC, 998mbar barometric pressure, force 4 outside the back garden in Bristol, UK and I’m hitting the offshore kit packing, again! It’s been quite a while since the last entry, but preparations haven’t stopped behind the scenes. New...
Adventure Log | 12.06.2019 | Offshore Racing On the first day of June. A few of us offshore racing virgins converged early at Clipper Race HQ in Gosport in nervous anticipation of the week ahead. Bags packed in the vans. We had no real idea who our fellow crewmates were going to be for...
The Clipper Race training takes this sailing offshore virgin to level III with some eventful kite flying
Adventure Log | 21.03.2019 It’s mid-March 2019 and Sir Robin Knox-Johnston‘s team at the Clipper Race have just announced who the successful skippers are for the 2019-2020 race evolution. As one of my crewmate cousins from the states in level 1 training, says … Omg! This...
Adventure Log | 28.02.2019 Part of the Level II formal Clipper Race training considers what to do when things go south in a big way at sea with the RYA endorsed obligatory official Sea Survival training. Hope for the best; plan for the worst! Armed with nothing more than a set of...
Adventure Log | 31.10.2018 1 trip to Liverpool and 2 interviews later, both my daughter Iona (18) and I passed the necessary and were accepted to start the Clipper Race training for 19-20 edition of the race – yay! Happy faces in Gosport HQ The start of a family adventure for 2019...