I am excited to announce my entry into the next mini race later in August.

The 500 mile Grand Huit; a single

I spent my May bank holiday of course racing in my mini; competing in the first edition of the Solent 650

The boat is prepped. Lunch is on the table and I am sitting next to my co-skipper Christa ten Brinke waiting

In Brittany, on Saturday  the crowds will descended on Concarneau for the start of the next big transatlantic race, the AG2R.

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 The Atlantic mini season has kicked off with all the promise of a wild year ahead; a closely competitive fleet, a

It has been a strange old week; things have not been following the grand plan and I have found myself in

 A recurring question left on the comment page of my website over the last year or so has been the question

The Calendar 2012 from whatever angle you look at it is going to be a massive year for sailing. The

The last five days have gone past in a blur.

I know they have gone past; there are tell tale signs. Like

It has been a long day of fiddling, getting my boat back up to racing spec and noting all the wear

I am sitting on the TGV on my way back to Lorient after quite a tour of Europe in the last

When my mini arrived back in Lorient after the mini transat last year I was not there to collect it.

So it

After 19 days and the weather systems from hell, finally the finish line seemed tangibly close.

174 miles to

The Sailing Leg one of this years Charente Maritime, mini transat race was complicated to say the least. What we all

A first look back Well, I’m here!

First leg over and what a leg that was; the most complicated weather systems the

I guess it is time to reflect on what I am doing here
 
The preparation is over, the scene is

 This process will be going

 I think today was the start of a tense countdown to the start.

 It was the deadline for boats to arrive, and