Francois Gabart: Superman

The handsome, mild mannered Frenchman, did the impossible when he knocked six days off the solo round the world record  (published March 2018) Imagine yourself on […]

The Rewards of Racing

(Published August 2016) Red buoy #2 bobbed dead ahead in the swell as we passed astern of the committee boat on the tumultuous Columbia River Bar. […]

Solo Across the Atlantic

The Transat Race is the classic singlehanded offshore event that started it all  (published June/July 2016) It began as a bet and over the course of […]

Mini Transat

The Mini-Transat is one of the toughest sailing events ever conceived yet despite its brutality it continues to attract record breaking fleets and some of the […]

Rolex Fastnet Race 2015

On paper it looked like the 90th edition of the Fastnet Race was going to be a spectacular affair  (published November 2015) A record 356 boats […]

The Great Race

The Transatlantic Race pits magnificent crews and their sailing machines against the mighty Atlantic  (published September 2015) The Transatlantic Race is one of the most storied […]