You have to be 17 to start Clipper training, and I was so keen to get started that 2 weeks after my 17th Birthday I embarked on my Clipper Race journey by undertaking the first of 4 weeks mandatory training. I arrived at the Gosport marina with a sense of anticipation and excitement. I am... Continue Reading →

Last week I was notified that The Clipper 2022/23 race has been postponed for a year due to COVID. It will now start in August 2023. The 2019/20 race was postponed mid-race due to COVID and hasn't yet restarted. These delays and the time needed to refit the boats between circumnavigations has had a knock... Continue Reading →

In August 2020 when we were emerging from lockdown, I started sailing a 29er (called Brenda) with my crew Madie. We were both completely new to sailing a 29er, hadn’t sailed together before, or sailed a skiff, or used a trapeze. However, we had aspirations of getting to grips with Brenda before joining the Allen... Continue Reading →

As most of us are aware plastics are polluting our oceans, not only the production of them but also the 8 million tons of it that are dumped in our oceans every year. This makes up 80% of marine debris from surface waters to deep-sea sediments. theoceancleanup.com aims to develop technology in the hope of... Continue Reading →