After an international career in Marketing and with children away from home, I stopped working in search of extended travels, more sailing and the ‘adventure before dementia’! In 2018 I crossed the Atlantic from west to east on a leg of the Clipper Round-the-World yacht race and that developed the bug for extended cruising and ocean sailing. Hence my excitement in looking forward to ARC 2025.
In 2023 I completed the Fastnet Race on a Clipper yacht and enjoyed the beer at the finish more than the 42 knots of wind on the nose at the start.
I’m qualified to RYA Coastal Skipper and Yachtmaster Offshore (shore based) and enjoy cruising my own small gaffer yacht around the Solent and beyond in summer months. In winter my wife and I will find a distant country to explore for a few weeks. Otherwise I like to write a bit and to dabble with an acoustic guitar.