Yesterday I was a hero.

I’m trying to appear cool. Sometimes I feel ready sometimes I don’t.

The only thing which is stopping

It’s gone 9pm and I am just back from an evening working on the boat changing my running rigging.

English Braids have

There are a huge number of hoops to jump through to take part in the Mini Transat; it is not just

The lists are becoming endless; every time you close a door in my house you will find another list on the

Spring has sprung (sort of) and despite the ongoing snow it is time to talk minis again.

I have been quiet for

La Grande Huit means literally the Big Eight.

It is a figure of eight course, starting from La Grande Motte inFrance, going

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