Ertan Beskardes shares why he believes the 2025 Mini Globe Race is his chance to achieve his dream of sailing around the world
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Jasmine Harrison: Mini Globe Race 2025 skipper
Jasmine Harrison has rowed the Atlantic alone and swum the length of the British Isles. Now, she is preparing to sail solo around the world in a 19ft boat
Mike Blenkinsop: Mini Globe Race 2025 skipper
Mike Blenkinsop has always dreamt of sailing around the world. The 70-year-old Australian shares why now is the time for him to take part in the Mini Globe Race
Adam Waugh: Mini Globe Race 2025 skipper
Yachtmaster Offshore and RYA Cruising Instructor, Adam Waugh has never sailed across an ocean before. He shares his motivations for signing up for the 2025 Mini Globe Race
Renaud Stitelmann: Mini Globe Race 2025 skipper
Having grown up afloat, Renaud Stitelmann has spent decades racing in France and beyond. He shares how he is preparing for his first round the world race - the Mini…
John Blenkinsop: Mini Globe Race 2025 skipper
Seasoned sailor John Blenkinsop nearly died when he fell through an open hatch and ruptured his kidney while taking part in the World ARC. He explains why this "unfinished business…
Jakub Ziemkiewicz: Mini Globe Race 2025 skipper
Jakub Ziemkiewicz grew up sailing small boats on Poland's lakes but always yearned for an offshore adventure. He explains how he built his Globe 5.80 and why he is taking…
Dan Turk: Mini Globe Race 2025 skipper
Dan Turk never intended to take part in the Mini Globe Race when he began building his Globe 5.80, but a conversation with his daughter has led him to the…
Dan Turner: Mini Globe Race 2025 skipper
Since he was a child, Dan Turner has wanted to sail around the world. The Australian shares how he built his 19ft plywood boat and his preparations for his biggest…
Mad about the boat: Following the wake of history
Multiple circumnavigators include Moitessier, Knox-Johnston... and now Dave Selby
Tributes to small boat legend John Guzzwell
Fair winds to trailblazing John Guzzwell, who in 1955 completed an unprecedented circumnavigation, aged 29, in a 21ft wooden yawl he had built himself.
Sailing the legendary 32ft cruiser, Damien from the Arctic Circle to Antarctica
Between 1969 and 1973, Jérôme Poncet and Gérard Janichon sailed their 32ft cutter Damien from Spitsbergen to Antarctica via the Amazon River. Marina Guedes looks back at their far-flung voyage…
New race for solo and double-handed sailors who wish to sail the world in their own boat
"An opportunity for those sailors who want to take on the world in their own boat without the need to spend huge amounts of money", says the team behind WORLDSTAR…
Several classes cancelled as strong winds forecast for Round the Island Race 2024
Several classes for the Round the Island Race around the Isle of Wight have been cancelled due to the strong wind forecast and all participants are being reminded to take…
Theo, 6, circumnavigates island singlehanded in his ‘Spidey’ boat – painted in Spiderman colours
Theo Geddes, aged 6, sailed solo around Hilbre Island at the mouth of the Dee Estuary to raise money for the RNLI, in his Optimist dinghy painted in Spiderman colours
Geoff Holt completes his ‘finishing the dream’ circumnavigation
After 25 days at sea, circumnavigating the UK coastline, quadriplegic adventurer Geoff Holt and his team have returned to St. Katharine Docks, London
Jenny Decker: ‘Why I am in a race against time to sail alone around the world before it’s too late”
Jenny Dekker has Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease that affects her motor and sensory skills but she is determined to sail solo around the world via the Panama Canal to raise awareness of…
Pen Duick VI takes line & IRC honours in Leg 4 of the Ocean Globe Race
For the second time, the crew of Pen Duick VI, led by Marie Tabarly, has taken line honours in the Ocean Globe Race. But will it be enough to win…
Cole Brauer is the first American woman to complete a solo, non-stop circumnavigation via the three Great Capes
Cole Brauer is the second entrant to finish the Global Solo Challenge and has made history by becoming the first American woman to complete a solo, non-stop circumnavigation around the…
Quadriplegic sailor and Wetwheels founder announces plan to circumnavigate the UK in a 9m power catamaran
Disabled adventurer and yachtsman Geoff Holt has unveiled a sneak preview of plans to circumnavigate the UK in a 9m Wetwheels power catamaran