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Yachting Monthly 0shares 50-knot squalls, lightning and wind holes meant crossing the Atlantic with climate activist Greta Thunberg was far from plain sailing for Nikki Henderson Svante and Greta Thunberg on deck with Nikki at the helm, Riley, Elayna and baby Lenny of Sailing La Vagabonde YouTube fame. Credit: Sailing La Vagabonde Atlantic challenges with Greta Thunberg ‘There is a feeling on board that we are ab out to achieve something special. We have made the ...

BBC News Published image copyrightDCSDC image captionThe Clipper Race has seen oceanic racing yachts dock in Derry for a week of celebrations in previous years The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race is set to return to Londonderry next year, Derry City and Strabane District Council (DCSDC) has announced. The Clipper race, which has been a main fixture of Derrys Maritime Festival in previous years, was suspended in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. The event sees yachts travel 40,000 nautica...

Clipper Race crew Carola Göhlich © Clipper Race A Clipper Race poster on the London Underground was the inspiration for Carola Göhlich, who hails from Switzerland, to sign up for Leg 1: The Atlantic Trade Winds Leg. When seeing the advertisement to race across oceans and sail around the world, there was an instant affinity for the then PHD student. Having always loved the ocean, she took her first steps into the world of windward and leeward in her twenties. After a few years...

A conversation with Jelte Liebrand © Savvy Navvy savvy navvy is the boating app that puts all your essential marine information in one place: tidal graphs, weather forecasts, automatically updated chart data, routing, GPS tracking, marina information and more. We spoke to founder Jelte Liebrand... Jelte was a software engineer at Google so we asked him about his experience of being on the inside of big tech: "It is probably one of the best places as an engineer to work. I got in to...

Entrepreneur now serves up tasty treats from five locations in Emsworth, Wickham and Thorney Island as his mobile catering vans take off A YOUNG entrepreneur has seen his business take off as orders flood in for his tasty treats, all served from stylish silver trailers. Friday, 30th April 2021, 1:52 pm Ed Collison, from Emsworth, opened The Deck restaurant in Emsworth Yacht Harbour in 2016, turning a cafe into a seafood restaurant. The dynamic entrepreneur, who also completed the Clipper Round ...

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Fog at the helm on board Ha Long Bay, Viet Nam - Clipper Race © Clipper Race For those lucky enough to know, sailing offshore can be challenging yet beautiful. The freedom that sailing affords takes you to different places, both geographically and mentally. There are many things to keep on top of in order to keep a safe and happy ship. The trim of the sails, the helm, the all-important boat speed and the weather - both now and likely conditions in the next few hours. Theres also th...

Clipper Round the World Yacht Race © Clipper Race Despite having no previous sailing experience, Denis Nikolaytsev, 35, signed up to cross the Atlantic Ocean during the Clipper 2019-20 Race. Denis from Moscow, Russia, who works in reinsurance, was inspired when his friend and fellow countryman, Vadim Naumecs, showed him YouTube videos of the Clipper Race after Vadim himself had signed up to take part in the global sailing event. Having watched the footage of previous races and hear...