I am excited to announce that I have been selected to be part of the 2025 Clipper Round the World Race Crew.
The Clipper Race is one of the biggest challenges of the natural world and an endurance test like no other. With no previous sailing experience necessary before signing up for the intensive training program, it’s a record-breaking 40,000 nautical mile race around the world on a 70-foot ocean racing yacht.
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A lifetime at sea comes full circle—and with just over fifty days to go, the finish line is finally in sight. Sailors have their own language for a lot of things, so for example instead of saying...
From ice-limit sailing to a dockside reunion—five thousand miles where the lead was never safe. It is going to be a shorter post this time—so my apology. Seattle was too good to rush past. After...
From a perfect race unraveling at sea to a fleeting reunion on land—heartbreak, perspective, and the long road home across the Pacific Qingdao didn’t just send us off—it celebrated our departure. The...
Two merging lows, hard upwind sailing, and a remarkable welcome in China’s Olympic sailing city. Nǐ hǎo (你好). That’s one of the first phrases I learned arriving in China. Pronounced something like...
After real doubt and real heat, we soon turn east — toward home Onward to China, South Korea, and Seattle. A few days ago, I wasn’t sure I would write those words. After Leg 5 — brutal heat, injury...
Leg 5. Race 1. The leg that tested more than sails and standings Three weeks that felt like three months. And for the first time in more than 20,000 nautical miles, I’m not sure what comes next. A...
Battleships, tin cans, and entirely too much naval history (nerd alert) Soon, my Clipper race will carry me across the Coral Sea and past Leyte Gulf—names that read like coordinates on a chart but...
How the 1983 America’s Cup taught me—four decades and three ocean crossings later—what pressure really costs I grew up loving the America’s Cup. Not casually. Devotionally. The America’s Cup is the...
Cold southern latitudes, broken gear, borrowed water, and the quiet moments that make an ocean crossing unforgettable Before you read on — a quick reminder: This race is part of my ongoing fundraiser...