Dec 23, 2025
It's 8 months to the start of the Golden Globe Race 2026, and every day counts for Gunnar Christensen. He is one of the 26 skippers who have signed up for the retro-race around the world solo and non-stop. Gunnar has spent his whole life as a professional sailor. Now it's time to set sail on his own adventure - and sail...
Nov 3, 2025
It's a small sailing world. A beautiful aluminium world grinder, which I had been druling over, docked just a few berts away from mine, was sold to Martin Hartland and Svetlana Baraniuk. Now they have signed up for Jimmy Cornell's High Latitude Challenge 2026-27. So I had to make a podcast with Martin as they were...
Oct 31, 2025
Simon Currin and his wife Sally started their circumnavigation in 2015. They started in the high latitudes by cruising in the summer season and leaving their boat, Shimshal, a 47-foot deckhouse built by CR Yachts in Orust, Sweden, in various locations around the world while they went back to the UK to work. Ten years...
Sep 2, 2025
We can all make a difference for the ocean. Some bigger than others, but we should all do our part. Martin Hassellöv and Bjorn Bertoft, on board Hrimfare and the Sailing4Science project, aim to do good while sailing with scientists. The Hrimfare is transformed from a round-the-world sailing boat into a sailing...
Aug 16, 2025
Hoisting sails and claiming you run a sustainable expedition sailing company don't resonate well anymore. You are off course, way more sustainable than big cruise ships, but who isn't? You have to factor in diesel consumption, travel, food, waste, and many other factors to get a correct picture of your carbon...