The Mariner

← The Mariner4 Aug 2025 · 1 h 12 min

132 | Entering the Needles Channel at 15 knots.

132 | Entering the Needles Channel at 15 knots.4 Aug 20251 h 12 min

In this episode you join me on deck as we enter the Needles Channel, en route to Southampton, to pick up the crew for the Fastnet Expedition 2025.

This comes at the end of a 3500Nm solo transatlantic voyage, on the 80 foot maxi, Osprey.

94 days before, in Nova Scotia, sick and stuck on the mooring, I set myself the challenge to get Osprey into the Centenary edition of the world’s most famous offshore race