My Story

After being born and diagnosed with deafness in my right ear, I never really gave the disability much thought apart from the obvious annoyances of having to walk on the right, sit on the right, do everything with anyone – on the right. It was only when I was unable to complete a solo flight scholarship due to my deafness with Air Cadets, that I realised I would not be allowed to join the RAF as a pilot. I then understood the limitations that the disability brought to my life. Following this, I took the mentality that I may be limited, but I can do mostly anything. Mostly anything turned into chasing another career path to become a Test Driver. After working in this field for a number of years, I’ve decided to take a career break to take on something truly special – A Round the World Yacht Race.

The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race is a 40,000 mile circumnavigation of the globe - The longest yacht race in the world. 12 identical 70ft racing yachts, with a crew of 22 on board will race 8 legs with 15 stopovers over 6 continents. We will experience bone numbing freezing conditions in the southern ocean. Hot sweaty, energy sapping temperatures in the tropics. Waves the size of houses in the Pacific, and frustrating zones of zero wind in the doldrums. It's a race to test the physical and mental side of a person working with strangers, when sleep deprived, in a pressure cooker that is a racing yacht. This is no holiday - More people have climbed Everest, than sailed around the world.....

Wednesday 31 July 2013

Battered and bruised

A bit broken after level 3 training, but learnt so much so it was great.
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Thursday 25 July 2013

Level 3 training tomorrow!

Final bit if race training starts tomorrow. Cannot wait, it's going I be tough and deciding which sleeping bag is the main issues....big warm ocean, or small light other one? 
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Tuesday 23 July 2013

Sold sold sold!

Flat sold, Job sold, life sold, now car sold. Roll on @clipperrace
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Monday 22 July 2013

Thank you Balshaw's High School

Presentation went ok, missed a slide but hey, just hope I've inspired them. 
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Sunday 21 July 2013

Another School Talk tomorrow!

To 360 children!! That's my biggest audience yet! #chaseyourdreams

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Team Great Britain

So it's officially announced that I'm on the Team GB boat for the @clipperrace. Get in! 
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Wednesday 17 July 2013

Vacation time!

So after finishing work on Friday, I'm out in Norway having a nice vacation. A regular morning run is keeping the fitness going and the body is winding down nicely ready for the @clipperrace #calmbeforethestorm 
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Friday 12 July 2013

We're going to Jamaica!

Cozumel is out, Jamaica is in!!
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Work done and dusted!

Finished work today ready for the @clipperrace! It's sad to say goodbye to so many great people. It's been hard at times but also I've had some amazing experiences. I'm now un-employed and a paying round the world sailor. Game on! 
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Wednesday 10 July 2013

Back in Gosport

Media training, meet up with some crew and have a ball

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Wednesday 3 July 2013

Sacrifices

Having to compromise on a lot for the race. Just hope my mates understand and will be there when I come back. 
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Monday 1 July 2013

Books ordered

Going to get into the physics of sailing and start figuring out the sport from my engineering background. Think clever to get fast. 
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