Moving into week 3, it was clear two things were playing on everyone’s minds at the Artemis Offshore Academy. The final fitness test of the training camp, and the Race to Poole. We had completed a fitness test 3 weeks prior at the start of the camp, so now it was time to show our […]
An unexpected way to start my first 3 weeks of training was to spend most of it in the gym! Having now finished ‘Rookie Month’ i’m pretty exhausted an am on my way home for a few days of rest and recovery. I’ve put together a short video of some of the footage we managed to […]
The past week included 2 days on the water training with Sam Matson, an academy Alumni. The focus was to practice sail changes when turning marks of the course, a difficult manoeuvre when sailing solo. There are many more tasks to do than time available so a compromise needs to be made. What tasks are […]
The first week of ‘rookie month’ has flown by. Myself, Hugh and Mary (The other rookies) are living in Southampton taking on shore based activities to aid our coming training in the Figaro. A typical day consists of a morning gym session followed by the days activity. Another gym session then follows up in the […]
So the final race of the RORC double-handed took place last weekend. It consisted of a short 74 mile course Beelining for the port Cherbourg. I was sailing with Sam jacklin in this race, the boat captain for the Artemis Offshore academy. 5 figaros lined up for this race, the same number we had […]
https://vimeo.com/137275394 Loosing the main halyard on the first day of the Fastnet race meant the whole race was a game of catch up! Still we won’t learn as much by being infront of the fleet! We slowly made our way up to 3rd place Figaro … Enjoy the video!
So myself and Conrad Manning finished the 600 mile Fastnet race 2 days ago, since then its been alot of sleep and boatwork! It was the first time i had competed in the race and by far my longest offshore, spending 4 nights at sea. There was a five boat Figaro fleet competing, three of which […]
Its finally finished! Yesterday I graduated from Southampton university with a 2:1 in Oceanography. I have enjoyed my three years at Southampton and will miss the student life…
A month out of University and i’ve spent more time on the boat than i have in the last year. I suppose this is what i should of expected becoming a full time sailor. I’ve been with the Artemis Offshore Academy now for two whole years. Trying to combine studying for a full time University degree […]
