“Life is what you make of it and it can be an amazing adventure!
It wasn’t until I was in COVID lockdown working 12 hours a day that the coin dropped. I hadn’t been outside in days and I came across the start of the 2020 Vendée Globe. The skippers walked down the dock, got on their boats, threw off their masks, and set out to sail around the world. They were setting out not just to sail around the world, but to compete in a race that is arguably the toughest sporting challenge on the planet!
At that moment, I realized that I wanted that – the challenge, the passion, the excitement – something to have me excited to get out of bed in the morning, something to put an extra bounce in my step, something to really energize my soul.
We are all capable of achieving almost anything we set our minds to, and we can all choose our own adventure. This is mine, what is yours?”
Our boat, named EMIRA, is an IMOCA 60 racing yacht. Designed and built to sail in the most remote oceans on our planet.