ABOUT US
Sailing adventures tailored-made for you
Leading Skippers
Sail with a world record-breaking skipper, a Golden Globe entrant or a multi-time circumnavigator - our Skippers have over 1.5 Million Ocean miles between them
Skipper (UK)
Jim Dobie
+500,000 miles sailed
A hugely experienced Skipper and RYA Yachtmaster Examiner who has sailed almost every ocean of the world. Jim has led expeditions to some of the remotest places in the world, including the Galapagos, Cook Islands, French Polynesia and Tasmania. He's vast experience, is not only on but also under water, as a Scuba Diving Instructor, delivering expeditions to the Great Barrier Reef, Oceania and Asia.
Jim has a long history of successful race campaigns. He served as skipper for the 09-10 Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, and has competed in five Sydney to Hobart races, two Fastnet races, Round Britain and Ireland Race and many other offshore race events.
Skipper
Emily Caruso
Emily grew up in Somerset, England and has spent the last 18 years sailing professionally, leading crews on unforgettable ocean adventures. From skippering Gipsy Moth IV—Sir Francis Chichester’s legendary round-the-world yacht—to training Clipper Round The World crews, Emily has a wealth of experience navigating the world’s most incredible and remote destinations.
With an MCA Master 200 unlimited ticket and an RYA Yachtmaster Instructor qualification, Emily has shared her expertise with thousands of sailors, from novices to seasoned adventurers. Her fervent belief in making sailing accessible, enjoyable, and truly transformative is at the core of her work.
Skipper (Baltics)
Nigel Parry
Nigel Parry is one of the most experienced offshore sailors you'll find, multiple Atlantic and Pacific crossings, and a professional sailing career stretching back to 1994. An RYA Yachtmaster Instructor and Examiner, Nigel has taught and skippered across Europe, the Mediterranean, the Canary Islands, and the United States. He spent a decade in Kiel preparing British military personnel for offshore passage-making. Currently Chief Instructor for a school operating in the Baltic Sea, Nigel knows these waters intimately.
Skipper (UK)
Guy Waites
150,000+ Sailed
Before taking on the 2022 Golden Globe Race, Guy had already built an extensive and proven sailing career.
He had crossed the Atlantic multiple times, skippered Dare to Lead in the 2019–20 Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, and undertaken countless sailing adventures—far too many to list here.
He is also a wonderfully calm and patient person who is a joy to sail with.
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Sustainable Sailing
We take our crews to some of the most fragile and least visited eco-systems in the world and we believe passionately that it is our duty to lead the way in reducing the environmental impact of sailing.
Sadly, sailing is not very environmentally friendly - a 10-day trip might emit over a ton of Co2, and sailing yachts are frequently built out of polluting, non-recyclable materials such as Fibre Glass.
To drive change, we developed a practical system to properly measure our Co2 footprint, based on four elements:-
Fossil Fuel consumption, such as gas and diesel
Food consumed on board
Marina services, such as being plugged into shore power
Accommodation, if it is part of the trip itself
We worked with a globally recognised expert in sustainable impact measurement to accomplish this, and became the first sailing operator in the world to publish the Co2 footprint of all our trips on our website.
We are now encouraging other sailing operators to follow our lead and to adopt an approach that brings greater transparency to the environmental impact of sailing.
Continuing on our path towards sustainable sailing, we are looking forward to be the first to sail the world's lowest environmental impact adventure sailing yacht through “Expedition Zero”.
Selected pictures from our previous trips
