Sir Peter Blake, New Zealand’s most famous sailor, competed in the first 5 Whitbread Round the World races before finally winning in record time

Captain Dilip Donde was the first Indian to complete a solo, circumnavigation under sail. The voyage was the first of the Indian Navy’s project Sagar Parikrama

Jean-Luc Van Den Heede needs no introduction. He is a living legend here in Les Sables d’Olonne and the rest of the world. He

Stan Honey is one of America’s best known ocean racing navigators. His victories include the  2005-06 Volvo Ocean Race onboard ABN Amro I and his critical role in

Philippe Jeantot is a former French deep-sea diver, who found international fame winning the first two BOC Challenge solo round the world yacht races in

Titouan Lamazou is the French sailor, artist, and writer, who met Eric Tabarly while travelling at the age of 18. It was Tabarly who

British yachtswomen Dee Caffari MBE  has 6 circumnavigations to her credit. Her professional sailing career began working for both Sir Robin Knox-Johnson and Sir Chay Blyth’s sailing adventure companies so