This is the bit where we tell you a little about us, who we are, where we come from and what we do. We also tell you a little about the yacht we will be sailing on and hopefully give you a feel for your adventure to come.

Blue Ocean Sailing is run by two British born sailors:

Simon is your skipper, a 38 year old qualified Yachtmaster with over 18 years and 80,000 sea miles sailing experience. He has competed in hundreds of races both in the UK and Caribbean and is passionate about sailing. He skippered Talisman (more about the boat later) in 2001 in a race across the Atlantic and in 2003 completed the 4,000 mile journey back home to the UK from Antigua. He has competed in 4 Fastnets, successfully skippered Talisman in the Round Britain and Ireland race in 2006, and completed many cross channel and North Sea races. He also enjoys dinghy racing when not on the big boat and also speaks near fluent French. In addition, he is a qualified RYA cruising instructor.

Laura is your additional crew member (where required) and also looks after all our marketing and web presence. She has been sailing for over ten years and in 2003 completed her first Transatlantic! She has extensive cruising experience, competed in Antigua race week 2003, Cowes Week 2008 and a number of JOG and RORC races. She is qualified Competent Crew (never having quite got around to doing more qualifications this does not adequately reflect her abilities!). She is a glutton for punishment and can often be found grinding the winches!