Captains of Ships – Dominique Geysen

Born in 1974, Dominique was brought up in a multilingual French-English-Dutch household in a village towards the north of Flanders.  His father was a businessman, his mother a pastry chef and, while other children were given a Mars bar for an after-school snack,...

America’s Cup: Stuff with Sirena

Auckland, New Zealand (October 12, 2020) – Team New Zealand’s latest capsize is no surprise to challenger Luna Rossa whose skipper Max Sirena predicts every team will end on their side at some stage during this America’s Cup campaign. The defenders came unstuck while...

Vendée Globe: Bridging gender gap

Miranda Merron In the latest of a series of preview articles in the lead-up to the solo, non-stop Vendée Globe start on November 8, Ed Gorman talks to Miranda Merron about her campaign and the female skippers in the 33-boat fleet. One of the most encouraging aspects...