There is nothing like a good party and bit of dancing. By the way, they call them “fetes” in the West Indies. Going back to the 60’s I remember rum soaked nights at the Grenada Beach Hotel on Grand Anse Beach. Well sort of remember! There...
The Lickfold Inn, West Sussex's Sunday Times "Top 100 Restaurant" is probably best known for fine dining. It's certainly the place to go for a "special occasion", like an anniversary. However, it also just happens to be the regular haunt of Team Concise, the highly...
We knew this was going to be a good race. Last years 2015 edition of the RORC Caribbean 600 marked the rushed debut for Lloyd Thornburgs third Phaedo, the ex Foncia MOD70 now in spectacular green and chrome livery and named Phaedo3. They had packed...
I had to go to China with my team a few years back. I was building Concise 8 there at the time. I crossed by ferry from Hong Kong to Zhuhai on the “mainland”. It was like going back decades, all a bit scruffy and...
I certainly wasn’t blessed with lots of energy!Give Ned, Concise 10’s Skipper, a bowl of pasta and a glass of wine for lunch and it’s reason for a 50-mile bike ride. I’m more likely to have a siesta. I was told it was because I am...
Well that was intense. 12 hard fought for seconds for the win. In idyllic conditions, Tony Lawsons MOD 70 Ms. Barbados blasted across the finish line in Carlisle Bay in front of the Barbados cruising club to smash the Round Barbados race record by over two hours...
Ned Collier Wakefield the young captain of Concise 10 / Ms. Barbados picked up his weight in rum as his prize for winning the Grand Prix Multi Hull event and smashing the all time course record in this weeks Mount Gay Rum Round Barbados Race. With...
I never tell my crew how to sail. Even the Rookies know more than me! There’s none of this, “ motivational speech stuff” either. The guys’ are normally fired up before a race as it is. And when you are sailing a high performance MOD...
Our race crew arrived compliments of Virgin Atlantic, our preferred carrier. They let us bring surfboards, kites, and all sorts of sports kit for free. Fantastic! Last person to check in was Jackson Boutel. It was by coincidence his 25th birthday. I had the privilege off...
I have a natural affinity for small Islands. It could be nature or nurture? My family married into the Le Pages from Guernsey - so I guess that got me started down the road. Like a lot of these things it was happenstance. When the Germans invaded the...