In this video we set off in the trimaran, Spirit, heading towards Boston. She only needs to be on the water for about 24 hours/100Nm before she gets to her new storage area which is where we'll be giving her a mini refit before sailing again next spring. Upcoming Sponsor Events - Maxi 'Osprey' – Limited Places Available: – RORC Caribbean 600 -23 Feb 2026 – Antigua Sailing Week - 22 April 2026 – Newport Bermuda Race 19 June 2026 If you’re interested in joining an event (min sponsorship $3000 US) or exploring further RTW sponsorship options, contact me directly via: https//:www.CSMtheMariner.com Mariner Links If you'd like to buy a piece of the 100,000Nm mainsail that has pulled so faithfully these last 3000Nm, to get me here on time to start the Fastnet, please follow this link to Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/themariner/shop/own-piece-of-mainsail-that-would-not-die-1996232 If you'd like to gain access to live streams, competitions, win sailing trips, or purchase personal marine consultancy, please go over to: https//:www.patreon.com/themariner Sailing Podcasts If you prefer an audio format, try 'The Mariner Podcast', which now has a library of over 130 episodes, all over an hour and in granular depth about sailing technicalities, stories, interviews, and gear reviews. Everything you could possibly want for an afternoon sanding or painting!

In this video I take a detailed, respectful look at the loss of Lyle Babington and his vessel Molly in August of this year. Using the Marine Accident Investigation Branch reports and recommendations, we go step by step through the chain of events that led from a small defect to a catastrophic outcome. This is not finger-pointing. This is seamanship. As I reviewed the MAIB findings and spent time on Lyle’s own YouTube channel, what emerged was a man with enormous drive, imagination, and a genuine love of being afloat. He pushed himself. He built things. He chased horizons. His passing leaves a hole for his family, friends, and for the community who followed his adventures. My hope with this video is simple: that we can draw something meaningful from Mollie’s story — a legacy of practical vigilance, humility, and learning — that every one of us can carry forward at sea. If this helps even one sailor avoid a similar fate, then we honour him. --- Opportunities to Train & Sail with The Mariner If you’d like to deepen your seamanship, train hard, and experience high-performance offshore sailing, there are upcoming opportunities to join me on board: • RORC Caribbean 600 — February • Antigua Race Week — April/May • Newport–Bermuda Race — June Each event includes three days of intensive safety and seamanship training before the start. Value proposition: 10 days inclusive/ $3000USD For details, availability, and sponsorship opportunities, contact me directly at: https://www.csmthemariner.com or reach out via my social channels. Limited places.

Today is a big moment for the Spirit Formula 40 Trimaran project. After three years on the hard at Portland Yacht Services, Spirit is finally back in the water — and moving under her own power again. In this video, I take you step-by-step from the yard, off the dock, out through the Casco Bay Bridge, and into Fore Points Marina. It’s the first time Spirit has slipped her lines in years, and clearing that bridge means we now have a long, open runway ahead of us. Next stop: Boston. Spirit will be hauled there for the next stage of her revival and racing program. --- Upcoming Sponsor Events - Maxi 'Osprey' – Limited Places Available: – RORC Caribbean 600 -23 Feb 2026 – Antigua Sailing Week - 22 April 2026 – Newport Bermuda Race 19 June 2026 If you’re interested in joining an event (min sponsorship $3000 US) or exploring further RTW sponsorship options, contact me directly via: https//:www.CSMtheMariner.com Mariner Links If you'd like to buy a piece of the 100,000Nm mainsail that has pulled so faithfully these last 3000Nm, to get me here on time to start the Fastnet, please follow this link to Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/themariner/shop/own-piece-of-mainsail-that-would-not-die-1996232 If you'd like to gain access to live streams, competitions, win sailing trips, or purchase personal marine consultancy, please go over to: https//:www.patreon.com/themariner Sailing Podcasts If you prefer an audio format, try 'The Mariner Podcast', which now has a library of over 130 episodes, all over an hour and in granular depth about sailing technicalities, stories, interviews, and gear reviews. Everything you could possibly want for an afternoon sanding or painting!

Today, we're diving into the Marine Accident Investigation Bureau's (MAIB) report on the 2006 Roaring Meg of Cowes incident, where two crew were seriously injured in two crash gybes that happened within minutes of each other. I'll be sharing insights as a professional sailor, examining what went wrong and the crucial lessons we can learn. If you would like to join me for more deep dives on topic's like: MOB recovery, heavy weather tactics & offshore seamanship, check out: THE MARINER @ PATREON.COM To support the production of this material please consider heading over to Patreon where for $5 a month you can get access to all the extra content, including the narrated version of this video (concentrating on the seamanship, safety aspects & stories surrounding what is going on in this video), livestream Q&A's, free consultancy PLUS merch, and exclusive sponsor sailing trips with CSM. Sponsored Events with the Mariner. If you would like to join me on board the 80 foot Maxi 'Osprey' for the Caribbean 600 race event in February 2026, Antigua Race Week in April 2026, or the Newport Bermuda Race in June 2026, make contact with me at: CSMtheMariner.com Travel Episodes Solo, on an 80ft yacht in the North Atlantic. After voyaging from Canada to the UK, CSM sailed the 80ft Gran Mistral 'Weddell'', single-handedly from Southampton, UK to Reykjavik, Iceland. There he met a new crew. After sail repairs, provisioning and safety training, they set sail for St. John's, Newfoundland; 1700Nm away. It was September and heavy weather was expected. What we got was a 'Super Storm'. See the latest episode here: https://youtu.be/fb5t4PZ2Cqw Follow up the back story in this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNEtiOvex8NAVIih6tfWVd9wjVrPthROL CSM: Iceland-Canada Footage Commentary Live-streamed narration of video from this voyage, with live chat responses from Patrons on all the seamanship details. Sign up at: https://www.patreon.com/themariner Audio: Mariner's Library Podcast: #254 | 'The Southseaman' | Weston Martyr | Part 3 After reading so many sailing books from the past 120 years I am starting to recognize certain authors who I had never heard of before starting the Mariner's Library who were giants within the sailing community a life time ago. One of the most commonly referenced authors from the first half of the 20th century has to be Weston Martyr, and the book everyone compliments is 'The Southseaman'. Available anywhere you stream podcasts: https://Themarinerslibrary.podbean.com/e/255-the-southseaman-weston-martyr-part-3/ #navy #shipping #ships #ocean #sailing #yacht #themariner

In this video I transit from Cherbourg in France, to Portland, Maine- always an interesting mental process when you've come to the end of one big project and have to turn around quickly, and start on another. After I arrive I get the mast rigged and up, get the boat into the water and contemplate the next steps that will allow me to move the boat to a new location where she can begin a winter renovation. Mariner Links If you'd like to buy a piece of the 100,000Nm mainsail that has pulled so faithfully these last 3000Nm, to get me here on time to start the Fastnet, please follow this link to Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/themariner/shop/own-piece-of-mainsail-that-would-not-die-1996232 If you'd like to sponsor Osprey's west around the world voyage and gain the opportunity to come sailing in a race event, please connect with me at: https//:www.csmthemariner.com If you'd like to gain access to live streams, competitions, win sailing trips, or purchase personal marine consultancy, please go over to: https//:www.patreon.com/themariner Latest Onboard Patreon Exclusive Update : https://www.patreon.com/posts/134488590?utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=android_share Sailing Podcasts If you prefer an audio format, try The Mariner Podcast, which now has a library of over 130 episodes, all over an hour and in granular depth about sailing technicalities, stories, interviews, and gear reviews. Everything you could possibly want for an afternoon sanding or painting

This is a series of videos to bring you up-to-date since the end of the fFastnet race. In this first episode, I set off from Cherbourg, France, BACK to Portland Maine, for my next project- Trimaran Spirit Find out more about about little Hannah's situation here: https://www.supportnow...​ Mariner Links If you'd like to buy a piece of the 100,000Nm mainsail that has pulled so faithfully these last 3000Nm, to get me here on time to start the Fastnet, please follow this link to Patreon:    / own-piece-of-mainsail-...  ​ If you'd like to sponsor Osprey's west around the world voyage and gain the opportunity to come sailing in a race event, please connect with me at: https//:www.csmthemariner.com If you'd like to gain access to live streams, competitions, win sailing trips, or purchase personal marine consultancy, please go over to: https//:www.patreon.com/themariner Latest Onboard Patreon Exclusive Update : https://www.patreon.co...​ Sailing Podcasts If you prefer an audio format, try The Mariner Podcast, which now has a library of over 130 episodes, all over an hour and in granular depth about sailing technicalities, stories, interviews, and gear reviews. Everything you could possibly want for an afternoon sanding or painting! The Mariner Podcast: https://www.podbean.co...​ If you have a long drive or a long afternoon sailing ahead, or you are working in the garden and want to listen to some classic sailing books read by an experienced sailor, please check out the Mariner's Library Podcast. The Mariner’s Library https://www.podbean.co...​

In this episode I discuss more about the fastnet race and the upcoming Expeditions at the end of 2025 and into 2026 and I share with you a problem which together we are going to solve. Find out more about about little Hannah's situation here: https://www.supportnow.org/hannah-seeley Mariner Links If you'd like to buy a piece of the 100,000Nm mainsail that has pulled so faithfully these last 3000Nm, to get me here on time to start the Fastnet, please follow this link to Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/themariner/shop/own-piece-of-mainsail-that-would-not-die-1996232 If you'd like to sponsor Osprey's west around the world voyage and gain the opportunity to come sailing in a race event, please connect with me at: https//:www.csmthemariner.com If you'd like to gain access to live streams, competitions, win sailing trips, or purchase personal marine consultancy, please go over to: https//:www.patreon.com/themariner Latest Onboard Patreon Exclusive Update : https://www.patreon.com/posts/134488590?utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=android_share Sailing Podcasts If you prefer an audio format, try The Mariner Podcast, which now has a library of over 130 episodes, all over an hour and in granular depth about sailing technicalities, stories, interviews, and gear reviews. Everything you could possibly want for an afternoon sanding or painting! The Mariner Podcast: https://www.podbean.com/pa/pbblog-g2yfz-793766 If you have a long drive or a long afternoon sailing ahead, or you are working in the garden and want to listen to some classic sailing books read by an experienced sailor, please check out the Mariner's Library Podcast. The Mariner’s Library https://www.podbean.com/pa/pbblog-n7tfy-d0a868

After a week and 500 miles of crew skill development, we are ready on the last day of the race to hoist the C5 Spinnaker and let Osprey spread her wings. If you'd like to buy a piece of the 100,000Nm

100Nm to Fastnet Rock If you'd like to buy a piece of the 100,000Nm mainsail that has pulled so faithfully these last 3000Nm, to get me here on time to start the Fastnet, please follow this link to

After 300 miles on the beat, we finally round the Fastnet Rock. 102 days after reset the challenge in Nova Scotia If you'd like to buy a piece of the 100,000Nm mainsail that has pulled so faithfully

After rounding The Fastnet Rock in the early evening in fog, we've now started the downhill leg back to Cherbourg. The crew is very happy to have a flat boat, and to be able to learn the basics of run

After 3500 miles crossing the Atlantic I get within 30 miles of the marina and discover that I'm almost running out of fuel. in this episode, I take you through problem solving, which allows me to complete the journey without drama. If you'd like to buy a piece of the 100,000Nm mainsail that has pulled so faithfully these last 3000Nm, to get me here on time to start the Fastnet, please follow this link to Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/themariner/shop/own-piece-of-mainsail-that-would-not-die-1996232 If you'd like to sponsor Osprey's west around the world voyage and gain the opportunity to come sailing in a race event, please connect with me at: https//:www.csmthemariner.com If you'd like to gain access to live streams, competitions, win sailing trips, or purchase personal marine consultancy, please go over to: https//:www.patreon.com/themariner Latest Onboard Patreon Exclusive Update : https://www.patreon.com/posts/134488590?utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=android_share Sailing Podcasts If you prefer an audio format, try The Mariner Podcast, which now has a library of over 130 episodes, all over an hour and in granular depth about sailing technicalities, stories, interviews, and gear reviews. Everything you could possibly want for an afternoon sanding or painting! The Mariner Podcast: https://www.podbean.com/pa/pbblog-g2yfz-793766 If you have a long drive or a long afternoon sailing ahead, or you are working in the garden and want to listen to some classic sailing books read by an experienced sailor, please check out the Mariner's Library Podcast. The Mariner’s Library https://www.podbean.com/pa/pbblog-n7tfy-d0a868

My 33rd transatlantic voyage is complete and what a fantastic sunrise that is with the crew now ready in Southampton, the mainsail ready on the dock in Cherbourg and 5 days until the start of the centenary fastnet race to get those two essential components loaded onto Osprey before rhe start of the centenary Fastnet Race. If you'd like to buy a piece of the 100,000Nm mainsail that has pulled so faithfully these last 3000Nm, to get me here on time to start the Fastnet, please follow this link to Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/themariner/shop/own-piece-of-mainsail-that-would-not-die-1996232 If you'd like to sponsor Osprey's west around the world voyage and gain the opportunity to come sailing in a race event, please connect with me at: https//:www.csmthemariner.com If you'd like to gain access to live streams, competitions, win sailing trips, or purchase personal marine consultancy, please go over to: https//:www.patreon.com/themariner Latest Onboard Patreon Exclusive Update : https://www.patreon.com/posts/134488590?utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=android_share Sailing Podcasts If you prefer an audio format, try The Mariner Podcast, which now has a library of over 130 episodes, all over an hour and in granular depth about sailing technicalities, stories, interviews, and gear reviews. Everything you could possibly want for an afternoon sanding or painting! The Mariner Podcast: https://www.podbean.com/pa/pbblog-g2yfz-793766 If you have a long drive or a long afternoon sailing ahead, or you are working in the garden and want to listen to some classic sailing books read by an experienced sailor, please check out the Mariner's Library Podcast. The Mariner’s Library https://www.podbean.com/pa/pbblog-n7tfy-d0a868

A modified weather forecast means that's our 35 knot push may only in fact last for a couple of hours before that system stools out west of the British Isles. therefore I'm cutting down towards the coast of France so I can get across the channel at best speed on a beam reach in the lighter breeze in this episode we also get to see a big ship cutting past the bows of the boat I'm not sure if you'll see it properly in this video but it was rolling like crazy! If you'd like to buy a piece of the 100,000Nm mainsail that has pulled so faithfully these last 3000Nm, to get me here on time to start the Fastnet, please follow this link to Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/themariner/shop/own-piece-of-mainsail-that-would-not-die-1996232 If you'd like to sponsor Osprey's west around the world voyage and gain the opportunity to come sailing in a race event, please connect with me at: https//:www.csmthemariner.com If you'd like to gain access to live streams, competitions, win sailing trips, or purchase personal marine consultancy, please go over to: https//:www.patreon.com/themariner Latest Onboard Patreon Exclusive Update : https://www.patreon.com/posts/134488590?utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=android_share Sailing Podcasts If you prefer an audio format, try The Mariner Podcast, which now has a library of over 130 episodes, all over an hour and in granular depth about sailing technicalities, stories, interviews, and gear reviews. Everything you could possibly want for an afternoon sanding or painting! The Mariner Podcast: https://www.podbean.com/pa/pbblog-g2yfz-793766 If you have a long drive or a long afternoon sailing ahead, or you are working in the garden and want to listen to some classic sailing books read by an experienced sailor, please check out the Mariner's Library Podcast. The Mariner’s Library https://www.podbean.com/pa/pbblog-n7tfy-d0a868

In this episode we take a moment for a breather after many days cruising at over 10 knots, but it's only for a couple of hours before 35 knots comes up from the southwest to blow us up the English Channel and into the start area for the Fastnet race If you'd like to buy a piece of the 100,000Nm mainsail that has pulled so faithfully these last 3000Nm, to get me here on time to start the Fastnet, please follow this link to Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/themariner/shop/own-piece-of-mainsail-that-would-not-die-1996232 If you'd like to sponsor Osprey's west around the world voyage and gain the opportunity to come sailing in a race event, please connect with me at: https//:www.csmthemariner.com If you'd like to gain access to live streams, competitions, win sailing trips, or purchase personal marine consultancy, please go over to: https//:www.patreon.com/themariner Latest Onboard Patreon Exclusive Update : https://www.patreon.com/posts/134488590?utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=android_share Sailing Podcasts If you prefer an audio format, try The Mariner Podcast, which now has a library of over 130 episodes, all over an hour and in granular depth about sailing technicalities, stories, interviews, and gear reviews. Everything you could possibly want for an afternoon sanding or painting! The Mariner Podcast: https://www.podbean.com/pa/pbblog-g2yfz-793766 If you have a long drive or a long afternoon sailing ahead, or you are working in the garden and want to listen to some classic sailing books read by an experienced sailor, please check out the Mariner's Library Podcast. The Mariner’s Library https://www.podbean.com/pa/pbblog-n7tfy-d0a868

Thank you to everyone who’s already signed up to receive a piece of Osprey’s mainsail—the same sail that’s carrying me toward the UK right now. Your $100 pledges at the 'solo' tier on Patreon, are going straight to my beautiful tnew 197 sqm /2150 sqft mainsail that was just finished, that we will be using for the Centenary Fastnet race, next week. https://www.patreon.com/posts/own-piece-of-not-134326761?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link But the sail we’re saying goodbye to is no ordinary sail. It was originally built for Dominique Wavre’s IMOCA 60 'Temenos' in 2000, and it’s done more than 100,000 ocean miles—including two Vendee Globes wth Dominique, two solo transatlantic voyages with me, and the 2024 Newport–Bermuda race. Now, it’s taking on its final challenge: driving Osprey home across the Atlantic, one last time. Out of respect for its legacy, I’m not asking more of it than it can give. I’m reefed down through this last weather system, running a reaching headsail to keep the pace without flogging the main. I want it to finish this journey with dignity. If you’d like to be part of this story—and own a piece of it—you can. I’m cutting the sail into hand-sized 8-by-12-inch pieces to share with supporters once I make land fall. For a $100 pledge on Patreon, you’ll get one of those sections. A real piece of sailing history, a talisman of Tenacity, something tangible you can hold in your hands, or contemplate on the wall, as you chase your own dreams, whatever they might be. This isn’t just a fundraiser—it’s a continuation of a legacy. This old sail, through you, helps pay for the new sail, completed yesterday by the sailmakers in Italy, that will power Osprey, solo, non-stop, West around the world. Your support would be very much appreciated, whatever you can spare, Cheers, – Chris Support the Mariner's solo, non-stop, West Around the World voyage on the 85ft Maxi 'Osprey' at: https//:www.patreon.com/themariner

This is specifically for someone who connected with metheough the comments and said that the the 360 videoa were the best thing he'd seen, to remind him at 77, of the feeling of being out on the ocean doing the Transpac, something he might not do again. This is how it is to be on a boat, at sea, chatting through the options for the next 24 hours. --- Check out the website at: https//:www.csmthemariner.com 10 x sponsor places available for Fastnet- $3000USD. Training begins 21st July in Southampton, UK. includes 300Nm qualifying voyage. Contact me via the website contact page or or at: csmthemariner@gmail.com Want more? 📻 Mariner Podcast: Behind-the-scenes stories, seamanship breakdowns, interviews, and Q&A. This is where I unpack what really goes on at sea and in the boatyard. Listen here: https://themariner.podbean.com --- Support this Project Join me on Patreon or YouTube Memberships for $5/month. You’ll get bonus content, narrated technical videos, live Q&As, merch, and—if you're up for it—sailing adventures with me. Patreon: /themariner --- Boat Insurance Deal I use Edward William Insurance, and I’ve negotiated a discount for the community. 💸 Use code MARINER10 for 10% off at checkout: https://www.edwardwilliam.com 10% of every policy goes to supporting this channel. Feedback welcome. --- Hashtags: #sailinglife #offshorework #yachting #boatmaintenance #stayfocused #buildthedream

A quick update now the heavy weather has passed, we took a bit of a pounding in short seas made worse by a backing breeze. as I said recently the maximum speed up wind in heavy conditions is 10 knots unless you want to be launching out the top of the waves that's much harder to do when a safe path across the waves is that 45° to the crest but that puts on a beam reach. --- Support me without needing to run away to sea: What if a piece of torn sailcloth could remind you what commitment looks like? This mainsail is on its final run across the Atlantic, flying torn and tired but still holding Osprey steady at 15 knots. It’s not a perfect fit—it’s 15 feet too short for the rig. But like me, it keeps going anyway. It’s done over 100,000 miles. It carried Dominique Wavre to a 5th and then 4th place in the Vendée Globe. It saved my solo crossing in 2018 when my “new” mainsail exploded off Land’s End. You can watch that whole mess unfold on YouTube. In 2024, it stepped in again after Osprey’s big sail blew out just before Newport–Bermuda. Now, once it finishes this delivery and we hit the Fastnet start, I’ll retire it. I’ll cut it into signed 8-by-10 pieces, scars and all, and stick on a label with the story of every mile it gave. A daily reminder that things don’t have to be perfect to be powerful—they just have to keep going. If you want one, join the $100 tier on Patreon for a single month, & I’ll send it anywhere in the world. Let this scrap of sailcloth remind you what perseverance looks like. Visit : https//:www.patreon.com/themariner

In this episode we get to look around the boat as she starts to power up in 25 kts of true wind, and we see a repair I did on the autopilot's connection to the rudder stock, a few days ago. --- Check out the website at: https//:www.csmthemariner.com 7 x sponsor places available for Fastnet- $3000USD. Training begins 21st July in Southampton, UK. includes 300Nm qualifying voyage. Contact me via the website contact page or or at: csmthemariner@gmail.com Want more? 📻 Mariner Podcast: Behind-the-scenes stories, seamanship breakdowns, interviews, and Q&A. This is where I unpack what really goes on at sea and in the boatyard. Listen here: https://themariner.podbean.com --- Support this Project Join me on Patreon or YouTube Memberships for $5/month. You’ll get bonus content, narrated technical videos, live Q&As, merch, and—if you're up for it—sailing adventures with me. Patreon: /themariner --- Boat Insurance Deal I use Edward William Insurance, and I’ve negotiated a discount for the community. 💸 Use code MARINER10 for 10% off at checkout: https://www.edwardwilliam.com 10% of every policy goes to supporting this channel. Feedback welcome. --- Hashtags: #sailinglife #offshorework #yachting #boatmaintenance #stayfocused #buildthedream

COG 070 SOG 10 TWS 25 AWS 30+ I'm going to create these short , on deck, 360 videos as a way of providing a real-time log of conditions as I sail Osprey towards the Fastnet event. A longer video will drop this afternoon. Check out the website at: https//:www.csmthemariner.com 7 x sponsor places available for Fastnet- $3000USD. Training begins 21st July in Southampton, UK. includes 300Nm qualifying voyage. Contact me via the website contact page or or at: csmthemariner@gmail.com Want more? 📻 Mariner Podcast: Behind-the-scenes stories, seamanship breakdowns, interviews, and Q&A. This is where I unpack what really goes on at sea and in the boatyard. Listen here: https://themariner.podbean.com --- Support this Project Join me on Patreon or YouTube Memberships for $5/month. You’ll get bonus content, narrated technical videos, live Q&As, merch, and—if you're up for it—sailing adventures with me. Patreon: /themariner --- Boat Insurance Deal I use Edward William Insurance, and I’ve negotiated a discount for the community. 💸 Use code MARINER10 for 10% off at checkout: https://www.edwardwilliam.com 10% of every policy goes to supporting this channel. Feedback welcome. --- Hashtags: #sailinglife #offshorework #yachting #boatmaintenance #stayfocused #buildthedream