#4 | Sailing Solo Around the World | Learning to Sail an Open 60 Fast

In this episode I continue the story of my first serious solo offshore passage and delve into what makes Open 60's such serious offshore racing boats. I also discuss the near vertical learning curve I had to go through to tame the beast and the distressing results of the emotional pressure I had been under.  If you have any questions you would like answering please send them to csmthemariner@gmail.com  (mailto:csmthemariner@gmail.com) If you recognize that creating this content requires hours of effort and you would like to help support for the equivalent of 25cents per episode please visit my Patreon Site (https://www.patreon.com/themariner) and select the $2 per month option. If you are looking to develop your seamanship skills and take your sailing knowledge & safety to a more advanced level I run an On-Line Seamanship Training Program (https://https//:www.patreon.com/themariner) which gives you access to four 30 minute videos each month that deep-dive into a broad range of subjects from Ropework to Naval Architecture, Electronic Navigation, Sail Trim, Composite Repair. The lessons come out once a week and the minimum commitment to have access to all of them is $20 per month. I you want to get out on the water on a race, regatta or training voyage you can book any number of trips in the Caribbean, American North East, Europe and even Transatlantic trips; year round with Spartan Ocean Racing & Training (https://www.spartanoceanracing.com) Thanks! Chris