Sailing Today

Multihull battle

Winning always makes a race memorable – and setting a new race record has got to help too! But for pro offshore sailor Brian Thompson, who already has many records to his name, super close racing, ideal conditions and being part of a slick well-prepared team were the added ingredients that made this a perfect race...

“It was a fantastic race with the lead changing hands almost at every island,” says Brian. “The most spectacular part was the first evening when we were going up behind Nevis and into to lee of St Kitts

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