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Rod Hall
I had long yearned to sail around
the world, inspired by the adventures and achievements of people
like Claude Worth, Joshua Slocum, Eric Hiscock, David
Lewis, Bernard Moitessier and many others. My main inspiration
came from Robin Knox-Johnston, whom I met at the London boat
show when I was 14, after his epic non-stop single handed
circumnavigation.
I have been sailing cruising
yachts for over 25 years, during this time I have owned and
sailed many different yachts and have sailed to more than 50 countries. I am a qualified Ocean
Yachtmaster, having obtained the British Royal Yachting
Association certification in 1993
Bridget Carter
I was as very much into trekking
and mountains until I met Rod who introduced me to sailing.
I decided straight away that I wanted to be an equal partner
with a full share of the responsibilities on board. I have now
been cruising for 14 years and have completed a
circumnavigation. I have become a confident sailor capable of
handling a yacht offshore and I have gained qualifications and
experience in skippering, navigation and yacht management.
I trained in sail lofts to learn
sail repair so that we could be self sufficient in sail
maintenance. I then used this experience to successfully build
and run a sail repair business from on board Peer Gynt II.
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