The Ocean Race Summit Newport gathered over 680 registered participants from around the world to develop and share solutions to restore ocean health. An engaging and diverse group of international experts, youth leaders and change makers came together in the 3rd summit to tackle the challenges facing our ocean, and to develop and share solutions that promote the restoration of ocean health.
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Tracy Edwards was the skipper of the all-female entry Maiden in the 1989/1990 edition of the Whitbread Round the World Race. She was just 24 years old! Tracy and her crew broke barriers, and proved so many people wrong in the male-dominated sport. They weren’t even expected to finish the first leg, but they did just that, and went on to win both southern ocean legs too.
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Renowned filmmaker Craig Foster, forged a special bond with a wild octopus, one of the most intelligent creatures on the planet. My Octopus Teacher has achieved international acclaim for the beautifully filmed love affair between Craig and this female octopus. If you haven’t seen My Octopus Teacher yet, watch it on Netflix now. It will change you.
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While living on the island of Mauritius (and eating far too many baguettes a l’Ancienne with delicious French cheese), I decided to start yoga to to stay fit and healthy, and to relieve the stress that comes with running a busy media business. The Wellness Festival Mauritius came up soon after, and offered me a truly transformative experience.
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Jeff Ayliffe caught up with the formidable Tina Plattner prior to the start of the Odzala Discovery Camps 52 SUPER SERIES event in Cape Town. There’s so much more to Tina than meets the eye, with her passion for sailing, horses, people, life and learning.
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Mark Mills, designer of the sporty Cape 31, has done it again! The Mark Mills MD75 Karma, built by Maxi Dolphin has been voted the Best Sailing Yacht at The International Yacht & Aviation Awards 2020 held in Capri, Italy.
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South African born Mike Horn is a world renowned adventure and explorer. As a child he always had a fascination for the unknown. His hobby is preserving the planet. He climbs the highest mountains and crosses the widest seas as he pursues it. But what makes an adventurer like him tick?
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Travel photography is a skill. To really show a place, its culture and its people the photographer needs to capture the true essence of that place without making it look too stylised and contrived. Conde Nast Traveller has searched Instagram for some of the best travel photographers around. And these are the people they are following right now—from food photographers and architecture lovers to magazine veterans— these photographers break up our feeds with unexpected and wholly transportive doses of travel inspiration.
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Mangroves are disappearing at an alarming rate, with conservationists across the globe striving to save them from local extinction. Despite their ecological and economic value, mangroves are perishing at least three to five times faster than overall global forests. Half of the world’s mangroves have already been lost over the last 50 years due to human activity such as coastal development and pollution. In a webinar organised by the Commonwealth Secretariat to mark World Mangrove Day, scientists and policy experts discussed how to “unlock” the wealth of mangroves, by regenerating these extraordinary ecosystems.
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Have you ever wondered what it must be like to be an onboard reporter (OBR) in The Ocean Race? Offwatch chats to James Blake about his experience as a floating OBR for the teams, and what it takes to have the responsibility of documenting an ocean race that circumvents the world. James explains the challenges of building relationships with the sailors especially when moving between teams, maintaining objectivity in every situation – good or bad – and how to do the best storytelling in extreme conditions.
