SAILING WITH A LEGEND

The magic of doublehanded offshore racing is the dynamic and unscripted collaboration and the passage of experience and skills through osmosis.

JONATHAN MCKEE

MY last doublehanded race of the season was the Drheam Cup, a 600-mile adventure starting in Cherbourg, France, and finishing in Brittany. I asked rising British star Will Harris if he would sail with me on the Sunfast 3300 Red Ruby as co-skipper. To my surprise and delight, he agreed. For me, this was like Carlos Alcaraz agreeing to be my doubles tennis partner, a younger (than me) sailor at the top of his game. After racing dinghies in his youth, Harris applied to the Artemis Offshore Academy in England, and spent two years learning to be a shorthanded offshore sailor. He then raced four seasons in the French Figaro circuit, the crucible of mostly younger offshore sailors. It is considered the most competitive shorthanded racing in the world, and…

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Sailing World (Digital) - 1 Issue, Winter 2025

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