Sailing competitively is tough. There are very little reward for the very hard work involved, and variables out of the athlete’s control can influence drastically the outcome of a race. To perform consistently in this scenario sailors have to learn how to control their inner state and avoid that their own mind gets in the…
Explore the psychology of offshore stress and the panic threshold at sea. Learn 7 actionable strategies to build mental resilience, manage crew dynamics, and maintain cognitive focus during high-tension ocean navigation.
There is a special boat afloat on the ocean. As it often happens to boats, she was created following the dream of a young man. But this boat somehow differs from the others, because even if she was born out of one man’s dream, she soon became a dream open to everybody, especially to those…
Webb Chiles is an American sailor, 5 times circumnavigator and author of seven books. He had throughout his life reached impressive sailing achievements but also, as a writer, he confronted the reader with the fascination of his peculiar human experience, or as his website states he goes “to the edges of the human experience and…
