The Offshore Academy

The Offshore Academy is Britain’s only centre of excellence for solo and shorthanded offshore sailing, it's goal is to support talented sailors in providing a platform to develop skills and experience to compete in short-handed offshore classes.

To do this the Offshore Academy brings together commercial partners and its experience in campaign management to enable sailors to compete in world-class events such as the Double Handed Offshore World Championship and Class Figaro Bénéteau circuit, ultimately aiming to put sailors on the path to compete at the Olympic Games, in professional yacht races such as The Ocean Race and the ‘Everest of Sailing’ the Vendée Globe solo round-the-world race a 24,000nm non-stop marathon.

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Pursuing Main Partner

The Offshore Academy continues to seek a Main Partner to benefit from the true opportunities of offshore sailing and support the UK’s only Academy for short-handed sailing. Please get in touch to discuss your ideas and requirements.

Le nouveau Jeanneau Sun Fast 3300, le 23 avril 2019, Pohto © Jean-Marie Liot / Jeanneau

New Double Handed Pairing Heading Offshore

With the introduction of a double handed, mixed offshore world championship to the annual sailing calendar and an offshore medal on the roster for the Paris 2024 Olympics, British sailors Hannah Diamond and Henry Bomby have joined forces to race together in 2019, laying down strong foundations for a full Olympic campaign. Although the prospect…

The Offshore Academy is GREAT….

The Offshore Academy, Britain’s only centre of excellence for single and shorthanded yacht racing has been recognised by the international GREAT Britain campaign (which operates in 144 markets) for its expertise in providing pathways to professional sailing. Joining the campaign under the ‘Sport is GREAT’ message The Offshore Academy will sit alongside other British…

Leg 4 – The End

| Hugh Brayshaw Finally getting to the last leg of the Solitaire du Figaro is an exhausting achievement, and it is often the most painful leg of them all. But it is also the most rewarding and satisfying feeling to cross that finish line and complete it all. We had just one nights rest after the…

Leg 3 – Fighting past Finisterre

| Hugh Brayshaw After the frighteningly fast Biscay crossing in Leg 2 our trip back to France was frustratingly slow, testing my mental toughness over four days and 440 miles. The forecast for this leg was to be entirely into a very light wind with a huge high pressure dominating the race course. Another leg…

Leg 2 – Surfing to Spain

| Hugh Brayshaw After the success of leg 1, I was running on a high throughout the stopover in Saint-Briuec, lots of positive messages online and compliments from the other skippers. It wasn’t the best stopover for me regards sleeping, unfortunately. When I finish a leg I like to eat, shower and then sleep for…

Leg 1 – My hard fought top ten.

| Hugh Brayshaw The result is the highlight of my solo sailing career to date. Seventh place, not first or anywhere near the podium but the seventh skipper to cross the finish line. And it felt amazing, the grin on my face was painful and I was glad we finished at night so no one could…