Skip to main content

Recreational Boating April Guest Speaker – Shane Freeman

Wednesday, 22nd March 2017

Our next Guest Speaker evening is Wednesday 5 April 2017 ….Our Speaker will be Shane Freeman

shane freeman

Shane set out in mid December to sail solo to the U.K.  After 18 months of preparation, his aim was to get his Trade Winds 35 Mushka to Falmouth in the UK, where he arranged to compete in a non-stop around world race in 2018.

With nearly 6,000 Southern Ocean miles behind him and Cape Horn in sight, Shane’s quest suddenly concluded on February 18 when Mushka was knocked down and dismasted by a rogue wave.  The journey was over.

With insight and homour, Shane joins us in April to tell us about his 70 day solo journey, the challenges he faced and lessons learned from what he describes as an

“Adventure like no Other”

Read More