The calm before the storm
After yesterday's dramatic experience aboard Imerys when the spinnaker halyard failed at high speeds, breaking the sail free and washing under the boat, Phil [...]
May 2016
NEWSFLASH – High winds force spinnaker to fail and wash into the North Atlantic
18:00 on 04.05.16 Phil reports on the incident "the spinnaker halyard failed with the boat at high speed and the whole spinnaker fell into [...]
Phil takes the lead in The Transat bakerly
At 14:30 yesterday the Royal Navy frigate HMS Kent fired the starter's gun for The Transat bakerly, the oldest solo transatlantic race formed in 1960. [...]
April 2016
Phil’s island roots jump on board to back the Energy Challenge
With just four days to go until the start of The Transat bakerly race to New York, Phil Sharp and the Energy Challenge team are [...]
Phil Announces Title Partner for the Energy Challenge
The Energy Challenge are delighted to announce a Title Partnership with Imerys, world leader in the mineral-based specialties for industry, who will be supporting Phil [...]
Sharp takes on the North Atlantic alone
“one man, one boat, the ocean” It's been 10 years since Sharp raced to victory in his last solo transatlantic, the Route du Rhum. Now, [...]