Duggie Gillespie is an Ocean yachtmaster with more than 150,000 sea miles.

He has made 8 transatlantic crossings; sailed twice round the world against prevailing winds and currents including skippering “Spirit of Sark” in the Global Challenge 2004/05.

At the time of writing Duggie was skippering “New York” in the Clipper Round-the-World Race

Duggie runs the Offsore Safety course