Alex is an ordinary man who has achieved extraordinary things.
Ben Ainslie MBE
Ben Ainslie is a British sailor and two-times Olympic gold medalist.
Dom Mee
Dom Mee has a successful career in marketing and sales and is a successful international yacht racer with miles of experience and completing a number of extreme expeditions.
Ellen MacArthur
Ellen Macarthur became the fastest woman to sail around the world, it was the culmination of years of hard work and determination.
Paula Reid
As a core crew member of the Global Challenge 2004-5: the ’World’s Toughest Yacht Race’, Paula raced 35,000 miles the ’wrong way’ around the world, competing against 11 other 72’ yachts.
Rona Cant
What sets Rona apart is that she became an explorer and round-the-world yachtswoman later in life by racing a yacht the wrong way round the world, opening a 'thought to be impossible' dog-sled trail inside the Arctic Circle and trekking with bears and cougars on one of the world's toughest trails.
Sam Davies
British yachtswoman Sam Davies has arrived home to a heroes welcome on Saturday after completing the notoriously dangerous Vend£e Globe solo round-the-world yacht race as one of the fastest boats.
Sarah Webb MBE
Sarah Webb MBE has been sailing from the age of seven.
Tracy Edwards MBE
Tracy Edwards won international fame in 1989 as the skipper of the first all female crew to sail around the world in the Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race.