| Synopsis |
Sir Chay will be telling us of his adventures rowing the Atlantic; on being the first person ever to sail round the world against the prevailing winds and sea, single-handed; about his experiences racing trimarans, including capsizing a trimaran off Cape Horn. He will also talk about the creation of the Challenge Business - an opportunity for ordinary people to be able to race round the world following his route even if they have had no previous sailing experience - and the Atlantic Rowing Races and, to cap it all, about being the skipper on board both of the Virgin Atlantic speed attempts to break the record. |
| Profile |
Sir Charles Blyth, CBE, BEM (born 14 May 1940), is universally known as Chay Blyth. He is a Scottish yachtsman and rower who, in 1968 and with no sailing experience, competed in the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race aboard a 30ft yacht called Dytiscus, retiring just past the Cape of Good Hope. In 1971 he became the first person to sail non-stop westwards around the world on a 59-foot boat called British Steel. In 1973, Chay skippered a crew of paratroopers in the yacht Great Britain II, which took line honours in the Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race, and in 1978 won the Round Britain Race in the yacht Great Britain IV.
He was co-skipper with Richard Branson on Virgin Atlantic Challenger I and Virgin Atlantic Challenger II in 1985 and 1986 respectively, before founding the Challenge Business to organise the 1992/1993 British Steel Challenge in 1989. This event allowed ordinary people to sail around the world in a professionally organised race. The British Steel Challenge was followed by two successive BT Global Challenge races in 1996/7 and 2000/2001
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chay_Blyth
|
| Email a friend |
Friends Email address
Your Name
Your Email address
Message
|
