Channel hopping

Jazz Turner reflects on her recent record-setting around Britain voyage and her decision to turn down a hospice bed and ‘get out into the English Channel and turn right’

HAVING BEEN GIVEN JUST MONTHS TO LIVE, JAZZ TURNER SAILED A SOLO CIRCUMNAVIGATION AROUND BRITAIN. SHE TALKS TO HELEN FRETTER

Channel hopping

None of us plans to be caught in a gale, but if it happens then both the boat and the crew must cope. Jake Kavanagh speaks to Jester Challenge skippers and asks how they get ready for stormy weather

I’d learnt that a health condition would blight my future, but I was still determined to make waves.

The sun is shining, there is a consistent breeze from the southeast, and I hear the distinct flapping sound of a boat tacking through the wind. Popping up on deck I suddenly realise that I am surround