130 | 5 Years of The Mariner Podcast - Now I Need a Little Support From You
About this episode
Chris Stanmore-Major discusses the legacy of his mainsail and seeks support from listeners on Patreon.
Thank you to everyone who’s already signed up to receive a piece of Osprey’s mainsail—the same sail that’s carrying me toward the UK right now. Your $100 pledges at the 'solo' tier on Patreon, are going straight to my beautiful tnew 197 sqm /2150 sqft mainsail that was just finished, that we will be using for the Centenary Fastnet. https://www.patreon.com/themariner/shop/own-piece-of-mainsail-that-would-not-die-1996232 But the sail we’re saying goodbye to is no ordinary sail. It was originally built for Dominique Wavre’s IMOCA 60 'Temenos' in 2000, and it’s done more than 100,000 ocean miles—including two Vendee Globes wth Dominique, two solo transatlantic voyages with me, and the 2024 Newport–Bermuda race. Now, it’s taking on its final challenge: driving Osprey home across the Atlantic, one last time. Out of respect for its legacy, I’m not asking more of it than it can give. I’m reefed down through this last weather system, running a reaching headsail to keep the pace without flogging the main. I want it to finish this journey with dignity. If you’d like to be part of this story—and own a piece of it—you can. I’m cutting the sail into hand-sized 8-by-12-inch pieces to share with…
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