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Dealtry Pickford, Preparing for the Global Solo Challenge in a Class 40
Season 7 · Episode 232

Dealtry Pickford, Preparing for the Global Solo Challenge in a Class 40

Offshore Sailing and Cruising with Paul Trammell

December 30, 202459m 59s

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Show Notes

Dealtry Pickford is a South African sailor entered in the 2027 Global Solo Challenge, an around-the-world nonstop solo race. HIs background is dinghy racing, and his boat is a class 40.

We talk about sailing a class 40, speed, different points of sail, difficult situations, sailing around South Africa, training for the Global Solo Challenge, the desire to do the race, the Southern Ocean, being alone at sea, staying calm in difficult situations, future cruising plans, the perfect cruising sailboat, saving the wandering albatross, and more.

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