Alex Blackwell
Alex Blackwell is a sailing journalist, author, and editor. He frequently writes about sailing technology and sailing adventures, contributing to several magazines, websites and e-zines, including his own, Coastalboating.net.
Going out to sea has always had a certain level of risk attached to it. When a boat breaks down and starts to drift out towards America or worse towards a rocky shore, help has not always been close to…
Mayo Sailing Club Upgrades Weather Station for More Accurate Forecasting on Wild Atlantic Way
12th October 2018 Weather
What is the number one topic of conversation in Ireland? We all know the answer: It’s the weather. We also know that the forecasts we hear on the radio or see on the telly are, shall we say, not always…
Solo Sailor Joan Mulloy To Tell of Figaro Experience at Mayo Sailing Club
27th September 2018 Solo Sailing
Joan Mulloy will be at Mayo Sailing Club Friday, the 5th October at 7 pm to give a presentation about her recent experience in the single-handed endurance Solitaire du Figaro race, her other sailing and her ambition to go all…
#ThisGirlCan has become a rallying cry for Joan Mulloy’s supporters in the Figaro Race writes Alex Blackwell in Galicia. After suffering a failed main halyard just before the start, which could have meant the end of the leg 2 for her…
