Journey to date
The Blue Project
Behind Conrad’s ambition to push himself to the extremes that sailing can offer, he also loves to kite-surf, kayak, surf, dive and windsurf. In fact, there are not that many water-sports that Conrad hasn’t tried at some point in his …
La Solitaire du Figaro 2011
After a few years of team sailing on multihulls, Conrad’s return to monohull solo sailing came in 2011 in the Figaro Bénéteau 2 circuit. After securing sponsorship with ‘DMS’, Conrad went about preparing the ex-Cheminées Poujoulat, training hard and completing …
Archipelago Raid
With a near vertical learning curve in the Extreme 40, Conrad selected some great young tornado sailors to sail with and was soon getting the hang of steering the boat. In 2007, Conrad surprised a few by winning the Cowes …
Extreme40 2005/07
Conrad is someone who thrives on a challenge and when the concept of sailing a powerful 40ft catamaran in confined city venues was presented by it’s creator, Olympic silver medallist, Mitch Booth, Conrad knew instantly that it was a formula …
Vendée Globe 2004/5
The result of The Transat didn’t matter, but a top 5 finish in Conrad’s first single-handed Open 60 race was a huge achievement and more importantly, Conrad had qualified for the legendary Vendée Globe. Now the work began. Conrad set …
Transat 2004
Arriving in London, for a quick meeting with one of London’s top sports’ law firms, the work began on negotiating a multi-year contract with the American giant’s head office. At the same time as completing the contract with Motorola, Conrad …
Transat Jacques Vabre 2003
Un-daunted, Conrad got back out into the corporate world and developed a new programme for Motorola’s employees around winning in turbulent times. In return, Motorola agreed to step up their support and sponsored his entry into the Transat Jacque Vabre, …
Route du Rhum 2002
Having achieved his ambition to lead a team around the world, Conrad’s next ambition was to compete in the “Everest” of ocean racing, the non-stop, single-handed round the world race, the Vendee Globe. His first target was the massive trans-Atlantic French …
BT Global Challenge 2000/01
After three years studying Ocean Science and Meteorology at the University of Plymouth, the 26 year old, Conrad applied for a place on Sir Chay Blyth’s BT Global Challenge as a Race Skipper. The selection programme lasted a year with just 12 …
Whitbread Round The World Race 1993/94
At the age of 20 years, Conrad joined the Ukrainian W60 team, Odessa for the Whitbread Round the World Race. An incredible project that had struggled out of the old eastern block during the early 90’s and arrived without funding …
Conrad’s Partners
