Ordinary people can do extraordinary things.

I learned how to sail in 2020.

Not with a long-term plan or a clear outcome in mind — just a pull toward the offshore horizon that I couldn’t ignore.

The farther I moved from land, the more it felt right. One step led to another, until a question I couldn’t let go of began to form: what happens if I give this everything I have?

In 2025, that question carried me across the Atlantic, solo, in the Mini Transat.

The crossing held some of the most beautiful moments I’ve ever experienced, and some of the hardest. Even with years of preparation, being out there means living with uncertainty.

It demanded boldness — to take something that began as a quiet idea and commit to it without guarantees.

Resilience — to keep going through fatigue, technical problems, setbacks, and an intense learning curve, staying engaged when conditions were far from perfect.

And community — the people whose support, knowledge, and trust made the project possible, even though the race itself was sailed alone.

What comes next is a new challenge: the Transat Café l’Or, double-handed in a Class40 — a bigger, more powerful boat, and another step toward becoming more competitive and giving the best of myself.