Nikki Henderson

Offshore sailor Nikki Henderson was the youngest ever Clipper Around the World Race skippers, finishing 2nd with Visit Seattle in the 2017/2018 edition. She has competed in the ARC, Fastnet, and the Race to Alaska. She also skippered the La Vagabonde catamaran to sail environmental activist Greta Thunberg across the Atlantic in 2019.

The Race to Alaska: answering the call of the wild

October 23, 2023

“Nikki, give up the tiller for a second. You gotta see this.” Ev Goussev, co-owner of the yacht Gray Wolf, shoved the binoculars in my hand. “Just there. That beach.…

How to get a multihull ready for bluewater sailing

September 13, 2023

If you’re contemplating buying a multihull for bluewater sailing, be it a new one or a brokerage yacht, what equipment and spec should you be thinking about? The choices you…

Catamaran cruising: everything you really need to know

September 21, 2022

It has become routine now for me to bookend the summer sailing season with a trip to the south of France for the biannual ‘Outremer Week’. This hugely popular event…

Catamaran sailing: expert multihull techniques

February 18, 2022

There has been a huge surge in the sales of performance multihulls and with them a need to know how to handle them particularly when it comes to specific multihull…