Falanda Sailing

 After spending 8 weeks onboard the lovely falanda as I completed my circumnavigation of Britain last summer, I only fell more in love with solo sailing, and the excitement and chaos that comes with it. So much so that I am now planning on sailing solo across the Atlantic, although this time not aboard Falanda, and not quite so alone! The Mini Transat is a solo transatlantic race, which I hope to take part in, in 2025. For the race I will need to buy a mini 6.50, a little 21 foot racing boat, that is smaller, lighter and perhaps slightly faster than Falanda. Only problem is, the minis are part of a very special class, so are of course, highly expensive. At 14 years old, 50k is a very large sum of money to find, and with limited time until the qualifying races, I am realising that in order to do the necessary training and racing, I will need to be buying a boat sooner rather than later.  I have briefly written up my plan of action in the attached page, which basically is to just get out