Help Fraser Flight Sail Around the World — One Mile at a Time

Long before he became a professional mariner, his story began on a Friday night in a West Indies bar in the 1950s. His grandfather Ian — then working in the Jamaican oil fields — met the crew of Cariad, a gaff-rigged ketch built in 1896 by Summers & Payne, Southampton. They’d sailed from South Africa on a circumnavigation, and invited Ian to join their global voyage. He immediately said yes, and set sail with Cariad the following Monday.

Their journey took them through the Panama Canal, across the South Pacific, and to Sydney, where they paused for refit and met Queen Elizabeth II on her colonial tour, before returning to Cape Town. Ian later travelled to Rhodesia, where he built a life — and a legacy.

That legacy lives on in Fraser, who is preparing for the Global Solo Challenge: a 26,000-mile, non-stop, solo circumnavigation of the globe under sail. No engine. No assistance. Just wind, water and willpower.

Every £16/$20 you donate funds one mile of this incredible journey.

Fraser is raising £400,000 to purchase and equip the vessel that will be his lifeline. After the race, the boat will be sold, and all proceeds — plus any surplus — will go to directly to charities supporting people and wildlife in Zimbabwe, his home

This is more than a race. It’s a tribute to heritage, a call to adventure, and a mission with real impact.

Be a part of this voyage. Back the dream. Sponsor a mile.

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