Dear Jesters, A new sailing season is almost upon us, and in less than three months we could see the biggest Jester fleet of all time setting sail for the Jester Baltimore Challenge 2023. This is a great tribute to the strength and popularity of the concept, and to the vision of Ewen in driving … Continue reading Jester Helm Newsletter, April 2023 →

Dear Jesters,This is just a short newsletter, mainly to confirm the basics for the Jester Baltimore Challenge 2023, for which we already have nearly 50 skippers on the provisional starters’ list. The start date, with starts from Plymouth and Pwllheli, will be Sunday 18th June 2023. The start time will be midday, as usual. Fuller … Continue reading Jester Helm Newsletter, December 2022 →

Dear Jesters, past, present and future, As most of you will no doubt know, this year’s Jester Challenge was the first in which none of the entrants completed the voyage to Newport. This was not for want of trying or excellent seamanship on the part of every skipper. Conditions were exceptionally demanding and eventually took … Continue reading Jester Helm Newsletter, September 2022 →

Dear Jester, Firstly, many thanks to all those who completed our insurance questionnaire. This yielded some interesting and useful results that we hope may help us in reversing what seems to be a deteriorating climate for singlehanded insurance. We will be following up on this in the coming months, once the 2022 Jester Challenge has … Continue reading Jester Helm Newsletter, May 2022 →

Dear Jesters Welcome to 2022! It will soon be sixteen years since the first Jester Challenge got under way in 2006, and despite the difficulties of the last couple of years, all of the twelve Challenges planned during that period have been successfully completed. This is a great vindication of Ewen’s vision and tenacity. This … Continue reading Jester Helm Newsletter, Jan 2022 →