SPONSORS / SUPPORTERS / THANKS

Marlow Ropes
Race Partner / Brand Ambassador Role

Many thanks to Marlow Ropes who have given me the opportunity to represent them as their Brand Ambassador in the Clipper Round the World Race 2025-26.

In addition to providing a factory tour and some guidance on splicing some of our lines, Marlow have also provided equipment to capture content along the way and a Musto HPX Drysuit to keep me warm and safe on some of the rougher legs!

Thanks for all the support!

Équipement de Vie
Technical sailing deck shoes

Thanks to Nat Lemieux and the team at Équipement de Vie who have provided some new technical deck shoes for my Clipper Race adventure and other sailing

Fenix Light UK
Headtorches

Thanks to Fenix Light UK, who provided a discount on a new headtorch for
multi-discipline use

Musto
Technical Clothing

Thanks to Musto, who in addition to providing our core race kit as Clipper Ventures’ Technical Clothing Partner, provide a significant discount on other technical clothing to my family and friends

Charity Fundraising

I will be raising money for three charities while on the race: UNICEF, CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably) and Children’s Cancer Charities.

Details can be found here at JustGiving:

https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/theunfinishedjourney-clipperrace2025

Individual Sponsorhip / Race Crew Supporter

At the moment, I’m fully self funding the Clipper Race, with a budget of c. £80-85k … of which the race fees alone are c. £55k …

Needless to say … that’s a fair amount of my liquid savings! If I receive more than £40k in Individual Sponsorship Contributions (roughly half my cost) the excess will be allocated to charity.

There are specific ways that would help me with my journey …

Mileage or Individual Legs

*c. 40,000 NM covered, over 8 legs and 11 months*

Sponsor a mile, or a hundred?: I’ll cover about 40,000 NM over 11 months at sea … if I could get £1 sponsorship per mile and I’ve hit my personal target and cap on sponsorship with the excess going to charity!

Individual Leg Sponsorship

Probably more suited to corporate sponsors, you could sponsor an individual leg … across 8 legs my fees are c. £52k or roughly £6.5k per leg.

Perhaps your company has a specific affiliation to a location on the leg, like Cape Town, South Africa or Sydney, Australia … ?

For large corporate sponsorships, I might also be able to arrange boat tours in Gosport in the UK during the summer and can offer speaking engagements etc (if you actually want to hear me waffle on about ocean racing …)

The legs for single sponsorship are:

Leg 1: The Atlantic Trade Winds (UK to South America)
- [NO SPONSOR YET]
Leg 2: The South Atlantic Challenge (South America to South Africa)
- [NO SPONSOR YET]
Leg 3: The Roaring Forties (South Africa to West Coast Australia)
- [NO SPONSOR YET]
Leg 4: Australian Coast-to-Coast (West Coast Australia to East Coast Australia)
- [NO SPONSOR YET]
Leg 5: The Asia-Pacific Challenge (East Coast Australia to South China)
- [NO SPONSOR YET]
Leg 6: The Might North Pacific (South China to West Coast USA)
- [NO SPONSOR YET]
Leg 7: Americas Coast-to-Coast (West Coast USA to East Coast USA)
- [NO SPONSOR YET]
Leg 8: The Atlantic Homecoming (East USA to UK)
- [NO SPONSOR YET]

Storage

Storage: Current cost is about £200 a month and I have about 18 months or £3,600 to cover in my current plan …
- Individual sponsors at £200 a specific month …
  - [NO SPONSORS YET]

Dry Suit

Dry suit: For circumnavigators, and those on Leg 3: The Roaring Forties and Leg 6: The Mighty North Pacific a dry suit is highly recommended.
- Sponsor: Marlow Ropes
  - Many thank to Marlow for providing a drysuit to keep me safe, dray and warm during rougher conditions!

Sleeping Bag

*Keeping warm and dry … and trying to sleep at a 45 degree incline …*

Sleeping Bag: The best bag on the market for ocean sailing is the Cape Wild Ocean Sleepwear Volvo Ocean Race but at c. £450 it’s not cheap …
- Keeping me warm and dry at night would be greatly appreciated!
- 2 sponsors at £200 …
- Sponsor 1: Max K
  - Thanks to Max for providing his lightly used Volvo Ocean Race bag at a significant discount just in time for Leg 3!
- Sponsor 2: [NO SPONSOR YET]

Training

*We all look too happy .. maybe because it’s calm on the water …*

Training: Compulsory training Levels 1 to 4 costs about £4,000 or roughly £1,000 a level
- Sponsor a level if you can or max 2 sponsors a level at £500 …
- Level 1: Crewing Skills – Welcome Aboard!
  - [NO SPONSORS YET]
- Level 2: Offshore sailing and life on board – Living at sea!
  - [NO SPONSORS YET]
- Level 3: Asymmetric Spinnaker Training and Racing Techniques – Spinnakers and Speed!
  - [NO SPONSORS YET]
- Level 4: Team Tactics and Offshore Fleet Racing – Remember, it’s a race!
  - [NO SPONSORS YET]

Insurance

Insurance: We’re still waiting on the policy details but this is estimated at around £4-500 a leg, or close to £4k overall … not a surprise …
- 8 sponsors at £400
  - [NO SPONSORS YET]

Race Clothing Package

*A crew in full kit does look very smart …*

Race Clothing Package: Official Race Crew kit is included in my training package fees, but valued at c. £2,400 RRP …
- It can’t be branded, but if you wish to make a contribution it will be greatly appreciated …
- 6 sponsors at £400 …
  - [NO SPONSORS YET]

General Kit

General Kit: Other kit has probably cost me in excess of £2,500 … 2
- 25 sponsors at £100?
  - [NO SPONSORS YET]

If you wish to make a specific direct sponsorship contribution, I will record this against the item (unless you ask me not to).

If any companies are interested in providing individual sponsorship contributions …. or sponsoring a leg … please get in touch! Any financial support is going to be appreciated!

jt@theunfinishedjourney.com