At public school I spent my off hours on the water whenever possible. This led to a year on the 186′ square rigged ship HMS Rose on which I sailed for a year. Despite my eyesight preventing me from getting a professional sailing qualification, I pursued a Bachelors Degree in Maritime Studies at what’s now Solent University.
In 2010 I took a punt: I moved to Weymouth in Dorset in hope I could crack the sailing journalism market. Via Boating Times Long Island, I made it happen and ended up the busiest journalist at the 2012 Paralympic Games.
Since then, I have worked with a variety of private clients for their websites.
Have a look through my sailing writing portfolio below for some highlights of what I have done.
Over 2019 have produced a number of landing pages for this international yacht charter brokers.
See Procida in Italy and Fethiye in Turkey as examples.
Here’s a blog I wrote – Solo Circumnavigation – How To Master The Art Of Sailing Alone
I also produced an e-book: Guide to sailing qualifications around the world. Download here
In 2012 I was a very busy journalist at the Paralympics and Olympics sailing events. Here’s a feature I did on US Paralympian Paul Callahan for this WI based US sailing magazine download the PDF for this here – True Grit
2012 – Sailing Towards Olympic Dreams – the piece that would start my entire Olympics writing campaign by putting me on the press boat for the US Eliot Olympic trials
Heat waves – how they are forecasted. Another stand out feature with the magazine I ended up writing for for over 5 years
Over several years I have helped this midsized Greek yacht charter company with landing page copy and blogs.
See our e-book, Kavas Yachting – Sailing Guide.From the basics we take the yacht charter client up to extreme circumstances such as a holed hull and running aground.
Also, Buying a secondhand boat– the ins and outs of this difficult yet rewarding job!
In 2012, living in Weymouth, England, I was working with this top international elite yachting title. See London’s Collective Spirit– the 2012 Cultural Olympiad went afloat as an example
Get in Touch
Let’s get to work! Drop me a line at freelance@richardshrubb.com