Trevor Robertson

Despite being one of the most extraordinary sailors of our times having covered well over 400,000 miles, much of it singlehanded, Trevor Robertson remains relatively unknown even in the sailing world. In 2019 and approaching 70 he decided to replace “Iron Bark II” with a GRP yacht which would require less maintenance. He decided on an Alajuela 38, a long-keel double-ender, and found a 1977-built example in Florida which he sailed down to Carriacou to spend two years preparing her for serious passage making. For Trevor “serious passage making” meant a crossing from the Caribbean direct to Ireland, during which “Iron Bark III” snapped her tiller while lying to a drogue in a force 10 gale east of Bermuda.