Fraser Flight

I am a Zimbabwean-born life-long sailor with a long-held dream to become the first Zimbabwean to Sail Solo, unassisted and non-stop around the world!

As a child I grew up on a tobacco farm near a small town in landlocked Zimbabwe, hundreds of miles from the ocean but despite humble beginnings I have been sailing since before I could walk starting on the small farm dam, progressing to competitive international dinghy racing as a child to ocean racing as a young adult and now, having worked professionally in the maritime industry for 10 years I have attained a Master of Yachts <3000GT license which in itself speaks for my experience. In my life I have traversed over 80,000 nautical miles under both motor and sail, crossed the Atlantic 15 times and sailed in the roaring forties in the Southern Ocean. I have sailed and skippered everything from dinghies to 60-foot custom racing yachts and served as an officer on some of the world’s most prestigious motor yachts.

I now want to combine my lifelong dream with my lifetime of experience on the water into becoming the first Zimbabwean to accomplish sailing’s biggest challenge of endurance and self-reliance, one that only 194 people in history have ever achieved (as of 2024). To this end I have entered the 2027/28 Global Solo Challenge which will allow me to attempt the circumnavigation under the watchful eyes of experienced sailors the world over.

Although the voyage is a personal one, I intend to use the elevated platform it will give me to champion and support two charities that are close to my heart.