South African Jeremy Bagshaw has been sailing since he was a child, and has raced dinghies and offshore, culminating in coming 5th in the 2022 Golden Globe Race.

He has also cruised the Indian Ocean in a steel Dudley Dix 43′, which he built himself, and has sailed the coasts of South Africa and South America, across the Indian Ocean, and the South and North Atlantic.

He is currently building a Lyle Hess-designed Falmouth Cutter 34 in Cape Town with the aim of cruising over the next few years