Alan Priddy has had a lifetime on the water, starting sailing at the age of just eight. His most recent venture was The Raymarine Lively Lady Project – an around the world voyage in Sir Alec Rose’s classic yacht, Lively Lady. The voyage aimed to make a difference to the lives of young adults with limited opportunities and it’s certainly done that. All the young adults who took part are now in full-time employment or further education and are now working together to plan the next stage of the project, Around and Around, and to mentor another group of young adults.

Prior to The Raymarine Lively Lady Project, Alan became renowned for his record-breaking exploits in powerboats, covering some 200,000 miles at sea, achieving 30 port-to-port records, three transatlantic crossings and a world circumnavigation. Many of these trips have been done for the benefit of charities that help better the lives of others.

To find out more about Alan Priddy and Around and Around, go to www.offshore-expeditions.com

Alan’s Records and Achievements

Official Union Internationale Motonautique (UIM) World Records

30 port-to-port records (as part of 2002 circumnavigation)

2000 Round the British Isles

2000 Gibraltar to Monaco

2001 Transatlantic (New York - Lizard Point - the only recognised route)

this crossing included two more port-to-port records:

- NY to Azores

- Azores to Lizard Point

Other Awards

1996/1997/2002 Golden Puffin for an Outstanding Feat of Endurance

1998 Runner up Yachtsman of the Year

2000/2001/2002 Yamaha Trophy for Outstanding Cruising Achievement

2002 BIOBOA Lifetime Achievement Award

2003 Awarded a Lifetime Achievement for services to Yamaha Marine world-wide

Other crossings/voyages for which no records can be ratified as they are unrecognised routes.

For all of these, boats skippered by Alan have been the first or the fastest (or in many cases both!) to undertake the journey.

1990 Round Scotland

1992 Round Britain

1994 Round Ireland

1996 Crossing of the Bay of Biscay

1997 24 hour Endurance Around the Isle of Wight

1997 Trans-Atlantic, Portsmouth USA – Portsmouth UK

1998 London – Monaco

2000 Cardiff – Monaco

2002 Fastest Transit of the Suez Canal

2003 Fastest Crossing of the North Atlantic by RIB