Celebration with flares during solo sailing circumnavigation record for Trimaran MACIF, skipper Francois Gabart

© Yvan Zedda / ALeA / Macif Celebrating the start to a fresh year of challenges and triumphs
The changing of years is often a time for quiet reflection and thought, especially for sailors living in the now-frigid and dark Northern Hemisphere, where the thoughts of sails filling with warm breeze and of racecourse cannons are still months away.