EMBRACE THE CHALLENGE
Lincoln Dews is an Australian professional offshore sailor and navigator, and a lifelong waterman. He grew up between surf, sail and paddle on the Queensland coast.
Through surf lifesaving he won the junior Nutri-Grain Ironman, and he raced the Molokai 2 Oahu, the 32-mile open-ocean crossing between the Hawaiian islands, at just 15. He went on to win three paddleboard world championships and finish on the podium at Molokai. In 2022 he set the stand-up paddleboard record on the 715 km Yukon River Quest, beating the previous mark by more than four hours.
Offshore, Lincoln has built a career across the sport’s toughest arenas. He has three podium finishes in the Sydney Hobart and has raced in the Admiral’s Cup. He has also been part of several IMOCA campaigns, including The Ocean Race Europe with Canada Ocean Racing and The Ocean Race Atlantic with Oliver Heer Ocean Racing.
He holds a degree in physics and brings a modern, data-driven approach to the sport, combining analytical thinking with elite sporting performance across navigation, weather routing and performance analysis.
| Course | Rank | Boat | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | The Ocean Race Atlantic | 5th | EMBRACE THE CHALLENGE | 8j 11h 36min 17S |
Launched in August 2018 by Team Charal, the VPLP design initially struggled with her hot-headedness, but gradually the team was able to tame this ultra-powerful trailblazing foiler.
Read moreFollowing The Ocean Race Atlantic, attention shifts to Alicante, the Puerto de Salida (start port) for the around the world race
•••The Embrace the Challenge team issued the following statement overnight after suffering damage to their mainsail during a reefing a manouevre.
•••Life for the crews onboard the six IMOCA boats competing in The Ocean Race Atlantic has gone from hard to harder over the past day.
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