EMBRACE THE CHALLENGE
From Sunshine Coast (Australia), Lincoln Dews grew up on the water in a sailing family. He first made his name on a paddleboard: three-time SUP race world champion, course record holder on the Yukon River Quest (715 km), seven-time starter of the Molokai to Oahu (52 km). In 2016, he represented Australia at the ISA World Championships in Fiji.
In 2023, he made the move into professional offshore racing, joining the IMOCA L'Occitane en Provence project alongside Clarisse Crémer. Performance, technical, sailing, he embedded himself across every layer of the programme, logging over 10,000 miles aboard the Verdier design and seeing the campaign through to the 2024 Vendée Globe.
In parallel, he stepped into the maxi world, aboard Magic Carpet and Black Jack, most notably at the 2025 Admiral's Cup — a breadth of experience that sharpened his reading of offshore racing at every scale.
What followed was written in crew mode: a leg of The Ocean Race Europe 2025 with Canada Ocean Racing, then joining Oliver Heer's Embrace The Challenge in 2026 as co-skipper and performance analyst for The Ocean Race Atlantic and the three years ahead.
Alongside all this, Lincoln holds a degree in physics and has trained in data science — a dual skill set he now puts to use in marine instrumentation and weather routing.
| 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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