‘With scientists on board, I’m get force-fed fun and helpful knowledge day in and night out’

The big blue is massive. It is so big and deep that our scientists struggle to uncover its secrets. But you and your boat can make a difference, writes citizen science sailor Jon Amtrup

I could spend my life sailing towards the horizon. To save my soul, as solo sailor Bernard Moitessier famously said when he turned the boat around to keep sailing instead of crossing the finish line in the 1968 Golden Globe Race.

I understand Moitessier. The ocean is my getaway place where the noise in my head quiets...