This is me

Hi I’m Mara, or actually my name is Helga Marie, but here I just go by Mara. I am a Norwegian ex-athlete currently sailing around the world as captain of Sailing Ripple Effect.

Now, as Sailing Ripple Effect is about to come to an end, I have started to wonder: whats next, what is my next big adventure? That is where the Golden Globe Race comes in to place. It has written Type 2 fun all over it, and if I’m nothing else, I for sure am a type 2 fun kind of girl.

I want to share with you how it’s like prepping for the GGR. How it is living on a sailboat, and honestly living my best life ever. I’ll share the ups, the downs, the silliness, the scary moments, the fun and the struggles. How I try to stay fit and healthy in an ever changing environment, how I every day have to fight to be respected as a female sailor, and how I work my ass of to be the cool aunt. 

I do hope that when people see what I do; they get a little spark that will help them push outside their comfort zones and challenge themselves a bit as well.