Sailor returns to competing after brain injury

Sailor Robin Elsey-Webb is making a return

A sailor from Falmouth who survived a life-threatening brain injury is set to return to offshore racing.

British sailor Robin Elsey-Webb, who is taking on the 2025 RORC season championship, said he wanted people to know that there was "life after brain injury".

His injuries, as a result of the assault while abroad, included multiple severe skull fractures, bleeding on the brain and a broken neck.

He then underwent emergency neurosurgery and spent two weeks in intensive care and a further two weeks as an outpatient being monitored.

This year’s sailing campaign for Robin will see him alongside experienced offshore racer Stuart Sawyer, who has made the project possible by the use of his yacht.

Robin said he was hoping his return to racing would be able to share a message with others affected by brain injury.

He said: "Life is different now, but that doesn't mean it's over.

"I want people to know that there is life after brain injury.

"I am acutely aware of how fortunate I am to still be able to do what I love and hopefully inspire other survivors to push for their goals."

As part of the campaign, Kernow Ocean Racing has supported Headway UK, the brain injury charity that provides services to injury survivors and their families.