The world's literally your oyster on the U.K. builder's 16-month, round-the-world adventure, with stops in the Caribbean, the Galapagos, Tahiti, and a dozen other destinations most sailors only dream about.
An impromptu birthday celebration on a tiny, almost-deserted Fijian island for a stranger is not what you would expect to happen during a round-the-world sailing rally. But it’s one of the most memorable experiences Gakyung Chung has had since she and husband Robert Kirkman set off on the 2024-25 edition of the Oyster World Rally aboard their Oyster 575 named Aurora.
On the island, which has no running water or electricity, the pair met Mua, who moved there to take care of his aging father, a former village chief. After inviting them to dinner, Mua asked if they could pick up his wife with their tender from a neighboring island, where she lives and works at a resort. “Robert baked a cake for her and we had a feast on this incredible beach with people we didn’t know,” Chung says. “Mua’s wife was moved to tears.”
