(BBC) – When keen sailor Robin Webb was brutally attacked on the Caribbean island of Antigua, his injuries were consistent with being dropped from a three-storey building. His new fiancé, Liz, faced an agonising decision over how to transport him to hospital for major surgery, as Robin’s life hung in the balance.
After an astonishing recovery, the ordeal has given Robin a new outlook on life – and he hopes to conquer the world’s most challenging yacht race: the Vendée Globe.
Robin and Liz tell their life-changing story to Dr Sian Williams. Robin grew up in Falmouth and started sailing when he was just seven years old. He fell in love with the independence it gave him: “It’s you, the ocean and then nothing else.” CONTINUE