When Phil Haydon and co-skipper Joe Cooper crossed the finish line of the double-handed leg of the Bermuda 1-2 on June 22nd, they also completed a successful chapter in the Sail For Epilepsy program.
Author: Lauren Zike
Home Stretch
Phil and Coop aboard Cepheus are approximately 145 nautical miles from the finish line in Newport, RI! They are flying the A3 and making between 7 – 8 kts.
A Sporty Start
Phil Haydon with co-skipper Joe Cooper aboard Cepheus began their 635 nautical mile sail from Bermuda to Newport, RI today, crossing the start line with their class at 11:10am ET.
St. George’s Rotary Club of Bermuda
On June 14th, Phil was invited to be the guest speaker at the St. George’s Rotary Club of Bermuda weekly meeting.
Welcome Aboard, Virtual Shipmates!
This spring, we invited people with epilepsy to join our crew as Virtual Shipmates by participating in our One More Step Challenge. We asked, “Are […]
Richie Shane
Richie Shane started having seizures soon after he finished college. After over 3000 seizures and unsuccessfully trying to control them through medication, he underwent 2 […]
Trudy Robinson, sailor
Like many others, I was not born with epilepsy. I had my first seizure when I was 17 during my senior year of high school. […]
Rosalind Picard, M.I.T. and Empatica
Rosalind (Roz) Picard is a Professor in the Media Lab at M.I.T. and has a long history of developing technologies to help society. In this interview, Roz […]
Amber Freed, SLC6A1 Connect
Amber Freed, founder of SLC6A1 Connect, provides messages of hope in our first Voices For Epilepsy interview and encourages everyone not to give up. In […]
Tufts Researchers Receive NIH Grant to Research Alzheimer’s Disease
In Phil’s role as a scientist, he heads an active research laboratory that studies neurological conditions, including epilepsy and Alzheimer’s disease. In April 2020 he […]