# Thrill-seeker Ewan McGregor gets ready for daring new TV challenge

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/thrill-seeker-ewan-mcgregor-gets-ready-for-daring-new-tv-challenge/
- Published: 2026-08-11T17:59:28+00:00
- Updated: 2026-08-24T11:12:11+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16045157/Thrill-seeker-Ewan-McGregor-gets-ready-daring-new-TV-challenge.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Americas, Entertainment, TV, UK, World

## Key points

- Ewan McGregor to sail Atlantic from Scotland to Brazil for new documentary
- Actor has been training despite having no sailing experience
- Crew bought a £1 boat after original restoration proved too costly

## Summary

Ewan McGregor has revealed the training he has undergone ahead of a new sailing adventure, in which he and three others will cross the Atlantic from Oban in Scotland to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. The 55-year-old actor, who admits he cannot sail, will join childhood friend and experienced sailor Eric Strickland as captain, along with a producer and cameraman, for a voyage that will be filmed for a documentary called True Wind, made by the team behind his Long Way motorbike series with Charley Boorman.

McGregor said preparations have included a survival course in a wave tank, complete with rough seas, darkness and rain machines, designed to teach the crew to use life rafts and life jackets. The trip was originally planned around restoring a boat Strickland inherited from his father, but after costs proved too high, the team instead bought a 1988 55ft oyster boat for just £1. The four-strong crew, which also includes Long Way producer Dave Alexanian, will set off later this month on the roughly 5,000-mile journey, which will also form the basis of an accompanying book; no broadcaster or streaming platform has yet been announced.

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