{"id":1571,"name":"Helen Fretter","url":"","description":"Helen became Editor of Yachting World in 2021, having joined in 2016 as Deputy and a period as Acting \u00a0Editor. She has also worked as a communications manager and writer for events such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/tag\/vendee-globe\">Vend\u00e9e Globe<\/a>, Barcelona World Race, Round the Island Race, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/tag\/acws\">America\u2019s Cup World Series<\/a>.\r\n\r\nHelen has a background of racing one-design\u00a0keelboats and IRC yachts, and competed for many seasons at Solent events such as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/tag\/cowes-week\">Cowes Week<\/a> and the\u00a0Commodores\u2019 Cup, as well as\u00a0regattas in Cork, Deauville, Cascais, Kiel and the Caribbean.\r\n\r\nBesides planning and commissioning content for Yachting World magazine and\u00a0yachtingworld.com, Helen relishes the opportunity to get stuck into feature and profile writing and has interviewed many of the sport\u2019s most fascinating\u00a0characters.","link":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/author\/helenfretter","slug":"helenfretter","avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/keyassets.timeincuk.net\/inspirewp\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2021\/03\/HF-Mug-BW-1-200x200.jpg","48":"https:\/\/keyassets.timeincuk.net\/inspirewp\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2021\/03\/HF-Mug-BW-1-200x200.jpg","96":"https:\/\/keyassets.timeincuk.net\/inspirewp\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2021\/03\/HF-Mug-BW-1-200x200.jpg"},"meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1571"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users"}]}}