Nick Moloney isn't a man who likes to sit still for very long. When the 36-year-old Australian isn't haring around the world in Ellen MacArthur's boat, he's smashing world records of his own and raising thousands for cancer charities to boot.

To say he's a man with a mission is putting it mildly. He attempts to be the first man to race around the globe in three disciplines: crewed with stops, fastest non-stop and solo non-stop.

Having achieved the first two, he was devastated when, with five thousand miles remaining and after 80 days alone at sea, Nick's yacht lost its keel and he was out of the race which would have seen him achieve his goal and sail into the record books.

When we caught up with him during a break in France (read break as 'investigating a little mountaineering option') he was undecided as to whether he'll reattempt his hat trick by entering into 2008's Vendee Globe (a non stop solo sail around the world).

Nick, it wasn't that long ago that you came out of the 2004/2005 Vendee Globe after 80 days alone at sea. Are you taking it easy?.
I can't really stay indoors very long, so I'm kind of surfing and windsurfing. Oh and I'm looking into some possible mountaineering expeditions for the future. The Vendee in 2008 is an option but I'm not sure if I want to put myself through all that stress and months of planning again. I think I do but I'm not 100% sure.

Having to pull out of Vendee at the eleventh hour was a crushing blow for you. You've had your fair share of near misses and disasters too (in 1999 Nick thought he was 'dead for sure' when he was caught under his boat and dragged along for miles). Did you ever think of packing the whole thing in?
Definitely. When I came back I was totally devastated for one thing, and had also began to question whether I'd lost my nerve. It was terrifying. Everything I do is connected to the ocean. As a child it was my playground. On my first major mission afterwards, there was a storm brewing, I was petrified and was sure I was going to pay the price. In my heart I thought I was going to die. But at some point during that race, a switch flicked and I fought my way through that storm for five days. Coaching a Paralympics team also showed me how lucky I was and helped me fight my way back.

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