E295 Matt Rutherford is the first sailor to complete a single-handed nonstop voyage around North and South America. And he did it in a 27-foot Albin Vega! Matt’s childhood was a combo of drugs, cults, truancy, and several stints in jail. At 17, his life’s course would change. He bought his first sailboat, sight unseen, on the Internet and learned to sail on the fly. Four years later, he embarked on a single-handed voyage from the US to Europe, West Africa and back across the Atlantic to the Caribbean. Many expeditions later, he has founded The Ocean Research Project, “dedicated to scientific exploration…in pursuit of the knowledge necessary to better understand human-induced stress on the ocean.” He is also the host of Single-handed Sailing podcast.

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