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Webb Chiles // Sailing Legend

Webb Chiles // Sailing Legend

Released Tuesday, 13th January 2015
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Webb Chiles // Sailing Legend

Webb Chiles // Sailing Legend

Webb Chiles // Sailing Legend

Webb Chiles // Sailing Legend

Tuesday, 13th January 2015
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#84. Webb Chiles is a sailing legend.  Andy and he spoke about his sailing philiosophy, what it's like to survive for 26-hours floating in the ocean, rounding the Horn and whether or not religion plays a role in sailing (yep, it's deep). 

You may not have heard too much about Webb, and that's kind of by design. Webb is an artist as much as he is a sailor (read his work at inthepresentsea.com), and he's about as pure as they come in the sailing world. He's been around the world a full five times, and set a myriad of records, including first American to sail solo around Cape Horn, and fastest aorund the world alone, beating Sir Francis Chichester's record in the 1970s (which has of course since been demolished). 

In his 70s now, Webb is about to embark on his sixth circumnaviagation, this time in a 24-foot light-displacement day-racer, which he's been sailing for a while (luxurious compared to his lap of the globe in an 18-foot open yawl).

Want to go ocean sailing with Andy? Book a berth on Sojourner at 59-north.com/events.

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