EP#325 Round the World With @KirstenNeuschaferGGR
18 mars 2025 · 1h 19m · 1K vues
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Jerome Rand interviews Kirsten Neuschafer, winner of the 2022 Golden Globe Race, in a conversation between two solo circumnavigators comparing their experiences sailing around the world through the Southern Ocean.0:12 Neuschafer raced on a Cape George 36, while Rand sailed his own solo nonstop circumnavigation aboard Into Oblivion starting in 2017. Both discuss rounding Cape Horn — Neuschafer notes the official definition requires a passage of at least 3,000 nautical miles from 50°S in one ocean to 50°S in the other — and the psychological demands of extended solo passages.6:01 Neuschafer describes getting stuck in the doldrums for nearly two weeks on her final leg while leading the race, fighting the urge to abandon and sail to Brazil, and ultimately deciding to hold course when the wind returned.45:47 She details her mental strategy: breaking the voyage into milestones rewarded with small treats, and repeating "there will be an end to it" during uncomfortable stretches.40:58 Both sailors compare the doldrums experience under sail versus motoring through on a delivery catamaran.53:40 The GGR's September 4th start from the Bay of Biscay, storm routing at the outset, and the social media requirements imposed on race entrants also come up.19:38 Rand describes hiding a beer in the forepeak for 8,000 miles to drink at Cape Horn in 28-degree temperatures.37:49
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