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Paul Trammell; The Sun Love Sailing Interview
June 6, 2025 · 1h 32m · 249 views · Mexico
What this video covers
Paul Trammell, a solo sailor and author living aboard a Cartwright 40 built in 1972 in Bocas del Toro, Panama, describes his sailing career, writing output, and path to sobriety in a wide-ranging interview.3:01 Trammell bought his first boat in Tampa Bay in 2015 and sailed it single-handed with minimal experience — first to the Dry Tortugas, then to Miami, then 1,000 miles to St. Augustine.13:08 Subsequent solo passages included a trip to the Bahamas' Ragged Islands and a single-handed voyage to Newfoundland, both documented in sailing narratives he writes in first-person present tense.8:09 He has published 11 books: five sailing nonfiction titles, three novels (including a reggae-band road novel and a thriller), and two books on quitting alcohol without AA — the second, *The Joy of Living Clean and Sober*, adds medical and psychological research to the technique outlined in the first.53:18 Two additional books are co-written with solo circumnavigator Tapio Lettinen, covering Lettinen's 311-day 2018 Golden Globe Race and a subsequent Indian Ocean sinking; a third co-write is in progress.53:18 Trammell attributes his sustained creative output partly to replacing addiction with sailing as his primary source of engagement.20:32
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