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What It's Like To Sail Solo Across the Atlantic Ocean (at Age 16)
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Last year, Cal Currier decided to try to sail across the Atlantic Ocean from Massachusetts to Portugal, alone. But he was only 16--and he didn't know how to sail! With a lot of dedication and determination, and a refusal to take "no" for an answer, Cal overcame every obstacle (including convincing his initially-reluctant mother); and in late June 2022, he set out solo, into the Atlantic Ocean, heading east. The trip wasn't as "exciting" as Cal had hoped, but he did encounter 20-foot waves and potentially deadly jellyfish, and he had to endure day after day of solitude and 90-minute sleep cycles. Along the way, Cal learned that he was setting a world record, as the youngest person ever to solo sail west to east across the Atlantic. But that was never his motivation. Hear Cal's remarkable perspective--and who he says the real heroes are of this remarkable journey.
In this episode:
- Days and nights flowing into each other on the ocean (01:35)
- Why do it when it wasn't "fun"? (04:12)
- What Cal did for entertainment on the boat (05:36)
- How he dealt with sleep deprivation (09:30)
- What he ate at sea (14:35)
- How this idea came became reality (15:45)
- Technology's role in this adventure (18:41)
- Unknowingly setting a world record (21:24)
- How Cal's parents felt about this journey (22:22)
- Characteristics that may make Cal a good candidate for this adventure (24:40)
- Landing in Lagos, Portugal (29:21)
- Reflections on life and the "real heroes" of the journey (30:35)
- What's on the horizon for Cal (32:25)
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Last year, Cal Currier decided to try to sail across the Atlantic Ocean from Massachusetts to Portugal, alone. But he was only 16--and he didn't know how to sail! With a lot of dedication and determination, and a refusal to take "no" for an answer, Cal overcame every obstacle (including convincing his initially-reluctant mother); and in late June 2022, he set out solo, into the Atlantic Ocean, heading east. The trip wasn't as "exciting" as Cal had hoped, but he did encounter 20-foot waves and potentially deadly jellyfish, and he had to endure day after day of solitude and 90-minute sleep cycles. Along the way, Cal learned that he was setting a world record, as the youngest person ever to solo sail west to east across the Atlantic. But that was never his motivation. Hear Cal's remarkable perspective--and who he says the real heroes are of this remarkable journey.
In this episode:
- Days and nights flowing into each other on the ocean (01:35)
- Why do it when it wasn't "fun"? (04:12)
- What Cal did for entertainment on the boat (05:36)
- How he dealt with sleep deprivation (09:30)
- What he ate at sea (14:35)
- How this idea came became reality (15:45)
- Technology's role in this adventure (18:41)
- Unknowingly setting a world record (21:24)
- How Cal's parents felt about this journey (22:22)
- Characteristics that may make Cal a good candidate for this adventure (24:40)
- Landing in Lagos, Portugal (29:21)
- Reflections on life and the "real heroes" of the journey (30:35)
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