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  • There’s nothing swell about them

    I don’t know who named them swells. There’s nothing swell about them. They should have named them awfuls.

    Hugo Vihlen

    Listen to Sven’s interview on the Travel Grit podcast

    April 22, 2026
  • The Stormy Passage of Father’s Day

    The Stormy Voyage of Father's Day book cover showing Hugo Vihlen in his small red sailboat Father's Day
    The Stormy Voyage of Father’s Day: Solo across the North Atlantic in the Smallest Sailboat Ever by Hugo Vihlen with Joanne Kimberlin

    Listen to Hugo’ Vihlen’s extraordinary story here on the Travel Grit podcast.

    January 22, 2026

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