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  • A Small Boat Keeps the World Big

    A small boat keeps the world big and I have always tried to keep the world as big as it possibly can be.

    That’s my aim, not a big boat with which you circle the world as quickly as you can.


    Thies Matzen / Wanderer III

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    May 25, 2026
  • Webb Chiles Cape Horn: Fifty Years Since His Stormy Solo Transit

    Webb Chiles Cape Horn: Fifty Years Since His Stormy Solo Transit

    It was blowing Force 12 off Cape Horn fifty years ago today. I know because I was there.

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    December 12, 2025

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