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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
  • Sven Yrvind: Jail to Sail – Birth of a Sailing Legend | Travel Grit Podcast

    Sven Yrvind: Jail to Sail – Birth of a Sailing Legend | Travel Grit Podcast

    Sven Yrvind was beaten by his teachers, locked up for desertion and learned the value of books from a psychopath. Then he built a boat in his mother’s basement and sailed into legend.

    Click on the player to listen to Sven’s story.

    Also on Travel Grit: Hugo Vihlen crossed the Atlantic in the smallest boat ever to make the crossing. Hear his story.

    Transcript
    April 12, 2026
  • Sven Yrvind: Jail to Sail – Birth of a Sailing Legend | Travel Grit Podcast Transcript

    Sven Yrvind was beaten by his teachers, locked up for desertion and learned the value of books from a psychopath. Then he built a boat in his mother’s basement and sailed into legend.

    Listen to the Sven tell his legendary story here.

    Also on Travel Grit: Hugo Vihlen crossed the Atlantic in the smallest boat ever to make the crossing. Hear his story.

    Transcript
    February 25, 2026
  • Sea G Rhydr: 5,000 Miles on a $1 Horse | Travel Grit Podcast Transcript

    Long Rider Sea G Rhydr bought a horse for a dollar. Then she rode him 5,000 miles across America.

    Listen to the Travel Grit podcast episode here.

    Transcript
    February 24, 2026

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