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EXPLORING LATIN AMERICAN COASTS AND RIVERS IN A 21-FOOT YACHT
Steve's approach to minimalist sailing, and the challenges of getting off the grid, should inspire anyone with big adventuring dreams and a small budget.
THE STORY OF ‘SAGAN’
Imagine discovering a log that had just floated down a Tasmanian River in a storm and building an ocean going yacht out of it. Not just any log, but a rare Huon Pine log, felled 40 years earlier from a tree estimated at 1,000 years old.