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Travel Banter: Sailing Around the Graveyard of the Atlantic
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Travel Banter: Sailing Around the Graveyard of the Atlantic

Our longest passage from Beaufort, NC to Block Island, RI. Gulfstream, fog, and total darkness.
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We sailed from North Carolina and landed in Rhode Island - our longest passage, 600 miles - while sailing the East Coast of the United States. We share with you the episodes from the voyage that we captured while on the way.

From the show:

“…In the ocean, like life, the fastest path to destination sometimes is not a straight line. And if you were to look at our track, you'll notice that we are traveling quite far out, up to 150-200 miles offshore and then coming back… So we're making almost a very shallow triangle..”

Day two always feels long, especially depending on how much you slept or how well you slept. And I definitely got a few great hours of sleep, so I'm not feeling terrible. But I've been bracing my body for hours with the swell…”

“…There was no moon at all, no lights of any cities or towns. So you're sailing in a 50-foot bubble of light you create around the boat and you see nothing outside…It's total and complete isolation…”

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Travel Banter
A podcast about travel, sailing, and adventure. Alex and I banter about what happened on our travels over the last week. We talk about places we visited, curiosities that we have seen, and people who we met along the way. We also invite people to join our chat and tell us about their adventures.