EXPLORING LATIN AMERICAN COASTS AND RIVERS IN A 21-FOOT YACHT
Some of you will know of David Hows “Ocean Sailing Podcast” Its part of a bigger organisation called “Ocean Sailing Expeditions” which provides crewing opportunities on board big boats in New Zealand and Australia. But occasionally David covers the important stuff…Wooden Boat adventures! As in Episode 113 of his Podcast series!
Ginny met Steve at a wooden boat festival in the 1990's when he was selling his book, “Three Years in a 12-Foot Boat”. She thought something like, “The crazy things people do!” Fast forward to 2022 and Stephen Ladd (who married Ginny) shares an amazing story of the 5-years they spent exploring the coasts and inland rivers of South America in a 21-foot yacht and gave birth to a baby during their travels. They sailed from Florida to South America following coasts and islands, then they got into the big river systems down there. Using those rivers they went up and over a big hump called the Guyana Massif, which is the highland between the Orinoco and Amazon watersheds. 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.
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