12.17.2012 - By David and Carina Anderson – Sailing Podcast Interviews
Episode 22 of The Sailing Podcast is with Matt Rutherford who solo circumnavigated around the Americas in a 27' Albin Vega designed yacht called St Brendan.
Matt's trip began in Annapolis, Maryland and from there he sailed north through Baffin Bay and into the North West Passage. After successfully transiting the passage he continued on down the west coast of North America, South America and down around Cape Horn. He continued up the East Coasts and back to Annapolis to complete the circumnavigation. Here are a few stats from the trip:
over 27,000 miles
309.9 days sailing
106 gallons of diesel
750lb of dried food
2500lbs total cargo in a 27' yacht
Thanks again matt for spending some time with me letting me know about your trip, your contribution to CRAB and also of the plans that are underway for the ocean research project.
You can find links to all the sites that we discussed in the podcast along with the Show notes at www.thesailingpodcast.com/mattrutherford .
Again, I would like to suggest that if you enjoyed the interview and would like to support the charity that Matt was fundraising for, then visit the CRAB website and make a donation – you can find the links at both www.thesailingpodcast.com and at www.solotheamericas.org