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Friday, September 8 • 3:45pm - 4:45pm
Solo Around the Americas!

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Once labeled a “youth-at-risk,” Matt Rutherford risks it all in a death-defying attempt to be the first person to sail alone and nonstop around North and South America. Professional sailors called him crazy and declared the journey “a suicide mission.” Braving the icebergs of the Arctic and the stormy seas of Cape Horn is no easy feat for any sailor.

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Matt Rutherford

MATTHEW RUTHERFORD needs no introduction. In 2012 he became the first and only person to sail solo, nonstop around north and south American in an Albin Vega sloop. He's twice soloed the Atlantic, and recently crossed the Pacific in a prototype Harbor 29 day sailor from California... Read More →


Friday September 8, 2017 3:45pm - 4:45pm PDT
Adventure Stage Maritime West