The Ship Report: Racing Around the World, Part 5: the terrifying experience of sailing in hurricane force winds
The Ship Report, Monday, September 28, 2026Today we'll hear more from my interview with Heidi Brown, the Astoria woman who returned this summer from sailing in the Clipper Round the World Race. She spent almost a year at sea on a boat with a crew of about 20 people, going from port to port on separate legs of the race, during which some crew members departed and others joined, but Heidi stayed for the whole journey. Today we'll hear about some of the more dangerous aspects of this kind of experience: namely, sailing in very high winds. It's something most people will never do, and Heidi…
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