Slowly, my brain let me in on the fact that I had just come this close to dying.

It seems like people my age are over-protected today, even to the point where a lot of parents refuse to put their kids in the position to make important decisions, to aspire to great things, because they don't want to put them in a position to fail.

In that moment it dawned on me that everything has to line up perfectly for something to turn out this awful.

The open ocean often takes you past your physical limits and when it does, sailing becomes a mental game.

One day that same year, I told my dad that someday, I would sail around the world alone.

I am twelve thousand miles wiser, twelve thousand miles more resilient, and I have twelve thousand miles more faith in God.

Going up the mast is one of the most dangerous things you can do as a solo sailor.