Join Racing Rockstar Cole Brauer and Cruising Legend Lin Pardey Together on One Stage

Spanning 50 years of sailing, SAIL Magazine presents a one-of-a-kind conversation with Cole Brauer and Lin Pardey.

By SAIL Editors

June 18, 2024

SAIL Magazine and Hanse Yachts are excited to present a unique conversation with Cole Brauer and Lin Pardey during the Annapolis Sailboat Show in October. Encompassing 50 years of sailing, the racing rockstar and cruising legend will explore common threads in their unprecedented careers—the spirit of passagemaking, the impact of self-reliance, and the power of storytelling.

SAIL Editor-in-Chief Wendy Mitman Clarke and Managing Editor Lydia Mullan will moderate the conversation and the Q&A to follow.

When: Friday, Oct. 11, 2024, 4 p.m.
Where: Jack C. Taylor Conference Center,
U.S. Naval Academy, 291 Wood Road, Annapolis, MD

Ticket Information

Early bird event tickets: $50 (Limited Availability)
Regular Pricing: $65
VIP Package: $100 (only 50 available, advance purchase is required). This package includes one event ticket; a special edition copy of the May issue of SAIL featuring Cole, and the October issue featuring an excerpt of Lin’s new book, Passages; and the opportunity immediately after the event to meet Cole and Lin, have your magazines signed and personalized, and get a photo with both.

Tickets at the gate are subject to availability.

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Please see below for important information about access to the USNA and directions to the venue.

Cole Brauer is the first American woman to race a sailboat solo and nonstop around the Globe. Along the way, she amassed half a million followers on Instagram, delighting her audience with cheerful updates from some of the most remote and treacherous waters on the planet. As the youngest and only female sailor in the 2023-24 Global Solo Challenge, she raced a Class40 called First Light and finished second in March 2024. Her story has been featured in SAIL, The New York Times, People Magazine, TODAY, NBC, CNN, PBS, and others.

Lin Pardey literally wrote the book—many books—on cruising, inspiring generations of sailors to embrace the ethos of go small, go simple, go now. Over several decades, she and her late husband, Larry, built two boats—the 24-foot Seraffyn and the 29-foot Taleisin—and sailed both engine-free cutters around the world, including voyaging against the wind around the Great Capes. Lin chronicled their travels in nearly a dozen books that have become cruising bibles, including The Cost Conscious Cruiser, The Self Sufficient Sailor, and Storm Tactics Handbook. After Larry’s passing in 2020, Lin has continued to sail and document her experiences with her current partner, David Haigh, as well as mentor younger cruisers and sailing writers and influencers. Her latest book, Passages: Cape Horn and Beyond, will be published in October.

For the past 34 years, Hanse Yachts has been building boats for fast cruising and easy sailing—yachts that are safe, comfortable, and fully suitable for shorthanded and singlehanded sailing. We are thrilled to sponsor such an amazing event welcoming Lin and Cole to the Annapolis Sailboat Show.

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Event sponsorship opportunities are available. Please contact Eric Dallin for more information.

Event Venue Details

Event attendees must enter the USNA via Gate 1 and present a valid government photo ID (such as a driver’s license) or, if non-citizens, a passport. Bags will be inspected.

Parking on the USNA is not available. If arriving by car, attendees are encouraged to use local parking garages in Annapolis. Ubers may deliver attendees to Gate 1 but are not permitted on USNA property.

From Gate 1 to the Jack C. Taylor Conference Center is a 15- to 20-minute walk through the Academy. See route below and links to print maps.