Sails of Change and The Quest for The Jules Verne Trophy
July 6, 2023
“Vous parlez Français?” An elderly man was addressing me over breakfast at an inn in the French seaside village of La Trinite-Sur-Mer. “No, désolé, just
“Vous parlez Français?” An elderly man was addressing me over breakfast at an inn in the French seaside village of La Trinite-Sur-Mer. “No, désolé, just
With high aspirations to break the record for fastest global circumnavigation, the Sails of Change team has one final hurdle before it can get sailing:
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