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Watch the film that chronicles Matt Rutherford's remarkable journey from a troubled youth to a record-setting sailor. Learn how he overcame childhood challenges, braved the Arctic and Cape Horn, and became the first person to sail alone and nonstop around North and South America.
Matthew Rutherford (born 1980) is a sailor, best known for his 2011 solo circumnavigation of the Americas in a 27-foot Albin Vega designed sloop called the St. Brendan. [1] [2] Circumnavigating the Americas. Rutherford set off from Annapolis, Maryland on 13 June 2011, sailing north from the Chesapeake Bay. [1]
Matt Rutherford (USA) sailed the 8.2-m-long (27-ft) Albin Vega sailboat St Brendan single-handedly on a non-stop 43,576-km (27,077-mile) circumnavigation of North and South America starting on 13 June 2011 at Annapolis City Dock in Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, USA, and finishing back where he started 310 days later on 18 April 2012.
Jun 28, 2012 · Matt Rutherford was already a tested trans-Atlantic single-hander before he became the first solo sailor to circumnavigate North America and South America non-stop via the Northwest Passage.
- Jack Sherwood
In 2011, Matt Rutherford set out to become the first person to ever sail around the Americas. He had a 40-year old, 27-foot long sailboat - the St. Brendan. As this was a solo voyage, he was alone.
May 9, 2012 · On June 11, 2011, Matt Rutherford set sail from Annapolis, Md., on an epic voyage. He traveled down the Chesapeake Bay, up the East Coast, then through the Northwest Passage,...
Matt Rutherford is a sailor and explorer who has circumnavigated the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, and conducted research on plastic pollution in the Pacific and Arctic. Read his blogs, watch his videos, and listen to his podcasts about his adventures and discoveries.
