This week im having a chat with Matt Rutherford. A solo sailor who holds the title of being the first person to single handed non stop circumnavigate the continent of America. Rounding the infamous Cape Horn in the Southern Ocean and dodging icebergs of the North West passage in Arctic. In recent years Matt had developed an expedition project working with scientists, nasa and other private and government entities researching the tie caps and mapping new parts of the ocean in the northern latitudes. If you want to join Matt on some of these research expeditions to the arctic you can be a passenger on his 70 ft steel research vessel, check out oceanresearchproject.org and if you want to watch the documentary about his epic journey around the americas, go to YouTube and search for red dot on the ocean If you want to to support the podcast and view the full video versions of each episode visit the ocean cruisers Patreon site and follow us on instagram and Facebook to keep up to date with the guests aswell as tuning in to watch some of our own experiences as we start to get our boat ready to start our circumnavigation. My wife hiba will be documenting some of our travels and ill be sharing footage of the refit of our boat which a Jeanneau 54ds. If you want to support the podcast and view the full video versions of each episode visit the ocean cruisers Patreon. https://linktr.ee/OceanCruisersPodcast Energetic Rock | Hiking Free Music by Efficsounds & Alex-Productions | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx0_... https://www.efficsounds.co.uk Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...