In The Modern Explorer, Bob Arrington celebrates today’s long-distance cruisers as heirs to history’s great adventurers—not chasing fame, but driven by deep curiosity. Aboard boats like Liberdade, these modern mariners embrace uncertainty, adapt with grace, and find meaning in both discovery and challenge. With every course change and weather shift, they map not just the seas—but themselves—proving exploration is alive and well in both charted waters and uncharted minds.