Robert Youens is a 71-year-old adventurer and cancer survivor fresh off a record-setting 19-day, 4,800-mile Great Loop adventure aboard his 16-foot jon boat. It was a journey that set the record for both a single-engine and solo-occupant crossing of the Loop. Join us for a wide-ranging and inspiring conversation.
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Chris Dixon is the author of Ghost Wave and The Ocean, The Ultimate Handbook of Nautical Knowledge. His writing has appeared in The New York Times bestseller The Southerner’s Handbook. His writing has also appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Outside, Popular Mechanics and Garden & Gun. He grew up boating, fishing and surfing along the coasts of South Carolina and Georgia, once spent a year working and traveling with Jimmy Buffett and today lives in Charleston with his wife, son and daughter.
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