#412: Ben and Jade Couturier recently completed the Northwest Passage on their Navy 44 Caprivi. They bought the boat in 2016, looking to make it their traveling home. Ben and Jade took Caprivi through an impressive rebuild while living aboard and working in the Florida Keys. In June 2022, they set sail, and have covered a lot of distance since. In May 2023, they left Antigua and aimed the bow north, quietly planning to sail to Alaska via the Northwest Passage. Emma caught up with Jade and Ben just a week after they arrived in Seward, Alaska. They're now part of a group of just under 400 boats reported to have completed this voyage.
In this episode, we talk about the paths that led Ben and Jade to each other, to Caprivi, and to this voyage. We touch on their past adventures: Ben sailing across the Pacific, a delivery through the Indian Ocean, their motorcycle trip from South Africa to England. And we discuss their preparation for this trip, navigating ice and fog, the politics of sailing this far north in a fiberglass boat, and what it was actually like traveling through the high latitudes in their boat.
Follow along on the adventure!
Blog: https://sailingcaprivi.com/
Tracker link: https://forecast.predictwind.com/tracking/display/SV-caprivi/
Instagram: @withcaprivi
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