Travel the hard way: Seniors in round-the-world race

Four sailors in their 60s are competing in a solo round-the-world yacht race, starting from Les Sables d’Olonne France this Sunday. They are the oldest of 29 sailors competing this year.

Few sailors succeed in completing the circuit; injuries, exhaustion, snapped masts and other dangers are plentiful, but the seniors are undaunted.

The oldest, Rich Wilson, 66, is an MIT-educated professor, who has signed up thousands of schools to follow his journey via podcasts he’ll be posting on his sitesalive.com website.

For more information and interview at TheLocal.fr, click HERE

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