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Bay Area Sailor Returns From Incredible First-Ever Journey Around Americas, Antarctica
Published Oct 23, 2019 at 6:53 PM | Updated at 7:17 PM PDT on Oct 23, 2019
A heady breeze whipped up roiling swells just outside the Golden Gate Bridge as sailor Randall Reeves pointed his 45 aluminum boat Moli toward the famous structure, bringing home his successful quest to become the first sailor to make a solo expedition around the Americas and Antarctica continents in one season. The homecoming took place 380 days after he set out.
Reeves’ radio crackled with congratulations from the dozen sailboats gathered to accompany him back into the bay. The flotilla made a victory lap past Cavallo Point where friends waved from shore, and into the Sausalito Yacht Club where his wife Joanna Bloor waited on the dock along with a crowd of admirers.
“It’s terrifying what he’s done,” Bloor said before his boat touched down. “I couldn’t do it, but I’m glad he did because that’s what life’s about.”
