Author: Tamara Smerling

Over the past three years, Rochi Costa has sailed more than 40,000 nautical miles: first as a cook, then as second mate, then as first mate, until she finally captained her own boat. From regattas on the Río de la Plata to icebergs at the North Pole, she embarked on a nonstop voyage across the world’s most challenging—and icy—seas. She tells us all about it in this fascinating interview.

An Argentinian couple, María Minuto and Sebastián Spigolon, left their lives on land to sail the Caribbean: after a couple of years in San Blas, they ventured out to Baja California and plan—in the future—to reach Polynesia. Today, from the Gulf of Panama in the Pacific, they tell us how this adventure began with their three teenage children.

Theodora Prado was the first woman to complete this traditional race solo, starting in Cape Town, Africa, and finishing in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The iconic Cape to Rio Yacht Race—also known as the South Atlantic Yacht Race—covers between 3,400 and 4,500 nautical miles and began almost fifty years ago to encourage South African sailors to attempt ocean crossings.

Federico Waksman was the first Uruguayan, the first South American, and the seventh non-French sailor to win one of the toughest solo transatlantic races: the 24th Mini Transat in the Series division, in 2023. Last year, he took first place in the Mini Fastnet, alongside Frenchman Benoît Marie, off the Irish coast. Federico shares his experience in this interesting interview.