Classic Boat

The chemistry of sailing

Two months ago German Sophia Haefner was a biologist with limited sailing experience. Now she’s crew on Mariquita. She shares her journey:

“I’m not at all from a boating background. Two months ago I was a biologist in Copenhagen. We’re not talking about a marine biologist or anything related to the sea. I was an indoor biologist – cell culture,

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