Sailing Solo Around The World with Ruby Gates

Wild Ideas Worth Living

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🗓️ 26 March 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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At the age of 50, Ruby Gates left her career and home to get on a sailboat for seven months. At the time, she knew nothing about sailing, but the trip changed her life. Now, nine years later, Ruby has decided to go after the wildest idea she's ever had. She's circumnavigating the world by sailboat.

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0:00.0	When you fly into an airport, your entire experience is curated.
0:05.0	Whereas when you're sailing is completely unwritten,
0:08.0	you can drop hook anywhere you want.
0:10.3	And in that freedom, you start to see your weakness, you start to see the edges, and it gives you sort of a playground to grow from.
0:22.0	At the age of 50, Ruby Gates left her career in home to get on a sailboat for seven months.
0:28.0	She knew nothing. I mean nothing about sailing.
0:32.0	But the trip changed her life. Now nine years later
0:35.4	Ruby has decided to go after the wildest idea she's ever had. She's
0:39.8	circumnavigating the world by sailboat.
0:44.0	I'm Shelby Stanger, and this is wild ideas worth living.
0:48.0	An REI co-op studios production brought to you by Capital One.
0:56.0	For the past nine years, Ruby Gates has fully embraced life at sea.
1:00.0	She's sailed all different types of boats, constantly riding with other sailors to learn the ropes of the sport.
1:07.0	A few years ago, Ruby decided to take on solo sailing.
1:11.0	She invested in her own 39 foot sailboat and she discovered the joys of
1:15.2	sailing alone. Ruby has now spent almost a decade at sea and sailing has been the
1:20.7	medicine she needed when her life turned upside down.
1:26.0	Ruby Gates, welcome to Wild Ideas Worth Living.
1:29.0	I'm excited to chat with you.
1:31.0	Well, thank you for having me.
1:32.0	I haven't talked to a woman who's about to circumnavigate the globe on a sailboat
1:36.8	yet, so I want to hear all about this.
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