First Light

“I wanted the book to be very much like a an accessibility experiment. And when we look at sailing, we don't see accessibility. We don't see inclusion at all.”

“And I express this in the book that it was like that was a very clear moment to me like oh wow I could do this for the rest of my life”

“I actually with the book I when writing the book and designing I got to actually design how it's um when you open the book like how it reads and the fonts and everything. I specifically picked a font that was easy to read for dyslexics.”

“Um and I got a phone call like maybe two weeks later and um it was from the manager of FK and his name is Jimmy. He's in the book also and he was like so um the brothers are like super interested”

“And I I I dedicated the book to them because uh the dream would have probably still been on the drawing board to this day if it wasn't for them. I mean, they were my guardian angels.”

“Um, and it's actually one of the reasons why the the book is actually named Sailing Solo but Not Alone. Um, first Light, Sailing Solo but Not Alone because like I had FK that put 100% of his trust into me.”

“I think it it's um the story of me uh and the and the fight club, the underground fight club, um was something that kind of flowed out of me really easily and I never thought about putting it in the book, honestly.”

“What I mention in the book is that that moment that happens later in the book with that coach was such a crazy moment because I felt like I had been found out.”

“I think the first two weeks were the hardest uh for sure and I talk about it a little bit in the book about um like purging land and we are so used to being surrounded by people”

“I mean like I I wish that the book had been in volumes because there would have been an entire book 240 pages just dedicated to every mistake that I made on First Light before she was named First Light when she was Dragon.”

“And that's actually the reason why I ended up getting second place because I chose to protect myself. I chose to protect first light um then go for the win which was at this point Phipe I was chasing down Phipe”

“And in the book, I talk to her all the time. And that's true. I would have put more like cameos with her in would have made me look a little a little more crazy.”

“And that's I had so many people come to me and say, "Oh, we want to make a movie." And I said, "No, no, no. We're not going to make a movie yet. We're going to write the book."”

“I think the the last chapter of the book actually touches on that a little bit on how the presentness that you feel offshore, like you get into your routine.”

“Every little bit of knowledge that I've learned from all these different industries is what made the book. It's what made me for who I am.”

“And um it's taken about two years to recover from that loss of relationship. And that's what the book is all about. The book is a love story. Yeah, it's a love affair. It's a it's a it's a romcom.”

“Of course you communicate this in your new book first light. Congratulations. ... And then I read the book and I was like, "Oh, I didn't I didn't really I don't really [laughter] like understand this world at all."”

“First lights, the name of your book, this beloved vessel that you anthropomorphize by calling it mother and teacher and girlfriend and boyfriend, etc. And that really paves the way for everything that follows.”

“Okay, tomorrow the book comes out. You're kind of in promo mode, but as much as you live in the moment and are a uh um tea leaf reader of the clouds, I'm sure you are also planning what's next”