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Nicholas Coghlan and his wife Jenny have sailed 70,000 miles offshore in two successive 27ft sailboats Tarka the Otter and Bosun Bird. Their adventures include a circumnavigation of the world and a year in Patagonia. Nicholas is the author of Winter in Fireland and is a frequent contributor to Sailing Today magazine. Nicholas was the first Canadian Ambassador to South Sudan; both he and Jenny hold Canada’s Meritorious Service Cross for evacuating Canadian citizens from Juba, South Sudan in 2013.
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