On October 3rd, 2017 Jerome Rand set sail from Gloucester, Massachusetts aboard the 32-foot sloop 'Mighty Sparrow' for an incredible non-stop 271-day trip around the world. This podcast is an in-depth conversation with Jerome, and he tells us exactly how he survived the terror of the Southern Ocean, and narrowly escaped total starvation, left with only a small bag of rice 4,000 miles from home.