44-foot sailboat through the South Pacific, South Africa, and the Caribbean — that’s the kind of route swap that makes a desk job look hilariously small.
From corporate finance to the open ocean
Travis started in corporate finance right out of university, then moved from spreadsheets to the open ocean. He worked as a deckhand on superyachts before a 10-month global circumnavigation with his father on a 44-foot sailboat took him through the South Pacific, South Africa, and the Caribbean. When global border closures paused the yachting industry, he pivoted into co-founding a real estate investment business in Louisiana, then later sold his shares to fund slow-travel through Latin America with the goal of securing long-term citizenship. His writing leans hard into practical, self-reliant travel: long-term base camps, local immersion, and the kind of logistical messes that become the story instead of the disaster.
Gobble's Take: The best cruising mindset is apparently part spreadsheet, part salt spray, and part refusing to treat life like a package tour.
Source: Affordable Travel
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