First Light

First Light: Cole Brauer's Life Lessons From Racing Her Sailboat Around The World

The Rich Roll Podcast, 29 October 2026. The author is the guest. The book comes up at 3 min 42 sec in.

Cole Brauer, the author, discusses her memoir with host Rich Roll on the eve of its publication. She describes it as an accessibility experiment aimed at opening the exclusive world of sailing to broader audiences, including transparent discussion of costs. She designed the font to be dyslexia-friendly and wrote the book twice—first in anger, then more authentically. The subtitle reflects the team support that sustained her solo circumnavigation, and she dedicates the book to her sponsors, the Day brothers.

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