Kicker: Young sailor makes history

NICK EICHER, HOST: Cole Brauer steered her sailboat to the dock, basking in the cheers, and on the 7th of March became the first American woman to sail solo around the world.

She posted the moment on Instagram.

SOUND: [Celebration]

Brauer was the only woman in the Global Solo Challenge, and—at age 29—the youngest.

She said one day very rough seas knocked her across her boat and cracked one of her ribs, but the five-foot-two sailor saw the whole thing as a radical test of self-sufficiency.

But having passed the test, she told the Today Show the 130-days alone taught her something else:

COLE BRAUER: Over this period of being alone, I’ve actually learned to appreciate the people that I have around me. And I didn’t think that’s what I was going to get out of this.

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