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Meet the Woman Determined to Be the First Trans Person to Sail Around the World

Later this year, Sabreena Lachlainn will set out, completely alone, in a 34-foot sailboat.

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Men and women have lost their lives on senseless quests into the unknown—frozen to death on the steps of Mount Everest, or drowned by a storm in the ancient Indian Ocean. Yet modern man is pathetically moored to expectations in our daily lives, to family, to company, to country. Sometimes these conventions defy our true nature, becoming intolerable.

This fall, under the moniker God's Wind 2017, Sabreena Lachlainn will set out in a 34-foot sailboat, to be carried around the world entirely alone, without stopping. Her interest in sailing began when she was a child, and has lasted throughout her life, but for many years she felt held back by her circumstances, uncertain if she has what it takes to sail. "Through the years I was just telling myself, that's not true; you're the only one stopping you from doing this," Lachlainn said.

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