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Wild Chats with Ben Southall

Wild Chats with Ben Southall

Sailing 4,900 km across Europe in a tiny dinghy with Sandy Mackinnon

Oct 16, 2026 · 1h 4m

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What happens when you set off for a few days in a tiny mirror dinghy… and just keep going? Join Ben Southall and Australian author, teacher and adventurer Sandy Mackinnon for the extraordinary story behind The Unlikely Voyage of Jack de Crow. With no engine and no grand plan, Sandy sailed and rowed from Shropshire, across the English Channel and through Europe’s waterways to the Black Sea! Along the way, he slept aboard his 11-foot boat, patched up holes and relied on the kindness of stranger...