Theme park rides are child’s play compared with racing aboard 141ft (43m) schooner Columbia under the command of Seth Salzmann. At the helm, however, choreographing trim and tactics, he maneuvers 174 tonnes of steel with the ease of a dinghy in a pond. When competition is under-canvassed in a blow, Captain Seth is sure to crack on more.
The bond between Salzmann and schooners began by happenstance when his family moved to Key West, Fl. His father’s job selling boat trips doubled as a classroom for 13-year-old Seth and younger brother Dylan. Trips to barrier reefs were the subject of reports, while boat skills shaped their future. To help out, Seth washed fishing boats after school until the day 74ft (22.6m) schooner Wolf lured him aboard as crew.
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