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What were watching Surf’s up Few people outside the surfing world have heard of Nazaré, a Portuguese village on the North Atlantic. The town is not

Thirty years ago, Nelson Simon accepted an invitation to help sail a ship from Brooklyn to Bermuda, despite having little sailing experience.

On today’s show, we are joined by author and survivor, Nelson Simon. Nelson joins us to discuss his new book, “Soul of the Hurricane: The Perfect Storm and an Accidental Sailor”. In 1991, Nelson and the rest of the crew of the Anna Kristina were caught in what became famously known as “The Perfect Storm”. Nelson recalls for us the trauma of this near-death experience, as well as his path to recalibrating himself after the incident.