Welcome to the LIFE AND TIMES OF LIL CAP

Hi, I’m Emily

When I was 21—newly minted with a college degree and feeling like I hadn’t learned much worth remembering—I bought a little sailboat and set out to see the world.

A woman standing outside a thatched-roof wooden hut on stilts, with trees and greenery in the background.
Silhouette of a Moai statue on Easter Island, against a bright sky with clouds and a partly visible sun.
Three people in yellow raincoats are on a boat off the coast of Easter Island, with a body of water and hills in the background, during daylight.
Two people sleeping on rocky ground on a beach in Papua New Guinea

I wrote a book about the Big Voyage I did in my twenties. Now I’m getting it ready for publishers.

You can sign up for updates about that here.

These days I live aboard a new boat—the lovely EL DORADO, a 1981 Nauticat 33. This winter she’s tied up in Paris.

Come spring, along with a partner, I’ll be in the canals of France filming BLUE ROADS, a television show about the inland waterways of Europe.

My voyages have been featured in a variety of national and international media

NPR logo: Emily Richmond's sailing voyage featured on NPR's All Things Considered
ABC Australia logo: Emily Richmond's radio documentaries aired on ABC
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National Geographic Traveller logo: solo sailor Emily Richmond featured in National Geographic Traveller
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The New York Times logo
PRI The World logo: Emily Richmond's solo sailing voyage featured on PRI's The World

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GET REAL MAIL FROM SEA!

Every month I send letters and postcards from whatever port the boat is in to members around the world.

I call it my FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE CLUB.

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The Ship's Library

Books, films and music that have kept me company at sea.

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