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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eO6kBGQCe2g&feature=youtu.be My name is Justin Edelman and I am a filmmaker who grew up sailing. I never imagined I would get the opportunity to combine these two passions when I went to school for film. The typical route for most filmmakers is to move to LA or NYC where you slowly work your way up; I didn’t go the typical route. Over the years I have worked on weddings, corporate films, documentaries, web-series and short narratives, but always looked for ways to share stories from the sailing world. I often work with “Animus Studios” based out of Rhode Island, who typically do corporate films. They were contacted by the Abu Dhabi team to do some coverage and profile videos during the 2014-2015 Volvo Ocean Race (VOR) in-port races in Newport Rhode Island. Animus was very aware of my experience on sailboats and typically hired me for my specialty camera work. During the in-port races that year I met Matt Knighton, the Onboard Reporter (OBR) for Abu Dhabi. We did a profile video on him and suddenly the stars aligned and I knew this was my calling in life. Watch it here. In 2016 the VOR was accepting applications for Onboard Reporters for the next around the world race. I worked with San Diego Yacht Club to build on my portfolio of sailing content and applied to the VOR. To my delight I made it into the top 30 out of 10k applicants. After about a year of hard work they flew me to Portugal for a 24 hour test sail with the VOR. My session with the VOR was a success, but there were still a lot of questions as to whether I would receive one of the OBR spots on the race. Meanwhile I had another opportunity arise that...