NEWPORT, R.I. — For men born and raised more than 5,000 miles apart, Charlie Enright and Mark Towill share plenty of common ground.
They made a movie together, sailed together at Brown University and chased funding together for a long-shot project.
Now, the two close friends with the thickly calloused hands that come with years of yanking on ropes and hoisting sails are well on their way to racing around the world together.
It has been a grueling shared journey involving four-hour sleeping shifts, a bacchanalian celebration at the Equator and even a rescue mission.