High school senior sails 1,800 miles alone, dedicates journey to grandma with Parkinson’s

WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, N.C. (WECT) – Taking a ride out to his sailboat Sparrow, anchored at Wrightsville Beach, is something 18-year-old Finn Bell has done hundreds of times.

“This is my second home, this is the home I like a little more,” said Bell.

But for the first time, Bell made it his only home when he set sail for a 1,800-mile voyage across the East Coast to Newport, Rhode Island, at the end of June…

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