A 16-year-old Palo Alto High School student is sailing solo across the Atlantic Ocean right now. ... His sailboat, named Argo, was built in 1976 and restored by a veteran sailmaker Sandy Van Zandt.

The teen’s sailboat, named Argo, isn’t much to look at. “It’s kind of ugly,” James Currier said. ... he met with Van Zandt and learned all about the 90-year-old sailmaker’s beloved boat.