Best Jon Amtrup Podcasts (2024)

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Heather Thomas // MAIDEN Skipper & OGR Winner 1:13:21

2d ago1:13:21

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Skipper Heather Thomas recently won the inaugural Ocean Globe Race aboard the iconic yacht MAIDEN. The crew made history again by becoming the first all-female crew to win a round-the-world race! At 27, Heather was the youngest skipper in this race and one of two female skippers. Emma and Heather talked about leadership, confidence, navigation and …

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Kristoffer Appelquist // 'Över Atlanten' TV Show 1:14:31

8d ago1:14:31

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Comedian Kristoffer Appelquist returns to the podcast to talk about his first trans-Atlantic passage with the Swedish reality TV show 'Över Atlanten.' Now in it's 6th season, the show — which puts celebrities onboard a big Swan with Whitbread skipper Gunnar Kranz for an Atlantic crossing — has become a huge hit. Kristoffer, Mia and I talk about how…

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August Sandberg // ISBJØRN Refit 1:17:29

6d ago1:17:29

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August Sandberg is the owner and skipper of our beloved Swan 48 ISBJØRN, which has sailed over 60,000 miles since the beginning of 59º North. August lives outside Bergen, Norway, where the boat is now based, and recently finished overseeing a second major refit, which we had done at Vindö Marin on the west coast of Sweden on the famed boatbuilding …

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Podcast 150: Lars Leine - Sytalaust liv i Karibia 57:58

7d ago57:58

57:58

I 2022 to Lars Marius Leine en prøvetur over Atlanterhavet med et vennepar. Det ble det podcast av. Året etter kastet han loss med familien på fire for å ta den samme turen i sin 52 foter Talita Kumi. Som en god sunnmøring kaller kan livet i varmen for sytalaust - det betyr at alt er helt perfekt, og en har ingenting å klage over. Nå begynner det å…

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Suzanne Heywood // Wavewalker: Breaking Free 1:06:18

13d ago1:06:18

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Suzanne Heywood was raised on a sailboat. What started as a three year circumnavigation with her family turned into a decade of living aboard, sailing, and struggling to get an education. Suzanne's book, 'Wavewalker,' tells the story of that voyage. In this episode, Emma and Suzanne talk about 'Wavewalker,' Suzanne's relationship to sailing now, an…

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Alex Laline // Clipper Round The World Skipper 1:12:30

18d ago1:12:30

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Alex Laline is a lifelong sailor and one of our full-time staff at 59º North. Growing up in a multinational family, he sailed dinghies as a kid in the UK, Spain and Indonesia, then got inspired to sail around the world when he saw an ad for the Clipper Round the World Race. As a teenager he saved all his money and joined Clipper as a paying crewmem…

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Lutz Kohne // Golden Globe Manager turned Racer 1:10:57

1M ago1:10:57

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Sailing was never a part of Lutz Kohne’s life growing up — it hit him square in the face as an adult, and completely changed his trajectory. He has since worked as a professional skipper, as Race Director for the OGR and the GGR, and he is now preparing to set sail himself, around the world, solo, retro and unassisted as a participant in the Golden…

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Podcast 149: Free Spirit in the North 59:57

1M ago59:57

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Jasmine, Joanna, and Guy Clegg sold their farm on the south coast of England and replaced it with a beautiful Koopmans 39. Now they are sailing full-time, and spreading knowledge and inspiration thorugh Jasmine's YouTube channel Sailing Free Spirit. They have explored the Hebrides, Faroes, and are now in Norway after arriving well above the Arctic …

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Henry Mickel & Bayley Richardson // Sailing REVELRY Home to Oz 1:12:50

1M ago1:12:50

1:12:50

Henry Mickle & Bayley Richardson are self-described "Mates from the Land Down Under", cruising around the world in an old Beneteau. These two twenty-something friends made a pact, worked their asses off, saved their money, bought a boat and are living the dream — figuring it out as they go, but with knowledge and experience earned from working prof…

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Jojo Pickering // From the Sea to the Theatre & Back Again 57:39

2M ago57:39

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Jojo Pickering grew up with sailing as a central part of her life, vagabonding on the high seas with her family and sailing from Africa to the UK. As she got older, she spent more time ashore, starting a traveling theatre company with her husband and kids and bouncing around the UK, France and Spain. But the sea called her back — she recently compl…

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Liz Wardley // A Sailor Smashing Records in the Worlds Toughest Row 1:02:37

2M ago1:02:37

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Sailor, kitesurfer, and paddler Liz Wardley returns to the show to talk with Emma about her record-breaking row across the Atlantic. She completed the World's Toughest Row at the end of January after 44 days at sea. She beat the previous record by 15 days. Liz has competed many times in The Ocean Race and was last on the podcast in 2019 when she wa…

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Capt. Jennifer Kaye // Schooner WOODWIND & Trans-Atlantic on FALKEN 1:04:08

2M ago1:04:08

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Capt. Jen of Schooner WOODWIND returns to the podcast after having just sailed with Andy aboard FALKEN on the 2,100 mile passage across the Atlantic! Jen and Andy reflect on Jen's first big ocean crossing and what it was like to leave the wintry Chesapeake Bay for tropical Tradewind sailing. They also talk about challenges of running a small busine…

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Podcast 148: Ella goes round the North pole 35:25

3M ago35:25

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Ella Hibbert (27) is very busy these days. She is working hard to get her Yeva, a steel Bruce Roberts 38 ketch, ready for a grueling solo, non-stop circumnavigation of the Arctic circle this year. This is how she describes her solo circumnavigation of the North Pole: "She will be sailing from Haslar Marina, in the Solent, up the East coast of Engla…

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Podcast 147: Erik på vikingfestival i storm 49:55

3M ago49:55

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Erik Aanderaa fant et ørlite værvindu over Nordsjøen i februar og rakk frem til Up Helly Aa festivalen på Shetland med bare noen minutters margin. Returen til Norge ble langt mer hårete enn han egentlig ønsket med vind over 50 knop og bølger han heldigvis aldri så hvor høye var i nattemørket. Vi diskuterer vær, meldinger, sikkerhet og råskapen i en…

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Emily Caruso // Pro Sailor & Empathetic Leader 1:06:06

3M ago1:06:06

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Emily Caruso has spent 18 years and counting as a professional sailor, though only first learning about the sport in her late 20s. Growing up in the countryside in England, Emily had an epiphany one day during a weekend sailing excursion and hasn't looked back since. Andy & Emily sat down in person onboard FALKEN in Cape Verde to talk about her car…

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Podcast 146: Veronica Skotnes om bok og rasering av kysten 34:17

4M ago34:17

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Veronica Skotnes seiler og bor på Finnmarkskysten i sin 42 fots ketch Villekulla. I likhet med mange andre har hun blitt opprørt av hvordan serien Oppsynsmannen på NRK viser hvordan vi ødelegger naturen bit for bit. Kommune for kommune. Spesielt da hun så hvordan en av hennes mange "hemmelige" ankringsplasser på Helgelandskysten hadde blitt rasert …

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Jens Joachim Hiorth // Tall Ship Captain 1:05:54

3M ago1:05:54

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Jens Joachim Hiorth is the Captain of the Statsraad Lehmkuhl, the largest and oldest tall ship in Norway. The ship recently completed a circumnaivation around the great capes. August joined the Captain onboard the ship for a conversation on the particulars of running such a large ship on the high seas. Website: https://lehmkuhl.no -- If you liked t…

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Bill Strassberg // The Viking Route 1:18:23

3M ago1:18:23

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Bill Strassberg literally wrote the book on the Viking Route, authoring the latest edition of the Cruising Club of America's guide to the far northern route across the Atlantic. Andy first got in touch with Bill when researching FALKEN's Greenland passage last summer and caught up with him late last year for the podcast. We talked about Bill's cust…

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Podcast145: Next level expedition sailing 54:37

4M ago54:37

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James «Jim» Dobie was a skipper in the Clipper Round The World Race. Now he is about to launch Expedition Zero which is fossil-free expedition boats ready for adventure. The launch is in the upcoming Boot Dusseldorf, but he took the time to talk to us about his venture and the future of electric propulsion and sailing. The first electric expedition…

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Cosima Franchini // Yacht Captain & Business Owner 1:06:11

4M ago1:06:11

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Cosima grew up on the Puget Sound where her family nurtured a love of sailing and old classic boats. In college she worked on tall ships in the PNW but eventually she landed on the east coast where she found a community of friends who worked on private classic yachts. She spent her twenties pursuing positions and racing aboard big rig schooners and…

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Matt Steverson // The Duracell Project 1:00:37

4M ago1:00:37

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Ben Doerr sat down with Matt from The Duracell Project YouTube channel. Matt and his wife Janni are refitting Mike Plant's famous Open 60 "Duracell" into a comfortable cruising boat. Sitting in the cockpit of Duracell outside of Port Townsend, Matt and Ben discuss Matt's cruising and boatbuilding past and the many challenges of building the boat an…

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Capt. Jan Miles Returns // PRIDE OF BALTIMORE II 1:18:42

4M ago1:18:42

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Captain Jan Miles returns to the podcast! Andy first sat down with Jan onboard Maryland's flagship PRIDE OF BALTIMORE II tallship way back in 2015 for a fascinating interview tracing Jan's career at sea. We return to the Captain's Cabin onboard PRIDE for this second, meandering chat about seamanship, life on tallships, the leadership structure on t…

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Elliot Rappaport // Reading the Glass 1:17:58

4M ago1:17:58

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Elliot Rappaport has been a captain of sailing ships for the past three decades. He currently is a faculty member at Maine Maritime Academy, where he lives nearby with his wife and their dog. Elliot also sailed as a captain for many miles with Sea Education Association, an organization that offers shipboard programs in ocean science and leadership …

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Mats Grimsæth // Explorer and Photographer 1:12:25

5M ago1:12:25

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Mats Grimsæth is a professional skipper, photographer and lecturer. He’s the youngest person to ever skipper a boat around the island of Spitsbergen on Svalbard, which is where he first met August. He has a great passion for the sea and for his fellow human beings. Having had a difficult time in his teenage years, he’s now using his considerable en…

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Wendy Mitman Clarke // SAIL Magazine Editor 59:42

5M ago59:42

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Wendy Mitman Clarke is the editor-in-chief at SAIL magazine and a long-time cruiser herself. I work with Wendy regularly as a columnist for SAIL, but had never actually sat down to talk about her own background. I caught up with her at the Annapolis Sailboat Show in October, and from the Captain's Cabin onboard the Pride of Baltimore II, we discuss…

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Podcast 144: Ragnar Kvams sjøreise i nord 37:28

5M ago37:28

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Ragnar Kvam Jr har seilt på flere hav enn de fleste av oss. De siste årene har han funnet gleden av seile på hjemlige kyster og nå har det blitt bok av hans seilas langs norskekysten i nord. Boken En sjøreise i nord får det til å rykke i vinsjehånden, og ønsket om å sette seil nordover (igjen) vokser seg stadig større etter hvert som en leser. Boke…

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Andy, Mia, Adam & Alex // FALKEN Season 1 Debrief 1:00:28

5M ago1:00:28

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Last week Mia, Bosun Adam Browne and Chief Mate Alex Laline and I sat down in the salon of FALKEN to reflect on what's been a busy, stressful and ultimately successful first season on our newly refit Farr 65. We've truly come a long way since one year ago this time, when we were scrambling to get the boat out of the shed, sea-trialled and out of th…

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Podcast 142: Vinterseiling i nord 48:41

6M ago48:41

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Inge Jørstad dro på 14 dagers seiltur ut fra Tromsø til yttersia av Senja og Vesterålen i slutten oktober og begynnelsen av november. Sammen med kompisen Andreas Enevold og hunden Frøya seilte de under nordlys, gjennom kuling og ising og ble tatt godt i mot på noen av Nord-Norges vakreste havner. Vi tok en prat om hvordan få mest mulig ut av vinter…

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Paul & Sheryl Shard // Distant Shores & the OG YouTubers 1:08:27

6M ago1:08:27

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Paul & Sheryl Shard of Distant Shores are truly the OG YouTubers, having filmed and produced videos of their sailing adventures for over 25 years. I met up with them in person at the Annapolis Sailboat Show a few weeks ago to talk about their transition from broadcast TV to YouTube and if that's changed their process. We also talked a lot about the…

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Podcast 141: Oppfinneren Erik Alfred på klimaseilas 45:49

6M ago45:49

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Erik Alfred Tesaker er mest kjent som oppfinner, TV-vert, forfatter og vinner av Farmen i 2020. Nå har han også blitt seiler etter han kjøpte en vakker Vindø 40 tidligere i år. En drøm har gått i oppfyllelse. Men han har også et mål ut over det å bare seile. Han har lagt ut på en klimaseilas langs kysten. Han mener vi trenger en endring slik at vi …

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Jake Beattie // Everyday Heroes and the Race to Alaska 53:02

6M ago53:02

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In Jake Beattie’s words, the Race to Alaska "celebrates and illuminates life’s everyday heroes". Jake is one of those people. Aside from creating and organizing the Race to Alaska, he is also the executive director of the Northwest Maritime Center located in Port Townsend, Washington: a non-profit organization whose mission is to connect people to …

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Podcast 140: Sailing Thindra gjennom Nordvestpassasjen 1:01:03

7M ago1:01:03

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Johanna Brämersson og Sigurd Tengs har kommet seg gjennom Nordvestpassasjen i sin Ansö 42, og nå er det på vei sørover mot San Fransisco. Vi tok en prat med paret, som er på en hittil 9000 nautiske mil lang bryllupsreise, om Grønland, Nordvestpassasjen og ferden videre. Du kan også lytte til den forrige episoden med dem: Mot Nordvestpassasjen på br…

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Jade & Ben // Sailing the Northwest Passage 1:37:44

6M ago1:37:44

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Ben and Jade Couturier recently completed the Northwest Passage on their Navy 44 Caprivi. They bought the boat in 2016, looking to make it their traveling home. Ben and Jade took Caprivi through an impressive rebuild while living aboard and working in the Florida Keys. In June 2022, they set sail, and have covered a lot of distance since. In May 20…

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Matt Rutherford // Greenland, Grass & Groundings 1:11:36

7M ago1:11:36

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#411: If you’ve been around this podcast for awhile, Matt Rutherford won’t be a stranger to you. Famous for being the first person to sail solo & non-stop around the Americas, he’s now the operator/co-director of the non-profit organization, OCEAN RESEARCH PROJECT, and has his own, amazing podcast called SINGLE-HANDED SAILING. Andy met up with Matt…

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Mark Sinclair // Retro Racing around the World 1:23:30

7M ago1:23:30

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Mark Sinclair has sailed the seas his entire life, both professionally and as a hobby. He served for 20 years in the Royal Australian Navy, commanding three ships and navigating four, at the time when celestial was still the primary means of offshore navigation. He participated in both the 2018 and the 2022 Golden Globe Races on his Lello 34 COCONU…

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Andy & Mia // The Evolution of 59º North 1:02:02

7M ago1:02:02

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Andy & Mia sit down to talk about the past 5-6 years of 59º North and how it's evolved from a "lifestyle" business to an "actual" business, with investors, lots of staff and high stakes! They talk about the rollercoaster of emotions, the stress, the joys and the future (which is exciting—make sure to listen to the end!) -- If you liked this convers…

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Evgeniy “Ev” Goussev // Stowaway Escape from the USSR 1:33:15

8M ago1:33:15

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Evgeniy “Ev” Goussev was born in the far east of Russia, where he began sailing at the age of five, and was soon competing in a variety of classes while having a grand adventure on the sea with his father and friends. As the Soviet Union began to deteriorate and in-fighting became dangerous, his father decided to sail away, unsure if his eldest son…

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Peter Bruce // What Kind of Sailor Authors 'Heavy Weather Sailing' 56:51

8M ago56:51

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Peter Bruce is both a sailor and a writer of sailing. He most famously wrote the last four editions of the world-famous book HEAVY WEATHER SAILING having taken over from the original author Adlard Coles. A life-time of achievements on the water qualify him to write with such esteemed authority. He has represented Britain on seven occasions, won the…

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Podcast 139: Tamara sailing to the ice 42:28

8M ago42:28

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Tamara Klink (26) is a young Brazilian sailor on a cold and lonely mission. She is currently on the west coast of Greenland looking for a place to overwinter with her boat. She already has a wealth of experience from the sea. Her father Amyr Klink, solo around Antarctica and one overwintering on the same continent, regularly took her kids on sailin…

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Podcast 138: Stina seiler med mening 35:21

8M ago35:21

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Mens Stina Isabel AP Nordine venter på en ny nyre har hun seilt Bergen-Bodø med en mengder av dialysevæske, en diger dialysemaskin og med den erfarne seileren Fridtjov Bergmann som skipper. Tidligere har hun gått norske på tvers og syklet Norge på langs - alt for å sette fokus på behovet for flere organdonorer. Energien og humoren er helt i ypperst…

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Will Sofrin // The Real-Life 'Master & Commander' Voyage 1:09:32

8M ago1:09:32

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Will Sofrin is among other things a sailor, shipwright and author of the new book ALL HANDS ON DECK. The story is a maritime adventure memoir that follows a crew of misfits hired to sail an eighteenth-century warship replica 6,000 nautical miles from New England to Hollywood where the ship would become the HMS SURPRISE for the iconic film MASTER & …

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Podcast 137: Lena on small boat adventures in Norway 44:12

8M ago44:12

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Lena Scott stepped off her 21 feet liveaboard, hopped on a plane from the east coast of the USA, and flew to Norway to her new 24 feet sailboat, a Danish classic Spekkhugger, to spend the summer cruising the Oslofjord- It was a dream come true and maybe a recipe more people should follow. The beautiful small boat is a great conversation starter on …

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James Frederick // Solo to New Zealand & Sailing in Greenland 1:07:00

8M ago1:07:00

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James Frederick, aka 'James the Sailor Man' returns to the podcast four years after I first interviewed him. Back then, James was still prepping his Alberg 30 TRITEIA in LA...now, the boat is in New Zealand after James sailed her over 9,000 miles, solo, with many adventures along the way. We talked about his sudden divorce, losing his rudder mid-Pa…

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Podcast 136: Erik Aanderaa i vesterled 43:28

9M ago43:28

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Erik Aanderaa og hans seilvideoer har blitt en youtube-hit av dimensjoner. Etter tre forsøk på å nå Grønland, satset han denne sommeren på å virkeliggjøre en annen drøm: St. Kilda i Hebridene. Det ble en fantastisk seilas - og det er bare til å glede seg til youtube videoene fra turen. Denne historiske filmen om St. Kilda er verdt å få med seg. Her…

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Podcast 135: Live (21) på atlanterhavsrundtur 45:32

9M ago45:32

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Live Bryde Barlindhaug (21) tok med seg venninnegjengen på en 10 måneder lang seiltur rundt Atlanterhavet i farfarens IMX-40. Det ble en tur fylt av nye inntrykk, motorproblemer, stjernefylte nattevakter alene og minner som sannsynligvis kommer til å inspirere dem til å seile mer og lenger senere. Du kan se bilder fra deres seilas på Instagam Saili…

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Podcast 134: Trond ble seiler i rekordfart 47:56

10M ago47:56

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Trond Xavier Hîndenës hadde lyst til å bli seiler og kjøpte seg en Maxi 77 for en billig penge for litt over fire år siden. Denne sommeren kastet han loss i april, nå med sin Comfortina 38, for å seile en veldig lang sommertur ned til den engelske kanal, gjennom og opp Irskesjøen. Vi snakket med ham om seiling, livet og havet mens han lå på svai ut…

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Podcast 133: Camille living the ocean 46:56

10M ago46:56

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Camille Parrain is an Associate Professor in Geography and a sailor who sailed across the Atlantic with her two small children and stayed in the Caribbiean for four years to live the ocean, understand the different cultures, share her passion with the different generations as well as supporting ocean traditions. In this podcast we talk about the oc…

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Nikki Henderson // Winning The Race To Alaska 1:11:21

10M ago1:11:21

1:11:21

Nikki Henderson is no stranger to the 59N family. She’s a skipper, a podcaster, master of the Quarterdeck and a dear friend in the community. But when she signs off from these watches, she doesn’t quit. You likely know that she’s been on heaps of other seafaring adventures, including skippering the famed Whitbread machine, Maiden; the Clipper Round…

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How to be a Sailing Parent w/ Andy, August and Mia 1:22:06

10M ago1:22:06

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Navigating the challenges of parenthood whilst also maintaining an atypical lifestyle — be that of a sailor, adventurer, or anything that doesn’t involve a 9-5 desk job — has been a consistent theme of this podcast. Now the tables have turned. Andy, Mia and August are raising their two boys whilst running a business and working as professional sail…

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Podcast 132: Sisi at sea seiler solo til Shetland 51:51

11M ago51:51

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Danske Sidse Birk Johannsen (33) er relativ ny som seiler, men har likevel seilt mer og lenger enn de fleste. I fjor cruiset i Østersjøen fra august til desember, og i år satt hun kursen mot Nordsjøen. Vi fikk snakke med den eventyrlystne soloseileren i sin Bostrøm 31 etter at hun hadde krysset over fra Kvitsøy til Lerwick på Shetland. Nå er hun på…

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