What is the sailing Stories podcast?
Produced by 59 North, Ltd. 'Sailing Stories' is the latest podcast from Andy Schell & 59 North, Ltd. Tales from the high seas, told week by week. The podcast will feature several different 'seasons' each based on a book that we love, professionally narrated and released weekly in a 'serialized' format.
What is 59º north sailing?
59º North Sailing was founded on a simple, strong vision — to explore the world’s oceans & landfalls in safety & style on cool boats and with cool people. In a nutshell, 59º North takes people ocean sailing.
What is “on the wind sailing?
E Feb 8 • On the Wind Sailing… “ Captivating conversations with an at-ease flavor whether with US Senators, tall ship captains, old salts, technical experts or simply us regular folks who love sailing. On The Wind is the evolution of 59º North, and is, quite simply, long-form conversations with sailors from around the world.
Where in the world is 59 north?
This is a special season for us, supported by Nanny Cay Marina in the BVI, 59 North’s ‘homeport’ in the Caribbean, and made possible by the enthusiasm of the book’s author, Rachel Slade, and the ‘outside the box’ thinking of her publishers at Harper Collins who agreed to let us run the audio on Sailing Stories.
What is 59o North Sailing podcast?
An ‘evolved’ podcast by 59º North Sailing where we dive deep on the art of seamanship. Weekly sessions on stuff like self-steering, safety equipment, offshore rigging, weather routing, crew selection, watch schedules and more. Plus interviews with some of the biggest names in sailing on how they interpret seamanship and what they’ve learned.
How I think about sailing season 2?
How I Think about Sailing, Season 2, is sponsored by Forbes Horton Yachts. I have a rule when it comes to sponsorship, whether it’s the podcast or the boat, and it’s quite simply that I want to work with cool people. Forbes can list your boat for sale, or help you find your dream boat. And don’t forget, he can help you buy ANY boat on the market, not just one’s he’s listing. So if you’re in the market, do me a favor and call up Forbes.
Who is the youngest person to sail a yacht in the Clipper Round the World?
#321. Nikki Henderson is the youngest person ever to have skippered a yacht in the Clipper Round the World race, coming second in the 2017/18 edition of the race at 25 years old. Since t…
Who was the first person to circumnavigate Antarctica?
#323. Jon Sanders is an 81-year-old Australian solo sailor whose been around the globe a full 11 times! He was the first person ever, in 1981/1982 to circumnavigate Antarctica, and indeed three of h…
Who is the youngest person to sail a yacht?
#321. Nikki Henderson is the youngest person ever to have skippered a yacht in the Clipper Round the World race, coming second in the 2017/18 edition of the race at 25 years old. Since the age of 18 Nikki has pursued a career in professional sailing, and has earned worldwide respect for her accomplishments. She has been a guest-skipper for MAIDEN, raced on an all-women's team in the Race 2 Alaska, been through the Suez Canal and many times across the Atlantic. Nikki recently sailed on ICEBEAR with Andy in Antigua, where they recorded this long and inspirational chat about Nikki's career and philosophy.
Who was the first woman to sail on Maiden?
Tracy Edwards led the first all-female round-the-world crew in the 1989-90 Whitbread Race aboard Maiden. Following that race, Tracy was the first woman to receive the Yachtsman of the Year Trophy and was awarded an MBE honor. In 2014, after more than three decades since her Whitbread success, Tracy bought Maiden back. A few years later, Maiden was sailing again and a major documentary about their 1989-90 Whitbread Race was released. The Maiden Factor foundation focuses on education for girls around the world. You can find and support them at https://www.themaidenfactor.org/
Who is Erik Aanderaa?
#309. Erik Aanderaa is a storm chasing, singlehanding, self-taught Norwegian Viking sailor bad ass. He also produces some of the best sailing content on youtube under the fitting tagline “No bullshit, just sailing”, and he recently completed a solo circumnavigation of the Norwegian Sea.
Who is Cam Deyell?
Cam Deyell is a sailor and musician and a longtime friend/fan of the show! Cam composed and performs the intro music for ON THE WIND, and recently sailed his own boat BOOMBOX across the Pacific to Australia, where he currently lives with his family. En route, he was inspired to create his latest album called SUNKEN SONGS, an instrumental, ethereal take on classic sea shanties that you can get wherever you stream or download your music!
Who is Markus Norlin?
#319. Markus Norlin is the son of famous Swedish yacht designer Peter Norlin, who's illustrious career indeed included our own boat SPICA, a 1977 Norlin 34 mk 2. Markus came out to the farm to 'Mission Control' where we discussed his late father's career as a yacht designer, growing up in a sailing family, and his 'rescue' of one of his dad's most famous boats, AGNES, a one-off 37-footer built in mahogany and successfully raced in the USA. Markus found the boat in Vancouver, bought it, and had it shipped back to Sweden where he now sails it with his family.
Who was the first person to sail around the world?
#323. Jon Sanders is an 81-year-old Australian solo sailor whose been around the globe a full 11 times! He was the first person ever, in 1981/1982 to circumnavigate Antarctica, and indeed three of his roundings of the world happened back-to-back-to-back nonstop! Despite these crazy accomplishments, Jon remains incredible humble and sails simply for the love of it. Special thanks to Morgan Flower for setting up this interview and helping record & produce it with me!
Where is August Sandberg?
He has been co-hosting the podcast and leading as an admiral on The QUARTERDECK while we have worked remotely this past year. August lives on a small island off the coast of Bergen, Norway, where in addition to being a university film professor, he has been doing a lot of skating, skiing, and ice fishing through the winter. Andy interviewed August in February of 2019, before he had ever sailed with 59 North.
What is true seamanship?
True seamanship, then, is the art of combining both knowledge and practice. Only then can a sailor expect to have the kind of repeatable success on the ocean that elevates sailing to — in our view — the philosophical, even spiritual realm.
What is a seamanship database?
Seamanship Database: access to view AND contribute to our growing database of books, boats & ideas, with weekly posts distilling the knowledge gleaned from all sorts of different areas and how we can apply that knowledge to sailing & seamanship.
What does "seamanship" mean?
SEA·MAN·SHIP /ˈsēmənˌSHip/: “The skill in, and knowledge of the work of navigating, maintaining, and operating a vessel.”
Is sailing an art or science?
Sailing, particularly the offshore variety, is an endlessly challenging way of life, both an art and a science, tied to history like no other form of transportation. By joining the QUARTERDECK, you'll learn how we have distilled years of apprenticeship & book learning into practice, what we learned along the way, what went right and wrong, and how you can apply that to your own sailing goals.
Is seamanship earned or learned?
True seamanship must be both learned and earned. And preferably in that order.
