Ben Doerr // "Hose it or Lose it!"
Ben Doerr, friend of the pod, of Sail Bainbridge out in Seattle, returns to the show to talk about a near-miss he and his friends had recently in Alaska. On what should have been Day 1 of their latest...
19 Maj 1h 25min
Andy Schell ARCHIVE // Mentally Preparing to go Offshore (2014)
Most sailors obsess over boat gear and weather routing — but Andy Schell argues the single most important factor in a successful offshore passage is something almost nobody talks about: your mental st...
12 Maj 1h 35min
Matt Rutherford // Around the Arctic (in a Valiant This Time!)
When Matt first went around the America's in his Albin Vega in 2011 (becoming the first and only person, still to this day, to do it solo and nonstop), he didn't have a radar despite all the icebergs....
5 Maj 1h 32min
Mia & Andy // 2025 Year-In-Review (Only 3 Months Late!)
Mia and Andy sit down in the new Mission Control to review the year that was 2025! And we're only 3 months late in doing it! Each year Mia & Andy like to record a podcast in which we reflect on the pa...
17 Mars 1h 14min
Ben Soofer // Making a career in sailing
Ben Soofer joined 59 North back in 2018, working with media and on the backend of this very podcast. He then started sailing as a mate, including joining August on his first offshore passage on Isbjør...
10 Mars 1h 2min
Francesca Clapcich // The 1st Italian to Win The Ocean Race
Francesca Clapcich is an Olympian, a world champion, and in 2023 became the first Italian to win The Ocean Race. She most recently skippered UpWind by MerConcept, an all-female Ocean Fifty trimaran ca...
3 Mars 1h 10min
Nikki Henderson // Writing, Racing and Life
Friend of 59º North Nikki Henderson returns to the podcast to talk with me about a wide-ranging list of subjects on sailing, life and philosophy. This conversation was initially inspired by my own cur...
24 Feb 1h 13min
Troy Sears // Schooner AMERICA
Troy Sears is the owner and captain of the San Diego-based Schooner AMERICA, a 144-ft replica of the racing ship that came to be the namesake of the famous Cup. Troy is a huge America's Cup nerd & his...
23 Feb 1h 25min
