In this episode, recorded at the WCC Ocean Sailing Seminar weekend in March, Chuck discusses the technical aspects of building and maintaining ocean-going cruising sails. It’s the second or third time he’s spoken at our events, and his talk is yearly surveyed as a favorite among seminar attendees. Chuck talks about design and construction characteristics; downwind sail choices; three-reef versus storm trysail setups; storm jibs; gennakers and Code 0 sails; and much more.
149: Cuba! With Chris Museler
Chris describes the fear and excitement he experienced in Haiti, the ‘two sides’ of Jamaica, the emotional roller coaster on sailing between vastly different cultures in a relatively short period of time, what Cuba is really like, how he ran out of cash getting to Havana and much more. Throughout our conversation, I chime in a describe what our experience was like on the north shore of the island where we left Isbjorn in Marina Hemingway and stayed ashore in Havana for five days. Chris and I go back several years and it’s always fun to catch up with each other and hear about our latest projects. Don’t miss Chris’ recent coverage of the America’s Cup in New York City in last week’s New York Times.
148: Paul & Sheryl Shard Return!
147: Matt Rutherford, Paul Exner & Mark Baummer
Episode 147 is a fun one. Back in March, I had planned to do another podcast with Matt Rutherford to get an update on what he’s doing with his Ocean Research Project. As it were, Paul Exner was also in town to speak at a seminar Mia and I hosted in Annapolis. AND, ship’s pilot Mark Baummer was around, and had asked me for some advice to help him plan a passage to Bermuda on his Gemini catamaran. So, the inklings of an idea sprang to life - why not get the three of these guys together, all former podcasts guests, and have a little roundtable chat?
146: 'Ocean Sailing Podcast,' w/ Host David Hows
Episode 146 is actually Episode #1 of the new ‘Ocean Sailing Podcast,’ produced by longtime fan of 59º North, David Hows and released on April 1. David and I have been communicating for some time now about his new show - which comes to us from Down Under in Australia - and I’ve been excited to help him launch it. He’s been inspired to start his own podcast for a while now, and has put in a ton of effort to make it happen.
145: Tory Salvia
Episode 145 is Tory Salvia, founder and executive producer of The Sailing Channel. Tory and I sat down in person in Annapolis a few weeks ago and had a fascinating conversation. We talked about Tory’s sailing career in general and how he got started, his love of good old boats, how he’s been influenced over the years, and more recently, his starting thesailingchannel.tv.
Tory made his career in media production, making videos for the Navy for a long while as both producer and director on many of his projects. He has a love for film, which has shaped his career all along, but eventually he wanted to combine that with his love of sailing, and so The Sailing Channel was born.
Today, thesailingchannel.tv is a mix of curation - Tory hosts many popular sailing movies from now and from the past - and original production. If you’ve seen ‘Red Dot on the Ocean,’ the Matt Rutherford story, that was one of Tory’s prouder moments as producer, as he brought it to life. We delve into how he made the business happen, some of his favorite sailing films, some technical aspects of how filmmaking has changed in the digital age, and much more.
I’m recording this intro a little bit ahead of schedule - we’re currently anchored in Grand Case, on the French side of St. Martin. As I talk, Liz is sitting at the galley table making the show notes for this episode - one of the perks of doing that for us is she gets to hear the episodes before they release! As a reminder, you can find all the links and notes on these episodes on their blog page at 59northpodcast.com. Mia, meanwhile, just had the Sailrite sewing machine out to make some leather chafe guards for the anchor rode. The three of us are about to sail for Puerto Rico to meet the crew for the Havana passage. The big Cuba adventure is about to begin! But, of course, by the time this releases, we should already be back in Key West, or on our way. I hope it goes well!
Thanks again to everyone who continues to email in. Keep them coming! And don’t forget to check out the calendar for 2017 if you want to come sailing on Isbjorn - that’s at 59-north.com/offshore. And finally, if you haven’t tried it yet, I encourage you to buy a bag of freshly roasted ‘Oh-Dark-Thirty’ coffee! We just got a new batch in for the boat, and it’s great!
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Show Notes
Topics Covered in Podcast
- O’Callaghan’s Hotel in Annapolis, Maryland
- 1980 Mariner 36 Sloop - NH Built
- How to pick a boat
- Refitting older boats
- Boat budgets (buy and fix)
- Ocean sailing
- Chesapeake Bay Sailing
- Steam ship at Ellice Island
- Charles River – Boston, MA
- Snipes
- Cape Cod Sailing
- Mattapoisett, MA
- Maryland ROTC
- Vietnam War
- American University
- Walter Reed Army Medical Center
- Allied Seawind 30
- Coronado 25 Yacht
- Annapolis, Maryland
- Naval Medical Films
- Video Industry History
- Tools for film production
- Annapolis Boat Show
- Folding Propeller
- Starting Entrepreneur
- Starting a business
- Advertising – cost benefit analysis
- Brightcove
- Matt Rutherford Movie
- Matt Rutherford sailing around the Americas
- Spin Sheet Magazine
- Stages of producing a film
- Honda Corporate Sponsor
- Eagle Rock School in Colorado
- Digital Distribution
- Public Television
- Amazon Prime
- ITunes
- Netflix
- Hulu
- The Sailing Channel
- Allied Vaughn
- Solo Circumnavigation
- Cape Horn Self Steering System
- British Built wooden sloop - Wanderer III
- Techniques of filming
- Beyond the West Horizon
- Cruising World Magazine
People Mentioned in Podcast
- Tory Salvia
- Don Street
- Matt Rutherford
- Gary Jobson
- Jean-De-Sud
- Quentin Tarantino
- Eric and Susan Hiscock
- Lynn and Larry Pardey
Books Mentioned in Podcast
144: Behind the Ad Music with Cameron Deyell BONUS
Hey hey hey, welcome back to 59º North! This is a bonus episode this week, a little look behind the scenes at how some of this stuff is produced. If you listen to the podcast to get your sailing fix for the week, this is definitely not the episode for you. BUT, if you’re a real fan of the show itself, and interested in podcasting - or musical production - in general, this is an incredible look behind the scenes with me and Cameron Deyell, on how the ad music was produced.
143: Emma Louise Wyn Jones
Episode 143 is Emma Louise Wyn Jones, a very charming and inspiring 22-year-old sailor and yachting photographer from the UK. I met Emma during the recent Caribbean 600 Race. I was interested in talking to Emma about how she decided to go into yachting photography, her sailing history in general, and about what it’s like starting from scratch and trying to move up in the sailing world. I get a lot of emails from college students and twenty-somethings looking for advice, so this episode is particularly interesting if you’re one of those people wondering how to get your start.
142: Morning Haze Crew LIVE
Episode #142 is David Hayes & Isabelle Tremblay and their beautiful girls Rebecca & Demi. The ‘Morning Haze’ family, as we know they - by their boat name of course! - are veterans of the podcast, having been on the show, way back in episode #53. When we spoke then, their boat ‘Morning Haze’ was still on the other side of the Atlantic. Since then, they’ve sailed another several thousand miles together as a family, completing an Atlantic Circle and returning to their shoreside home in Quebec.
141: Sailing the Baltic LIVE
It’s only been a week since our last episode, but when we went bi-weekly, I promised an interview every two weeks. Episode 140 is a live seminar I recorded from Toronto on Sailing the Baltic. Not an interview, of course, so sort of a bonus episode this week. I highly recommend going to 59-north.com/baltic to follow along with the slides from this talk. You’ll also find a load of show notes and links that will be useful if you ever plan to sail in the Baltic yourself.
In this episode, Mia and I discuss sailing in the Baltic from our own perspective. We spent three summers in the Baltic on Arcturus, mainly sailing the Swedish coast, but also covering the Baltic islands of Aland and Gotland. This talk is full of practical notes and inspirational stories from our experiences there.
Before we get to it, a few notes from us. Many of you have requested lists of books I talk about, and I finally got around to building a books page on the website. Go to 59-north.com/books to see all my favorites, sorted by category - some technical, some inspirational, and some having nothing at all to do with sailing! There’s also a form there if you have any you want to recommend yourself!
139: Racing the Caribbean 600
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Episode #139, if not THE BEST one yet, it's certainly the one I'm most proud of, for a number of reasons. It's the highly-produced, onboard audio, musically-enhanced storytelling podcast of Isbjorn's crew racing in the RORC Caribbean 600, only last week. Behind skipper Paul Exner, the crew of Dan, Charly, Vanessa, Keith, Ken & Michael and I charged around this most grueling of racecourses. We were in third place until I noticed a structural failure in the rudder bearings, forcing us to retire.
This is the story, narrated by Andy and interspersed with live audio from onboard the boat during the race and music by Blaggards throughout. What do you think of this style of podcast? It's my first, and I hope you dig it! The full text of the story was published as a blog post on Saturday (but without the cool production!).
Show Notes
Topics covered in the podcast including links
- Royal Ocean Racing Club – RORC
- Isbjorn competing in the 2016 RORC Caribbean 600 race
- How professionals and amateurs can race side to side thanks to the handicap system
- “It’s a real mans race” – Paul Exner
- ARC rally and their finish in St. Lucia
- The close race of Phadeo3 and Concise
- Falmouth Harbor, Antigua
- the ATN Tacker
- The RORC Caribbean 600 race course and how close you will sail to the islands you are rounding
- Sending messages via YB tracker (we have a YB3 on Isbjorn) from the boat
- Andy got nostalgic sailing by Anse Marsel, St. Martin where Broadreach has its base
- Vesper XB8000 AIS we have onboard Isbjorn
- GoPro camera used by Keith and Andy during the race
- The decision to quit the race due to rudder problems
- Antigua Yacht Club
- Cold Carib beer waiting on the dock on arrival
- Antigua Slipway at Nelsons Dockyard where we are hauling out Isbjorn
- English Harbour and Nelson Dockyard, Antigua
- Isbjorn entering the 2017 RORC Caribbean 600 race – sign up today!
Boats and people talked about in the podcast
- Skipper Paul Exner
- Classic yacht Blue Peter
- Photographer Tim Wright at photoaction.com
- Maxi 72 Bella Mente
- Photographer Emma Louise Wyn Jones at ELWJ Yacht Photography
- 100 foot Maxi Comanche
- MOD 70 Phaedo3
- MOD70 Concise
- Sirens Tigress – the first all female crew to ever finish the course
- Rory Finneren – friend of Andy & Mia who will join the 2017 RORC Caribbean 600 race
138: John & Amanda Neal LIVE
In episode 138 I sat down with John & Amanda Neal of Mahina Expeditions, two of my favorite people in sailing and a huge inspiration both philosophically and practically in building my own offshore passage business with Isbjorn. This is the first of several podcasts I recorded in front of a live audience at the Toronto Boat Show in January, so you’ll hear some questions pop in from the handful of people we had in attendance.
137: Teddy J, Sail Loot Part 2
136: Rick & Julie Palm
In this episode Rick, Julie and I talk to a Cruiser’s University class about making the transition from monohull to catamaran, delving into Rick & Julie’s cruising history and what it’s like sailing over 20 knots in their new cat! If you’re in the Caribbean or Maine, look for the Ferrari red cat called Archer and say hi.