Podcast Episodes

Francesca Clapcich // The 1st Italian to Win The Ocean Race

Episode 494

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 b…

4 months ago

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Nikki Henderson // Writing, Racing and Life

Episode 493

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. Thi…

4 months, 1 week ago

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Troy Sears // Schooner AMERICA

Episode 492

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 …

4 months, 1 week ago

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John Kretschmer // Seam'nship, Racing, Life & NOT Retiring!

Episode 491

John Kretschmer is back on the podcast to talk more philosophy and more sailing. If you're new to the show, or new to John's work, he's inspired me m…

4 months, 3 weeks ago

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Chris Kobusch & Sophie O'Neill // From Clipper Race to Antarctica & Beyond

Episode 490

Chris Kobusch & Sophie O'Neill are longtime friends of 59º North. Chris was in fact one of our full-time skippers for two years on ICEBEAR & FALKEN, …

5 months ago

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Jahn Tihansky // Racer, Sailmaker, Coach and Entrepreneur

Episode 489

Andy Schell and Jahn Tihansky sit down in Annapolis to discuss Jahn's long and exciting sailing career. He's been racing and beating some of the bigg…

5 months, 1 week ago

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Ari Huusela // First Finn to Finish the Vendée Globe

Episode 488

Ari Huusela is an aircraft mechanic and commercial airline pilot from Helsinki, Finland. He did not start sailing until the age of 24, but went on to…

5 months, 2 weeks ago

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Matt Rutherford // On Adventure, Fear & Solo Sailing Around the Arctic

Episode 487

Matt Rutherford is back again, this time to talk about perhaps his most audacious plans yet - to sail solo and nonstop around the Arctic. That's back…

5 months, 3 weeks ago

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James Evenson // Sailing Zingaro & What is Seam'nship?

Episode 486

James Evenson, aka Sailing Zingaro on YouTube, has sailed tens of thousands of miles on a variety of boats and had countless adventures. Several of t…

8 months, 2 weeks ago

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Pär Nyman // GGR 2026 & Sailing Spirituality

Episode 485

Pär Nyman is a Swedish sailor who recently bought the Rustler 36 Lazy Otter and signed up for the 2026 Golden Globe race. He sailed from Sweden to Be…

8 months, 3 weeks ago

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