Podcast Episodes

Tool Inventory for Cruising

Season 13 Episode 4

Self-sufficiency is one of the most important and attractive aspects of long-distance sailing, and a proper toolkit is arguably the most important step towards achieving it.

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Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

Catamaran Sail Plans

Season 13 Episode 3

Quarterdeck Member Morgan Hunter reached out to ask us about sail plans for Catamarans, and we invited him on the podcast for a conversation on the topic with sail plan pundit Andy Schell! Check out …

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

ISBJØRN project update

Season 13 Episode 2

Our amazing bosun Adam Browne returns to the podcast to talk to August about the latest and greatest upgrades and modifications that he recently worked on aboard ISBJØRN! Many new and exciting things…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

Rig Tuning

Season 13 Episode 1

The Quarterdeck Sailing Podcast is back! ISBJØRN is about to have her mast stepped after having spent the winter in a cozy warm shed, and Andy and August takes a moment to remind themselves about bes…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

Weather Routing

Season 12 Episode 3

Andy and August talk offshore weather routing, with FALKEN's recent trip to Greenland as a case study. They discuss how to think about forecasts, considering alternatives, implications on comfort and…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Orca Attacks

Season 12 Episode 2

Andy Schell and his crew just returned to port after Falken's last sail of the year. They sailed through the Gulf of Cadiz - A stretch of water that offers a new and unique challenge to mariners in t…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

MFD Mounting Options

Season 12 Episode 1

The Quarterdeck Podcast is back! It will feature conversations about projects and issues from the top of the 59 North agenda, providing some insight into our work and our decision making process. Goi…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Debate: Coastal vs. Offshore

Season 11 Episode 8

For the last debate of this season, we take a big step back and ask the big question: The sights, sounds and cultural input of coastal cruising? Or the freedom, desolation and peace of offshore saili…

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago

Debate: Symmetric vs. Asymmetric Spinnakers

Season 11 Episode 7

When the wind is light and abaft the beam, what you want is a spinnaker. But what type of spinnaker? Nikki Henderson and August  Sandberg randomly pick a side in this heated discussion, and tries to …

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

Debate: Big crew vs. Small crew

Season 11 Episode 6

The more the merrier? Safer? Faster? Or just more expensive, crowded and annoying? Nikki Henderson the extrovert and August Sandberg the introvert randomly pick a side in this heated discussion, and …

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago