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Zach Dallaire // Sailing Links

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Zach Dallaire is a lifelong golfer and newfound sailor and has combined two of my own personal passions in a way I can't believe I hadn't thought about before! Zach reach

Nov 10
1 h 09 min

Peter Gibbons-Neff Returns // Foiling Mini-TransAt

Peter Gibbons-Neff returns to the podcast to talk about his second attempt at the Mini Trans-At race, but this time in a foiling prototype. The Mini Trans-At is wild - it

Nov 3
54 min

Matt Rutherford // 'Prepare to be Boarded!'

Matt Rutherford is back in Annapolis and back on the show. After a whirlwind Boat Show, Matt joined me in the cabin of my dad's Grand Banks trawler KODIAK to recap his re

Oct 27
1 h 23 min

Jeremy Davis #4 // Understanding the Hurricane Season

Atlantic hurricane season has been flipped upside down. While the Atlantic sits at just 10% of its normal cyclone energy, the Eastern and Central Pacific are seeing recor

Oct 22
1 h 05 min

Sir Robin Knox-Johnston #2 // Talking Sailing With the OG Himself

Sir Robin Knox-Johnston is back on the pod 10 years later! August & I made the pilgrimage to England to interview the OG himself at Clipper Race headquarters in Gosport,

Oct 13
1 h 19 min

Cole Brauer #3 // Writing her book, FIRST LIGHT

Cole Brauer & I could have talked for another hour after the last time she was on the show, so this time we did just that! I chatted to Cole during her book tour for the

Oct 6
1 h 36 min

Matt Rutherford // Far North of Russia

Guess what? It's Matt Rutherford on the show again! Matt & I recorded this episode while he was at-sea on the Valiant 42, far north of Russia and a few days away from ent

Aug 11
1 h 36 min

Cole Brauer #2 // Finding Community as a Pro Sailor

Cole Brauer returns to the podcast to talk with Andy this time. She shares her journey from local sailing ambitions to global recognition, exploring the challenges of gen

Jul 21
1 h 50 min

Øyvind Nilssen // Lofoten Raftup Rerun

Back in 2020, in the middle of the pandemic, August and Øyvind Nilssen were both out sailing on two very different boats. He was sailing in Lofoten, and August was passin

Jul 7
55 min

Will Sofrin // The Nazi Origins of the USCG EAGLE

Will Sofrin returns to the podcast to talk about his new book on the USCG EAGLE tall ship. Will, a former "yachtie" turned tallship sailor, first came on the show back in

Jun 30
1 h 18 min

Jimmy Cornell // The Godfather of Offshore Cruising

The one and only Jimmy Cornell joins the podcast for the first time to talk about his legendary career as the godfather of offshore cruising. Jimmy, now 86, has led an ex

Jun 23
1 h 26 min

Gunnar Christensen // From Yacht Captain to Golden Globe Sailor

Gunnar Christensen is a career yacht captain and racing sailor who is in the midst of pivoting to sail solo, nonstop around the world in the upcoming Golden Globe Race. G

Jun 16
1 h 32 min

Conrad Humphreys // Captain Bligh & Rounding Cape Horn

Conrad Humphries is a career sailor and his adventures have truly run the gamut. He's done everything from Whitbread round-the-world racing to re-enacting the famous voya

Jun 10
1 h 35 min

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 h

May 19
1 h 25 min

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 nobo

May 12
1 h 35 min

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 r

May 5
1 h 32 min

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

Mar 17
1 h 14 min

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 fi

Mar 10
1 h 02 min

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-

Mar 3
1 h 10 min

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 in

Feb 24
1 h 13 min

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Long time listener, and previous crew on 59 North. I find Andy’s interviews compelling in general, and specifically motivating during boat projects - just recently listening to interviews with Sir Robin Knox Johnson, Matt Rutherford, and Cole Brauer while prepping my sailboat hull for barrier coat and bottom paint. Hold Fast!

KimSails · Oct 2026

As we refit and prepare for heading offshore, this podcast has provided both entertainment and an immense amount of knowledge that all of these sailors readily share. Thank you, Andy and crew for bringing all of these folks together. I feel blessed to be amongst you all.

Mtn.Drew74 · Jun 2026

You are so young to already have acquired the talents and the empathy you have. The ability to know when to be silent and let a guest speak after you have directed them to that point through thoughtful, insightful questioning is a joy to listen to. I especially enjoy your guests who aren’t just accomplished male sailors, but women and hopefully in the future, people who are generally less represented whether they be of color or just a bit out of the the mainstream most of us spend our days in. All of you at 59 North deserve a tip of the hat and my sincere appreciation for what you do and how you’ve chosen to live your lives. This all comes from the perspective of a 71 year old white man who spent many years sailing and cruising in his youth and who now spends a few months a year on a canal cruiser in the northern Netherlands. My happy place. If I had more confidence in my physical and mental strength I would love to join you folks on one of your Atlantic legs. Maybe someday… Robb W.

Robb Gordon · Mar 2023

Andy Schell and his team (every one of them) are so engaging, knowledgeable and enthusiastic on the Art of Seamanship it’s hard not to be seduced. Highly highly recommend listening!

MWS# · Dec 2022

Podcast was great before. Andy interviewing all the sailing hotshots was really fun to listen to. The interviews were really good and Andy has a talent for keeping the conversation going in and entertaining direction and keeping interviewees between the buoys if you will. However recently August has started doing a lot of interviews (and much worse sometimes Emma) and it’s just not the same quality. August sounds like a nice guy, a good sailor but his interviews are more boring and at times awkward making for a poor experience. I would suggest new listeners start with the archives..

Chon530 · Aug 2021

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