Øyvind Nilssen // Lofoten Raftup Rerun

July 07, 2026 5:00am 55 min

Will Sofrin // The Nazi Origins of the USCG EAGLE

June 30, 2026 2:29pm 1:18

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 2023 to talk about delivering the ship used in th...

Jimmy Cornell // The Godfather of Offshore Cruising

June 23, 2026 2:01am 1:26

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 extraordinary life - he escaped communist Romania to...

Gunnar Christensen // From Yacht Captain to Golden Globe Sailor

June 16, 2026 3:47am 1:32

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. Gunnar and I talked about his origins as a sailor i...

Conrad Humphreys // Captain Bligh & Rounding Cape Horn

June 10, 2026 1:27am 1:35

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 voyage of Captain Bligh for a BBC television series. I...

Ben Doerr // "Hose it or Lose it!"

May 19, 2026 2:19pm 1:25

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 Sail 2 Ski adventur...

Andy Schell ARCHIVE // Mentally Preparing to go Offshore (2014)

May 12, 2026 2:40am 1:35

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 state. Drawing on mara...

Matt Rutherford // Around the Arctic (in a Valiant This Time!)

May 05, 2026 5:00am 1:32

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. "I'd also rather ha...

Mia & Andy // 2025 Year-In-Review (Only 3 Months Late!)

March 17, 2026 6:00am 1:14

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 past year and share so...

Ben Soofer // Making a career in sailing

March 10, 2026 9:43am 1:02

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 Isbjørn. He's then gone on...

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

March 03, 2026 5:00am 1:10

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 campaign — and now, sh...

Nikki Henderson // Writing, Racing and Life

February 24, 2026 5:00am 1:13

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 curiosity about Nikki's...

Troy Sears // Schooner AMERICA

February 23, 2026 11:31am 1:25

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 & history buff, delving i...

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

February 10, 2026 5:00am 1:19

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 more than any other sailor. His books are legendary, and you should read...

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

February 03, 2026 10:05am 1:33

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, and Mia & I recently attended their wedding in England last September. ...

Jahn Tihansky // Racer, Sailmaker, Coach and Entrepreneur

January 27, 2026 2:26pm 1:18

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 biggest names in the sport, built successful sailmaking and sailing busines...

Ari Huusela // First Finn to Finish the Vendée Globe

January 20, 2026 6:49am 1:16

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 become the first person from the Nordic countries to have finished the...

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

January 13, 2026 5:00am 1:17

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-to-back through the Northwest Passage and NorthEAST passage (above Rus...

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

October 21, 2025 1:26pm 1:22

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 those adventures have ended either in disaster or heroics, depending on ...

Pär Nyman // GGR 2026 & Sailing Spirituality

October 14, 2025 7:39am 1:17

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 Bergen, Norway, to sea trial his boat, gain experience, and to meet up wi...