Podcast 182: Moonraker to the High Latitudes

It's a small sailing world. A beautiful aluminium world grinder, which I had been druling over, docked just a few berts away from mine, was sold to Martin Hartland and Svetlana Baraniuk. Now they have signed up for Jimmy Cornell's High Latitude Challenge 2026-27. So I had to make a podcast with Martin as they were preparing for their first transatlantic in Moonraker - and then the quest to sail to Antarctica and through the North West passage in the same season. Check out Cornell Sailing for more information about the High Latitude Challenge, and please also check out all the books he has written. No onboard bookshelf is complete with at least three books from Jimmy Cornell. If you are interested in High Latitude Sailing, I have written a book by the same title together with Bob Shepton. You can buy High Latitude Sailing on Amazon. I am also holding two High Latitude Sailing Courses in 2026. Keen on sailing the Norwegian coast? You should be. Read Sail the Norwegian Coast: How and Why you should sail the most beautiful coast in the world – Kindle edition.

Simon Currin and his wife Sally started their circumnavigation in 2015. They started in the high latitudes by cruising in the summer season and leaving their boat, Shimshal, a 47-foot deckhouse built by CR Yachts in Orust, Sweden, in various locations around the world while they went back to the UK to work. Ten years later, the couple has reached New Zealand and is full-time cruisers.  You can read more about their adventures on Voyages of Shimshal. Simon is a former commodore of the Ocean Cruising Club (OCC), and Sally is a former Treasurer of the same club. OCC is a gathering of sailors with vast amounts of miles under their keels, and it has an extensive network of port officers worldwide.  Check out their website: Ocean Cruising Club. Keen on sailing the Norwegian coast? You should be. Read Sail the Norwegian Coast: How and Why you should sail the most beautiful coast in the world – Kindle edition. If you need information about sailing in the high latitudes check out the book I wrote with Bob Shepton: High Latitude Sailing – Self-sufficient sailing techniques for cold waters and winter seasons. 

Etter ni måneders soloseilas kom Erling Haugnes hjem i slutten av september med SY Gina. Nå er han tilbak på jobb. Vi tok en prat med ham om turen som har vært og drømmen som ble realisert. Du kan lytte til den første podcasten med Erling i Soloseiler syd gjennom vinteren og den andre Krysset Atlanteren solo. Han har laget Facebook gruppen Sailing Singelhanded der han oppdaterer oss underveis, og det er over 1200 som har fulgt ham på denne siden.  Her kan du også lese mer om Erlings tur over Atlanterhavet. Denne podcasten er en del av Norges Seilforbunds satsning på turseiling, og ikke minst 100 Nautiske Klubben. Her kan du høre de tidligere podcastene fra Explore North. Du kan også høre podcastene på din mobil via iTunes, Spotify og andre plattformer. Er du på jakt etter inspirasjon til å seile mer i hjemlige farvann så anbefales, uten å rødme, boken Norske kystperler – hvordan og hvorfor seile verdens vakreste kyst. Jeg har publisert boken Kunsten å ligge på svai. Du finner den på explorenorth.no/books Du kan også støtte produksjonen av disse podcastene slik at jeg kan produsere mange flere til inspirasjon og nytte. Klikk deg inn på Support podcast på explorenorth.no.

Ella Hibbert (28), aka Ella in the Arctic, took on the North West Passage solo and came out in the other end exhausted, but happy. She is the first British female to sail the mytich passage solo, and only 14 have done it before her. Now she is putting Yeva on the hard, and then she will continue through the North East Passage next summer. We talked to her while she was storm-bound in St. Paul in the Bering Sea. Ella's Arctic expedition is officially endorsed by the Scientific Exploration Society and she is also part of The International SeaKeepers Society. You can, and you should follow her and support her. Check out Ella in the Arctic website. Keen on sailing the Norwegian coast? You should be. Read Sail the Norwegian Coast: How and Why you should sail the most beautiful coast in the world – Kindle edition. If you need information about sailing in the high latitudes check out the book I wrote with Bob Shepton: High Latitude Sailing – Self-sufficient sailing techniques for cold waters and winter seasons. 

SY Novara, a Bestevear 60C with two carbon fibre aero rigs, have finished the North West Passage with their current custodians Veronica Lysaght and Nigel Jollands. It is the second time Novara sails through the icy and mythical passage at the top of the world.  The couple is on a climate mission as they sail from the UK to New Zealand—the Novara - One Planet Project. We made a podcast with them before they were on Greenland: NWP sailing with a purpose. You can read more about the boat and the project on Novara. If you need information about sailing in the high latitudes check out the book I wrote with Bob Shepton: High Latitude Sailing – Self-sufficient sailing techniques for cold waters and winter seasons.  Keen on sailing the Norwegian coast? You should be. Read Sail the Norwegian Coast: How and Why you should sail the most beautiful coast in the world – Kindle edition.

We can all make a difference for the ocean. Some bigger than others, but we should all do our part. Martin Hassellöv and Bjorn Bertoft, on board Hrimfare and the Sailing4Science project, aim to do good while sailing with scientists. The Hrimfare is transformed from a round-the-world sailing boat into a sailing laboratory for scientists, while also promoting citizen scientists. We caught up with them in Trondheim, Norway  If you want o get involved as a citizen science you should check out  Free Range Ocean Citizen Science Directory and Seakeepers.  If you need information about sailing in the high latitudes check out the book I wrote with Bob Shepton: High Latitude Sailing – Self-sufficient sailing techniques for cold waters and winter seasons.  Keen on sailing the Norwegian coast? You should be. Read Sail the Norwegian Coast: How and Why you should sail the most beautiful coast in the world – Kindle edition.

Om litt over et år starter Golden Globe Race 2026. Svensk/norske Daniel Alfredsson skal seile denne solo non-stop jorden rundt seilasen i sin OE 32. Det blir et eventyr - både for ham, de andre deltakerne og oss som kan følge denne ekstreme seilasen fra godstolen hjemme. Daniel skal konkurrere med Helga Maria Løvenskiold Kveseth, også kjent som Mara - og du kan høre mer om henne i podcasten Mara seiler GGR 2026. Are Wiig deltok i 2018, også med en OE 32.  Eventyr kan være så mangt, og hvis du har lyst til å ligge mer på svai denne sommeren så har jeg akkurat lansert boken Kunsten å ligge på svai. Du finner den på explorenorth.no/books. Her får du praktiske tips til hvordan du skal ankre opp slik at du sover godt om natten. Denne podcasten er en del av Norges Seilforbunds satsning på turseiling, og ikke minst 100 Nautiske Klubben. Her kan du høre de tidligere podcastene fra Explore North. Du kan også høre podcastene på din mobil via iTunes, Spotify og andre plattformer. Er du på jakt etter inspirasjon til å seile mer i hjemlige farvann så anbefales, uten å rødme, boken Norske kystperler – hvordan og hvorfor seile verdens vakreste kyst. Du kan også støtte produksjonen av disse podcastene slik at jeg kan produsere mange flere til inspirasjon og nytte. Klikk deg inn på Support podcast på explorenorth.no.

Hoisting sails and claiming you run a sustainable expedition sailing company don't resonate well anymore. You are off course, way more sustainable than big cruise ships, but who isn't? You have to factor in diesel consumption, travel, food, waste, and many other factors to get a correct picture of your carbon footprint. But also the building of an expedition boat has to be counted, and that's where Andrew Cowen and his co-founders of Expedition Zero and Wavysail are going to make a difference. Their ambition is to build expedition boats for the commercial market with a much lower carbon footprint and upcycle old boats to the same market. We talked to Andrew Cowen about the business side of their start-ups - and of course, the environmental side of it all. Their ambitions and business model give a sailor hope. If you want to a number in your sailing carbon footprint, check out MarineShift360. If you need information about sailing in the high latitudes check out the book I wrote with Bob Shepton: High Latitude Sailing – Self-sufficient sailing techniques for cold waters and winter seasons.  Keen on sailing the Norwegian coast? You should be. Read Sail the Norwegian Coast: How and Why you should sail the most beautiful coast in the world – Kindle edition.    

Anita og Paul-Gunnar Nakken har tatt med seg barna Tuva (8) og Storm (11) på langtur i SY Explore, en Ovni 435 som forvøvrig er min gamle båt. Planen er å seile melkruta rundt Atlanteren i et år. Men det er også muligheter for at de ser lenger ut i horisonten og legger inn et par år ekstra i Stillehavet. Hvem vet? De to voksne har vært på langtur før, og har mye lavere skuldre denne gangen. 'Du kan følge dem på hjemmesiden Sailing Explore og deres instagram konto sailing_explore. Eventyr kan være så mangt, og hvis du har lyst til å ligge mer på svai denne sommeren så har jeg akkurat lansert boken Kunsten å ligge på svai. Du finner den på explorenorth.no/books. Her får du praktiske tips til hvordan du skal ankre opp slik at du sover godt om natten. Denne podcasten er en del av Norges Seilforbunds satsning på turseiling, og ikke minst 100 Nautiske Klubben. Her kan du høre de tidligere podcastene fra Explore North. Du kan også høre podcastene på din mobil via iTunes, Spotify og andre plattformer. Er du på jakt etter inspirasjon til å seile mer i hjemlige farvann så anbefales, uten å rødme, boken Norske kystperler – hvordan og hvorfor seile verdens vakreste kyst. Du kan også støtte produksjonen av disse podcastene slik at jeg kan produsere mange flere til inspirasjon og nytte. Klikk deg inn på Support podcast på explorenorth.no.

Jeanette and Fredrik Liljekvist have been sailing full-time for the last ten years. The last four aboard their Boreal 55OC in the cold waters in the North. Along the way they have been entertaining, inspiring, and sharing knowledge through their YouTube channel Bushpoint Sailing. Now the time has come to seek other adventures, and they are putting their high-latitude expedition-ready boat on the market. We had to have a chat with them about their sailing adventures and what's next. They don't rule out a new boat. Check out their Bushpoint home page for more information. If you need information about sailing in the high latitudes check out the book I wrote with Bob Shepton: High Latitude Sailing – Self-sufficient sailing techniques for cold waters and winter seasons.  Keen on sailing the Norwegian coast? You should be. Read Sail the Norwegian Coast: How and Why you should sail the most beautiful coast in the world – Kindle edition.