Andy, Mia, Adam & Alex // FALKEN Season 1 Debrief

On the Wind Sailing

Andy Schell

Sports, Wilderness, Places & Travel, Society & Culture

4.8 • 593 Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Last week Mia, Bosun Adam Browne and Chief Mate Alex Laline and I sat down in the salon of FALKEN to reflect on what's been a busy, stressful and ultimately successful first season on our newly refit Farr 65. We've truly come a long way since one year ago this time, when we were scrambling to get the boat out of the shed, sea-trialled and out of the UK. Since then, FALKEN has sailed over 16,000 nautical miles with over 120 crewmembers. The four of us reflected on this past year and what stood out most to each of us, and how we feel about the future.

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0:00.0	I now know what I'm most proud of.
0:02.0	And it is?
0:04.0	It went from, when the boat went from being a blank canvas in the sense that it was finished, everything was done, and then we added our touches.
0:16.0	We added the photographs, we added the books, and then it transformed it. Like even the
0:21.4	soft, soft finishings is included in that. When it went from being a shell, a finished shell,
0:27.8	but actually being a comfortable, nice space, I think that's when the whole thing just changed.
0:35.2	And that happened kind of slightly just after the sea trial.
0:38.0	We added so many things in those few days.
0:40.8	We're talking about hooks and little niche things, the photographs in the back of the
0:45.9	crew and family and friends.
0:47.6	And I think those things completely altered the perspective of the boat.
0:52.3	That's what Alex was saying.
0:53.5	It's like there's where you get the
0:54.6	sole. Totally. Yeah. Yeah. Cool. Good answer. On the wind is presented by Pelagic autopilots, a group of
1:02.8	dedicated sailors and engineers developing autopilot solutions for the Blue Water Cruiser, solo sailor and
1:08.5	racer. Pelagic systems have been tested in races and voyages around the
1:12.8	globe. In fact, both boats at 59 North use Pelagic autopilots, and we worked with Pelagic to
1:18.9	build a custom unit for Falcon last year to suit her 30-ton displacement. Falcon's Pelagic
1:24.8	autopilot served us well for over 16,000 miles during her first offshore season
1:29.1	and was one of the first new systems on board that didn't require significant tweaking after our initial sea trial.
1:36.8	Pelagic's testing grounds are the Pacific coastal races, and their philosophy is to provide simple, self-contained products,
1:43.2	requiring no connection to proprietary data networks. One of the biggest advantages to provide simple, self-contained products, requiring no connection to
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