August Sandberg // ISBJØRN Refit
On the Wind Sailing
Andy Schell
4.8 • 593 Ratings
🗓️ 30 April 2024
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
August Sandberg is the owner and skipper of our beloved Swan 48 ISBJØRN, which has sailed over 60,000 miles since the beginning of 59º North. August lives outside Bergen, Norway, where the boat is now based, and recently finished overseeing a second major refit, which we had done at Vindö Marin on the west coast of Sweden on the famed boatbuilding island of Orust. I caught up with August to talk to him about what went into the refit, discuss some of the bigger projects and ask him what he's most excited about for the 2024 season.
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