Bill Strassberg // The Viking Route
On the Wind Sailing
Andy Schell
4.8 • 593 Ratings
🗓️ 23 January 2024
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
Bill Strassberg literally wrote the book on the Viking Route, authoring the latest edition of the Cruising Club of America's guide to the far northern route across the Atlantic. Andy first got in touch with Bill when researching FALKEN's Greenland passage last summer and caught up with him late last year for the podcast. We talked about Bill's custom 60-foot cruising boat, his own sailing through the fjords of Greenland, what inspired him to write the guide and how he balances a career as a surgeon with his long-term sailing goals.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, it's August here. |
| 0:02.0 | Two things I wanted to share with you today. |
| 0:04.0 | The first one being that we have just launched East Beyond's 2025 sailing calendar. |
| 0:09.0 | Very excited about it. It's going to be a really good one. |
| 0:12.0 | We're doing some offshore racing. We're going back north to the Arctic. |
| 0:17.0 | We're going to explore the Norwegian coast and we're going to sail alongside the |
| 0:20.8 | Tallships race amongst many other fun things. |
| 0:25.1 | I can't wait. |
| 0:25.9 | I hope you want to come along and sail with me. |
| 0:28.9 | It's all up on our brand new website at 59-north.com slash 2025. |
| 0:35.4 | Or you can go and check out our new interactive chart at maps.59-north.com. |
| 0:42.8 | There you can explore all future passages as well as historical ones and explore and have fun. |
| 0:49.6 | So go and check them out. I really hope to see you on the boat in 2025. |
| 0:55.2 | Welcome aboard. |
| 1:02.4 | The second thing I wanted to share with you guys is that Andy Schell, our dear friend, Admiral Figurehead, the father of 15th9 North, and this very podcast is turning 40 years this Thursday, |
| 1:09.3 | January 25th. A huge congratulations to you, Andy. |
| 1:13.0 | I love you, man. |
| 1:14.1 | And to all of you's listening, send him an email on Thursday, |
| 1:17.5 | DMM on Instagram, messenger pigeon, you name it. |
| 1:20.8 | Let's show him some birthday love on his big day. |
| 1:24.3 | All right, that's it for me. |
| 1:25.7 | Thanks a lot. |
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