Hey, welcome to 59 degrees north with Endishel. Enjoy the show.

Hey everybody and welcome back to the 59 degrees north sailing podcast.

First of all, really big thanks to all my listeners out there.

We have climbed to number five on the outdoor category of podcasts on the iTunes store.

So it's pretty sweet. And I think we're going to be featured on the iTunes store this week shortly. I haven't figured out where yet, but I'm supposed to be up there, which is great. So thanks to everyone that's listening and keep sharing with your friends if you like it. And again, please review it on the iTunes store if you like it. And really cool to see us climbing up the charts like that.

So thanks to all you guys that are listening to it.

I want to thank also our returning sponsor, ATN Inc. They're back for another round of podcasting.

My friend Etienne Girwa, who I'm again terribly pronouncing his last name. I apologize.

But Etienne and his namesake company atian

um they do the mast climber they sell the gale sale the genoa sleeves they do multi-haul nets

and trampolines some snatch block type stuff on their website uh the tacker for tacking a asymmetrical

spinnaker and of course the ubiquitous spinnaker sleeve

that Aten didn't really invent but kind of perfected back in the 80s, actually, so that's what

he's most known for.

Aetienne himself is a pretty well-known solo sailor, and I had him on the podcast a few episodes

back, so check that one out.

But a big thanks to Etienne and A-T-N-N- Inc. for sponsoring this episode of the podcast.

You can find him on A-T-N-Inck.com. That's A-T-N-I-N-C.com. So thanks again to Etienne

for sponsoring the podcast. Before we get to this episode, one more quick note. Mia and I, and 59

degrees north has now officially become a Heli Hanson dealer. So we've been trying to get this for a little

while now and finally did. Most of you will notice that a lot of our own gear is Heli Hanson. I've

been using it for seven years or so. It's great stuff.

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