Erik de Jong // Arctic Ocean Project
On the Wind Sailing
Andy Schell
4.8 • 593 Ratings
🗓️ 10 July 2018
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
#238. Friend of the podcast Erik de Jong joins the show for the 4th time. Originally from Holland and trained as a naval architect, Erik eventually built his own steel boat Bagheera in his backyard and sailed it to Nova Scotia, where he relocated, spending winters designing ships and summers sailing to Greenland. He's since completed the Northwest Passage and relocated himself and Bagheera to Alaska, where he now runs expedition charters and scientific voyages in the North. Erik & I spoke about his most recent 'Arctic Mission' expedition alongside adventurer Pen Hadow to sail north into the Arctic Ocean to research climate change and sea ice retreat.
On the Wind is presented by Rutgerson Marin. And also supported by Adlard Coles, and BRNKL Systems.
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| 0:00.0 | And they said, well, we would love to do the Northwest Passage, and we're going to move to |
| 0:05.5 | Alaska. |
| 0:07.0 | Why don't you come with us? |
| 0:09.0 | Then I thought by myself, yeah, why not? |
| 0:11.0 | Hi everyone, Lee here. |
| 0:15.0 | This week's episode is with Eric De Jong, and all about the Arctic. |
| 0:19.0 | Speaking of the Arctic, Andy, Mia, and James have been posting some amazing photos of their |
| 0:24.4 | time sailing in the Arctic with the crew from S.V. Delos, who also happen to have a really |
| 0:29.6 | great YouTube channel where I'm sure some of the adventures they're having now will eventually |
| 0:33.9 | show up. Anyway, enjoy this week's episode. |
| 0:40.0 | On the Wind is presented by Rutgersen Marine. Rutgersen is renowned for its Swedish engineering traditions of innovative design and |
| 0:44.8 | quality manufacturing. While most boat gear today is produced in Asia, Rutgersen keeps on |
| 0:50.0 | investing in their factory in the small island community in Mustrand on the west coast of Sweden |
| 0:54.6 | and the country's spiritual sailing capital. All Rutgersen products are produced right there. |
| 1:00.9 | The Rutgersen team pride themselves in their commitment to research and development, |
| 1:04.7 | and their staff actually know what they're doing. Just asked technical designer Ludwig, |
| 1:09.1 | who recently completed a circumnavigation, or Yaron Rutgersen |
| 1:12.5 | himself, who was part of Sweden's first America's Cup program in the 70s, both of whom, by the way, |
| 1:18.0 | have been guests on the podcast. I visited the factory myself in January. The place is a buzz with robots |
| 1:24.5 | and complex milling machines, and it's on such a level of sophistication |
| 1:28.1 | that I wasn't even allowed to take photos. If you happen to be in Sweden, you can visit the |
| 1:33.3 | factory for a tour during Rutgersen's open house at the Mushdon Boat Show, August 24th to 26. |
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