Ian Herbert-Jones // Preparing for the 2022 Golden Globe Race

On the Wind Sailing

Andy Schell

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4.8 • 593 Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2022

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

#359. In just over three months, a yacht race like no other will start from Les Sables d'Olonne, France – the Golden Globe Race 2022. On the start line, we'll find Ian Herbert-Jones and his beloved boat Puffin, ready to sail & race solo around the world with no modern equipment or outside assistance. The concept of the 30,000 mile non-stop, solo circumnavigation is to sail in the spirit of the original GGR held in 1968/69 in which Sir Robin Knox-Johnston became the first and only entrant to cross the finish line and complete this feat in 312 days. Modern-day entrants are limited to only use equipment that was available during the time of the original race.

In this episode, August interviews Ian as he prepares for this fantastic endeavor upon his Tradewind 35 cutter. You can check out more about Ian's race preparations at his website (https://www.hjsailing.com/) and you can support his campaign through GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/hj-sailing-golden-globe-race.

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0:00.0	Good evening, dear listener, and welcome to another episode of On the Wind. I'm August,
0:06.5	and I am keeping the podcast wheels turning here while Andy and Emma are out at sea. They are
0:13.5	currently on Ice Bear in the middle of the Atlantic, dealing with some very strange and challenging
0:19.3	weather conditions. As of right now, they are
0:23.2	hoped to 41 degrees west, and they're riding out some weather. They've really seen everything
0:30.4	on this passage. And they are constantly updating us all on our membership site called the Quaterdeck.
0:39.4	So if you want to follow along on the weather discussions there and the different strategies that we're discussing and different sale plans and everything that's in use,
0:50.1	join us at Quaterdeck.59.com.
0:54.3	My boat, Isbjorn is also out sailing with Joon Amtrup as the skipper.
1:00.5	They sailed from the Shetland Islands and have had a fast and fun ride across the Norwegian
1:05.3	Sea and up to Lufuton and they're now enjoying the best cruising grounds in the world up there on their way to Trumse
1:13.6	where Isbion will pick up her next crew for the crossing of the Beren Sea to Svalbaut.
1:20.6	Having you on skipper in Isbion is really fantastic. He is an amazing skipper and I'm able to fully relax here at home
1:30.5	knowing that the boat is in his excellent hands. To track both boats and to read updates
1:38.3	from the skippers go to 59-nort.com slash track. The episode that you're about to hear is me and Ian Herbert Jones, who is participating in
1:50.7	the Golden Globe Race this year.
1:53.5	We recorded this back in February, and he's still going full steam ahead, and I will be
2:00.0	cheering for him when he crosses the start line on September 4th.
2:05.8	I really enjoyed this conversation, and I hope you will too.
2:10.5	On the Win is presented by Athletic Greens.
2:13.8	Athletic Greens make supplements, and ever since they started supporting us I've been starting
2:19.4	my day with a shaker of their AG1 product.
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