Jessie Z. & Luke Y. Return // Trans-At Stories
On the Wind Sailing
Andy Schell
4.8 • 593 Ratings
🗓️ 8 January 2019
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
#253: Jessie Zevalnkink & Luke Yeates were on the podcast back in October 2017, right after they'd crossed the Atlantic in their 37' yawl DESIREE. Mia & I caught up with them in person aboard their boat in Lagos, Portugal, as we were getting ISBJORN ready to cross the Atlantic. We sat in their cockpit as the sun went down, hearing stories of their dramatic knockdown off Cape St. Vincent, their 6 weeks rebuilding their rudder here in Lagos, life as a married couple and what their future plans are as sailors. Jessie is a professional portrait photographer and also came by ISBJORN later to photograph Mia & I, so check out her work in the show notes.
This episode is also available as an On the Wind LIVE filmed version on YouTube! Go to 59-north.com/youtube to watch.
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On the Wind is presented by Rutgerson Marine. And also supported by Offshore Passage Opportunities and Sun Powered Yachts.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey gang, welcome back to East Bjorn's Nav station and to the second edition of On the |
| 0:12.9 | Wind Live. I write these intros, so if you're watching this on YouTube version, |
| 0:17.2 | hello, I'm not going to be looking at the camera, but reading on my computer. |
| 0:21.0 | Like I said last week, it's a goal of mine in 2019 to record more podcasts in person and likewise |
| 0:26.4 | to film them. And this one with Luke and Jesse happened to be in a very cool setting |
| 0:30.4 | aboard their y'all Desiree here in Lagos. The interviews are so much more fun to do in person, |
| 0:35.6 | and the conversations are more natural, |
| 0:38.0 | and it's just a nice way to spend an afternoon with like-minded sailors. |
| 0:41.5 | As I record this, it's New Year's Eve. |
| 0:43.7 | Happy New Year, everyone. |
| 0:45.2 | And the day before the crew arrived for our first passage of 2019 down to Las Palmas in the Canary Islands. |
| 0:51.8 | Mia and I are just wrapping up the last-minute items on the boat's checklist, |
| 0:55.8 | and we're going to take the afternoon and the evening off to celebrate the new year, |
| 0:59.4 | hopefully with some bubbles, maybe I walk on the beach. |
| 1:02.6 | Anyway, there are still a few spots left to sail with 59 North on either East Bjorn |
| 1:08.3 | or Ice Bear next year. |
| 1:10.4 | So check out 59-north.com slash offshore to sign on to |
| 1:14.6 | sail with us. And like I said before, I really hope you guys will sign on to the 48. We've got some |
| 1:18.9 | awesome people running the boat next year. And yeah, it's going to be a great experience. So please |
| 1:24.5 | sign on to sail with us. And you can find all that on the website. |
| 1:32.1 | We hope to see you on the high seas one day and in the meantime, hold fast. |
| 1:41.0 | And it's cheer up me, lads, let your hearts never fail. For the body ship, the diamond goes, the fishing for the wind. And it's chair on. On the wind is presented by Rutgersen Marine, our good friends in Mustrand, who make all kinds |
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