The, after the storm, I knew that, okay, have I been through this and it all worked out very well, anything can come along.

And I had a great time all the way back to Sweden.

Hey, welcome to 59 degrees north, a podcast about sailing with your host, Andy Shell.

Enjoy the show.

Hey, hey, hey.

Welcome back to 59 degrees north.

I'm your host, Andy Shell, and this is episode number 128.

This episode is sponsored by Sailwright.

If you haven't figured it out yet, the advertisers

we get on the show are not solicited. Rather, they're all companies that Mia and I have

been using for a long time to outfit our boats. Our relationship with Sailorite began back

in 2009 with Arcturus when we bought, at full price, our first sailwright sewing machine.

In preparation for our first Atlantic crossing, Mia repaired the Dodger, made weather cloths for the cockpit,

made a rain-catching awning, sewed blackout curtains for the ports, made lee cloths for the bunks,

and repaired our sale inventory once we got to Sweden.

I even used it too to make my rigors tool belt, which I still used today seven years on.

Our neighbors Lee and Rachel Cumberland have a machine in Saturi's cabin.

All week Rachel's been sewing pillows, putting the finishing touches on their Dodger and doing all sorts of useful little projects. If you're planning on

doing long-distance cruising on any sort of budget, a sailwright machine will

literally pay for itself after you complete your first project. Plus being a

family business, they're just a cool company to work with.

Mia and I can't recommend them enough.

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