Jon Amtrup // Up Helly Aa Festival
On the Wind Sailing
Andy Schell
4.8 • 593 Ratings
🗓️ 21 February 2023
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
#388. Last month ISBJØRN set sail for a unique, wintertime event on the other side of the dark and stormy North Sea—the Up Helly Aa fire festival on Shetland. Skipper Jon Amtrup was joined by a hearty crew for the crossing and to partake in the experience. Have a listen as Jon and August recap the passage.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, it's August here. Hope you are doing great wherever you are. |
| 0:08.3 | 59 North is at full speed ahead these days. It's so much fun. We have both of our podcasts now |
| 0:15.1 | are in season. We've really amped up our content creation on the quarterdeck as well, |
| 0:21.1 | which you can check out at quarterdack.59-north.com. |
| 0:27.4 | And both of our boats are now in season as well. |
| 0:31.3 | They just started their sailing season, or 465, |
| 0:36.1 | Falcon just returned to port today. |
| 0:39.1 | In fact, just a couple of hours ago now and had a great trip. |
| 0:46.8 | First proper trip for her with crew. |
| 0:50.9 | And I hear that was a great success. |
| 0:54.7 | And of course, Isbion started her season in January already with a very special North Sea passage, |
| 1:02.5 | which is the topic of today's podcast. |
| 1:06.4 | This passage was such a success. |
| 1:09.3 | We've now added it to Isbion's brand new 2024 calendar as well. |
| 1:14.8 | So if you want to test your medals, sign up to do this next year at 59-north.com slash |
| 1:23.1 | 2024. |
| 1:25.5 | And there you can also find a bunch of other trips that we just released we're very excited about |
| 1:31.8 | them all so please go over there and take a look and see if some of them call out to you we um |
| 1:39.0 | we have a lot of different things in there got a little cruising and some some cold weather stuff and some warm weather stuff and |
| 1:48.1 | ocean passages racing whatever you need. |
| 1:52.2 | So have a look in there and see if you might find something for you. |
| 1:59.8 | And that's it. Thanks a lot for listening. Hope you enjoy this |
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