Kristoffer Appelquist // 'Över Atlanten' TV Show
On the Wind Sailing
Andy Schell
4.8 • 593 Ratings
🗓️ 7 May 2024
⏱️ 75 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Comedian Kristoffer Appelquist returns to the podcast to talk about his first trans-Atlantic passage with the Swedish reality TV show 'Över Atlanten.' Now in it's 6th season, the show — which puts celebrities onboard a big Swan with Whitbread skipper Gunnar Kranz for an Atlantic crossing — has become a huge hit. Kristoffer, Mia and I talk about how his dream of ocean sailing has evolved since we first had him on the show, how he got picked for the TV show, what it was like hot-bunking with hockey legend Peter Forsberg and more.
--
If you liked this conversation you'll LOVE The QUARTERDECK, 59 North's 'deep dives on the art of seamanship.' Join our interactive community and get involved in the conversation at quarterdeck.59-north.com. First two weeks FREE, then multiple pricing options thereafter.
--
ON THE WIND is presented by Forbes Horton Yachts. Get in touch with Forbes today about buying or selling a boat. The show is also presented by Harborburn Cannon Company, creators of solid, marine-grade bronze, black-powder signal cannons — just like the ones from the age of sail but a bit smaller. If you own a boat, you need a cannon! To find out more, go to harborburn.com.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Yeah. |
| 0:01.0 | And when they did those sinks with me, they were like, so you didn't sleep? |
| 0:05.4 | No, I got thrown out of my bunk and I, you know, hurt myself. |
| 0:09.4 | And then you burnt yourself on the coffee maker. |
| 0:11.6 | Yes, I did. |
| 0:13.4 | But we, you know, sat, had contact with the doctor and she told me to do this. |
| 0:18.8 | And then you were throwing up the whole afternoon. Yes. Has there |
| 0:21.7 | been anything good today? And I was like, what? It's, I want to change it for anything. This is life. |
| 0:27.8 | This is all good. So nothing bad happened today. |
| 0:32.4 | Oh, I shipmates. Welcome back to the podcast. I'm your host, Andy Schell. One of my episodes |
| 0:36.4 | this week with Christophir Appalquist, who Mia and I interviewed a long time ago in the early days of the podcast. I'm your host, Andy Schell, one of my episodes this week with Christopher |
| 0:37.6 | Applequist, who Mia and I interviewed a long time ago in the early days of the show back when he |
| 0:42.9 | was kind of just getting into sailing. Christopher is a comedian and TV host in Sweden. Pretty well |
| 0:49.4 | known there. I had no idea who he was till we met since seeing some of his stuff, been to one of his stand-up acts. |
| 0:54.9 | He's a really nice guy, and we've become friends with him and his partner over the years. |
| 0:58.6 | Anyway, Mia and I had him back on. |
| 1:00.4 | He has a new podcast studio. |
| 1:01.8 | He's a podcast host himself, so we got to go into Stockholm and meet him at his studio and talk about |
| 1:06.1 | how he finally got to sail across the Atlantic with this um with this reality tv show called erva at lanthan |
| 1:13.0 | which is a a revelation in sweden there's like six seasons of it i wish we had something like |
| 1:18.1 | this in english uh it's so cool they basically do exactly what we do at 59 north but they do it |
| 1:23.1 | with celebrities um and they pile them on board the boat and sail across the Atlantic and film everything |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Andy Schell, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Andy Schell and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.