Leopard by Finland // ARC 2014

On the Wind Sailing

Andy Schell

Sports, Wilderness, Places & Travel, Society & Culture

4.8 • 593 Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2014

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

#79. Andy sits down with Samuli & Timo in Saint Lucia to talk about Leopard's record-breaking run in this year's ARC. Nearly 3,000 miles in just over 8 days! While the boat was long gone, Samuli and Timo were still on island with their families and graciously chatted with Andy at Elena's Cafe in Rodney Bay Marina for an in-person chat. They talk about sailing culture in Finland, Samuli's pro racing career, Timo's adventures in the mountains and of course what it's like to sail a 100-foot maxi at 30+ knots offshore.

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0:00.0	Hey, this is Anna Vinners, live from Sweden. Welcome back to the 59 North Sailing Podcast with your host, Andy Shell.
0:07.0	Enjoy the show.
0:08.0	Hey, hey, hey, and welcome back to a special ARC, 2014 edition of the 59 North Sailing Podcast. I am your host, Andy Shell.
0:17.0	I am recording this outside the ARC office at about 915 on Saturday night.
0:23.6	A slow night of arrivals. We're only expecting three tonight on my watch from 8 to 2.
0:27.6	Mia and I are here.
0:29.6	I recorded two interviews last week that we're going to post on the ARC website as special features.
0:35.6	Some of them we've actually turned into written features, which
0:39.3	one of them is up there now. Anyway, I'll get right into this intro. This is Samuli
0:45.3	Lesti, and I'm sure I'm butchering his name. He's the Finnish project manager for the
0:51.3	yacht leopard. They broke the arc record by over two days this year. The boat wasn't
0:56.3	even here when we got here. They had come and gone that quickly, but Samuli was still here
1:00.8	and one of the mate on the boat, Timo, was also on this podcast as well. So I sat down with them
1:06.2	at Elena's cafe the other day. It's a little bit of background noise, cafe noise. It's kind of ambient.
1:12.3	It's not a big deal. And Samuli talked right into the mic, so his voice is really clear. But apologies for the background noise. There's a little bit of a breeze in there, too. But hey, we're on a tropical island in a cafe. We did our best. So big thanks to the guys from leopard by Finland. If you don't know, leopard is the former I-Cap leopard. It's a hundred-foot
1:29.8	maxi. They cross the Atlantic. So, big thanks to the guys from Leopard by Finland. If you don't know, Leopard is the former I-CAP leopard.
1:29.1	It's a hundred-foot maxi.
1:30.7	They cross the Atlantic in a ridiculous eight days in so many hours.
1:35.0	So that's 3,000 miles in just over eight days.
1:38.2	Top speed.
1:38.8	Well, I'll let these guys talk about the sailing and the podcast.
1:41.9	They talk quite a bit about it.
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