Lisa Blair // Facing Fear
On the Wind Sailing
Andy Schell
4.8 • 593 Ratings
🗓️ 1 June 2021
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
#325: Lisa Blair is an adventurer, author, and a multiple world record holding sailor. Her boat, Climate Action Now, is a brilliantly colorful poster of a positive approach to tackling climate change. In 2017, Lisa set out to break the record for a solo, nonstop circumnavigation around Antarctica. She was dismasted south of Cape Town, about three quarters of the way through the passage. Unstoppable as ever, Lisa repaired Climate Action Now and completed the circumnavigation, setting her first of many world records. Lisa wrote a wonderful book, Facing Fear, about her 2017 Antarctic circumnavigation. You can follow Lisa, support her voyages, and find her book at her website: https://lisablairsailstheworld.com
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello on the wind listeners, it's Emma here. I am recording this from Annapolis, Maryland. I'm sitting in the main salon on Ice Bear, and it is June 1st the day that I am publishing this episode. I recorded this episode with Lisa Blair back in April when I was in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, taking some medical classes before starting this sailing season. |
| 0:25.6 | I've looked up to Lisa Blair for a long time, as you will hear me tell her over and over again in the interview. |
| 0:33.4 | And it was such an honor to get to sit down and speak with her over Zoom. She's an adventurer, |
| 0:39.8 | an author, and a multiple world record holding sailor. She's such a tenacious individual, |
| 0:44.8 | and she has a really impressive global mindset. Her boat, Climate Action Now, is a brilliantly |
| 0:51.5 | colorful poster of a positive approach to tackling climate change. |
| 0:55.9 | In this episode, we get to talk about her journey into sailing, facing fear in the icy |
| 1:01.2 | southern ocean, and what adventures she's planning next. I hope you enjoy this episode with |
| 1:06.8 | Lisa Blair. On the Wind is presented by Edson Marine, making adventures happen since 1859. |
| 1:14.5 | Edson has a long history, tradition, and ties to quality craftsmanship and true seamanship, |
| 1:20.0 | making them the perfect partner for 59 North and On the Wind. |
| 1:23.9 | We've used their gear a lot, and we are looking forward to getting new steering systems from them for Ice Bear, East Bjorn, and Spica. |
| 1:32.0 | They have a lot of really great videos and information on their website and on YouTube about steering system maintenance, |
| 1:39.4 | their maintenance products for your steering systems, and the replacement schedule you should be using for your |
| 1:44.5 | chain and wire steering gear. Edson also holds safety at sea seminars and really emphasizes |
| 1:50.9 | testing your emergency tiller, which is something that I am about to do on Ice Bear. So if your |
| 1:57.0 | steering gear does fail, you don't want that to be the first time you're pulling it out and installing it on your boat. |
| 2:03.8 | So thank you, Edson, for your partnership this season, and you can check them out at |
| 2:08.4 | edsonmarine.com. |
| 2:13.4 | You're listening to On the Wind, the podcast about offshore sailing. |
| 2:19.6 | I'm your host, Emma Garshaghan. |
| 2:30.8 | Lisa Blair is an incredible athlete, sailor, and storyteller. |
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