Mia Karlsson & Emma Garschagen // Sailing Origins

On the Wind Sailing

Andy Schell

Sports, Wilderness, Places & Travel, Society & Culture

4.8 • 593 Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2021

⏱️ 81 minutes

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#313. Mia Karlsson should be no stranger to you all. She is the co-owner and founder of 59 North Sailing, and is married to Andy Schell. They live in Sweden with their son Axel, where Mia is an active outdoorswoman and puzzler. She grew up in Sweden and has been an avid traveler since she was young. When she and Andy met, her sailing career began. Mia has now sailed over 50,000 miles and completed five Atlantic crossings. She created the first mate position on the 59 North Swan's, which is the job that Emma now occupies. Emma will also be appearing as a regular guest-host for ON THE WIND, so stay tuned for more episodes with her as interviewer!

ON THE WIND is exclusively sponsored by Dakota Lithium, an American company building tough, long-lasting lithium-iron-phosphate batteries for a variety of applications. We just installed 200 aH of Dakota Lithium on SPICA in Sweden, and are preparing for a major lithium conversion on ICEBEAR, our Swan 59. Check them out at dakotalithium.com.

Join us on the 59º North QUARTERDECK, our online platform where members and the 'Admiralty' dive deep on the art of seamanship. New for 2021 is a monthly, members-only newsletter called THE SKIPPER'S BRIEFING, straight to your inbox with exclusive content, commentary, and a recap of the best of the past month on the Quarterdeck. There is nothing like it in sailing - join us at quarterdeck.59-north.com to become a better thinker, leader & sailor.

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0:00.0	Check, check.
0:03.9	7653-9-9-9.
0:07.1	This season of On the Wind is sponsored exclusively by Dakota Lithium, a lithium battery company based out of North Dakota where the winters can get cold.
0:15.9	Up there on the Great Plains, the landscape can be unforgiving, high winds, deep snow, long nights.
0:22.2	Dakota lithium was born out of this rugged landscape, a battery designed to endure to help you do what you love longer,
0:27.3	a battery made to last. Dakota lithium has harnished the power of lithium chemistry and combined
0:32.4	it with North Dakota grit to build you a better battery. Their lithium chemistry is the Life Po 4, sometimes you've
0:39.5	seen it referred to as. It's basically lithium iron phosphate, which is different from the batteries
0:44.4	in your phone or computer and safer for use in marine applications. In fact, I just put 200 amp
0:50.9	hours of Dakota lithium batteries on Spica, our little boat here in Sweden. And we are
0:55.9	gearing up to do a lithium battery conversion on Ice Bear sometime over the next year or two
1:01.5	whenever we can fit it in our season. So check out Dakota Lithium.com. They have an interesting
1:06.3	origin story and it's an American company and really cool people to work with. We've enjoyed working
1:12.1	with them on Spica and on Ice Bear. Thanks again to Dakota Lithium for sponsoring this season of
1:17.1	the podcast. Again, check them out at dakotalithium.com. Oh, I shipmates, welcome back to
1:24.1	another season of On the Wind and another year. It's 2021 now. Happy New Year,
1:29.7	everybody. I am your host, Andy Shell, and welcome back to those of you that have been
1:34.5	longtime listeners of the show, and welcome to those of you that maybe are just discovering us
1:39.5	now or more recently. There's quite a back catalog to go through. I think this will be episode
1:44.1	number 313. So we've a back catalog to go through. I think this will be episode number 313.
1:46.4	So we've been going strong now since 2013 and still enjoying it as much as ever.
1:52.5	This is a special episode, not only because it's a new season and a new year, but we have a new host.
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