You know, I'd read all the books.

I said, come on, Glenn, he was the owner.

Let's put this stuff to work, you know, this knowledge to work.

And we did fine, you know, I mean, 35 foot seas,

Jesus, 50 to 70 knot winds.

I went for the quadrant that was, you know, I could get as far away from it as fast as I could get.

Hey, this is Anna Wininer's live from Sweden.

Welcome back to the 59 North Sailing Podcast with your host, Andy Schell.

Enjoy the show.

Good morning and welcome back to 59 degrees north, a podcast about sailing.

I'm, of course, your host, Andy Schell, and this is episode number 111. Big thanks to several

unofficial sponsors today. Weems and Plath, makers of the finest nautical instruments for

nearly 100 years, go to Weems-dash-plath.com and use the promo code 59 North, that's N-R-T-H,

for 30% off anything in their online store.

Thanks also to Port Annapolis Marina, who've been kind enough to, quote, rent us some dock

space while getting East Bjorn ready for her first passage to Lunenburg.

In fact, I'm recording this intro again from our slip at Port A, and we'll be departing

tomorrow.

Finally, thanks to Kligo Marine, the synthetic rigging gurus out in California.

John Franta, the business's brains and main engineer, who's been on the show before, of course,

sent me six soft snatch blocks and a duck's boom vang just in time for this first trip.

Coligomarine, it's rigging reduced to its elegant essentials.

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