Morten Landmark // Owning and Racing a Volvo Ocean 60
On the Wind Sailing
Andy Schell
4.8 • 593 Ratings
🗓️ 12 November 2024
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Summary
ISBJØRN's rig towers over the other sailboats in her winter marina, but at the far end of the pontoons, there is one mast that makes even her spar look tiny. It belongs to a veteran of ocean racing, built as "Toshiba" for the last ever Whitbread Round the World race in 1997. She's now under the command of skipper Morten Landmark, who uses it for family cruising and to humble the Shetland Race fleet.
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| 0:00.0 | Ahoy, Shipmates. It's August here back from the Annapolis Boat Show, where I had a real blast. |
| 0:08.7 | And it was such a pleasure to meet so many of you listeners in person. That was very special to me. |
| 0:15.6 | So thank you to everyone who came to our events and stopped by our booth. |
| 0:23.5 | It's really fun to meet the people who listen and who don't recognize your face, only your voice. Several people told me that they |
| 0:29.7 | were very surprised by my appearance without providing more details. Not sure how to interpret that, |
| 0:37.0 | but it was very, very nice to meet you all. |
| 0:40.4 | So I'm back in Norway now, currently in the process of winterizing East Beyond, |
| 0:45.6 | and I've started a bunch of projects to get her ready for next season. |
| 0:50.9 | Lots of small little things on the interior. She'll have new sales. That's going to be very |
| 0:57.0 | exciting. And I'm also finally giving up on the iPads and they were installing a truck |
| 1:03.2 | platter in the cockpit. So those are all really fun. There's also a lot of not-so-funn maintenance |
| 1:10.0 | going on. Yesterday as I went to change the impeller on |
| 1:14.4 | the engine, the head came off one of the screws for the housing plate cover, so I had some very |
| 1:20.8 | tricky screw extraction on my hands this afternoon. Anyway, thank you so much for listening to our podcast, and thanks for sharing your stories |
| 1:31.3 | with me, how you listen. |
| 1:33.6 | I'm now imagining all of you guys out there commuting, doing boatwork, painting, all sorts of |
| 1:41.2 | stuff, and it's a real pleasure to keep you all company. |
| 1:47.0 | On the Wind is presented by Forbes Horton Yachts. |
| 1:50.0 | Whether you're looking to buy or sell a boat, Forbes is your man. |
| 1:55.0 | We have collaborated for years and many 59 North staff and crew have bought their boats through Forbes, and I have |
| 2:02.9 | never heard a bad word. Not only will you help you get a good boat at a good price, but I guarantee |
| 2:09.5 | that you will learn a lot in the process. Forbes is a big sailor himself, so he is one of us, so to |
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