Nikki Henderson // Winning The Race To Alaska

On the Wind Sailing

Andy Schell

Sports, Wilderness, Places & Travel, Society & Culture

4.8 • 593 Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2023

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Nikki Henderson is no stranger to the 59N family. She's a skipper, a podcaster, master of the Quarterdeck and a dear friend in the community. But when she signs off from these watches, she doesn't quit. You likely know that she's been on heaps of other seafaring adventures, including skippering the famed Whitbread machine, Maiden; the Clipper Round the World Race; and her first attempt at the Race To Alaska with Team Sail Like a Girl. I sat down to talk with Nikki about her second, most recent attempt at the R2AK, its challenges, and what made this one such a successful campaign in what I think is one of the greatest adventure races on earth. Hosted by Ben Doerr.

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0:00.0	Basically, they were like, how crazy would it be if we made a race and we just made people race to Alaska?
0:08.0	And it was a human-powered race.
0:10.0	And there's two rules. You cannot use an engine and you can't have an engine on the boat.
0:16.0	And you can't have any assistance from anywhere that is not open to all the participants.
0:25.3	Ahoi shipmates, welcome back to a bonus episode of On the Wind. I am recording to you live from
0:31.6	Falcons Nav Station anchored in the harbor in Lunenburg, my favorite harbor in the whole world.
0:37.1	I am one trip down, two to go,
0:39.3	on my summer on board Falcon. I'm headed to St. John's Newfoundland next, then through the
0:43.2	Prince Christian Sound in Greenland on route to Iceland. So heading north, it's getting delightfully cooler
0:48.9	as we escape the heat from Annapolis. And I'm really happy to be back on the boat and doing
0:52.6	some real miles offshore.
0:55.2	That's why I'm here, too, actually. We have some trips available. We had a couple of crew changes later this season. So if you want to sail on Falcon this year, we have trips available on the, I believe it's Portugal, Madeira to the Azores route. And then we're going back to Madeira. So out from Lagosch to Madeira and then Madeira back to Lagos two separate trips. Those are the last
1:13.6	trips of the year. I will add to... Rout, and then we're going back to Madeira. So out from Lagos to Madira, and then Madera back to
1:12.0	Lagos, two separate trips. Those are the last trips of the year. I will actually be sailing the first one of those. So that's Lagosch to Madeira. I believe that's in early November. I'm going to be skippering on that one. But we've got openings. That's the last of our openings on Falcon for 2023. So if you want to sail
1:27.9	with us this year, it's a great opportunity to sail in deep water in the Atlantic. Really spectacular
1:33.2	destinations. Portugal is one of our favorite places. It's cheap. They have amazing food and
1:37.2	amazing scenery. Not to mention Falcons, a really fun boat to sail offshore. And I'm excited to share
1:43.0	it with you guys. So if you want to sail with us, go to 59-north.com slash sign up to join or you can go
1:49.4	to the Bunks list on the 2023 calendar and see more detail about those trips.
1:55.2	Get in touch if you have any questions and we hope to see you out there on the high seas.
2:00.4	All right, Ben, you are, you're, you're, you've signed on as a guest host of On the Wind.
2:07.0	And we're going to see how this goes.
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