Oda Pedersen Taule // Single-Handed Sailor
On the Wind Sailing
Andy Schell
4.8 • 593 Ratings
🗓️ 29 January 2019
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
#255: Oda Pedersen Taule is a 20-something Norwegian sailor who set out single-handed on her little sloop SNUPPA, bound for Australia. Self-taught at ocean sailing, Oda learned the hard way, getting badly beaten up on her first Bay of Biscay crossing, even needing to call the coast guard for help, and tearfully sharing some emotional moments with the crew who came to her rescue. The experience didn't discourage her though - on the contrary. Oda & I met in Bergen in December to record the podcast in person, and despite her youth, I discovered that Oda is wise beyond her years and can teach us all a lot about patience, perseverance, and the passion to follow your dreams.
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On the Wind is presented by Rutgerson Marine. And also supported by Offshore Passage Opportunities and Sun Powered Yachts.
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| 0:00.0 | so it felt like okay i'm going now or i'm going home so i was just thinking that um okay it's three days |
| 0:13.2 | i could stare for three days and be awake for three days just three days so I decided and I went for it. And it didn't go very well. |
| 0:29.3 | All right, hey gang, welcome back to East Bjorn. I'm not at the nav table this time, but at the |
| 0:33.7 | salon table. Change of scenery today because it's too sunny over at the nav table. |
| 0:37.9 | So welcome aboard. |
| 0:39.5 | First off, big thanks to Sophie of Ryan and Sophie sailing for helping set this up with Oda |
| 0:43.5 | and set up the YouTube project for us. |
| 0:47.3 | Sophie was alone on Polar Seal when Ryan was off teaching an aviation course and Oda sailed in on the Snupa |
| 0:53.3 | and the two of them hit it off. |
| 0:55.3 | So thanks to Sophie for setting this up for me. |
| 0:58.2 | I finally met Oda in person in Bergen when I went out there in December to watch the |
| 1:02.8 | stormweather shanty choir. |
| 1:04.2 | I was traveling with my best friend Clint Wells, who you will know from the podcast too, Clint |
| 1:09.3 | sailed with us across the Atlantic on Arc Touris, |
| 1:12.0 | and he was there in New Zealand when I first met Mia. Anyhow, about halfway through this chat, |
| 1:16.5 | you'll hear Clint chime into the conversation, as well as August Sanbury, another friend who |
| 1:21.1 | was helping with the filming of the show, and incidentally who also helps on the podcast. Thanks, August. |
| 1:26.6 | August is actually sailing with me on Ice Bear later |
| 1:28.9 | this year and has been helping produce the podcast like I said while I'm at sea. Anyhow, Clint and |
| 1:33.7 | August are the two voices you'll hear in this besides mine and odas. And if you're watching this on |
| 1:38.5 | YouTube, hey gang, they're actually off camera so you're not going to see them. To be clear, Clint is |
| 1:43.8 | the Brit while August has the Norwegian accent. Make sure to check out 59-north.com slash offshore for openings in our passage calendar to sail with us. Just today, we had a cancellation, I think, for one of the Canada trips on Ice Bear, so that's going to be up. Hopefully it'll still be there by the time you see this. Maybe not. If you haven't heard yet, we've opened the pre-orders for the Arctic Coffee Table Book. So go to 59-north.com slash 80 North. That's the name of the book. We've only printed 250 of them, so they're going fast. I think we've already sold like 15 in the first 12 hours they've been for sale. So anyway, check that out and really excited about that project. |
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