Hey guys, Andy here. I am recording from Dublin, Ireland. Mia and I rented an Airbnb to get off

the boat for a couple days. First time we've been off the boat since we moved onto the boat on

April 10th and the first time all summer we have had a couple days between trips without one

crew leaving, the next crew joining. So it's been really nice to chill out for a bit here.

In case you missed it last week we announced in the podcast that we got a new boat. So starting on February 1st in 2019, 59 north sailing will be a two-boat operation. So we got a Swan 59 foot boat

for 59 north, kind of appropriate. If you missed last week's podcast, I did a special episode of how I think about sailing that came out on Thursday, came out on the On the Wind Feed as well. So check that out. If you want to read about it, it's on the front page of the website. So there's all the information on there. There's a bunch of photos of the boat. We are super stoked to say the least and already putting together an awesome program for next

year. There's still a few spaces left on the 59 for 2019 and lots of spaces left on East Bjorn.

We have our friend Simon Borgeson, a Swedish guy, who is going to be driving East Bjorn from the Caribbean to Cuba and on to Bermuda.

And then Paul Exner is going to take East Bjorn from Bermuda back to Annapolis.

Both boats are going to sail together, so it's going to be really cool to start off the season with both boats kind of sailing together.

And we've got two crewhouses in Havana.

So we're going to have an awesome time in Cuba.

Still have four spaces left on East Bjorn for that. So really hoping that we can

accommodate more crew now in 2019 and see if we can run a two-boat program going forward.

So really excited to hear about the support so far from all you guys on the new boat and I'm taking a leap of faith

that we can get some of you guys on East Bjorn with a different skipper knowing that it's going to

be the same kind of experience you'd get with Mia and I. Lots more to come from Simon. I'm going to interview

him and going to have a lot more stuff specifically about the bigger boat. But in the meantime,

go to 59-nash-north.com slash 2019, grab some of those spots on the big boat with us and grab

some of those spots on East Bjorn with Simon and with Paul.

On the Wind is presented by Rutgersen Marine, our friends on the west coast of Sweden,

who build all their maritime hardware right there in the factory in Mastrand.

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