Sailing Magic Carpet // Around the World as Slowly as Possible
On the Wind Sailing
Andy Schell
4.8 • 593 Ratings
🗓️ 4 October 2022
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
#372: We met Maya and Aladino in Marstrand this summer, where they were cruising the Swedish coastline on their Vindo 32, Magic Carpet. Maya is a Canadian musician, filmmaker, and sailor. Aladino is a Swiss and Italian boatbuilder and sailor. They recently bought a Cape George 36, Magic Carpet II, that they are refitting in Canada with the goal to sail around the world. Maya and Aladino create beautiful films of their journeys and have a successful YouTube channel with new videos released every Friday.
Emma joined Maya and Aladino in Magic Carpet's main salon while in Marstrand to record this episode. Have a listen to find out why their motto is 'sailing around the world as slowly as possible'.
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| 0:00.0 | Yeah, how did this boat come into your life? |
| 0:04.0 | What's the journey? |
| 0:06.0 | It's a long journey. |
| 0:08.0 | But basically after I decided that I want to make sailing my lifestyle, |
| 0:13.0 | I went back to Switzerland where I grew up, |
| 0:16.0 | and I decided to do an apprenticeship as a boat builder. |
| 0:19.0 | And I started that in a Swiss boat yard. |
| 0:22.6 | And then she was laying in a corner. |
| 0:25.6 | And I asked what happened because she was smashed to bits when I found her. |
| 0:31.6 | The boat was actually a total right off. |
| 0:34.6 | She had fallen from a crane from seven meters onto concrete. Transom blew off, |
| 0:40.5 | keel was smashed. And I decided to buy her and fix her up. Yeah. Did you have to pay anything for the boat? |
| 0:48.0 | I did. And I find it still pricey in a way, but maybe that's just Switzerland. |
| 0:54.9 | It is just Switzerland. |
| 0:56.0 | Yeah. |
| 0:57.8 | Hey on the wind. |
| 0:59.1 | Before we get into the episode, just a reminder that the Annapolis Sailboat Show is coming up super quickly. |
| 1:04.9 | And we have a lot of events and things going on at the show. |
| 1:09.4 | So if you aren't yet signed up for our seamanship seminar and want to be, |
| 1:14.0 | go to 59-north.com slash events and get signed up. |
| 1:18.8 | You will also see our women's happy hour and our sale on the schooner woodwind, |
| 1:24.7 | and you can RSVP to those things as well. And if you aren't going to join any of |
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