Sailing Totem // Family Cruising
On the Wind Sailing
Andy Schell
4.8 • 593 Ratings
🗓️ 10 January 2017
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
#175: Behan & Jamie Gifford set off from Seattle Washington in Totem, their Stevens 47 sloop, in 2008. They've been sailing the world ever since, raising their three kids aboard the boat while crossing oceans, exploring landfalls and meeting interesting people along the way. Mia & I were invited aboard while Totem was in Annapolis last fall and had an enlightening conversation with the whole family about how they got inspired to go cruising, how the 'identify' themselves, where they call home, and what's in store for their future cruising plans.
On the Wind is presented by Weems & Plath.
Come ocean sailing with Andy & Mia aboard Isbjorn, a classic Swan 48. 59-north.com.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey team, Andy here. If you want to support the podcast, go to patreon.com slash on the wind, |
| 0:04.9 | where you can contribute as little as a dollar per episode to help us keep making awesome sailing content. |
| 0:11.7 | Even better, come sailing with us on East Bjorn. Go to 59-north.com slash offshore |
| 0:16.5 | to check out the latest updates to our passage calendar and to join us as crew on an offshore passage on our Swan 48. |
| 0:25.2 | On the Wind is sponsored by Weems and Plath, makers of fine nautical and weather instruments since 1928. |
| 0:31.6 | Weems and Plath's instruments have traced the evolution of navigation, and CEO Peter Trogden is passionate about it. |
| 0:38.4 | I think the passion grew as I took hold of the company 18 years ago and just felt like |
| 0:44.9 | if you're going to be great at it, you've got to own it. |
| 0:47.4 | In his spare time, Peter gives talks on the history of navigation, which is fascinating. |
| 0:52.7 | My history starts with the Polynesians, 2,500 BC. |
| 0:57.0 | The most spectacular navigators this Earth has ever seen. |
| 1:00.0 | And what they were able to accomplish and what they used to do that, their memorization |
| 1:05.0 | techniques. |
| 1:07.0 | And then I carried all the way through to Spirit on Mars, sending pictures from Mars. |
| 1:12.3 | And I do that 4,000 years and 45 minutes. |
| 1:16.9 | If you share Peter's passion about navigation, even just a little bit, |
| 1:20.6 | you've got to check out the Weems and Plath catalog at Weems-Dashplath.com. |
| 1:25.4 | Mia and I have used Weems and Plath instruments in tools for years, both on |
| 1:29.5 | Arcturis and now on Eastbjorn. My mom and dad got us a solid brass yacht lamp as a wedding |
| 1:34.8 | present that crossed Atlantic on Arcturus with us, and now keeps us cozy in the dark Swedish winter |
| 1:40.0 | in our farmhouse. Visit Weems-dashplath.com to see this and more. |
| 1:46.2 | Last fall, Totem was in Annapolis, the fairly well-known cruising family who've been |
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