Simon Borjeson // Sailor & Athlete
On the Wind Sailing
Andy Schell
4.8 • 593 Ratings
🗓️ 25 August 2015
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
#117 is Simon Borjeson, a twenty-something Swedish sailor and athlete living in Norway and working as an engineer in the oil industry. I met Simon at the start of the ARC Europe rally in Portsmouth, VA. He, along with three of his friends, were crewing onboard Euphoria, a brand-new Xc-42 that Simon's dad Len had recently bought.
Simon discusses growing up and sailing with his family, what it's like on a long ocean passage, how Swedish sailing and boating culture works, why Swedes don't drink and drive and how his sailing actually helped his preparation for the Stockholm Swimrun in June. Simon & his competition partner Rasmus are gunning for the world championships in Swimrun on September 7, racing in 'O till O', a 75km jaunt through the outer Stockholm archipelago. Follow them on ostersjosimmet.com.
As an aside, you might hear that I talk a bit different in this episode. I know Simon in Swedish, and we rarely talk English to each other. So it's a bit strange for both of us to be speaking English together on the show. Big thanks to Simon for going out of his comfort zone and recording this episode in English.
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| 0:00.0 | I was a bit too quick in a transition from swim to a run and I just forgot about it |
| 0:08.0 | my shoulder issue for a second and made a wrong movement with the arm and it popped out. |
| 0:17.0 | But I'm used to it, as I said it's really bad right now, it's very unstable, but I'm used to it. As I said, it's really bad right now. |
| 0:21.5 | It's very unstable. |
| 0:23.6 | But I know how to get it back into place. |
| 0:26.3 | Hey, this is Anna Vinnerers, live from Sweden. |
| 0:29.0 | Welcome back to the 59 North Sailing Podcast with your host, Angie Shell. |
| 0:33.4 | Enjoy the show. |
| 0:34.9 | Hello, hello, and welcome back to 59 degrees north, a podcast about sailing, mostly anyway. |
| 0:42.3 | I'm your host, Andy Schell, and we're recording this one again from 59 degrees north. |
| 0:47.5 | Still in Sweden, and I've got a Sweden-specific episode for you today. |
| 0:53.1 | Episode number 117 is sponsored again by Forbes Horton Yacht Sales. |
| 0:58.0 | I asked Forbes if there is such a thing as the perfect blue water boat. |
| 1:03.0 | That is a question that if I could answer it succinctly, I would probably be the wealthiest, most successful yacht broker on the planet. |
| 1:14.1 | So how then does Forbes match his clients to their perfect boat? |
| 1:18.4 | He says it's a combination of factors. |
| 1:21.2 | Your age, your health, your expectations. |
| 1:26.0 | But Forbes emphasizes that it's more about you than it is about the boat. |
| 1:30.7 | I've seen people sail around the world on Albin Vega 27s or thereabout, you know, and |
| 1:38.6 | I've seen people do it on 70 foot, 80 foot, 90 foot mega yachts. So I think the thing to do is more to do with what's your experience level |
| 1:49.0 | and what are your expectations out of the boat. |
| 1:52.0 | I think if you are not very experienced, you're going to need a boat that perhaps |
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