Wendy Mitman Clarke // SAIL Magazine Editor
On the Wind Sailing
Andy Schell
4.8 • 593 Ratings
🗓️ 12 December 2023
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Wendy Mitman Clarke is the editor-in-chief at SAIL magazine and a long-time cruiser herself. I work with Wendy regularly as a columnist for SAIL, but had never actually sat down to talk about her own background. I caught up with her at the Annapolis Sailboat Show in October, and from the Captain's Cabin onboard the Pride of Baltimore II, we discussed her history as a sailor, 'failure' in the cruising lifestyle, what it's like running a magazine, the writing process and lots more.
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| 0:00.0 | people would always come up to me and say, so what's your, you know, where's your first destination? |
| 0:05.4 | And I would say, Road River. It would be like, stop being a smart ass. And I'm like, I'm actually not. |
| 0:09.8 | You know, I just want to get off, we just want to get off the dock. Because that's the hardest part about cruising, I think. |
| 0:16.1 | On the Wind is presented by Pelagic Autopilots, a group of dedicated sailors and engineers developing |
| 0:21.5 | autopilot solutions for the Blue Water Cruiser, Solo Sailor, and Racer. Pelagic systems have been |
| 0:27.3 | tested in races and voyages around the globe. In fact, both boats at 59 North use Pelagic |
| 0:33.1 | Autopilots, and we worked with Pelagic to build a custom unit for Falcon last year to suit her 30-ton |
| 0:39.4 | displacement. |
| 0:40.8 | Falcon's Pelagic autopilot served us well for over 16,000 miles during her first offshore |
| 0:45.5 | season and was one of the first new systems on board that didn't require significant tweaking |
| 0:50.6 | after our initial sea trial. |
| 0:53.5 | Pelagic's testing grounds are the Pacific coastal races, and their philosophy is to provide |
| 0:58.0 | simple, self-contained products, requiring no connection to proprietary data networks. |
| 1:03.0 | One of the biggest advantages to us and the robust redundant systems that we like to have |
| 1:07.9 | on board East Bjorn and Falcon. |
| 1:10.0 | The Pelagic autopilot uses the latest sensor and computer technologies to hold a course |
| 1:14.8 | through the most difficult conditions. |
| 1:17.5 | Pelagic Autopilots, built by offshore sailors for offshore sailors. |
| 1:22.2 | Check out Pelagicotopilot.com to learn more and spec your own system. |
| 1:28.1 | On the Wind is also presented by Dive who make portable tankless scuba dive systems. |
| 1:34.1 | We have one on each of our boats, in fact. |
| 1:37.2 | Enjoy diving on your own terms with a blue tankless dive system. |
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