Podcasts · Offshore Sailing and Cruising with Paul Trammell
Skip Novak, High-Latitude Expedition Sailing and Expedition Sailboats
· 1 h 21 min · S1 E205
Episode Skip Novak, High-Latitude Expedition Sailing and Expedition Sailboats
Skip Novak is a lifetime offshore sailor, veteran of four Whitbread Round the World and other races, and owner of Pelagic Expeditions. He recently published the boat "On Sailing."
We talk about the book, learning to sail, Kirsten Neuschafer, combining sailing and climbing, design aspects of proper bluewater cruising boats, deck layout on Skip's boats, rigging for heavy weather, heaving-to, drogues and sea anchors, rudders and keels, unnecessary features often found on modern sailboats, older boats, simplicity, communication, managing Starlink, safety, below-deck features of a bluewater boat, catamarans, favorite wildlife, sailing amongst ice, favorite moments, and more.
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