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Pretty rare to get photos of @miapahavet & @schell_andy doing work on Isbjorn when crew are onboard! Andy going aloft for a rig check in Henån. Got some awesome stuff yesterday from @hellyhansen & @cam_dini who joined us on our shakedown sail to Strömstad 🇸🇪! Check out @hellyhansen & @cam_dini’s stories for more! 📷 @cam_dini #isbjornsailing #sailing #rigging #segling
Our first shakedown of 2018 was also an opportunity to join @hellyhansen at their 2019 launch in Strömstad! Watch the @hellyhansen feed today for their story of our 70-mile sail. We had HH media dude @cam_dini along for the trip, & we’re excited to catch up with @thepinkellaphant & the rest of the gang this week! #feelalive #hellyhansen #isbjornsailing #sailing #isbjornrefit2018 #shakedownsail #karunworld #puffinpatrol #holdfastclub
Nothing quite like the close-quarters sailing around the rocks & skerries of the Swedish archipelago 🇸🇪. Threading our way into Strömstad on the west coast, near the Norwegian 🇳🇴 border. #bästkusten #sailing #segling #isbjornsailing #boatlife
View from aloft 🤙 🇸🇪 15 knots of breeze from the south, Isbjorn doin’ her freight train thing 🚂 & making 8 knots to the NNE towards Strömstad. Almost forgot how much we LOVE this boat! 💕 ❤️ #isbjornsailing #feelalive #riggin #frigginwiththeriggin #sailing #segling #bästkusten #isbjornfreighttrain #swan48
SUN ☀️! The fog lifted this morning in Smögen 🇸🇪, & the breeze is up! Next stop, Strömstad, 40nm north, to meet up with the @hellyhansen team! #sailing #isbjornsailing #feelalive #hellyhansen #segling #bästkusten
The Captain #AndysDad on radar watch sailing through the archipelago into Smögen 🇸🇪. We only had a boatlength of visibility in the heavy fog! #boatlife #isbjornsailing #radarwatch #feelalive #hellyhansen #sailing #segling #bästkusten
First sail of 2018! A tad FOGGY here on the west coast of Sweden 🇸🇪! #sailing #finally #isbjornsailing #puffinpatrol #holdfastclub #hellyhansen #feelalive #boatlife
Can’t wait to get the old girl sailing again! #tbt One of our favorite shots of Isbjorn taken in the Baltic last summer as we blew past a Polish boat on the south coast of Sweden 🇸🇪. They were nice enough to send these photos to us! @miapahavet had a fun time deciphering the phonetic alphabet in Polish over the VHF! 🇵🇱 🇸🇪 🇺🇸 A fun little exercise in international diplomacy! #isbjornsailing #sailing #segling #sailingfriends #boatporn #boatlife #sexyboats #swan48
Hey @megearhead, here’s the 2nd windlass handle ;) #boatlife #anchoringproblems #sailing #isbjornsailing
Fogbound. #notsailing #isbjornsailing #sailing #segling
The Captain @svsojourner representin’ the home team in Sweden 🇸🇪! 🦅 #FLYEAGLESFLY #superbowl52champs #saltyseacaptain
@schell_andy Excited to FINALLY get some work in with that new SeaTiger 555 windlass! Not sure what all the fuss is with electric ⚡️? This was way easier than expected, even with that big 88lb. @rocna_anchors, & with plenty of power in reserve. Or maybe that’s just Andy ;) 💪 #isbjornsailing #whoneedsagym #sailing #workin #segling #isbjornarctic #rocnaanchors
The 2018 sailing season has officially started! There is something magical about waking up in a quiet, foggy, chilly anchorage. Morning coffee ☕️ never tasted so good! All systems GO on Isbjorn’s maiden voyage following our huge refit! Incidentally, we’re anchored right off the @hallbergrassy yard in Ellös. Though it’s too foggy to see it! #isbjornsailing #isbjornrefit2018 #sailing #boatlife #kaffe #morningcoffee #segling
Evening’s @sailrite project...”Just made 4 useless hats into 4 useFUL hats!” -@miapahavet #puffinpatrol #holdfastclub #sailing #boatlife #isbjornarctic #isbjornhatfactory #sewsailrite
Dudes! Matt Rutherford’s @oceanresearchproject is finally on Instagram! Give him a Nicole a follow for some epic sailing photos with a purpose. Better yet, support their nonprofit through Oceanresearchproject.org! #Repost @oceanresearchproject ・・・ ORP’s commitment to better understanding the impact of climate change is currently centered in Greenland. This is one of the least explored areas and its rapidly deteriorating ice cap could have a major impact on the ocean. The acceleration of sea level rise in heavily populated coastal areas and marine biodiversity loss are significant risks in the face of changes to the volume, chemical composition and physical characteristics of the Arctic water body. In 2015 and 2016, ORP teamed up with the @Nasa Ocean Melting Greenland Program (OMG) to conduct groundbreaking research in the Arctic waters around Greenland. ORP team members mapped 2,500 miles of northwest Greenland and lowered CTD probes 200 times, down to depths of 1500-3000ft and successfully mapped the seafloor in several areas where it had never been mapped before! In 2018, ORP will conduct another Arctic research expedition building on the last two expeditions. This third Arctic expedition will focus on collecting additional info in the Northwest Passage on the complex combination of forces contributing to melting the Devon Ice Sheet. #ClimateChange #ClimateScience #SailForScience #OceanScience #NASAOMG #Greenland #ArcticExploration #Sailing #Adventure #UnchartedTerritory
Beer o’clock! 🍻 Sails outta the loft ✅ Bimini cover sewn & installed ✅ New batteries installed ✅ BIG day today! #notsailing #boatlife #isbjornrefit2018 #isbjornsailing
Will it all fit!? Did a bit of winter maintenance on all the sails. And new Trojan 6V AGM batteries just arrived today. Swapped same for same this time, will go Li-Ion next time. #isbjornsailing #isbjornrefit2018 #sailing #boatlife
Sails go on today (if this wind ever dies down!) #notsailing #yet #sailing #boatlife #isbjornsailing #isbjornarctic #riggin
The Captain himself made the long trip to Sweden 🇸🇪 to help recommission Isbjorn! #AndysDad had a big case of FOMO & had to be the first crew of the season to try out all the new gear! He’s a little jet-lagged. #boatlife #sailing #isbjornsailing #isbjornrefit2018 #offshoresailing @svsojourner
Two new crew patches just arrived! Finally your answer to which #isbjornarctic design we picked. And perhaps my favorite, @psychedelicsteve’s custom #puffinpatrol patch to commemorate our Fair Isle experience! Isbjorn crew who complete certain milestones with us get a special patch - ala the @sailorjerry tattoo tradition. We call it the 59 North #HoldFastClub. All crew who sail with us get our standard #Isbjornsailing crew patch, which looks just like our IG logo. (And oh yeah, that’s @miapahavet in the background workin’ with the @sailrite sewing machine!) All patch designs by @psychedelicsteve!#isbjornsailing #holdfastclub #sailing #boatlife #isbjorncrew

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