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ICEBEAR Offshore // Heading South Again
Passage Logs, ICEBEAR
ICEBEAR Offshore // Heading South Again
Passage Logs, ICEBEAR

Mia flew home on July 2, having met the crew for the return leg to Lunenburg. My dad had flown up from Pennsylvania to join us for a sail in another part of the world he’d never been to, in the hopes he’d get to see an iceberg or two (he did). August Sandberg, ISBJORN’s new full-time skipper, flew over from Norway to take Mia’s place as mate on ICEBEAR, get to know ‘the 59 North Experience,’ and spend some time training up with me.

Passage Logs, ICEBEAR
ICEBEAR update: Lunenburg to Annapolis
Passage Logs
ICEBEAR update: Lunenburg to Annapolis
Passage Logs

Updates from IceBear

As I am typing this, I am sitting at the farm house in Sweden watching the tracker on the website, curiously waiting for the next update from Andy & IceBear via the YB tracker or the Sat phone. Now I know what it feels like for the families back home, following the progress from the home. The tracker and the new messages we have been posted along with it is a nice treat for us not being onboard, and I thought I could cut together a short blog with some updates from Andy.

Passage Logs
Mia: Back in Sweden while IceBear is sailing south
Passage Logs
Mia: Back in Sweden while IceBear is sailing south
Passage Logs

Written on July 10, 2019:
Back in Sweden…

IceBear is currently offshore, about 100 nm from Lunenburg and off the coast of Nova Scotia. They had a nice passage south from St. Johns with a stop in the French Island St. Pierre. But this is the first time in a very long time that I am not onboard, sailing with Andy and the crew and finishing off the season. We made the decision a while back, we have now lived at the farm in Sweden over two years but never been there in the summer time.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Liz & August! Here’s a fun coincidence - ISBJÖRN’s new skipper & mate share the same birthday! Didn’t even realize this until today. AND, they’re both coming to 🇸🇪 this weekend for a big 59 North weekend at the farm! Can’t wait to properly celebrate with you guys! #isbjornsailing
BOAT SHOW time people! Mia & Andy are hosting a special HOW WE THINK ABOUT SAILING panel discussion on Sunday Oct 13 up at Ram’s Head OnStage from 10am-12pm. Panelists include: BRIAN from @svdelos // MEG & MORGEN from @oceanracers // Legendary @vendeeglobe2020 sailor PETE GOSS // & Attainable Adventure Cruising founder JOHN HARRIES! $35/person, the cheapest education in ocean sailing you’ll ever get ;) Sign up at 59-North.com/boatshow (link in bio). @flyingbrian.svdelos @pete_goss @annapolisboatshow @ramsheadonstage See you there! #boatshow #annapolis #offshoresailing #sailing
ICEBEAR schralpin’ up toward Canada, 11 knots beam-reaching in 20 knots of breeze! #swan59 #icebearsailing #offshoresailing #sailing
HEJJA HEJJA @simon_borjeson & @thelillcharlotte Team GARMIN (314), racing in today’s @otillorace Swimrun World Championship! Follow the live stream on otilloswimrun.com/live (link in bio). Simon, one of our relief skippers, has raced Swimrun for years, but this is the big event - 75km racing through the Stockholm Archipelago, 65km trail running & 10km swimming. We took ISBJÖRN there in 2017 to volunteer for the race, and helped move all the timing gear from Utö up to Sandhamn for the start. #otillo #notsailing #teamgarmin
I LOVE public speaking, such a rush! What a fun weekend in Stockholm 🇸🇪 hanging out with friends at the @rutgersonmarin booth, then teaming up with @flyingbrian.svdelos @kazzaatsea & @miapahavet to get in front of 150+ people, including a whole bunch of family & friends old & new, in the perfect little harborside theatre to re-live the biggest adventure of my life! Can’t wait to do it all again in Annapolis in October ;) Thanks for the photos @linda_hammarberg! #holdfast #isbjornsailing #alltpåsjön #sailing #svalbard 📸 @linda_hammarberg
Yay Stockholm! 🇸🇪 So cool to see so many friends & family turn up on a gorgeous Saturday afternoon to hear us & @svdelos tell stories from Svalbard! And it’s inspiring talking to everyone who gets inspired by our antics, it’s pretty cool to see. Huge thanks to Linda, Ludvig & @rutgersonmarin for putting this all together & hosting us. Probably our favorite part of the weekend was sitting up to the wee hours last night over a few beers telling stories amongst sailors. We’re more inspired than ever to keep doing cool stuff! Lookout for this same presentation with us & @flyingbrian.svdelos & film screening coming to Annapolis in October! #tackyouverymuch #holdfasttoyourdreams #holdfast #svdelos #isbjornarctic #59northsailing #alltpåsjön 📸 @kazzaatsea
Still a few tickets left for our evening in Gustavsberg 😎, super excited to share the adventure with you and the @svdelos screening for the first time! 100 sek / per person - cash or swish at the door if you don’t have a ticket yet! See you there! #alltpåsjön #svdelos #svalbard
SKÅL! 🍾🥂🍻 It’s a 59 North tradition to pop an icy cold bottle of bubbles as soon as we hit the dock after every passage. This was an extra special one bringing ICEBEAR to Annapolis for the 1st time! Can’t start the cleanup ‘til you’ve celebrated! Yaaaaargh! 🏴‍☠️ #icebearsailing #offshoresailing #bubbles #landfall #annapolis #sailing
Last reminder to come hear us & @svdelos talk in Gustavsberg on Saturday! Limited seats, so get your tickets ahead of time at 59-North.com/events (link in bio). We’ll do a special ‘Arctic Stories’ presentation followed by a test-screening of Part 1 of “80 North: Sailing on top of the World”, the upcoming three-part mini series that Delos is producing! Be the first to see it and provide feedback for us in the editing process. Q&A to follow. Supported by @rutgersonmarin & @alltpasjon. See you in Stockholm! 🇸🇪 #80north #svdelos #59northsailing #isbjornsailing #isbjornarctic #offshoresailing
#tbt 2011, Glandore 🇮🇪 exactly 8 years ago TODAY. Having just made landfall in Crookhaven the week before after 23 days at sea on ARCTURUS, we went ashore in nearby Glandore to meet the legendary Don Street, who lives there. Our propane had run out, so we invited ourselves into his study for the morning’s coffee. ☕️ One strange cup of coffee it was! Don brought out two cups filled with hot water and a handful of only partially cracked coffee beans, as if he’d taken a ziplock bag of them and whacked it a few times with a hammer! But he was a generous host, and it was surreal sitting in his living room that day, the original tiller from his iconic yawl IOLAIRE hanging on the wall (sadly which sunk last week). Don remains & friend and a huge inspiration. #iolaire #arcturus #ireland #transatlantic #offshoresailing #sailing
59 North HOLD FAST Club! 🏴‍☠️ Unless you want to go super hardcore & actually get the tattoo, crew who sail with us can earn embroidered patches for different milestones reached, inspired by the old-school sailors tattoo traditions. Thanks to @psychedelicsteve for doing the design! #yaaaargh #oldschool #sailorjerry #icebearsailing #isbjornsailing #offshoresailing #sailing #tattoo #puffinpatrol
FINALLY got around to ordering enlarged prints of some of our favorite photos for the house in 🇸🇪! After an impossible selection process, these ten made the cut. Which is your favorite!? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 1). Night Sail, Iceland 2018. @rick_tomlinson ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 2). Pirate Blasting, Offshore Cuba 2019. @andy_yaargh ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 3). Walrus Tusker, Svalbard 2019. @jamesaustrums ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 4). Great White, Guadaloupe 2019. @andy_yaargh ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 5). Puffin Friend, Fair Isle 2018. @andy_yaargh ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 6). Hiking Henningsvaer, Lofoten 2018. @ jamesaustrums ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 7). Staysail Takedown, Offshore Bermuda 2019. @andy_yaargh ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 8). Landfall in Isafjordur, Iceland 2018. @jamesaustrums ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 9). Skiing Hornstrandir, Iceland 2018. @retro_outdoors ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 10). ISBJÖRN on Ice, Svalbard 2018. @jamesaustrums ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #isbjornsailing #icebearsailing #offshoresailing #59northsailing #sailing #swan48 #swan59
ISBJÖRNAR! Polar Bears! Can’t believe this was over a year ago now up in Svalbard where we had such a beautiful encounter with these gorgeous animals. What a day! #isbjornsailing #isbjorn #polarbears #svalbard #offshoresailing #isbjornarctic 📸 @jamesaustrums