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  • How I Think About Rigging // Mate Liz Karamavous

    Liz perched atop Isbjorn’s Rig! Having worked as a professional rigger on some of the most avant-garde boats afloat, Isbjørn Mate Liz Karamavros has caught a glimpse of what the future holds for cruising rigging. Read on and learn how and why Liz got her start in the rigging Industry! Join Click here for full post: https://www.59-north.com/blog/liz-rigging More

  • Repairs & BURIED TREASURE! // Ben’s Blog P.4

    ISBJORN Skipper August checking Spinnaker trim during a circuit of Jost Van Dyke. We rested in Nanny Cay, but we weren’t sitting around. There were repairs to be made on both boats – ISBJORN had lost her forestay turnbuckle on the way south. To hear August tell the story, the Click here for full post: […] More

  • ISBJORN Trans-Atlantic p. 10 // Fixing Broken Things

    How many ISBJORN crew does it take to fix the genoa track? Today’s title was inspired by David Byrne. Yesterday annoyed me. I was tired, having not slept well the night before (it was my own fault – I had a cup of coffee an hour before bed while helping Click here for full post: […] More

  • FULL WONKA! // Free Crew Space with the Golden Postcard!

    FULL WONKA! Surprise surprise…that little extra Sailing SV Delos something we teased in the 80 NORTH coffee table book is revealed today! Since we can’t ship 250 books around the world to sign them all, instead we printed 250, 6×9” postcards – using 4 different photos – that have been Click here for full post: […] More

  • Magic Dolphins

    0947. We’re approaching 24 hours straight with the spinnaker flying. After a few calm spells during the first two days (in which we averaged only about 130 miles per day), the wind finally filled in from the ENE yesterday morning and we’ve been cruisin’ ever since. Around the noon watch change on the 5th, we […] More

  • Wind Off, Wind On

    0521 Sailing again. After dropping all sails after dinner last evening to save them beating themselves to death in the windless swell, Mia & I re-hoisted the mainsail and set the genoa at 0345 this morning on a light easterly breeze and a calming sea. The stars are out, and the occasional cloud is visible […] More