Offshore to the Arctic: How Andy Schell & Mia Karlsson sailed their classic Swan 48 it to 80º NORTH!
Join Andy Schell and Mia Karlsson for a presentation on offshore sailing and their adventures to 80º NORTH in Spitsbergen! Andy & Mia own the 1972 S&S Swan 48 ‘Isbjorn’ and have been sailing her 10,000-miles per year offshore since they bought her in 2015. They offer ‘offshore sailing adventures’ to about 40 paying crew each year, and have sailed far and wide, including the Eastern Caribbean, Cuba, Bermuda, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Scandinavia, Portugal, the Azores and now the Arctic!
This will be Isbjorn’s second time visiting Ireland, and Andy & Mia’s third. They completed their first Atlantic crossing in their 1966 Allied Seabreeze yawl ‘Arcturus’ in 2011, making landfall after 23 days at sea in Crookhaven, then continuing up the Irish Sea, including a stop in Dublin! Isbjorn made landfall on the west coast in Inishmore in the Aran Islands in summer 2017 after sailing up from the Azores en route to Scotland and eventually Sweden. This will be their first stopover in Dublin.
Andy & Mia are currently in Spitsbergen as of July 5, planning for the 1,000-mile passage south to Iceland, where they’ll spend a few weeks before continuing on towards Ireland. Spitsbergen has been a dream of theirs since they started offshore sailing, and they’ve finally fulfilled it, reaching 80º NORTH and spending 4 weeks exploring magical Svalbard.
The presentation will include information on offshore sailing in general, plus their adventures in the Arctic in 2018. Photos and videos include encounters with dolphins, whales, walrus and polar bears! They will also take questions and answers and look forward to getting to know the members of the club!
Andy & Mia invite members to visit Isbjorn while she’s berthed in Dublin. Details to follow once they arrive from their passage from Iceland & the Faroes!
Follow their blog as they continue their adventures in the Arctic at 59-north.com/logs. You can find Andy’s ‘On the Wind’ podcast at 59-north.com/podcast or for FREE on your favorite smartphone podcast app!
To learn more about Isbjorn and how they’ve outfitted her for ocean sailing, visit 59-north.com/isbjorn. Andy & Mia are also regular contributors to SAIL Magazine and Yachting World.
Cost for dinner & talk is €25 p/ person.
To reserve a place at the talk & dinner please call Laura on 01 280 1811 or email reception@rsgyc.ie
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