{"podcast":{"title":"On the Wind Sailing","slug":"on-the-wind-sailing-169485","podcast_index_feed_id":169485,"rss_url":"https://59north.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/d/b/d/e/dbdeaa9e66acf580a04421dee9605cbd/OTW_Logo_2022_3000px.jpg","author":"Andy Schell","episode_count":527,"summary":"The definitive podcast about sailing. Professional sailors Andy Schell, Mia Karlsson and August Sandberg interview sailors from around the world to discover what motivates, scares & inspires them. For over twelve years and through 490+ episodes, our hosts have interviewed sailors like Dee Caffari, Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, Liz Clark, John Kretschmer, Kirsten Neuschafer, Nigel Calder, Pip Hare & many, many more. We talk to boat builders, yacht designers, YouTube stars, performance racers, and family cruisers. HOLD FAST!","last_synced_at":"2026-06-16T18:20:23.268890+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-the-wind-sailing-169485"},"episode":{"title":"Chris Kobusch & Sophie O'Neill // From Clipper Race to Antarctica & Beyond","slug":"chris-kobusch-sophie-o-neill-from-clipper-race-to-antarctica-beyond","published_at":"2026-02-03T16:05:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-the-wind-sailing-169485/chris-kobusch-sophie-o-neill-from-clipper-race-to-antarctica-beyond","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-the-wind-sailing-169485","url":"https://59north.libsyn.com/chris-kobusch-sophie-oneill-from-clipper-race-to-antarctica-beyond","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/59north/Chris__Sophie_Master.mp3?dest-id=160915","summary":"Chris Kobusch & Sophie O'Neill are longtime friends of 59º North. Chris was in fact one of our full-time skippers for two years on ICEBEAR & FALKEN, and Mia & I recently attended their wedding in England last September. Both professional sailors, they met on the Clipper Race, where Sophie was a last-minute sub-in as First Mate and sailed across the Pacific with Chris. Since then they've led an adventurous life together, working for Skip Novak in Antarctica and buying & refitting their own steel boat OCEAN WANDERER. Like Mia & I, they're now balancing family life with their son Xander, and professional sailing, and recently announced a new project where they'll be building a Wharram 62 catamaran and sailing to the South Pacific. I spoke to them about all of this from their home base on the Isle of Wight just before Christmas. -- Support the podcast & become a member of The Quarterdeck , where Andy, August & Mia dive deep on the art of seam'nship. Nerd out with us on our members-only forum and talk boats, gear, safety-at-sea, meet like-minded sailors, find crew, and more. Check it out on quarterdeck.59-north.com . See you there! -- This season of ON THE WIND is supported by our friends at Offshore Passage Opportunities and Rutgerson Marin . Support the show by supporting our sponsors!","meta_description":"Chris Kobusch & Sophie O'Neill are longtime friends of 59º North. Chris was in fact one of our full-time skippers for two years on ICEBEAR & FALKEN, and M…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5600,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/on-the-wind-sailing-169485/episodes/chris-kobusch-sophie-o-neill-from-clipper-race-to-antarctica-beyond/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-the-wind-sailing-169485/chris-kobusch-sophie-o-neill-from-clipper-race-to-antarctica-beyond.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}