{"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":"Gunnar Christensen // From Yacht Captain to Golden Globe Sailor","slug":"gunnar-christensen-from-yacht-captain-to-golden-globe-sailor","published_at":"2026-06-16T08:47:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-the-wind-sailing-169485/gunnar-christensen-from-yacht-captain-to-golden-globe-sailor","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-the-wind-sailing-169485","url":"https://59north.libsyn.com/gunnar-christensen-from-yacht-captain-to-golden-globe-sailor","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/59north/Gunnar_Christensen_Master.mp3?dest-id=160915","summary":"Gunnar Christensen is a career yacht captain and racing sailor who is in the midst of pivoting to sail solo, nonstop around the world in the upcoming Golden Globe Race. Gunnar and I talked about his origins as a sailor in New England, his varied career on yachts and racing boats and about the prep on his Bob Perry-designed boat for the round-the-world voyage. Gunnar is the first guest we've had on the show who came to record in-person at the new Mission Control in Sweden! Follow his progress in the GGR at gunnarsails.com. -- 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 Schooner Woodwind and BVI Yacht Sales . Support the show by supporting our sponsors!","meta_description":"Gunnar Christensen is a career yacht captain and racing sailor who is in the midst of pivoting to sail solo, nonstop around the world in the upcoming Gold…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5576,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/on-the-wind-sailing-169485/episodes/gunnar-christensen-from-yacht-captain-to-golden-globe-sailor/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/gunnar-christensen-from-yacht-captain-to-golden-globe-sailor.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}