#141. It’s only been a week since our last episode, but when we went bi-weekly, I promised an interview every two weeks. Episode 140 is a live seminar I recorded from Toronto on Sailing the Baltic. Not an interview, of course, so sort of a bonus episode this week. I highly recommend going to 59-north.com/baltic to follow along with the slides from this talk. You’ll also find a load of show notes and links that will be useful if you ever plan to sail in the Baltic yourself.

In this episode, Mia and I discuss sailing in the Baltic from our own perspective. We spent three summers in the Baltic on Arcturus, mainly sailing the Swedish coast, but also covering the Baltic islands of Aland and Gotland. This talk is full of practical notes and inspirational stories from our experiences there.

Before we get to it, a few notes from us. Many of you have requested lists of books I talk about, and I finally got around to building a books page on the website. Go to 59-north.com/books to see all my favorites, sorted by category - some technical, some inspirational, and some having nothing at all to do with sailing! There’s also a form there if you have any you want to recommend yourself!

Finally, we just sold the last crew space on the trans-Atlantic passage from Newfoundland to Ireland, which means we have just two spaces left to crew on Isbjorn for all of 2016. Those are both on our Ireland-Lisbon passage in mid-September. That’ll be a challenging Bay of Biscay crossing late in the season, with some potential for heavy weather, but at least it’ll get warmer as we sail south! For those of you from the US, it’s easier and cheaper than you think to fly to and from Europe, so don’t rule this one out because of the distance! Read details about the passage and signup on 59-north.com/offshore.