1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Chris Kobusch &amp;amp; Sophie O'Neill are longtime friends of 59º North. Chris was in fact one of our full-time skippers for two years on ICEBEAR &amp;amp; FALKEN, and Mia &amp;amp; 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 &amp;amp; refitting their own steel boat OCEAN WANDERER. Like Mia &amp;amp; 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 &amp;amp; become a member of&amp;nbsp;The Quarterdeck, where Andy, August &amp;amp; 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&amp;nbsp;quarterdeck.59-north.com. See you there! -- This season of ON THE WIND is supported by our friends at&amp;nbsp;Offshore Passage Opportunities&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;Rutgerson Marin. Support the show by supporting our sponsors! On the Wind Sailing http://59north.libsyn.com <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/39980810/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/item/39980810