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Andy & Mia // 2024 Year-in-Review
14 January 2025 · 1h 4m · 164 views
What this video covers
The 59° North Sailing fleet, consisting of the boats *Falcon* and *Isbjörn*, logged 18,136 nautical miles across 58 degrees of latitude during their 2024 season.7:00 The company hosted 174 crew members across various passages, excluding additional offshore racing miles. For 2025, the organization has scheduled an ambitious itinerary totaling over 18,300 miles for *Falcon* alone, including a transit from the Atlantic to the Pacific via the Panama Canal.9:04 The planned route features a sequence of long-distance legs: Lagos to Las Palmas, Las Palmas to Antigua, Antigua to Colombia, and a 1,000-mile passage from Panama to the Galapagos.12:10 The company maintains a policy of reserving at least two spots for women on every *Isbjörn* trip, resulting in a near 50-50 gender split among crew.1:16 Management has shifted its operational strategy to prioritize time in Sweden during the summer months to accommodate family life and school schedules, moving away from a reactive, fire-fighting approach toward more proactive organizational planning.20:39
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