Good Jibes #244: Karin Heck on Preparing for the High Latitude Challenge, With Host Moe Roddy Wieneke
In this episode of Good Jibes we chat with Karin Heck about her lifetime of sailing, teaching sailing, and now preparing for Jimmy Cornell’s High Latitude Challenge. Karin grew up sailing with her dad in Sweden, has done deliveries around the world, and is an instructor at Spinnaker Sailing.
Tune in to hear Karin share her favorite memories from the Baltic Sea, the most gorgeous sunrise she’s ever seen, her best advice for women sailors, how she’s preparing for a unique and rigorous circumnavigation, and her favorite point of sail, with this week’s host Moe Roddy Wieneke.
Here’s a small sample of what you will hear in this episode:
- The confidence gap, communication styles on the boat, and why Karin stopped trying to “sound like a man”
- The most underrated sailing skill according to Karin
- The women’s sailing seminar Karin developed at Spinnaker Sailing in Redwood City
- Sailing through the night solo while two crew were sick below, and watching the sunrise to a U2 song
- Karin’s boat for the expedition the High Latitude Challenge
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Learn more at KarinIngeborg.com, SpinnakerSailing.com, and CornellSailing.com
Check out the episode and show notes for much more detail.