Karin Heck on Preparing for the High Latitude Challenge, with Host Moe Roddy Wieneke

About this episode

Karin Heck discusses her sailing experiences and preparations for the High Latitude Challenge with host Moe Roddy Wieneke.

This week's host, Moe Roddy Wieneke, is joined by Karin Heck to chat 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. Hear 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 & rigorous circumnavigation, and her favorite point of sail. Learn more at KarinIngeborg.com , SpinnakerSailing.com , and CornellSailing.com

People in this episode

Host: Moe Roddy Wieneke

Guest: Karin Heck

Topics covered

• sailing
• high latitude challenge
• women sailors
• circumnavigation
• personal stories

Keywords

• sailing
• high latitude challenge
• Karin Heck
• Moe Roddy Wieneke
• Baltic Sea
• women sailors
• circumnavigation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Spinnaker Sailing, Cornell Sailing, Karin Ingeborg

Places: Sweden, Baltic Sea

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