Kirsten Neuschäfer Preparing for the Golden Globe 2022 Around the World Race South African sailor, Kirsten Neuschäfer, specialises in high latitude, high adventure sailing. Carolina Deseta talks to her about preparing for the Golden Globe 2022 around the world race.
How did you get started in sailing? I started sailing as a child, sailing dinghies: Optimists; Dabchicks; Lasers; and Hobie Cats. All great fun! I was totally hooked and knew then that I wanted to get into ocean sailing at the earliest opportunity I could find.
What do you currently do for work? Currently I work for Skip Novak, skippering Expedition Sailboat, the Pelagic, a 50-foot steel sloop, custom-built with a lifting keel
and rudder for high-latitude sailing. She is extremely strong with a steel hull for cold terrain and ice, and a strong rig for heavy weather – all features for getting around places like South Georgia, the Antarctic Peninsula, the Falklands, and Patagonia to name but a few. We do expedition-style sailing, taking film crews like National Geographic and the BBC to these amazing far-out places so that they can make wildlife documentaries. We take mountaineers to places like South Georgia and the Antarctic Peninsula, so they can do ski-touring or can SisterShip 6
