Phyllis has sailed over 40,000 offshore miles with John on their McCurdy & Rhodes 56, Morgan's Cloud, most of it in the high latitudes, including cruising the coast of Norway and Svalbard for 2 years, and has crossed the Atlantic three times. John was born and brought up in Bermuda and started sailing as a child, racing locally and offshore before turning to cruising. He has sailed over 100,000 miles, most of it on his McCurdy & Rhodes 56, Morgan's Cloud, including eight ocean races to Bermuda, culminating in winning his class twice in the Newport Bermuda Race. He has skippered a series of voyages in the North Atlantic, the majority of which have been to the high latitudes, including cruising the coast of Norway and Svalbard for 2 years. Hans Jakob has cruised the coast of Norway for over 50 years, including three voyages to Svalbard in three different sailboats. He has an unparalleled and intimate insider's knowledge of the coast.