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Sep 28, 2026 · 1:20:12
Ambre Hasson learned to sail in 2020, then after owning a small cruising boat, she decided to train for the Mini Transat. She got the ball rolling, but lost her boat while…
Sep 21, 2026 · 1:16:27
Tim Skillman is a long-time sailor and author of "Looped: from the Staits of Mackinac to the Bitter End," a book about his mid-life-crisis journey from the Great Lakes down the…
Sep 14, 2026 · 1:16:27
Captain Ryan Rayfield runs Sail Libra , an offshore sailing charter operation aboard a 60' ketch built in 1969 by Abeking & Rasmussen and designed by William H. Tripp Jr. Based…
Sep 7, 2026 · 1:22:52
Pure Yachts is a new German shipyard based in Kiel, northern Germany, building high-performance aluminum cruising yachts featuring hydraulic-lift keel systems, modern planing…
Aug 31, 2026 · 1:28:44
Richard and Judith sail a Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 410. They were on the show in June of 2025 and have a YouTube Chanel "Sailing Helios" and a Vimeo chanel "Sailing Helios…
Aug 24, 2026 · 1:37:09
You might remember Olivia Wyatt from two previous episodes . She sails a Robert Perry Panda 34 solo and has been sailing around the world visiting remote places and documenting…
Aug 17, 2026 · 1:27:28
Diana Vega was the first mate aboard Team UNICEF in the 2025-2026 Clipper Round The Wolrd Yacht Race, a circumnavigation on one-design 70' ocean racing yachts with professional…
Aug 10, 2026 · 1:15:11
MIke and Danielle live aboard their Catalina 34 in La Paz Mexico. They recently bought another boat, a 1999 Catalina 42, in Virginia and sailed her to Panama, where I met them.…
Aug 3, 2026 · 1:16:15
Allison and James bought a Catalina 30 just a few years ago, taught themselves how to sail, and took off to explore Alaska. We talk about meeting and deciding to make plans to…
Jul 27, 2026 · 1:36:25
Brendan and Channel Moore live aboard and sail a Norseman 447. They recently sailed from Florida to The Bahamas and on to Panama. We talk about sailing across the Gulf Stream to…
Jul 20, 2026 · 1:40:10
Brian Hathaway was in Marina del Rey, California, where he left from in February 2022 at the beginning of his circumnavigation, during this intervierw, after completing a…
Jul 13, 2026 · 1:15:06
Gaurav Shinde lives and sails on Lake Ontario in Toronto, Canada. He was entered in the 2022 GGR with "Good Hope," his Baba 35, but injured his shoulder on the way to France and…
Jul 6, 2026 · 1:18:15
James sails a Wharram catamaran with two free-standing masts side-by-side and Chinese junk rigged. I met him in Bocas del Toro, Panama, and later in San Blas, in 2023. When I…
Jun 29, 2026 · 1:27:40
Matt Rutherford set off from Aasiaat, Greenland June 25th in effort to circumnavigate the Arctic Ocean solo, nonstop, and unassisted in a Valiant 42 ketch. If he succeeds, he…
Jun 22, 2026 · 55:36
Ollie Bergquist recently sailed his Contessa 32 from California to Hawaii solo and plans to continue on around the world. We talk about Hawaii, arriving at a city after a long…
Jun 15, 2026 · 1:12:58
Jillian Feberwee, Nick Tait, William Edelman, and Michael Youngling sailed with Tapio Lehtinen aboard Galiana, his 1972 Swan 55 yawl from Antigua to Nassau, The Bahamas. We talk…
Jun 8, 2026 · 1:03:28
Ertan Beskardes is a lifelong sailor entered in the 2026 Golden Gobe Race. He recently completed the Mini Globe Race, in which he circumnavigated in a 19' Class Globe 5.80…
Jun 1, 2026 · 1:04:19
In this episode, I talk about Tapio Lehtinen's recent Bahamas trip and lessons we can take from it, using Google Maps to find coordinates of anchorages or dive spots and…
May 25, 2026 · 1:16:40
Will Sofrin is a lifelong sailor and the author of the book " USCGC Eagle: The Legacy of America's Tall Ship." The book tells the story of a German naval training ship seized at…
May 17, 2026 · 1:00:27
Matt Steverson has been rebuilding an offshore racing sailboat and converting her into a fast family cruising liveaboard, and doing a fantastic job of it, which he and his wife…
May 11, 2026 · 1:17:17
Carl Damm is the owner or Damsel Marine, a yacht management, maitenance, and consulting company. He is also a sailing instructor with ASA and Nautic Ed. We talk about how to…
May 4, 2026 · 1:21:45
Cristina Zenato is a shark ecologist and behaviorist who grew up between the savannah and the rainforest of the Congo, where she developed a passion for the outdoors and an…
Apr 27, 2026 · 1:17:07
Colm Walker is entered in the 2026 Golden Globe Race. He was in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico when we talked, on the way from San Diego to France via the Panama Canal. He is a dual…
Apr 20, 2026 · 1:20:38
Kevin Wasbauer runs Shearwater Sailing out of Monterey Bay, California. He sails a Farr 53, sometimes with clients, sometimes solo. He is currently offereing berths on a sail…
Apr 13, 2026 · 1:05:15
Dan Turner recently took second place in the Mini Globe Race, in which he circumnavigated in a home-built Globe 6.50. We talk about completing a circumnavigation, Antigua,…
Apr 6, 2026 · 59:44
Christian Lobel is an RYA Yachtmaster Instructor and captain of Saga, a Swan 47 on which he sails offshore, often with paying crew. I met Chris in Newfoundland in a fjord on the…
Mar 30, 2026 · 1:10:06
Alison Gieschen wasin Nuku HIva when I spoke to her, sailing a Taswell 43 on a circumnavigation with her husband. She is also the author of 7 books, including Riding the Waves of…
Mar 23, 2026 · 59:15
Guy deBoer is preparing for the Golden Globe Race, which starts in September, and will try to be the first American to win a solo nonstop circumnavigation race. He was in the…
Mar 16, 2026 · 1:11:37
Mara is a Norwegian sailor entered in the 2026 Golden Globe Race. She was doing her 4000nm qualifier for the GGR, sailing from Morocco to St Martin in the Caribbean in her 2001…
Mar 9, 2026 · 1:07:26
Dudley Dix has been designing sailboats - monohulls, catamarans, and trimarans - since the 1970's and is still at it. His designs incorporate wood, fiberglass, steel, or…
Mar 2, 2026 · 1:36:41
Tim and Emmie sail a 1996 Seastream 43 and are at the beginning of a circumnavigation starting in England. They were in Cape Verde when I interviewed them and had recently been…
Feb 23, 2026 · 1:22:46
Amy Cobb and MJ Sizemore of Motherload Sailing are back in Bocas del Toro after sailing their Bavaria 50 back to Florida to sell. They replaced her with a Lagoon 410 catamaran,…
Feb 16, 2026 · 1:26:47
Gretchen and Tim were in the same anchorage as me when I met them, and John Kretschmer recommended them as guests. They sail a Catalina 42 with an added staysail and have a…
Feb 9, 2026 · 1:26:38
Brian Hathaway was in Panama when I interviewed him, near to completeing his circumnavigation. While sailing, he has been filming a documentary "The Healing Power of the Ocean."…
Feb 2, 2026 · 1:13:39
Mike and Stephanie were in the Sea of Cortez when I interviewed them, aboard their Saga 43, Stella Blue . They bought her in British Columbia and sailed her south to California…
Jan 26, 2026 · 1:28:52
Ryan Rayfield recently sailed with novice crew from Block Island to Bermuda in November and faced some heavy weather, which he dealt with effectively in his 60' ketch, Libra.…
Jan 19, 2026 · 1:12:56
Joe Drago used to be a commercial fisherman in New England and now sails a Cape Dory 45 ketch based in New York and runs Sailing Resolution, a sailing adventure charter business.…
Jan 12, 2026 · 1:14:44
Robin Toozs-Hobson is a long-time sailor and delivery skipper based in St. Lucia. He and I have sailed together a few times and had some great adventures. He recently did a…
Jan 5, 2026 · 30:42
Hylke Boersma is a project manager for refits at KM Yachtbuilders. He is currently working on the repair of a Boreal 52 that suffered hull damage after being struck by another…
Dec 29, 2025 · 58:43
Harry Anderson is the only person to have both flown solo and sailed solo to all seven continents. He is also the author of "Sailing 7 Continents Solo." We talk about his route,…
Dec 22, 2025 · 1:03:24
Willem Nieland has been designing yachts for 35 years. He designs Globemaster yachts, as well as custom aluminum expedition sailboats, motor yachts, and residential yachts. His…
Dec 15, 2025 · 1:05:37
Tapio Lehtinen and his crew were sailing in the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers from the Canary Islands to St. Lucia when we talked. The interview was conducted in the cockpit of…
Dec 8, 2025 · 53:11
Viivi was part of Tapio Lehtinen's crew onboard Galiana for the 2023 Ocean Globe Race. This race was the subject of Tapio's book "Pole Star and Albatross." Viivi is now building…
Dec 1, 2025 · 1:16:11
Andrew Evans is best known for his book "Singlehanded Sailing, Thoughts Tips Techniques and Tactics." His most recent book is "Singlehanded Sailing, Two Points West of Sanity."…
Nov 24, 2025 · 41:47
The Royal Western Yacht Club was founded in 1827 to encourage yacht racing. Chris Arscott is the Vice Commodore and organizes the OSTAR and the Round Britain & Ireland Race, and…
Nov 17, 2025 · 1:12:15
Guido Cantini is an Italian entrant in the 2026 Golden Globe Race. His boat is a Vancouver 34, and he has been preparing for the race for six years. We talk about sailing arounf…
Nov 10, 2025 · 1:11:03
Eddie and Kelli were in Corfu, Greece, when I spoke to them. They were sailing a 1986 Beneteau First 29, had just sold it, and were buying a Moody 422. We talk about sailing with…
Nov 3, 2025 · 1:32:30
Iain and Brioni are two Scottish sailors casually circumnavigating on a Leopard 47 Catamaran. As we spoke, they were in the South Pacific. We talk about dealing with a broken…
Oct 27, 2025 · 1:33:58
Brett and Tess were in the Solomon Islands when I spoke to them. They sail a Corbin 39, surf, spearfish, explore, and interact with the local cultures. We talk all about the…
Oct 20, 2025 · 1:01:16
Jaz races in the Hanse 303 and RS Venture Connect SCS classes , and sails an Albin Vega 27, in which she recently became the first wheelchair user to sail solo and unassisted…
Oct 13, 2025 · 1:13:10
Tapio Lehtinen sailed his boat Galiana, a 1972 Swan 55 yawl, in the 2023 Ocean Globe Race. He is now taking paying crew on ocean training passages and offshore races. If…
Oct 6, 2025 · 1:27:11
Adam Desrosiers lives in the Alaska panhandle and sails a Cape George 36. We talk about sailing in the Alaska panhandle (the south), fjords and inlets, weather, currents, storms,…
Sep 29, 2025 · 1:35:39
Brian and Helen Russell sail an aluminum Dudley Dix 43 that Brian built. This past summer, they sailed the Viking Route from London to Halifax, Nova Scotia via the Scilly Isles,…
Sep 22, 2025 · 1:05:39
Norbert Sedlecek Koch is the founder of Innovation Yachts. In July 2026, he will attempt to sail nonstop unassisted solo around the world passing through all the world's oceans,…
Sep 15, 2025 · 57:00
Etienne Messikommer is an entrant in the 2026 Golden Globe Race. He also won the 2021 Globe 5.80 Transtat. We talk about his first boat (which was steel), selecting his GGR boat…
Sep 8, 2025 · 1:09:48
Mark Sinclair is following the Mini Globe Race in his Lello 34, Coconut (the boat he raced in the 2018 GGR). He was in Antigua last time we spoke (in February 2024) and he was in…
Sep 1, 2025 · 1:19:26
Gunnar Christensen is an entrant in the 2026 Golden Globe Race. He owns a Hans Christen 34 and is also a professional sailor and skipper of racing sailboats. We talk about his…
Aug 25, 2025 · 1:01:26
Kevin Le Poidevin sails an Open 40, Roaring 40 and a Sigma 36 Rogue Wave . He sailed in the 2014 and 2018 Solo Trans Tasman Challenge New Plymouth to Southport, the 2021 and 2024…
Aug 18, 2025 · 56:17
Guy deBoer is a professional sailor active in offshore racing. He was in the 2022 Golden Globe Race, but went aground in the Canary Islands and had to retire from the race. He…
Aug 11, 2025 · 57:19
Tom Cunliffe is a living legend among offshore sailors. He has lived his life at sea, mostly sailing traditional boats. He learned to sail on a 22 ft gaff sloop when a teenager…
Aug 4, 2025 · 1:11:12
Jolly Holly sails a 72' carbon fiber trimaran now, and has a history of restoring old boats and solo sailing. She is also the owner of ShowMeYourDinghy dinghy navigation lights,…
Jul 28, 2025 · 58:46
Daniel Turner is currently in second place in the Mini Globe Race, another Don McIntyre circumnavigation race. He was in Fiji when I interviewed him, right befrore the start of…
Jul 21, 2025 · 56:11
This is part two of my conversation with marine electrical engineer Owen Murphy. We talk about meeting John Kretschmer, the influence of electrical systems and electronics on…
Jul 14, 2025 · 1:06:07
Owen Murphy is an ABYC certified marine electrical engineer and technician who offers both onsite and remote electrical system consulting, maintenance and installation. He sails…
Jul 7, 2025 · 1:08:36
Deborah Hammett began sailing later in life and is the author of the book "Young Salt at Sixty." She sails a Jenneau Sun Odyssey 36 out of Martha's Vineyard, Mass. We talk about…
Jun 30, 2025 · 1:10:37
Chris and Shona have been sailing around the world on a Leopard 46 catamaran with their four children. They started in Australia on a monohull and sailed up to the islands in the…
Jun 23, 2025 · 1:01:45
Saare Yachts is a German company that builds quality, semi-custom yachts which are made in Estonia in the yard that formerly built Finngulf Yachts. In the intro, I discuss the…
Jun 16, 2025 · 1:16:58
Filip Kotodziej is the skipper of SV Selma of SailCamp Expeditions, running high-latitued charters. He recently visited Isla de los Estados - an island off the souther tip of…
Jun 9, 2025 · 1:30:48
Richard and Jude sold everything and bought a Jenneau Sun Odyssey 410 in 2022. Unable to get the boat delivered to Australia in a timely manner, they decided to take the boat in…
Jun 1, 2025 · 1:11:36
Matt Woodside is entered in the 2026 Golden Globe Race (GGR). His boat is a Cape George 36 and he lives in Portland, Oregon. We talk about getting into sailing, the Sea of…
May 26, 2025 · 1:09:32
Diana Vega grew up on the Isle of Wight sailing in the Solent. She will be the First Mate with Guy Waites on Team Unicef UK in the 2025-2026 Clipper Round the World Race. We talk…
May 19, 2025 · 37:30
Barry Perrins recently crossed his wake completing a 9-year circumnavigation aboard steel Van de Stadt. We talk about his boat, the pros and cons of steel boats, his route, New…
May 12, 2025 · 1:05:33
Mike Price sails and races in Hawaii and owns Hyde Sails Hawaii. We talk about sailing in Hawaii, sailmaking, things sailors need to know about sails, when you need new sails,…
May 5, 2025 · 52:25
Brent bought Stargazer, an Endurance 35 six years ago in Vancouver and has since been restoring and rebuilding her. She has been almost completely rebuilt and now looks like a…
Apr 28, 2025 · 1:10:56
Melanie Neale grew up on sailboats and has always lived the sailing and cruising life. She's been a yachtbroker for ten years and now owns Sunshine Cruising Yachts based in St.…
Apr 21, 2025 · 1:14:06
Istvan Kopar took 4th place in the 2018 Golden Globe Race - and was one of only five finishers. Next year on the 250th anniversary of the United States of America, he will be…
Apr 14, 2025 · 1:07:04
Mark Synnott is a New York Times bestselling author, a pioneering big wall first ascensionist and one of the most prolific exploratory climbers of his generation. Always seeking…
Apr 7, 2025 · 56:38
Ulrika retired, sold her house, and bought a 1995 Island Packet 40. She has just started what she plans to be a long and casual circumnavigation. She was in Guyamas Mexico when I…
Mar 31, 2025 · 35:46
The Last Voyage of Asteria is Tapio Lehtinen's latest book, co-written by Paul Trammell, and documents Tapio's 2022 Golden Globe Race, during which his boat, Asteria, sank while…
Mar 24, 2025 · 1:06:37
Ronnie Simpson is a 40-year-old professional racing sailor from the United States of America who aims to sail in the 2027 Global Solo Challenge race. Recently, Ronnie was the…
Mar 17, 2025 · 1:34:15
Robert Perry is one of the most prolific, sucessful, and iconic sailboat designers of the modern age. He is known for designing the Valiant 40, Tayana 37, Tashiba 36, Baba 35,…
Mar 10, 2025 · 1:02:23
Fraser Flight was born and raised in Zimbabwe, where he up on a tobacco farm. He started sailing as a young boy on a lake alongside giraffes and rhinos. He progressed to…
Mar 3, 2025 · 56:18
Brian Hathaway has been sailing around the world, mostly solo, on his Hunter 44. He recently sailed from St Helena to Recife, Brazil. We talk about Recife, Brazil, St Helena,…
Feb 24, 2025 · 1:12:01
Mike Smith is a South African living in Australia and is building a wooden Suhali replica (the boat Robin Knox-Johnston sailed in the 1968 Golden Globe Race), in order to compete…
Feb 17, 2025 · 50:37
Daniel Turner is entered in the Mini Globe Race, sailing Immortal Game , his mini 5.80, which he built. He started racing small boats in Australia when he was six years old. He…
Feb 10, 2025 · 1:14:57
Bill and JoAnne Harris are the Ocean Cruising Club Port Officers for the Bay Islands of Honduras (Roatan, Guanaja, Utila, Cayos Cochinos, and the Swan Islands. They sail SV…
Feb 3, 2025 · 1:10:15
Captain Mark Sinclair was born in Manchester, UK, and emigrated to Australia in 1960. He served 20 years in the Royal Australian Navy up to the rank of Commander. During his…
Jan 27, 2025 · 1:35:29
MJ and Amy Sizemore from Motherload Sailing sailed in November from Linton Bay, Panama, to Ft. Pierce, Florida, through the Windward Passage, and without stopping. They sail a…
Jan 20, 2025 · 1:07:14
Helga Marie Lovenskiold Kveseth, aka Mara, is a Norwegian entered in the 2026 Golden Globe Race, an around-the-world, solo, and nonstop race using only technology from 1968 or…
Jan 13, 2025 · 1:11:53
Lin Pardey is a living legend best known for sailing long offshore passages in small traditional boats witout engines or electronics. Lin and her late husband Larry have sailed…
Jan 6, 2025 · 1:01:49
Bert Terhart is a Canadian adventurer who has cicumnavigated solo, nonstop, navigating only with a sextant. He also crossed Canada from west coast to east coast in a canoe in one…
Dec 30, 2024 · 59:59
Dealtry Pickford is a South African sailor entered in the 2027 Global Solo Challenge, an around-the-world nonstop solo race. HIs background is dinghy racing, and his boat is a…
Dec 23, 2024 · 58:38
Pat Lawless is an entrant in the 2026 Golden Globe Race. He also sailed in the 2022 GGR, but had a failure of his windvane and retired in Cape Town, South Africa. We talk about…
Dec 16, 2024 · 1:14:35
Ambre was born in Paris, but moved to the US when she was 10. She went to school and graduated with a degree in economics. After a brief career in New York City, she gave it all…
Dec 9, 2024 · 1:08:54
Scott Johnston runs Yachting Scotland, an adventure-sailing and sailing tourism operation located in the Firth of Clyde on the west coast of Scotland. Our discussion begins with…
Dec 2, 2024 · 1:02:33
Doug Jackson spent fifteen years building a 75' steel junk-rigged sailboat in Tulsa Oklahoma. Aron Erwin introduced me to Doug, and I interviewed them both in episode 221 in the…
Nov 25, 2024 · 1:16:43
Adam lives off-grid in southeast Alaska and sails a Cape George 36. He was also a small-boat commercial fisherman and a merchant marine. We talk about Alaska, his history of…
Nov 18, 2024 · 42:55
Erden Eruc is an entrant in the 2026 Golden Globe Race, and has purchased Simon Curwen's Biscay 36, Clara. Erden is also one of only two people to have circumnavigated under…
Nov 11, 2024 · 57:58
When I spoke with Sam the previous week (ep. 224) he was en route to Dakar. In this episode, he is in Dakar. I also talk about my recent passage from San Blas to Linton Bay and…
Nov 4, 2024 · 48:32
Sam was sailing in his Cape Dory 28 between the Canary Islands and Dakkar when I spoke to him. Before the interview, I talk about the San Blas Islands. Sam and I talk about the…
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