Tanguy de Lamotte, Vita Power, and Electric Boats
Tanguy de Lamotte is a French sailor and naval architect, and veteran of many offshore races, including the two Vendeé Globes and several Transats. He is also part of Vita Power, a company that makes ...
24 Jun 202446min
Simon Curwen, Ocean Globe Race aboard Translated 9
Simon Curwen recently skippered Translated 9, a Swan 65, in the Ocean Globe Race, which was a re-creation of the 1973 Whitbread Round the World Race. The race consisted of 4 legs, from the UK to Cape ...
17 Jun 20241h 13min
Sail Trim Basics with Carl Damm
Carl Damm is a sailing instructor and owner of Damsel Marine, a yacht managment and maintenance consulting service. We talk about the basics of trimming sails, like using adjustable jib-sheet cars, th...
10 Jun 20241h 9min
Gunnar Christensen, Preparing for the 2026 Golden Globe Race
Gunnar Christensen is entered in the 2026 Golden Globe Race. We talk about his motivations, what he hopes to gain from the race, his competetiveness, preparing mentally and physically, singlehanding a...
3 Jun 20241h 25min
Alan Fishbone, Heavy Weather in the North Atlantic
Alan Fishbone lives on his Lord Nelson 35, currently in the British Virgin Islands. He sailed there from New York in December and encountered heavy weather, which we discuss. We also talk about living...
27 Mai 202446min
Kirsten Neuschafer, Winner of the 2022 GGR
Kirsten won the 2022 Golden Globe Race, and became the first woman to win a sailing race around the world by the three great capes, crewed or solo, and the first South African to win an around the wor...
20 Mai 20241h 5min
A Conversation with Jerome Rand of Sailing into Oblivion
Jerome Rand is the host of the podcast Sailing into Oblivion, and author of the book by the same name, describing his solo nonstop sail around the wolrd in Mighty Sparrow, his Westsail 32. This episod...
13 Mai 20241h 36min
Heather Thomas, Winner of the 2023 Ocean Globe Race
Heather Thomas skippered SV Maiden to victory in the 2023 Ocean Globe Race (OGR), and the crew became the first first all-female crew to win an around the world race. Heather was also the youngest ski...
6 Mai 20241h 1min
