Best Ggr Podcasts (2024)

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GGR Artist Profile: Chloe Hammond 7:42

7d ago7:42

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With a profoundly emotional, personal writing style that speaks to the reader’s emotions and soul directly, Chloe Hammond is a wonderful addition to the show, having contributed the episodes “The Caretakers”, and “The Remnants”. In this artist feature, we explore Chloe’s inspirations, her writing process, and get a glimpse into the life experiences…

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Tanguy de Lamotte, Vita Power, and Electric Boats 46:11

2d ago46:11

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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 electric boats. We talk about electric boats and their environmental advantages, the Vita Power boats, sailing IMOCA boats, foiling, cruising, and mor…

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Simon Curwen, Ocean Globe Race aboard Translated 9 1:13:28

9d ago1:13:28

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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 Town, South Africa; to Aukland, New Zealand; to Punta del Este, Uruguay; and back to the UK. Simon started as the navigator aboard Translated 9, and w…

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Sail Trim Basics with Carl Damm 1:09:40

17d ago1:09:40

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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, the boom vang, the outhaul, halyard tension, asymetrical spinnakers, using a spinnaker net, downwind sailing, flying the main or not when on a deep broa…

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Gunnar Christensen, Preparing for the 2026 Golden Globe Race 1:25:03

24d ago1:25:03

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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 and being alone on the ocean, Tapio's book, The Whitbread, the Royal National Lifeboat Institute, sailing full-keeled vs fin-keeled boats, jacklines an…

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The Caretakers 50:02

28d ago50:02

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A story of unrequited love takes a dark turn as a young woman discovers the truth behind the man she idolizes.Written by: Chloe Hammond | Narrated by: Grace Morris | Production and sound design: Mike T. Red

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Alan Fishbone, Heavy Weather in the North Atlantic 46:11

1M ago46:11

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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 on a boat, solar power, Lord Nelson sailboats, heavy weather and sailplans, accidental jibes, the Bermuda Triangle, full-keel cutters, boom brakes, t…

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The Hum (Part Two) 36:27

1M ago36:27

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A rumor becomes all too real when it shows up (quite literally) on our protagonist’s doorstep late one night.Written by: Mike T. Red | Narrated by: Mare Silva | Production and sound design: Mike T. Red

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Kirsten Neuschafer, Winner of the 2022 GGR 1:05:20

1M ago1:05:20

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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 world race. Kirsten sailed Minnehaha, a Cape George 36 in the race, which she refit over one year in Prince Edward Island, Canada. Before the race, she w…

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Heather Thomas // MAIDEN Skipper & OGR Winner 1:13:21

1M ago1:13:21

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Skipper Heather Thomas recently won the inaugural Ocean Globe Race aboard the iconic yacht MAIDEN. The crew made history again by becoming the first all-female crew to win a round-the-world race! At 27, Heather was the youngest skipper in this race and one of two female skippers. Emma and Heather talked about leadership, confidence, navigation and …

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A Conversation with Jerome Rand of Sailing into Oblivion 1:36:35

2M ago1:36:35

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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 episode is not one of us interviewing the other, but rather a conversation between us. We talk about our boats, reefing, safety, the higher latitudes, cold …

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Kristoffer Appelquist // 'Över Atlanten' TV Show 1:14:31

2M ago1:14:31

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Comedian Kristoffer Appelquist returns to the podcast to talk about his first trans-Atlantic passage with the Swedish reality TV show 'Över Atlanten.' Now in it's 6th season, the show — which puts celebrities onboard a big Swan with Whitbread skipper Gunnar Kranz for an Atlantic crossing — has become a huge hit. Kristoffer, Mia and I talk about how…

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Heather Thomas, Winner of the 2023 Ocean Globe Race 1:01:57

2M ago1:01:57

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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 skipper in the race, at 27 years old. We talk about how she learned to sail and gain enough experience to be chosen to skipper Maiden in the OGR, prepari…

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The Hum (Part One) 42:31

2M ago42:31

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A schoolyard rumor turns comes uncomfortably close to home when a young boy learns that there may be more to it than idle speculation. Written by: Mike T. Red | Narrated by: Mare Silva | Production and sound design: Mike T. Red

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August Sandberg // ISBJØRN Refit 1:17:29

2M ago1:17:29

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August Sandberg is the owner and skipper of our beloved Swan 48 ISBJØRN, which has sailed over 60,000 miles since the beginning of 59º North. August lives outside Bergen, Norway, where the boat is now based, and recently finished overseeing a second major refit, which we had done at Vindö Marin on the west coast of Sweden on the famed boatbuilding …

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Owen Murphy, Panama to the Marquesas 1:12:01

2M ago1:12:01

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Owen Murphy recently crossed the Panama Canal, then sailed to the Galapagos islands, and on to the Marquesas, solo, on his Pacific Seacraft 34. We talk about learning French, Polynesian tattoos, provisioning, cyclones, sailing from Panama to The Marquesas, siglehanding, Owen's Pacific Seacraft 34, spinnaker mishaps and lessons, going up the mast, g…

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Gun Guy Radio 281 – Auto Stereo Upgrades & Repairing Vintage 4x4s

2M ago

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Welcome to episode 281 of Gun Guy Radio! I’m your host Jake with Cohost Zack. We talk about guns, prepping, homesteading, tools, automotive and more! This episode is brought to you by Patriot Patch Company. Hey Zack, How’s it going? Sponsor – Patriot Patch Co Main Topic: 12 YEARS of GGR! CRTs Zack: Tundra Upgrades: […] The post Gun Guy Radio 281 – …

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Remnants 51:07

2M ago51:07

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When everyone around her starts coming down with a strange new case of the flu, one young woman is going to discover that quarantine and lockdowns are the least of her worries. Written by: Chloe Hammond | Narrated by: Chrisi Pashley | Production and sound design: Mike T. Red

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Suzanne Heywood // Wavewalker: Breaking Free 1:06:18

2M ago1:06:18

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Suzanne Heywood was raised on a sailboat. What started as a three year circumnavigation with her family turned into a decade of living aboard, sailing, and struggling to get an education. Suzanne's book, 'Wavewalker,' tells the story of that voyage. In this episode, Emma and Suzanne talk about 'Wavewalker,' Suzanne's relationship to sailing now, an…

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Lutz Kohne and the Golden Globe Race 1:32:37

2M ago1:32:37

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Lutz Kohne is entered in the 2026 Golden Globe Race, and was part of the race organization in the 2022 GGR, taking satellite calls from the sailors and dealing with emergencies. We talk about learning to sail, making mistakes, going offshore for the first time, losing the engine while docking, working with Don McIntyre in the 2022 Golden Globe Race…

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Alex Laline // Clipper Round The World Skipper 1:12:30

2M ago1:12:30

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Alex Laline is a lifelong sailor and one of our full-time staff at 59º North. Growing up in a multinational family, he sailed dinghies as a kid in the UK, Spain and Indonesia, then got inspired to sail around the world when he saw an ad for the Clipper Round the World Race. As a teenager he saved all his money and joined Clipper as a paying crewmem…

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Graveyard Grim Radio Teaser 2 0:47

2M ago0:47

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On April 25th step back into the graveyard with the second half of Graveyard Grim Radio's premiere season. Tune in for more stories of horror, shock, and high weirdness. Premiering April 25th at midnight.

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Rob Hamill, The Cruising Kiwis 1:11:50

2M ago1:11:50

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Rob and his family, aka The Cruising Kiwis, bought their 43ft catamaran, Javelot, with minimal sailing experience to retrace the tragic sailing trip of Rob's eldest brother, Kerry, who was captured and executed by the Kmer Rouge in Cambodia in 1978. When we spoke, they were in the Maldives, having just visited Thailand, and making progress on their…

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Lutz Kohne // Golden Globe Manager turned Racer 1:10:57

3M ago1:10:57

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Sailing was never a part of Lutz Kohne’s life growing up — it hit him square in the face as an adult, and completely changed his trajectory. He has since worked as a professional skipper, as Race Director for the OGR and the GGR, and he is now preparing to set sail himself, around the world, solo, retro and unassisted as a participant in the Golden…

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John Ensley, Cruise-N-Learn Sailing International 49:06

3M ago49:06

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John spends his summers sailing in Puget Sound, and the winters in La Paz, Mexico. He is the owner, founder, and sailing director of Cruise-n-Learn Sailing International. We talk about learning to sail, La Paz, Mexico, live-aboard sail training, asymmetrical spinnakers, reefing, anchors, electronics, Starlink, heaters, the school-boat fleet in La P…

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Henry Mickel & Bayley Richardson // Sailing REVELRY Home to Oz 1:12:50

3M ago1:12:50

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Henry Mickle & Bayley Richardson are self-described "Mates from the Land Down Under", cruising around the world in an old Beneteau. These two twenty-something friends made a pact, worked their asses off, saved their money, bought a boat and are living the dream — figuring it out as they go, but with knowledge and experience earned from working prof…

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Tips for Cruising and Living Aboard 1:02:49

3M ago1:02:49

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After making a life for myself cruising, sailing offshore, and living aboard full time, I share tips and lessons I've learned along the way. I talk about ways to prepare for this lifestyle and how to enjoy it once out on the water, living in a sailboat. I also talk about sailing education, safety, getting used to the water, the importance of water …

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Gun Guy Radio 280 – Travel Tricks, Extreme Weather

3M ago

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Welcome to episode 280 of Gun Guy Radio! I’m your host Jake with Cohost Zack. We talk about guns, prepping, homesteading, tools, automotive and more! This episode is brought to you by Patriot Patch Company. Sponsor – Patriot Patch Co Main Topic: Zack: Trip Back to IL Travel Electronics Kit Mini multi cable: https://amzn.to/3HMtP1q 4port […] The pos…

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Jojo Pickering // From the Sea to the Theatre & Back Again 57:39

3M ago57:39

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Jojo Pickering grew up with sailing as a central part of her life, vagabonding on the high seas with her family and sailing from Africa to the UK. As she got older, she spent more time ashore, starting a traveling theatre company with her husband and kids and bouncing around the UK, France and Spain. But the sea called her back — she recently compl…

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Brian Dale, Cruising as a Nomadic Musician 1:42:06

3M ago1:42:06

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Brian is a solo sailor on a Hughes 38, currently in Georgetown, The Bahamas. He supports his cruising by playing the guitar and singing, sometimes putting on dinghy concerts from his boat in the anchorage. We talk about anchoring and the new mooring balls in Georgetown, sailing from Lake Huron to The Bahamas, sailing with a tiny fuel tank, losing a…

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Liz Wardley // A Sailor Smashing Records in the Worlds Toughest Row 1:02:37

3M ago1:02:37

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Sailor, kitesurfer, and paddler Liz Wardley returns to the show to talk with Emma about her record-breaking row across the Atlantic. She completed the World's Toughest Row at the end of January after 44 days at sea. She beat the previous record by 15 days. Liz has competed many times in The Ocean Race and was last on the podcast in 2019 when she wa…

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Expeditions to Antarctica, Michael Brooks 1:03:55

3M ago1:03:55

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Michael Brooks of Expedition Sailing has been taking clients on skiing and climbing expeditions from South America to Antarctica. We talk about sailing to Antarctica, picking the right weather window, steel boats, their maintenance, pros and cons; Michael's dream boat, running expeditions in Antarctica, Antarctica politics, anchoring/mooring in Ant…

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Capt. Jennifer Kaye // Schooner WOODWIND & Trans-Atlantic on FALKEN 1:04:08

4M ago1:04:08

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Capt. Jen of Schooner WOODWIND returns to the podcast after having just sailed with Andy aboard FALKEN on the 2,100 mile passage across the Atlantic! Jen and Andy reflect on Jen's first big ocean crossing and what it was like to leave the wintry Chesapeake Bay for tropical Tradewind sailing. They also talk about challenges of running a small busine…

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Four Years and 35 Countries with Helen Shrewsbury 1:08:56

4M ago1:08:56

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Helen recently completed a four-year journey from the UK to New Zealand and visited 35 countries along the way. We talk about her boat, the journey, some of her favorite countries, The Gambia, sailing under the bridge on The Gambia River with only inches to spare, hippos, the people and culture, anchoring, her electrical and solar systems, and much…

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Tapio Lehtinen, from the Last Stop of the Ocean Globe Race 59:33

4M ago59:33

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Tapio Lehtinen was in the port of Punta del Este, Uruguay, during the last stop of the Ocean Globe Race, a re-creation of the Whitbread Round the World Race, when we spoke. He was sailing on Galiana With Secure, a 1970 S&S 55 yawl with a young crew of Finnish sailors. We talk about the boat, sailing from the last stop in New Zeland to Uruguay, goin…

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Ronnie Simpson, Dismasting in the Global Solo Challenge 1:45:49

4M ago1:45:49

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Ronnie Simpson was racing solo around the world in an Open 50 when he dismasted soon after rounding Cape Horn, and with a storm approaching with forecasted 70-knot wind and 30' seas. We discuss the events leading up to the dismasting, making the decision to call for rescue, as well as the race, details about sailing a thirty-year-old open 50 in an …

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Panama to Mexico with Brendan and Chanell Moore 1:21:18

4M ago1:21:18

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Brendan and Chanell recently sailed their Bruce Roberts 36 from Bocas del Toro, Panama, to Isla Mujeres, Mexico, in late December, saw some dificult weather and had to adapt their plans. We also talk about the passage, the boat they bought in Florida, a 1985 Noresman 447 designed by Robert Perry, Panama, Tobobe, the Ngobe Indians, Starlink, pirates…

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Understanding Boat Statistics, Panama Update 2/2024 42:41

5M ago42:41

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In this episode, I talk about the Global Solo Challenge and the boats in the race, focusing on sailboat data and how that affects a sailboat's performance. I also talk about what I've been up to, components on my boat that I like or dislike, angry local surfers, theft in Panama, seasickness, my electrical system upgrade to a lithium battery, and mo…

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Emily Caruso // Pro Sailor & Empathetic Leader 1:06:06

5M ago1:06:06

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Emily Caruso has spent 18 years and counting as a professional sailor, though only first learning about the sport in her late 20s. Growing up in the countryside in England, Emily had an epiphany one day during a weekend sailing excursion and hasn't looked back since. Andy & Emily sat down in person onboard FALKEN in Cape Verde to talk about her car…

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Extended Cruising with Children, Suzanne Heywood, Author of Wavewalker 49:00

5M ago49:00

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When Suzanne was 7 years old, she set sail from Plymouth, England, on the schooner Wavewalker with her parents and brother. Their trip, which was recreating Captain Cook's third voyage around the world, was supposed to last for three years but ended up taking a decade. Along the way they were shipwrecked in the Indian Ocean and, as she grew older, …

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Gun Guy Radio 279 – GGR

5M ago

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Welcome to episode 279 of Gun Guy Radio! I’m your host Jake with Cohost Zack. We talk about guns, prepping, homesteading, tools, automotive and more! Sponsor – Patriot Patch Co Zack’s Youtube: Youtube Link Zack’s Writing: RangeHot Articles Main Topic: Zack: BlackFriday/Christmas Followup- G48 TLR7 w/ Tennicor Sagax Lux HF 5 drawer cart and underhoo…

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Jens Joachim Hiorth // Tall Ship Captain 1:05:54

5M ago1:05:54

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Jens Joachim Hiorth is the Captain of the Statsraad Lehmkuhl, the largest and oldest tall ship in Norway. The ship recently completed a circumnaivation around the great capes. August joined the Captain onboard the ship for a conversation on the particulars of running such a large ship on the high seas. Website: https://lehmkuhl.no -- If you liked t…

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Cruising a Trailerable Trimaran with Tom and Kelsey Bohanon 1:09:26

5M ago1:09:26

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Tom and Kelsey live in Colorado and cruise and race in a 28' Corsair trimaran. I met the in the Ragged Islands, The Bahamas. They also raced the trimaran in the Race to Alaska. We talk about The Bahamas, Greenland, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, foul-weather gear, spearfishing, sharks, the Race to Alaska, human propulsion systems, restoring an aluminum…

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Bill Strassberg // The Viking Route 1:18:23

5M ago1:18:23

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Bill Strassberg literally wrote the book on the Viking Route, authoring the latest edition of the Cruising Club of America's guide to the far northern route across the Atlantic. Andy first got in touch with Bill when researching FALKEN's Greenland passage last summer and caught up with him late last year for the podcast. We talked about Bill's cust…

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Webb Chiles, Going Beyond the Limits of Human Experience 1:12:57

5M ago1:12:57

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Webb Chiles is a solo sailor and author. He has circumnavigated six times, was the first American to sail solo around Cape Horn during which he broke Chichester's record, nearly circumnavigated in an open boat - an 18' Drascombe Lugger, and most recently circumnavigated on a Moore 24. His mission in life has been, as he says, "to go beyond the limi…

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Cosima Franchini // Yacht Captain & Business Owner 1:06:11

5M ago1:06:11

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Cosima grew up on the Puget Sound where her family nurtured a love of sailing and old classic boats. In college she worked on tall ships in the PNW but eventually she landed on the east coast where she found a community of friends who worked on private classic yachts. She spent her twenties pursuing positions and racing aboard big rig schooners and…

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Schooner Sailing with Seth Bird 1:19:55

5M ago1:19:55

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Seth Bird sails a steel schooner and has worked on commercial vessels for over 20 years, ranging from the USCG and NOAA to oil field support vessels and tall ships. We talk about tall ships, marlinspike seamanship, lessons we can learn from commercial shipping, communications, talking to commercial ships on the VHF radio, AIS, steel boats, sailing …

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