Episodes
Monday Nov 07, 2022
Cal Currier // Alone Across the Atlantic at 16 - Ep. 106
Monday Nov 07, 2022
Monday Nov 07, 2022
Cal Currier had never been ocean sailing, but at sixteen-years-old the Palo Alto high school student set himself a goal to sail solo across the Atlantic Ocean. A few short months later, with support from his father and New England sailmaker Sandy Van Zandt, he had learned to sail, found the right boat, and set off on his crossing. His 28 day 3,400 nautical miles trip from Massachusetts to Portugal may qualify him as the youngest to ever make the west-to-east passage. We talk about his preparation for the trip as well as the highs and lows of the crossing itself.
Sunday Oct 23, 2022
Cyril Derreumaux #2 // A Successful Kayak from CA to HI - Ep. 105
Sunday Oct 23, 2022
Sunday Oct 23, 2022
He made it! Cyril Derreumaux recently became the second person in the world to kayak from California to Hawaii. We spoke before he left (episode 73) and now 91 days and 2,400 miles later we discuss the trials and triumphs of his successful solo crossing. It was not his first attempt, but he took what he learned from the aborted trip a year previously to make sure he was prepared physically and mentally for the adventure.
Sunday Oct 02, 2022
Justin Jenkins // Transformation & Growth - Ep. 104
Sunday Oct 02, 2022
Sunday Oct 02, 2022
Justin Jenkins is a sailor, musician, and carpenter who has sailed all over the pacific. He and I have been corresponding about sailing for a few years and I recently met up with him at the KKMI where he works and lives aboard his Luders 36. We had a good conversation about the ups and down, the stress and anxiety of preparing for an ocean voyage.
Sunday Sep 11, 2022
Ryan Finn: Success // Around Cape Horn in a Proa Sailboat - Ep. 103
Sunday Sep 11, 2022
Sunday Sep 11, 2022
Ryann Finn departed New York in January of 2022. Just over three months later he arrived here in San Francisco, having sailed his 36-foot proa sailboat 14,000 nautical miles - down the Atlantic, around Cape Horn, and back up the Pacific to San Francisco. He faced multiple challenges, including broken gear that required stops in Brazil and Patagonia, plenty of storms, and frustrating calms in the Pacific as he neared his destination. He talks about his adventurous passage and adjusting to life back on land. You can follow Ryan on Facebook at 2Oceans1Rock.
Sunday Aug 21, 2022
James Frederick // Across the Pacific Without a Rudder - Ep. 102
Sunday Aug 21, 2022
Sunday Aug 21, 2022
James Frederick was recently awarded the 2021 Qualifiers Mug from the Ocean Cruising Club for sailing 2,300 miles across the Pacific Ocean, 1,000 of those without a rudder. We met up in Annapolis the night before he received his award to talk about his rudder failure, steering by drogue, and how he went from being an artist, and taxi driver to an ocean cruiser aboard his 1965 Alberg 30 Triteia. He’s currently cruising in French Polynesia and you can follow his adventure at www.svtriteia.com.
Sunday Jul 31, 2022
Heather Richard // Winging it to Baja - Ep. 101
Sunday Jul 31, 2022
Sunday Jul 31, 2022
Captain Heather Richard, a good friend of mine, was one of the key inspirations for this podcast. She was my very first guest and I’m thrilled to have her back on the program for episode 101. She lives and runs a charter business in Sausalito called Fine Day for Sailing aboard her 43-foot sailboat Carodon. A U.S. Coastguard licensed captain, Heather’s been sailing since the age of 4 and more recently she’s picked up wing foiling. We talk about winging, her recent sailing trips down to Baja, homeschooling three kids along the way, and her sailing plans for the future.
Sunday Jul 17, 2022
Barry & Samantha Spanier // Rosie G Comes To Life - Ep. 100
Sunday Jul 17, 2022
Sunday Jul 17, 2022
The Rosie G is an innovative, new, scow bowed, junk rigged, boat that came from the mind of Barry and Samatha Spanier. She was designed by Jim Antrim and built by Cree Partridge and his yard at the Berkeley Marine Center. All of these folks are friends of the show, which is why it was such a treat to sit in the dog house on Rosie G in the Emeryville Marina and talk with Barry and Samatha about the boat’s conception, construction, and coming sea trials.
Saturday Jul 02, 2022
McKayla Bower // Trans Around The World - Ep. 99
Saturday Jul 02, 2022
Saturday Jul 02, 2022
McKala Bower is a trans woman who only started sailing a short while ago, but she’s got big ambitions to be the first trans and first openly gay person to circumnavigate solo. She’s always loved adventure and the outdoors and we talk about how at 25, a near-death experience in the mountains actually led her to coming out as trans. Now she’s tackling an adventure on the sea aboard her sailboat S/V Swirl, a San Juan 30, built in 1977. Learn more about McKayla at whoismckaylabower.com
Sunday Jun 19, 2022
Brady & Blue // Buying a Boat w Bitcoin & Surviving a Tsunami - Ep. 98
Sunday Jun 19, 2022
Sunday Jun 19, 2022
In this second interview with Brady Trautman and Alex Blue of S/V Delos fame, we talk about their new Passport 42, Lintika - the largest boat in their Cruisers Academy fleet. The sail training school they’re running in Tahoe and Sausalito is going strong and we had a great time talking about their plans for Lintika, surviving a tsunami warning in San Francisco, and nearly striking it rich on whale poop.
Sunday Jun 05, 2022
Mark Hensley // From Sailing Sunfish to Commanding Tankers - Ep. 97
Sunday Jun 05, 2022
Sunday Jun 05, 2022
Mark Hensley, knows sailing - he’s sailed his entire life. But he’s spent most of his time on the water at sea as captain of an oil tanker during a 20-year career with Arco Marine. He’s got plenty of stories from his time on the water and subsequent years teaching at the Maritime Academy in Vallejo, CA.