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Christian Lobel, Circumnavigating Newfoundland
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 south coast in 2022. Last year, he returned circumnavigated Ne
Alison Gieschen, Circumnavigating on a Taswell 43
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 Reality I and II. We talk about dealing with an engine proble
Guy deBoer, GGR Tactics
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 2022 GGR, but went aground on a reef on Fuerteventura. He has sin
Mara Lovenskiold Kveseth, GGR 2026 Entrant
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 Saltram Saga 36. We talk about the journey she was on, her boat
Dudley Dix, Designing Sailboats Since the 1970's
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 aluminum, and he is the developer of the radius-chine plywood method.
Africa! Tim Good and Emmie van Biervliet, Sailing in Senegal and The Gambia
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 to Senegal and The Gambia. We talk about a rough introduction t
Amy and MJ of Motherload Sailing, moving onto a Catamaran
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, on which they live with their 5 sons. We talk about their new c
Cruising with Gretchen and Tim of GnT Sailing
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 YouTube channel called GnT Sailing. We talk about meeting while rac
Closing the Loop on a Circumnavigation, Brian Hathaway
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." Brian is five years sober. He also directed a short documentar
Sailing the Sea of Cortez, Hawaii, and Alaska, Mike Kalil and Stephanie Propp
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 and Mexico, then to Hawaii, Alaska, down the west coast, and ret
Sailing in Heavy Weather with Ryan Rayfield, Sail Libra
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. Ryan learned to sail on Lake Martin in Alabama, and now runs Sail
Sailing from the POV of a Former Commercial Fisherman, Joe Drago
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. We talk about how he got involved in commercial fishing, less
Sailing to Japan with Robin Toozs-Hobson
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 delivery of an Excess catamaran from St. Lucia to Japan. We talk ab
Repairing an Aluminum Hull at KM Yachtbuilders, Hylke Boersma
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 boat while on a mooring. We talk about using a 3D-scanner to ass
Sailing Solo to Seven Continents, Harry Anderson
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, his boats (a Bavaria 37 and an Alures 40.9), sailing with a ce
Willem Nieland, Globemaster Yachts, Designing Aluminum Sailboats
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 designs are know for efficent and ergonomic use of space, comfo
Onboard Galiana with Tapio and Crew
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 Galiana, a 1972 Swan 55 yawl, while underway. I spoke with each o
Viivi Moisio, Sailing in the Ocean Globe Race on Galiana
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 a Class Globe 5.80 to sail in the 2026 Mini Globe Transat. We
Andrew Evans, Singlehanded Sailing Two Points West of Sanity
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." The book is mostly about his ill-fated passage attempting to sa
Introducing the Worldstar with RWYC Vice Commodore Chris Arscott
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 now the Worldstar, a new nonstop round-the-world race for 35'-
Guido Cantini, 2026 Golden Globe Race Entrant
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 the Tuscan Archipelago, the differences between being a marine
Cruising the Greek Islands, Sailing with a Baby, Eddie and Kelli of The Vanabond Tales
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 a new baby, kids on boats, their Beneteau First 29 and how th
Emergency Steering in the South Pacific, Red Seas 2
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 steering cable, using an emergency tiller, repairing the steel ca
Sailing the Solomon Islands, Brett and Tess from The Seafaring Project
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 Solomon Islands, their boat, colliding with a floating tree and de
Jazz Turner, Project Fear, Circumnavigating Britain and Ireland
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 around Great Britain and Ireland, and doing so confronted and over
Tapio Lehtinen, Sailing his 1972 Swan 55 Yawl, Galiana
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 interested, send an email to paulwtrammell@hotmail.com and put "Sailin
Adam Desrosiers, Sailing a Cape George 36 in Alaska
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, dealing with the cold, katabatic winds, Patagonia, anchoring
Sailing the Viking Route, Brian Russell
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, Scotland, The Faroes, Iceland, Greenland, Labrador, and Newfou
Norbert Sedlecek Koch, Ant Arctic Lab
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, and becoming the first person to do so. He has already circumn
Etienne Messikommer, Golden Globe 2026 Entrant
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 (a Tradewinds 35), refitting and preparing the boat for the GG
