Ep 29 - College Sailing Goes Offshore—1928 to 2023
In the late 1920s, competitive college sailing originated in keelboats. Through long-running events like the McMillan Cup and a range of college offshore regattas across the country, college sailors, from expert to novice, are enjoying the camaraderie and fun of sailing big boats. October 2023 saw the Princeton Offshore Team win its class during a weekend of wild weather at the Storm Trysail Club's Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta.
Ep 28 - Trailblazers and Triumphs in Women's Competitive Sailing
A five women team makes women’s sailing history. In September 1985, mastering an international fleet and Hurricane Gloria to take the inaugural Rolex International Women’s Keelboat Regatta and pointing to the inclusion of Women’s Sailing in the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
Sailors Log #2 - Bob Johnstone
Bob Johnstone: Co-founder of JBoats, powerboat innovator with MJM Yachts, and author of Marketing Maverick. From 3-foot DF-95s to 50-plus years of J Boat designs, his legacy thrives at 68.
Ep 27 - Sixes in Seattle: The Search for the Lost Fleet
We go cross-country in search of the iconic Six Metres of the 1930s. We find the crème de la crème, Goose and Llanoria, in the boatyard of this design's dedicated collector, Peter Hofmann, at Port Madison Yacht Club on Bainbridge Island, across the sound from Seattle. Photos from Peter Taylor tell the story of these beautiful keelboats.
Sailors Log #1 - Dave Perry
We debut our Classic Conversations, The Sailors Log, talking to match racer, rules guru and overall great sailing guy Dave Perry.
Ep 26 - Uffa Fox, Bruce Kirby: The Flying 14s and the Modern Planing Dinghy
From England to Canada to America, Uffa Fox and Bruce Kirby are the 20th century pioneers of the planing dinghy. This episode features an exclusive interview with Nat Philbrick, an American author and historian, winner of the National Book Award, and finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.
Ep 25 - Solo Sailors - Clay Burkhalter
Clay Burkhalter tells the tale of his 2007 Transat Race in Acadia, his J Boats designed 21 foot offshore boat
Ep 24 - Collecting the Classics at the 50th Opera House Cup in Nantucket
On August 21 in Nantucket Sound, there will be a new Antique Sailshow— it is the celebration of the 50th running of the Nantucket segment of the CYOA Series
Ep 23 - Signature Boats: A Senior Classic Goes to the Onion Patch
Jesse Terry prepares his Alden classic, Abigail for the Thrash to the Onion Patch, the 2022 Newport to Bermuda Race, the iconic American offshore contest
Ep 22 - Story Boats: The Tales They Tell Pt.1
Mystic Seaport Museum presents "Story Boats: The Tales They Tell", a fascinating collection of historic watercraft and the tales that go with them. From May 28 to August 14, the show presents eighteen boats & the intimate stories and adventures of the people behind them.
Ep 21 - Carleton Mitchell and the Chesapeake Bay Log Canoe
Carleton Mitchell, blue water racer, writer, photographer, loved to portray the native designs of the Americas. One of his favorites, the sailing log canoe, is iconic to his home waters of the Chesapeake.
Ep 20: Model Classic 2.0- Radiosailing Goes Frostbiting
We visit three radiosailing racing venues to answer the question: "Who frostbites model yachts in NJ?”
Ep 19 IC Classic- 88 Years of Winter Sailing at the Larchmont YC (Pt II)
Larchmont Winter Sailing has brought out the best in frostbiting for generations: It's an Ulmer family affair in 2022
Ep 18: IC Classic- 88 Years of Winter Sailing at the Larchmont YC
Winter sailing pioneer and author of Race Your Boat Right, Arthur Knapp, led the way for modern frostbiting at Larchmont YC. A new kind of racing-cold!
Ep 17: Chasing Roosters (Part II)
Barnegat Bay and the sailing haven of Mantoloking are our sites for exploring the home-grown Bay classes, Sneakboxes and Duckboats, timeless designs from the 19th century brought forward to the modern running of the Duckboat World Championships
Ep 16: Chasing Roosters (Part 1)
This episode, we go down south to the Jersey Shore, where watermen have plied Barnegat Bay since the European-invasion of the 16th Century. These episodes show a all star cast of the boats that Tom fell in love with: The EBoat or EScow, A Cat, Sneakbox and the Duckboat.
Ep 15: Herreshoff, Hickman, Hunt: 100 Years of the American Runabout (Pt. II)
A 1914 design, the Hickman Sea Sled, reemerges in 1957 via the hand of C Raymond Hunt, as America's iconic runabout.
It is the Boston Whaler, 13 footer.
Ep 14: Herreshoff, Hickman, Hunt: 100 Years of the American Runabout
HHH. Herreshoff, Hickman, Hunt.
100 years of the American personal powerboat: the launch, the American runabout, the American speedboat
Episode 13: Clem and Jim’s IOD Adventure Pt II
IOD reborn. The new redone Etesian takes her maiden sail, Newport to Stonington.
Episode 12: Clem and Jim’s IOD Adventure
We help a good friend in his quest for the perfect wooden International One Design (IOD)