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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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