Tom Darling 12/2/21 Tom Darling 12/2/21

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.

Tom Darling 10/28/21 Tom Darling 10/28/21

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.

Tom Darling 9/20/21 Tom Darling 9/20/21

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

Tom Darling 7/15/21 Tom Darling 7/15/21

Episode 13: Clem and Jim’s IOD Adventure Pt II

IOD reborn. The new redone Etesian takes her maiden sail, Newport to Stonington.

Tom Darling 5/14/21 Tom Darling 5/14/21

Episode 12: Clem and Jim’s IOD Adventure

We help a good friend in his quest for the perfect wooden International One Design (IOD)

Tom Darling 5/5/21 Tom Darling 5/5/21

Episode 11: J Boats Speaks (Part II)

In 1977, two brothers channeled Nat Herreshoff and started a boating phenomenon that produced a string of iconic modern keelboats. Bob and Rod Johnstone tell the creation story of JBoats.

Tom Darling 4/15/21 Tom Darling 4/15/21

Episode 10: J Boats Speaks

In 1977, two brothers channeled Nat Herreshoff and started a boating phenomenon that produced a string of iconic modern keelboats. Bob and Rod Johnstone tell the creation story of JBoats.

Tom Darling 3/24/21 Tom Darling 3/24/21

Episode 09: Golden Age of the Sixes (Part II)

The International Six Metre reaches its design peak with S & S designs like Fun, Goose, Djinn and Llanoria as fear of European conflict postpones international competition until 1947's Seawanhaka Cup

Tom Darling 3/11/21 Tom Darling 3/11/21

Episode 08: Golden Age of the Sixes

In the first part of the Golden Age of 1930s Six Metres, designers, builders, owners, and skippers strive for the winning package as Seawanhaka Corinthian YC becomes the epicenter of international Sixes competition

Tom Darling 2/24/21 Tom Darling 2/24/21

Episode 07: Day of the Sixes

The Second International Rule and the British American Cup ignites international competition between designers and sailors alike in the Six Metre Class. Designers like Olin J Stephens arrive on the scene

Tom Darling 2/4/21 Tom Darling 2/4/21

Episode 06: Dawn of the Sixes: Seawanhaka and the International Six Meter

The International Six Meter, with its rich history of match and team racing, traces its roots back to America's oldest yacht club, founded 1871, Seawanhaka Corinthian in Oyster Bay, New York

Tom Darling 12/4/20 Tom Darling 12/4/20

Episode 05: S & S Twins: Finisterre and Fidelio

The story of Finisterre, the famous three-time winner of the Bermuda Race under legendary yachtsman Carleton Mitchell, pioneer of cruising the West Indies and her twin design, Fidelio, built two years later, a gem of a classic design, winner from Block Island to Maine

Tom Darling 10/29/20 Tom Darling 10/29/20

Episode 04: Man and Their Dinghies

We go throughout New England in search of the perfect little boat. Featuring interviews with the people behind the most famous dinghy brand of all time, Dyer Boats.