Ocean Sailing Podcast

Gerry Fitzgerald is your consummate mariner. We dive into a lifetime of sailing on the ocean; from Queensland catamaran racing, to Antarctica expeditions, being boarded by hostile natives in the Solom...

27 Heinä 20161h 18min

We check in with Mark Stephenson, Commodore of the Mersey Yacht Club in Devonport, Tasmania just weeks after the biggest storm they have seen in 50 years, swept away their marina and the vessels berth...

20 Heinä 201653min

In this episode we catch up with Ian Thomson, organiser of the 6,350nm Around Australia Yacht Race. Its set to start in August 2017 with competitors sailing out of Sydney and this will be the first ev...

13 Heinä 20161h 32min

We check in with Kym Fleet from Gold Cast City Marina and David Hanton of Bradford Marine to drill into essential tips for recognising, avoiding and protecting yourself from problems that can result f...

5 Heinä 20161h 9min

In this bonus episode courtesy of Andy Schell from the 59 North Podcast, we join a training workshop with Andy's sail maker Chuck O'Malley who he has worked with on various projects for more than a de...

1 Heinä 20161h 6min

We catch up with Rob White from Evolution Sails on sail wardrobe planning and material selection choices for both cruising and racing sailors. Rob shares four decades of sail planning, sailing, design...

28 Kesä 20161h 14min

Andy Lamont updates us on his preparations for his solo sailing world record attempt to sail, non-stop, westward around the world in a 'vessel less than 40 feet' in length, departing from the Gold Coa...

21 Kesä 20161h 4min

We catch up with Jessica Watson, 6 years after completing her sailing voyage as the youngest person ever to sail non-stop, unassisted around the world in her S&S 34 'Ella's Pink Lady'. We talk with J...

14 Kesä 20161h 1min