Jon Bilger - Predicting the Wind
David Hows catches up with Jon Bilger to talk about a long list of innovations and new features at PredictWind. As an Olympic and America's Cup sailor, Jon is one of the sailing world's, cool geeks. V...
22 Mar 20241h 5min
Exploring the Yasawa Islands in Fiji by yacht
In this episode David Hows and Matt Harvey share their advice and highlights from cruising the stunning Yasawa Islands in Fiji over the past 2 winters. They share tips on getting there, provisioning, ...
12 Mar 202456min
Stephen Ladd - Exploring Latin American Coasts and Rivers in a 21 foot yacht
Ginny met Steve at a wooden boat festival in the 1990's when he was selling his book, Three Years in a 12-Foot Boat. She thought something like, "The crazy things people do!" Fast forward to 2022 and ...
21 Jan 20231h
Neil Driscoll: Training the key to avoiding tragedy at sea
Neil grew up sailing in the UK and quickly became accustomed to the range of weather conditions that it serves up. By the time he was a few months old, he completed his first English Channel crossing....
1 Nov 20221h 22min
David Hows: 17 key lessons from 13 Tasman Sea Crossings
David Hows crossed the Tasman Sea for the first time in 2013, relieved to have survived a 1,500nm crossing that he never expected to repeat. 9 years and 13 Tasman Sea Crossings later, David has experi...
21 Okt 20221h 15min
Derek Hamer: Saving hundreds of thousands of mammals from accidental death
Derek Hamer has devoted his life to helping save seals and whales. It's a great insight into the impact that fishing has on our oceans and the work thats been done by a handful of people to change how...
27 Apr 20221h 4min
Walter Van Lier: Sails half way around the world on a wing and a prayer
Walter Van Lier finds a 1980's Beneteau yacht for sale online and flies half way around the world during COVID to buy it. This is the story of a crazy adventurer with a heart of gold and his remarkabl...
27 Apr 20222h 16min
Derek Shields - Building a yacht out of a 1,000 year old Huon Pine log
Imagine discovering a log that had just floated down a Tasmanian River in a storm and building an ocean going yacht out of it. Not just any log, but a rare Huon Pine log, felled 40 years earlier from...
11 Mar 20221h 48min
