What It Takes to Race a 50-Foot Performance Catamaran - With Tom Kassberg
Tom Kassberg's the owner of Malolo, one of the fastest performance cruising catamarans in the world, with victories in the ARC and class honours at the Caribbean 600. In this episode, Tom joins Pete ...
1 Juli 43min
Tom Slingsby: Decision-Making At 80 KPH!
Olympic gold medallist, America’s Cup winner and SailGP superstar Tom Slingsby joins Sailfaster from San Francisco airport for a fascinating deep dive into what it takes to perform at the highest leve...
23 Juni 33min
Spite Sailing: Building an Offshore Racing Pathway for Women
Offshore racing has long been seen as one of sailing's toughest frontiers—physically demanding, technically complex, and historically dominated by men. But Emma Rosenbaum and Marianna Fleischman of Sp...
4 Juni 32min
How Technology Has Changed Starts Forever — with Todd Wilson
GPS-based starting systems are changing sailboat racing — whether sailors like it or not. In this episode, Pete Boland talks to Todd Wilson, co-founder of Vakaros, about how RaceSense and modern GPS ...
20 Maj 27min
From On The Rocks To On The Transat Start Line...Ambre Hasson's Journey
Ambre Hasson went from learning to sail in 2020 to completing the Mini Transat just five years later. In this episode, she shares her rapid rise into offshore racing, including losing her first boat d...
27 Apr 28min
North U's Performance Race Week: Starts, speed and decision-making from St Thomas in the USVI!
Kristen Berry kindly invited me to take part in North U / American Sailing’s Performance Race Week in St Thomas this February; this collaborative episode is a detailed debrief of that programme. We un...
10 Apr 33min
Lara Dallman Weiss on Starts, Downwind Speed & Staying Calm Under Pressure
Olympian and performance coach Lara Dallman Weiss joins Sailfaster to unpack what actually makes boats go faster—and it’s not just technique.From her background in Olympic 470 racing to keelboat campa...
24 Mars 49min
Talk Like Champions: Onboard Communication with Morgan Trubovich (Part 2)
in Part 2 of our discussion, Morgan “Truby” Trubovich returns to finish his deep dive on what actually wins races: process, communication, and smart feedback. He explains when results do matter, why e...
23 Feb 34min
