134 | Mid-Atlantic Update - All Well!
Join me 250 Nm west of Madeira as I negotiate my way through the Azores high on my qualifying passage on board the 80 ft yacht Osprey for the 2027 Global solo challenge round the world yacht race If...
11 Apr 1h 11min
133 | Good Things Ahead 😀
It’s been a while since I last recorded an episode. A friend put it perfectly the other night — I’ve been “down below, sheltering.” There’s been a lot to deal with, but I’ve come through it. Right now...
9 Feb 37min
132 | Entering the Needles Channel at 15 knots.
In this episode you join me on deck as we enter the Needles Channel, en route to Southampton, to pick up the crew for the Fastnet Expedition 2025. This comes at the end of a 3500Nm solo transatlanti...
4 Aug 20251h 11min
131 | The Mainsail That Would Not Die
This episode tells the full story of the sail that’s been with me through it all — my old Open 60 mainsail, which, although it has impossibly high mileage (100,000nm!), has proven indefatigable, indes...
18 Juli 20252h 23min
130 | 5 Years of The Mariner Podcast - Now I Need a Little Support From You
Thank you to everyone who’s already signed up to receive a piece of Osprey’s mainsail—the same sail that’s carrying me toward the UK right now. Your $100 pledges at the 'solo' tier on Patreon, are goi...
16 Juli 202522min
129 | The Mariner Returns
Join me today on deck, onboard Osprey, my 85ft Maxi, as I complete my 33rd Transat, headed to England, to join the Centenary Fastnet Race and everything that lies beyond. You are not going to want to ...
16 Juli 202540min
128 | Accident Investigation | MOB & Injury | Round the Island Race 2024
In this episode we look at an MOB incident in the 2024 Round the Island Race in which a crew of five were inundated by a following sea off St. Catherine's Point, UK resulting in one tethered MOB, one ...
26 Feb 202538min
127 | Accident Investigation | Roaring Meg of Cowes | Crash Gybes & Serious Injuries
Today, we're diving into the Marine Accident Investigation Bureau's (MAIB) report on the 2006 Roaring Meg of Cowes incident, where two crew were seriously injured in two crash gybes that happened with...
23 Feb 20251h 3min
