Ocean Sailing Podcast
Episodes
Ian Mackenzie: How to buy and sell successfully
23 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Ian Mackenzie has spent more than 30 years valuing and selling yachts. As a specialist yacht broker he shares his knowledge on how to import, buy, mai...
Roger "Clouds" Badham: Meteorologist to the sailing stars
16 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Roger Badham spent 10 years at university to complete a PHD in meteorology. He has devoted the last 40 years to marine meteorology. Known as 'Cl...
Sydney to Gold Coast Race crew debrief
09 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Fresh from completing the 384nm Sydney to Gold Coast Race last week, we join my race crew for a post-race debrief, of what turned out to be the slowes...
Elise Currey: 14m waves washed away our marina
03 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Elise Currey heads up a 'volunteer army' at the Coffs Harbour Marina, north of Sydney on Australia's East Coast. With her office smashed to pieces by ...
Gerry Fitzgerald: Antartica, Sailing the 98 Hobart, Hostage in the Solomons
27 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Gerry Fitzgerald is your consummate mariner. We dive into a lifetime of sailing on the ocean; from Queensland catamaran racing, to Antarctica expedit...
Mark Stephenson: sailing vessels and marina lost in super storm
20 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
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 ye...
Ian Thomson: mono-hull record holder for circumnavigating Australia
13 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
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 s...
Kym Fleet & David Hanton: Hull maintenance and horror stories
05 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
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 p...
Chuck O'Malley: sail construction cloth choices and tips
01 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Rob White: Sailmakers tips for cruising sailors and racers
28 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
We catch up with Rob White from Evolution Sails on sail wardrobe planning and material selection choices for both cruising and racing sailors. Rob sha...
Andy Lamont: circumnavigation preparation sailing update
21 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
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 th...
Jessica Watson: Youngest solo circumnavigator in history of sailing
14 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Andrew Randell: The 48 year boat building project
05 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
We talk with Andrew Randell about a sail boat building project his father started in 1963 that came to a standstill when tragedy struck his family whi...
Ken Thackeray: The story of one of the worlds largest yacht clubs
30 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we talk with Ken Thackeray the founder of the Shag Islet Cruising Yacht Club about how the unplanned idea for SICYC came about by shee...
Peter Montgomery part 2: 12 Americas Cups, 9 Olympics, All Whitbread and Volvo races
23 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this 2nd of the 2-part episode we continue to talk to Peter Montgomery, respected internationally as the voice of New Zealand Yachting after perso...
Peter Montgomery part 1: 12 Americas Cups, 9 Olympics, All Whitbread and Volvo races
16 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this 1st of a 2-part episode we talk to Peter Montgomery, respected internationally as the voice of New Zealand Yachting after personally commentat...
John Lucas: Sailing 3,000nm Melbourne to New Guinea in a houseboat
09 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
We discover one of the most fascinating ocean sailing passages of the 20th century in this episode. In 1972 John Lucas set out from Geelong, Victoria ...
Ray McMahon: 0 to 500 races a year, building a yacht club
02 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we interview Ray McMahon, director of the Southport Yacht Club in the month the club celebrates its 70th birthday. Despite 70 years of...
Andy Lamont part 2: planning a solo circumnavigation
25 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
We continue to talk with Andy Lamont (in part 2 of a 2 part episode) who is setting off from the Gold Coast in Queensland Australia to sail his S&S 34...
Andy Lamont part 1: planning a solo circumnavigation
18 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
We talk with Andy Lamont (in part 1 of a 2 part episode) who is setting off from the Gold Coast in Queensland Australia to sail his S&S 34 non-stop, s...
Rob Mundle: 44 Sydney/Hobart's, 33 Hamilton Island Race Weeks
11 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we interview Rob Mundle, yachting commentator, writer and sailor for more than 40 years. Having covered the successful 1983 Australian...