When Dustin Reynolds, also known as The Single-Handed Sailor, pulled into his home port on the Big Island of Hawaii last December, he became the newest member one of the most exclusive maritime clubs, sailing alone around the world. With a membership around 300 sailors, this achievement is made even more remarkable considering that he is a double amputee: the result of a horrific motorcycle accident in 2008. Dustin’s endeavor is an incredible example of resilience, perseverance, and adaptation. ...
Mar 18, 2022•1 hr 12 min
Chantale Begin fell in love with the ocean as a teenager on a submersible 800ft below the St. Lawrence Estuary and this passion led her far and wide researching as a marine biologist. No stranger to adventure, she has sailed the world as a teacher for Seamerster and then with her family. With this background, it’s no surprise that she jumped at the chance when asked to row the Talisker Whiskey Atlantic Challenge. Team Salty Science is four marine biologists and they are rowing across the ocean f...
Feb 15, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 65
Situated on Puget Sound and only 42 miles from Mt. Rainier, Tacoma, Washington is a beautiful city. But decades of industrial abuse at the turn of the century turned the pristine waters into an EPA Superfund Site. This episode’s guest is Dean Burke. Dean is the head of Travel Tacoma and has chronicled the healing of the region’s waterways over the past two decades through his stunning photography. An avid waterman, he further promotes the region with the Seventy48, a human-powered mad dash from ...
Jan 13, 2022•1 hr 26 min•Season 1Ep. 64
Elizabeth Beisel achieved athletic notoriety at age of 15 when she became the youngest member of the US Olympic Team in Beijing. She earned two medals in London and served as the swim team’s captain in Rio, but in 2020, when her father was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, Elizabeth decided to do something no woman has done before. In this episode, we talk with Elizabeth about her Block Cancer Swim, which takes her from Rhode Island's mainland, to sleepy Block Island, 10 miles offshore. Her effo...
Nov 23, 2021•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 63
Wooden boats have long been a Siren song for many, drawing them in with irrational decisions, only to have their dreams dashed on the rocks. When Emmy award-winning actor, Matthew Rhys, purchased one of the few remaining Hemingway boats, he found himself in dire straits and needing help. Thankfully, he reached out to our guest, Capt. Kelli Farwell, who worked along alongside Matthew to complete her restoration, and stayed on to be the captain of one of the most unique New York Harbor charters, M...
Nov 07, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 62
Since 2003, the C. Thomas Clagett, Jr. Memorial Clinic and Regatta has hosted many of the best sailors in international competition. To make it even more special, these sailors have had to overcome challenges that few others have had to face. The mission behind this regatta is to provide athletes with disabilities a platform to complete against other adaptive sailors, and provide an opportunity to learn from the best. Carter and Tyler are joined by Judy McLennan, the regatta’s President, to talk...
Aug 20, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 61
Sailing solo around the globe is an exclusive club to be a part of; more people have climbed Everest or traveled into space than completed a lap alone. During the 2018 Golden Globe Race as the fleet was deep into the Southern Ocean, a fast-moving storm wreaked havoc on the competitors, including our guest CDR Abhilash Tomy. A knockdown and dismasting left him injured, immobilized and adrift for three days. We talk with CDR Tomy about his experience and why he is planning to do it all over again....
Aug 13, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 60
Newport Harbor is a busy place in the summer with fleets of boats ranging from modern go fasters to classic wooden hulls racing around the buoys every afternoon. The Gamecock Sailing team is unique because they can be found racing in not one but all those fleets. Gamecock Sailing, named after the fleets’ flagship a 96-year-old Herreshoff R Boat, was founded by Peter McClennen to teach teamwork and sportsmanship to a new generation of sailors and he joins us to talk about his lifelong passion for...
Jun 14, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 59
In 1940 John Steinbeck was at the top of literary world, but fame came with a backlash. His depiction of migrant workers in 'The Grapes of Wrath' labeled him as a communist, and protests were held to burn his books. Wanting to escape, Steinbeck chartered a fishing vessel named Western Flyer for an expedition to Mexico; a trip recounted in his book, 'The Sea of Cortez'. Seventy-five years later, after a long fishing career, Western Flyer was found rotting away. This episode is about a complete re...
May 20, 2021•1 hr 27 min•Season 1Ep. 58
Living on the North Fork of Long Island, Trent Preszler is a long way from his upbringing on a ranch in South Dakota. The CEO of a local vineyard, Trent never had the time or inclination to be a craftsman until his father’s toolbox was passed down to him. Inspired to build a canoe, what follows next is a soul-searching odyssey that includes coming to grips with his past, learning how to build a boat, and opening up Preszler Woodshop. Trent has written his memoir, “Little & Often” and he join...
Apr 20, 2021•1 hr 19 min•Season 1Ep. 57
It was a lot a late nights watching Emirates Team New Zealand defend the Auld Mug by defeating Luna Rossa on their home waters of the Hauraki Gulf in the 36th America’s Cup, and Tucker Thompson stayed up to watch it all. Tucker is back with us to recap all of the action–from the quick evolution of the AC75 during their time in Auckland, to the match racing clinic put on by both teams during the finals. We also look ahead and discuss what to expect when Team New Zealand welcomes back the world’s ...
Apr 06, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 56
Submarines are the silent counterweight in the balance of power. With nuclear weapons and classified materials on board, their secrets would be devastating to a country’s national security if they were ever lost. So, in 1968 when a soviet sub disappeared in the Pacific, the CIA recognized the opportunity for an unprecedented intelligence grab. Josh Dean is the author of “The Taking of K-129”, the most comprehensive account of the CIA’s covert mission to raise the K-129. Josh joins us in this epi...
Mar 15, 2021•1 hr 28 min•Season 1Ep. 55
Edson Marine made their name by developing the first diaphragm pump used to keep the bilges of commercial fishing fleet dry in 1859. Since then, innovation has been their hallmark, and today they provide hardware that can be found everywhere on a boat-- from stem to stern, and top of the mast, to the bottom of the keel. In this episode, we talk with Edson’s CEO, Adam Cove, about his extensive sailing background and what it is like taking the helm of a 162-year-old company. Listen in!...
Feb 06, 2021•1 hr 5 min
11th Hour Racing promotes healthy oceans by providing financial grants worldwide, but it’s one thing to talk the talk and another walk the walk. They are also taking a lead by sponsoring world class programs and demonstrating to other teams how to responsibly run a competitive team. 11th Hour’s Managing Director Todd McGuire joins us in this episode to talk about the new IMOCA 60, The Ocean Race, and responsible boatbuilding. Listen in!
Dec 22, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 53
For too long, our oceans have been used as a trashcan, and it has become too common to see videos of yachts sailing past large clumps of trash in the open ocean. 11 th Hour Racing was founded by a group of sailors who are on a mission to team up with the sailing community, the marine industry, and the biggest names in the sport to promote healthy ocean practices. Michelle Carnevale is the director of 11th Hour’s grant program, and she joins us to talk about the organizations that are leading the...
Dec 16, 2020•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 52
This summer, when COVID-19 restrictions prevented crewed ships from conducting the yearly Alaskan Pollock survey in the Bering Sea, NOAA called on an unmanned surface vessel from Saildrone to gather data on the population. With long on station times, zero emissions, and specialized onboard sensors, Saildrone is revolutionizing the way we gather data about the world’s oceans. In this episode, Carter and Tyler talk with Saildrone’s COO, Sebastien De Halleux, about how saildrones fit into this incr...
Nov 13, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 51
From the America’s Cup, countless World Championships, and The Ocean Race, the world’s best sailors have shoved off from the docks here in Newport. When the National Sailing Hall of Fame announced that they were looking for a new home, it only made sense that this history would play a role in Newport’s selection. Construction is underway at the historic Armory Building in the 'City by the Sea', but there is much to complete before the new museum opens its doors. Carter and Tyler sit down with Th...
Oct 26, 2020•55 min•Season 1Ep. 50
Chris Fischer loves fish sandwiches, but he knows that without sharks there are no fish sandwiches. In 2007, Chris founded the shark research group OCEARCH, a progressive organization that has changed the way data is gathered by teaming up the world’s best fisherman with leading marine scientists on one ship and making their findings open to the public. Gathering more information in one trip than most scientist gather in a lifetime, Chris is ensuring his grandkids will enjoy fish sandwiches as w...
Sep 21, 2020•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 49
“Lead an interesting life”. This was the advice that a young Carol Newman Cronin, hopeful author and sailor, was given when she asked about increasing her odds on achieving her dream of becoming published. Since asking that question, she has given herself plenty to write about. Carol has competed at the highest levels of sailing: representing the country in the Athens Olympic Games, ’04 Yngling Worlds and taking home the trophy in the ’18 Snipe Women’s Worlds and she has channeled all of her on ...
Sep 02, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 47
The Race to Alaska! A 750-mile Cannonball Run from Port Townsend, WA, up the Inside Passage of the Canadian Coast to Ketchikan, AK has been called the “Iditarod on a Boat”, and the only rule is there are no engines allowed. COVID has pushed the start of the 2020 race back until 2021 but that does not mean you have to quit R2AK cold turkey: Race to Alaska – The Movie will be coming to the small screen soon. Tyler and Carter talk with the movie’s director, Zach Carver, about compiling thousands of...
Jul 31, 2020•59 min•Season 1Ep. 47
From the first race around the Isle of Wight in 1851, the America’s Cup has been about pushing the envelope of sailing but few people could have predicted that the sport would evolve to where we are today: a 75 foot 50+ knot foiling monohull. With all these new advancements, it is helpful to have someone there who can educate you on the history of the oldest trophy in international sport but also can go into the tactics of a light air tacking duel. Tucker Thompson has being doing that ever since...
Jul 16, 2020•1 hr 9 min
Sara Hastreiter was born and raised landlocked in Wyoming and did not get into sailing until well into her 20’s, but she did not let that slow her down. Working on boats in the Caribbean, she took every opportunity to get sea time; from island hopping to trans-Atlantic races, it did not matter, she signed up. With only a few years of sailing under her belt, she was asked to be a member of the all-female Team SCA that sailed around the world as a part of the 2014-15 Volvo Ocean Race, but even tha...
Jun 13, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 45
Today, we take trans-Atlantic flight for granted; jump on a plane in the early evening on the East Coast and arrive in London, Paris, or Amsterdam by sunrise. But shortly after the Wright Brothers flew in Kitty Hawk in 1903, sights were set to reach Europe by air, and as the world was mired in World War I, this achievement became even more vital to the success of the Allies. The Navy tasked the Curtis Aircraft Company to accomplish this feat, and with help from the boat builders of the Herreshof...
May 13, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 44
Sperry Sails is a family run business that has been providing boaters with the highest quality, hand crafted sails and other canvas products for over 40 years. Throughout their history, adapting has been one of their keys to success. Starting with Dacron sails, a staple for the traditional wooden boat fleet, the sail makers in the loft now use computers to design and cut carbon fiber sails for the modern, off-shore racing fleet. As the world copes with COVID-19, Sperry Sails again adapts and has...
Apr 20, 2020•37 min•Season 1Ep. 42
The Oliver Hazard Perry is the first fully rigged ocean going vessel to be built in the United States in over one hundred years and she flies the Rhode Island flag proudly as the state’s official tall ship. The Oliver Hazard Perry also is the largest civilian sailing school in the country and we are joined in studio with their new Captain and CEO, Jonathan Kabak. Coming onboard with a ton of underway experience, Jonathan is eager to pass on his love of being out at sea with ship’s trainees and h...
Mar 30, 2020•54 min•Season 1Ep. 42
For most of us in the Northeast, sailing is not a year-round sport. But that is not the case with Newport’s own James “T” Theiler. T is one of the many sailors of the New England Ice Yacht Association who trade in their shorts and flip flops for long underwear and a helmet when the temps dip below freezing. This, they say, is “hard water” sailing. Fresh off of winning the North American Ice Boating Championships and competing in Worlds over in Europe, T joins us in the studio to talk about the t...
Mar 11, 2020•53 min•Season 1Ep. 41
For the past fifty years, fiberglass boats have been considered the cheap and minimal maintenance way to own a boat, but with an estimated 120,0000 glass hulls being decommissioned each year, either destroyed by storms or dumped in landfills, we are starting to realize just how long lasting they are. Part 2 of this episode continues our conversation with Evan Ridley of the Rhode Island Marine Trades Association (RIMTA) and his task of finding a solution to this growing problem. Listen in!...
Mar 03, 2020•31 min•Season 1Ep. 40
Part 1 of 2 For the past fifty years, fiberglass boats have been considered the cheap and minimal maintenance way to own a boat, but with an estimated 120,0000 glass hulls being decommissioned each year, either destroyed by storms or dumped in landfills, we are starting to realize just how long lasting they are. This episode's guest, Evan Ridley, is the Director of Environmental Programs at the Rhode Island Marine Trades Association (RIMTA), and he has been tasked with finding a solution to this...
Feb 27, 2020•39 min•Season 1Ep. 40
By all accounts, Natasha Lambert is an amazing sailor. By her early 20’s she had already sailed across the English Channel and most of the British Isles. What makes her accomplishments even more remarkable is that Natasha was born with the neurological disorder Cerebral Palsy but she is not letting this slow her down. Never shying away from a challenge, Natasha has set her goals way over the horizon and is planning on sailing across the Atlantic next winter. In this episode we talk with Natasha’...
Feb 03, 2020•44 min•Season 1Ep. 39
Matt and Tami Mullins have traveled the world during a 20 year career in the US Navy. When they finally landed in Newport, RI, they were surprised to learn that in the Ocean State, there was no locally produced sea salt to help bring out the flavors of freshly caught fish, garden vegetables, or even a chocolate chip cookie! This is their story. Listen in!
Jan 14, 2020•49 min•Season 1Ep. 38
