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Offshore Sailing and Cruising with Paul Trammell

Paul Trammell

300 episodes · Explicit

Interviews with offshore sailors and those in the industry sharing exciting stories and useful information so we can better enjoy and better prepare for our own adventures.

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  1. Cruising the Greek Islands, Sailing with a Baby, Eddie and Kelli of The Vanabond Tales

    · 1 h 11 min · S7 E277

    Eddie and Kelli were in Corfu, Greece, when I spoke to them. They were sailing a 1986 Beneteau First 29, had just sold it, and were buying a Moody 422. We talk about sailing with a new baby, kids on boats, their…

  2. Emergency Steering in the South Pacific, Red Seas 2

    · 1 h 33 min · S7 E275

    Iain and Brioni are two Scottish sailors casually circumnavigating on a Leopard 47 Catamaran. As we spoke, they were in the South Pacific. We talk about dealing with a broken steering cable, using an emergency tiller,…

  3. Sailing the Solomon Islands, Brett and Tess from The Seafaring Project

    · 1 h 34 min · S7 E275

    Brett and Tess were in the Solomon Islands when I spoke to them. They sail a Corbin 39, surf, spearfish, explore, and interact with the local cultures. We talk all about the Solomon Islands, their boat, colliding with…

  4. Jazz Turner, Project Fear, Circumnavigating Britain and Ireland

    · 1 h 01 min · S7 E274

    Jaz races in the Hanse 303 and RS Venture Connect SCS classes, and sails an Albin Vega 27, in which she recently became the first wheelchair user to sail solo and unassisted around Great Britain and Ireland, and doing…

  5. Tapio Lehtinen, Sailing his 1972 Swan 55 Yawl, Galiana

    · 1 h 13 min · S7 E273

    Tapio Lehtinen sailed his boat Galiana, a 1972 Swan 55 yawl, in the 2023 Ocean Globe Race. He is now taking paying crew on ocean training passages and offshore races. If interested, send an email to…

  6. Adam Desrosiers, Sailing a Cape George 36 in Alaska

    · 1 h 27 min · S7 E272

    Adam Desrosiers lives in the Alaska panhandle and sails a Cape George 36. We talk about sailing in the Alaska panhandle (the south), fjords and inlets, weather, currents, storms, dealing with the cold, katabatic…

  7. Sailing the Viking Route, Brian Russell

    · 1 h 36 min · S7 E271

    Brian and Helen Russell sail an aluminum Dudley Dix 43 that Brian built. This past summer, they sailed the Viking Route from London to Halifax, Nova Scotia via the Scilly Isles, Scotland, The Faroes, Iceland,…

  8. Norbert Sedlecek Koch, Ant Arctic Lab

    · 1 h 06 min · S7 E270

    Norbert Sedlecek Koch is the founder of Innovation Yachts. In July 2026, he will attempt to sail nonstop unassisted solo around the world passing through all the world's oceans, and becoming the first person to do so.…

  9. Etienne Messikommer, Golden Globe 2026 Entrant

    · 57 min · S7 E269

    Etienne Messikommer is an entrant in the 2026 Golden Globe Race. He also won the 2021 Globe 5.80 Transtat. We talk about his first boat (which was steel), selecting his GGR boat (a Tradewinds 35), refitting and…

  10. Captain Coconut aka Mark Sinclair, Following the Mini Globe Race

    · 1 h 10 min · S7 E268

    Mark Sinclair is following the Mini Globe Race in his Lello 34, Coconut (the boat he raced in the 2018 GGR). He was in Antigua last time we spoke (in February 2024) and he was in Darwin, Australia when we spoke this…

  11. Gunnar Christensen, Offshore Racing vs Offshore Cruising

    · 1 h 19 min · S7 E267 · Explicit

    Gunnar Christensen is an entrant in the 2026 Golden Globe Race. He owns a Hans Christen 34 and is also a professional sailor and skipper of racing sailboats. We talk about his Baltic 42, a Southerly 42, The Bahamas,…

  12. Kevin Le Poidevin, Sailing an Open 40

    · 1 h 01 min · S7 E266

    Kevin Le Poidevin sails an Open 40, Roaring 40 and a Sigma 36 Rogue Wave. He sailed in the 2014 and 2018 Solo Trans Tasman Challenge New Plymouth to Southport, the 2021 and 2024 Sydney Hobart, the 2023 Global Solo…

  13. Guy DeBoer, Offshore Racing, GGR 2026?

    · 56 min · S7 E265

    Guy deBoer is a professional sailor active in offshore racing. He was in the 2022 Golden Globe Race, but went aground in the Canary Islands and had to retire from the race. He eventually saved and rebuilt the boat,…

  14. Tom Cunliffe, Sailing and Writing and his new novel Hurricane Force

    · 57 min · S7 E264

    Tom Cunliffe is a living legend among offshore sailors. He has lived his life at sea, mostly sailing traditional boats. He learned to sail on a 22 ft gaff sloop when a teenager on the Norfolk Broads. He studied law in…

  15. Jolly Holly, Show Me Your Dinghy

    · 1 h 11 min · S7 E263

    Jolly Holly sails a 72' carbon fiber trimaran now, and has a history of restoring old boats and solo sailing. She is also the owner of ShowMeYourDinghy dinghy navigation lights, which I use and approve of. We talk…

  16. Daniel Turner 2, Mini Globe Race, Fiji

    · 59 min · S7 E262

    Daniel Turner is currently in second place in the Mini Globe Race, another Don McIntyre circumnavigation race. He was in Fiji when I interviewed him, right befrore the start of Leg three, Fiji to Cape Town. We talk…

  17. Ask an Electrician, Owen Murphy, Part 2

    · 56 min · S7 E261

    This is part two of my conversation with marine electrical engineer Owen Murphy. We talk about meeting John Kretschmer, the influence of electrical systems and electronics on sailboat value, wiring diagrams, the risks…

  18. Ask an Electrician, Owen Murphy of Meridian Marine Electrical, Part 1

    · 1 h 06 min · S7 E260 · Explicit

    Owen Murphy is an ABYC certified marine electrical engineer and technician who offers both onsite and remote electrical system consulting, maintenance and installation. He sails a Pacific Seacraft 34 and is currently…

  19. Deborah Hammett, Young Salt at Sixty

    · 1 h 09 min · S7 E259

    Deborah Hammett began sailing later in life and is the author of the book "Young Salt at Sixty." She sails a Jenneau Sun Odyssey 36 out of Martha's Vineyard, Mass. We talk about Martha's Vineyard, seeing your hometown…

  20. Sailing with Six

    · 1 h 11 min · S7 E258

    Chris and Shona have been sailing around the world on a Leopard 46 catamaran with their four children. They started in Australia on a monohull and sailed up to the islands in the South Pacific. They then bought a…

  21. Niels Nielson, Saare Yachts, also Bahamas Fee Increases, Unrest in Panama

    · 1 h 02 min · S7 E257

    Saare Yachts is a German company that builds quality, semi-custom yachts which are made in Estonia in the yard that formerly built Finngulf Yachts. In the intro, I discuss the new 5X-more expensive Bahamas cruising…

  22. Filip Kotodziej, Isla de los Estados, Patagonia, and Antarctica

    · 1 h 17 min · S7 E256

    Filip Kotodziej is the skipper of SV Selma of SailCamp Expeditions, running high-latitued charters. He recently visited Isla de los Estados - an island off the souther tip of Argentina few people have visited. We talk…

  23. Cruising the Med and Sailing Naturally with Richard and Jude of Sailing Helios

    · 1 h 31 min · S7 E255

    Richard and Jude sold everything and bought a Jenneau Sun Odyssey 410 in 2022. Unable to get the boat delivered to Australia in a timely manner, they decided to take the boat in France and start their sailing lives by…

  24. Matt Woodside, Golden Globe Race 2026 Entrant

    · 1 h 12 min · S7 E254

    Matt Woodside is entered in the 2026 Golden Globe Race (GGR). His boat is a Cape George 36 and he lives in Portland, Oregon. We talk about getting into sailing, the Sea of Cortez, Mexico, the GGR, simplifying the…

  25. Diana Vega, First Mate in the Clipper Round the World Race

    · 1 h 10 min · S7 E253

    Diana Vega grew up on the Isle of Wight sailing in the Solent. She will be the First Mate with Guy Waites on Team Unicef UK in the 2025-2026 Clipper Round the World Race. We talk about crew dynamics, a transatlantic…

  26. Circumnavigating with Barry Perrins

    · 38 min · S7 E252

    Barry Perrins recently crossed his wake completing a 9-year circumnavigation aboard steel Van de Stadt. We talk about his boat, the pros and cons of steel boats, his route, New Zealand, crocodiles in Australia,…

  27. All About Sails, Mike Price, Hyde Sails Hawaii

    · 1 h 06 min · S7 E251

    Mike Price sails and races in Hawaii and owns Hyde Sails Hawaii. We talk about sailing in Hawaii, sailmaking, things sailors need to know about sails, when you need new sails, how to choose between different cruising…

  28. Brent Remley, Story of Stargazer, Bringing an Endurance 35 Back From the Dead

    · 52 min · S7 E150 · Explicit

    Brent bought Stargazer, an Endurance 35 six years ago in Vancouver and has since been restoring and rebuilding her. She has been almost completely rebuilt and now looks like a work of art. She can be seen on Instagram…

  29. Melanie Sunshine Neale, Conversation with a Yacht Broker, Selecting the Right Boat

    · 1 h 11 min · S7 E249

    Melanie Neale grew up on sailboats and has always lived the sailing and cruising life. She's been a yachtbroker for ten years and now owns Sunshine Cruising Yachts based in St. Augustine, Florida. I met Melanie years…

  30. Istvan Kopar, Westbound Solo Around the World

    · 1 h 14 min · S7 E248

    Istvan Kopar took 4th place in the 2018 Golden Globe Race - and was one of only five finishers. Next year on the 250th anniversary of the United States of America, he will be attempting to be the first person to sail…

  31. Mark Synnott, Into the Ice, Sailing the NW Passage

    · 1 h 07 min · S7 E247

    Mark Synnott is a New York Times bestselling author, a pioneering big wall first ascensionist and one of the most prolific exploratory climbers of his generation. Always seeking new adventures, in 2022 he sailed…

  32. Selling it All and Circumnavigating, Ulrika Katja Sjoback

    · 57 min · S7 E246

    Ulrika retired, sold her house, and bought a 1995 Island Packet 40. She has just started what she plans to be a long and casual circumnavigation. She was in Guyamas Mexico when I interviewed her. We talk about her…

  33. The Last Voyage of Asteria

    · 36 min · S7 E245

    The Last Voyage of Asteria is Tapio Lehtinen's latest book, co-written by Paul Trammell, and documents Tapio's 2022 Golden Globe Race, during which his boat, Asteria, sank while 460 nm SE of South Africa. In this…

  34. Ronnie Simpson, Class 40 Sailing and the 2027 Global Solo Challenge

    · 1 h 07 min · S7 E244

    Ronnie Simpson is a 40-year-old professional racing sailor from the United States of America who aims to sail in the 2027 Global Solo Challenge race. Recently, Ronnie was the skipper of the Open 50 Shipyard Brewing…

  35. Robert Perry, Old Sailboats, New Sailboats, and How to Choose Them

    · 1 h 34 min · S7 E243

    Robert Perry is one of the most prolific, sucessful, and iconic sailboat designers of the modern age. He is known for designing the Valiant 40, Tayana 37, Tashiba 36, Baba 35, and many many more. His knowledge of…

  36. Fraser Flight, Preparing for the Global Solo Challenge

    · 1 h 02 min · S7 E242

    Fraser Flight was born and raised in Zimbabwe, where he up on a tobacco farm. He started sailing as a young boy on a lake alongside giraffes and rhinos. He progressed to competetive internationl dinghy racing as a…

  37. Brian Hathaway, St Helena to Brazil

    · 56 min · S7 E241 · Explicit

    Brian Hathaway has been sailing around the world, mostly solo, on his Hunter 44. He recently sailed from St Helena to Recife, Brazil. We talk about Recife, Brazil, St Helena, sailing downwind with twin headsails,…

  38. Building a Wooden Boat, Mike Smith

    · 1 h 12 min · S7 E240

    Mike Smith is a South African living in Australia and is building a wooden Suhali replica (the boat Robin Knox-Johnston sailed in the 1968 Golden Globe Race), in order to compete in the 2026 GGR. We talk about his…

  39. Daniel Turner, Mini Globe Race

    · 51 min · S7 E239

    Daniel Turner is entered in the Mini Globe Race, sailing Immortal Game, his mini 5.80, which he built. He started racing small boats in Australia when he was six years old. He moved from Holdfast trainers to the 125…

  40. The Bay Islands of Honduras with Bill and JoAnne Harris of SV Ultra

    · 1 h 15 min · S7 E238

    Bill and JoAnne Harris are the Ocean Cruising Club Port Officers for the Bay Islands of Honduras (Roatan, Guanaja, Utila, Cayos Cochinos, and the Swan Islands. They sail SV Ultra, a trimaran, often spending hurricane…

  41. Mark Sinclair aka Captain Coconut, Long Passages and Solo Sailing

    · 1 h 10 min · S7 E237

    Captain Mark Sinclair was born in Manchester, UK, and emigrated to Australia in 1960. He served 20 years in the Royal Australian Navy up to the rank of Commander. During his extensive sea time he served in a tanker,…

  42. Panama to Florida, Motherload Sailing

    · 1 h 35 min · S7 E236

    MJ and Amy Sizemore from Motherload Sailing sailed in November from Linton Bay, Panama, to Ft. Pierce, Florida, through the Windward Passage, and without stopping. They sail a Bavaria 50 with their five boys, but have…

  43. Helga Marie Lovenskiold Kveseth, 2026 GGR

    · 1 h 07 min · S7 E235

    Helga Marie Lovenskiold Kveseth, aka Mara, is a Norwegian entered in the 2026 Golden Globe Race, an around-the-world, solo, and nonstop race using only technology from 1968 or before. She holds a Captain's License and…

  44. Lin Pardey, Passages: Cape Horn and Beyond

    · 1 h 12 min · S7 E234

    Lin Pardey is a living legend best known for sailing long offshore passages in small traditional boats witout engines or electronics. Lin and her late husband Larry have sailed over 200,000nm, have circumnavigated in…

  45. Bert Terhart, Bluewater Sailing

    · 1 h 02 min · S7 E233 · Explicit

    Bert Terhart is a Canadian adventurer who has cicumnavigated solo, nonstop, navigating only with a sextant. He also crossed Canada from west coast to east coast in a canoe in one season, which we talk about on my other…

  46. Dealtry Pickford, Preparing for the Global Solo Challenge in a Class 40

    · 1 h 00 min · S7 E232

    Dealtry Pickford is a South African sailor entered in the 2027 Global Solo Challenge, an around-the-world nonstop solo race. HIs background is dinghy racing, and his boat is a class 40. We talk about sailing a class…

  47. Pat Lawless in the Canary Islands

    · 59 min · S7 E231 · Explicit

    Pat Lawless is an entrant in the 2026 Golden Globe Race. He also sailed in the 2022 GGR, but had a failure of his windvane and retired in Cape Town, South Africa. We talk about the Canary Islands, his passage from…

  48. Ambre Hasson, Mini Transat 2025

    · 1 h 15 min · S7 E230 · Explicit

    Ambre was born in Paris, but moved to the US when she was 10. She went to school and graduated with a degree in economics. After a brief career in New York City, she gave it all up to become a sailor, and now races…

  49. Adventure Sailing in Scotland, Scott Johnston

    · 1 h 09 min · S7 E229

    Scott Johnston runs Yachting Scotland, an adventure-sailing and sailing tourism operation located in the Firth of Clyde on the west coast of Scotland. Our discussion begins with us talking about our boats and…

  50. Building and Sailing a 75' Steel Sailboat, Doug Jackson, SV Seeker

    · 1 h 03 min · S7 E229

    Doug Jackson spent fifteen years building a 75' steel junk-rigged sailboat in Tulsa Oklahoma. Aron Erwin introduced me to Doug, and I interviewed them both in episode 221 in the before and after Hurricane Milton…

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