The Ancient Mariners Sailing Podcast

Sun very very Fast 3300!

Here is the second of Andrew's interviews in Kinsale with competitors in the Yachting Monthly Celtic Triangle Race. While a storm breaks over the harbour bound fleet, Chris takes us on a tour of his formidable boat Rockit. The SunFast 3300 is the go to boat for serious offshore short handed racing and Chris who retired following a health scare has thrown himself into making this boat the best it can be, it's truly a stunning machine and I hope this boat tour brings it to life. Chris is a fantastic chap to chat to about sailing so I hope you enjoy this episode. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Blathering with the Boat Butler

This week Brad is still away cruising, meanwhile Andrew is port bound in Kinsale participating in the Celtic Triangle with fellow competitors including George Isted of the successful sailing YouTube channel Refit and Sail. Andrew nabbed George for a chat aboard his SJ320 to talk about solo sailing, YouTube and his day job as The Solent Boat Butler where he refits and repairs all manner of boats but with specialist knowledge and experience of the Contessa 32. We hope you enjoy the episode. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

On the trail of Moby Dick and crossing the Celtic Sea

This week Brad is away on his boat in Portugal after an eventful sail down the coastline from Spain. Andrew is about to head off racing. We hope you enjoy the episode. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

In which Brad crosses Biscay and Andrew races to Roscoff

A different episode this week as the cruisers goes cruising and the racer goes racing. Brad joins us from Muros in Spain after sailing single handed across Biscay on his Rustler 36. Andrew is just back from racing to Roscoff on the second race in the COGS Offshore Series. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Big boost for the AZAB 2027 (Azores and Back Race )

This week Brad and Andrew are joined by one of the legends of offshore sailing, Pete Goss, and the race director of the AZAB Sarah Hancock to talk about preperations for the 2027 race. Pete is racing on a Dazcat, built in Plymouth, but despite his circumnavigations and famous exploits has never done the race before. Organisers are working to raise the profile of this classic Cat 1 Ocean Race and Pete is helping to give things a push along with his envolvment. We talk all things AZAB, about Pete's own dramatic rescue of Raphael Dinelli after his yacht sank in the South Atlantic, and about a forthcoming film about the rescue. Sarah talks about her own sailing story and how she got involved in the race. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.