Aug 3, 2026

Allison and James bought a Catalina 30 just a few years ago, taught themselves how to sail, and took off to explore Alaska. 

We talk about meeting and deciding to make plans to buy a boat, learn to sail, and explore Alaska by boat; their boat, a 1979 Catalina 30, Uintah; going from an airstream to a sailboat,...

Jul 20, 2026

Brian Hathaway was in Marina del Rey, California, where he left from in February 2022 at the beginning of his circumnavigation, during this intervierw, after completing a circumnavigation on his Hunter 44 DS.

We talk about how a circumnavigation changes you, what it's like to complete one, readjusting to life in...

Jul 13, 2026

Gaurav Shinde lives and sails on Lake Ontario in Toronto, Canada. He was entered in the 2022 GGR with "Good Hope," his Baba 35, but injured his shoulder on the way to France and had to drop out of the race. 

His need for adventure was cultivated by his late grandfather at a very early age, starting with climbing and...

Jul 6, 2026

James sails a Wharram catamaran with two free-standing masts side-by-side and Chinese junk rigged. I met him in Bocas del Toro, Panama, and later in San Blas, in 2023. When I interviewed him, he was in Madeira.

We talk about San Blas (Guna Yala) Panama, the jungle, leaving Panama without clearing out, arriving in...

Jun 29, 2026

Matt Rutherford set off from Aasiaat, Greenland June 25th in effort to circumnavigate the Arctic Ocean solo, nonstop, and unassisted in a Valiant 42 ketch. If he succeeds, he will be the first solo sailor to have done it in one season. Matt has been on the show twice before, and is still the only person to...