Fresh from their 8th place finish and OLYMPIC QUALIFICATION!!, Georgia and Antonia take us through their experience at the 49er Worlds in Lanzarote, Spain, including their emotional last day, coming 2nd in the medal race and capsizing right AFTER the finish line live on the broadcast.  ..read more

Today we're officially announcing the winner of the 2023 Whitecap Cup for diversity, equity and inclusion...Broad Reach Canada!   Based in Toronto, Their mission is to engage under represented youth in the development of knowledge, skills and social belonging through sailing, and 2023 was their 25th anniversary.    On the podcast are Margeurite Pyron and Eliana Cai.    Margeurite is the CEO of Broad Reach Canada and Eliana was a participant in the program in 2023.  It was a great discussion.  We touched on growing the sport into new populations, working in th ..read more

Rolex Sailor of the year Melodie Schaffer raced her boat Whiskey Jack in the Globe 40, a 35,000-mile, eight-leg, double handed around the world race in in Class 40s. Seven teams took part in the 175-day event which started in Morocco and endd in France. Overall, “Whiskey Jack”, Melodie and co-skippers: Gary Jacques, Mikael Ryking, Jeronimo Santos, Robert Phillips, Paul Stratfold and Tom Pierce, took 5th place, and set the overall speed record for the race with an average speed of 14.3kn, for a distance of 347 miles in 24 hours. Through the race, she also faced storms and countless broaches,&nb ..read more

Today Chris Watters (East coast singlehanded coach, Star Sailors league tactician) is back on the show to discuss the top 10 Canadian sailing stories of 2023.  From olympic hopefuls to offshore sailing, foiling and everything in between.  Another great year. The stories were determined solely and entirely by host Dave Cripton.  If you think I've missed something please reach out ..read more

Today we welcome back Lee Parkhill to recap the action at the 2023 Pan Am Games, from his terrific gold medal performance, to other medals for Ali Tenhove and Mariah Millen, Sarah Douglas and Will Jones and Justin Barnes, as well as a recap of all of the other classes.  We get into the  heartbreakingly close finishes, performance improvements and an atmosphere about which Lee commented "I don't know if I've experienced a regatta in my career where the team was so connected ..read more

As we head into the off season in Canada, we've got authors of a new book called called "Plan Sail Track: The Ultimate Sailing Guidebook" on the pod, Thomas Fogh and Signe Ronka.   Thomas, is the director of sailing at the Royal Canadian Yacht Club. As an athlete, he competed internationally in multiple classes before moving into coaching provincial, National and Olympic calibre athletes.  As an athlete he finished top ten at world and international championships in multiple classes including Solings, Lasers and Tornado classes   Singe Ronka  the owner and head coach of fle ..read more

One of the most successful multi class Canadian sailors of the 2000's. Luke was the representative in the 470 class at the 2012 Olympics with Mike Leigh, and the Nacra 17 in 2016 with Nikola Girke where they placed 15th and were ranked as high as 5th in the world during that quad. Also, Luke won the 2006 world youth championships in Lasers and is a two-time Pan Am medalist in the sunfish class winning a silver medal in 2015 in Toronto (just days after sailing at the Nacra worlds) and silver again in 2019 in Peru.  He was also a member of SailGP Canada's inaugural season and is now headed ..read more

Today's podcast is a two part (very tardy) regatta report on Lighting Canadian Championships and Pan Am games trials, featuring the winning crew of Jessica Hirschbold (29er world youth championship participant), Rachel Green (2023 Canadian Intercollegiate National Champion from Queens U) and Luke  Ramsay (two time Olympian and two time Pan Am Games medallist). They explain how they put together a team at the last minute, and with the help of the very helpful Lightning fleet were able to learn enough to win the trials ..read more

On this episode is Andy Roy, truly one of my personal heroes in the world of sailing. We get into the early days of the laser where he and other Canadians dominated the 1982 worlds, the growing masters scene, and what the best bar in Freemantle Australia!   Andy was one of the top laser sailors in the world in the early eighties and continues to be one of the top ILCA masters sailors in the world today.  Career highlights include 2nd place in open worlds in 1982 and 6th in 1983 Also a pan am games silver in 1983 In Venezuela   He was tactician in the 1987 Canadian America's cup ..read more

Today on the podcast: 49er FX sailors Georgia and Antonia Lewin-LaFrance. These sisters are currently the highest ranking Canadian FX team in the world combining in 2018. In 2019 the won the Canadians and then went on an absolute tear in 2021 placing 3rd at the Europeans and 6th at the worlds in Oman, winning the Canadian Rolex sailors of the year in 2022.  Georgia has also been SailGP Canada's primary chief strategist and co-pilot, earning the nickname Speedy G from skipper Phil Robertson.   We talked about what it's like to race with your sister, the Bluenose one design fleet in No ..read more