Jan 26, 2026

Ryan Rayfield recently sailed with novice crew from Block Island to Bermuda in November and faced some heavy weather, which he dealt with effectively in his 60' ketch, Libra. Ryan learned to sail on Lake Martin in Alabama, and now runs Sail Libra, an offshore charter operation in the North Atlantic Ocean. He is...

Jan 19, 2026

Joe Drago used to be a commercial fisherman in New England and now sails a Cape Dory 45 ketch based in New York and runs Sailing Resolution, a sailing adventure charter business. 

We talk about how he got involved in commercial fishing, lessons about seamanship learned from commercial fishing, fishing in foul weather,...

Jan 12, 2026

Robin Toozs-Hobson is a long-time sailor and delivery skipper based in St. Lucia. He and I have sailed together a few times and had some great adventures. He recently did a delivery of an Excess catamaran from St. Lucia to Japan. 

We talk about living in St. Lucia, living abroad and dealing with the passport and banking...

Jan 5, 2026

Hylke Boersma is a project manager for refits at KM Yachtbuilders. He is currently working on the repair of a Boreal 52 that suffered hull damage after being struck by another boat while on a mooring. 

We talk about using a 3D-scanner to asses damage, repairing an aluminum hull, repairing aluminum vs steel, care...