In this episode of Beyond the Boat, Leroy Lewis talks with Jamie Trost—Senior Captain, manager, and co-owner of the Traverse Tall Ship Company—about what it really means to operate traditional sailing ships in the modern world.

Jamie has served on an extraordinary range of vessels—including the Lady Washington—and he describes the unseen reality behind a “simple” day sail: hiring and training crews, balancing maintenance triage with public programs, reading weather like a second language, and delivering an experience that’s exciting without ever compromising safety.

Along the way, we explore why tall ships still matter: for most of human history, five to seven knots was the fastest way a person could travel for days on end—and the teamwork required to do that hasn’t changed. These ships don’t just preserve history. They create it—every time a crew learns to work together, and every time a passenger steps aboard and feels what it means to rely on other people.

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