Out The Gate Sailing

Out The Gate Sailing episodes:

• 04.01.2024

  Jon Bilger // Predict Wind Founder - Ep. 133

  Jon Bilger is the director and founder of PredictWind. Jon founded the company after working on forecasting for the Alinghi Americas Cup team. The technology has revolutionized accessibility of weather forecasting and routing for both racers and cruisers. I talk...

  
• 03.18.2024

  John Taussig // Medical Training for Mariners - Ep. 133

  John Taussig is the founder and executive director of Backcountry Medical Guides and the subsidiary Maritime Medical Guides. He’s a career paramedic who’s worked on helicopters, in ambulances, on ski patrol, as a ranger, and as a captain on boats....

  
• 02.19.2024

  Michael Rohde // Rebuilding a Cape George 36 - Ep. 132

  Michael Rohde is rebuilding - bow to stern, keel to masthead - a late 70s Cape George 36 named Akela. He welcomed me aboard the boat last August when it was on the hard at Napa Valley Marina. He’s jumped...

  
• 02.01.2024

  Andre Lay // Around the Americas by Trawler - Ep. 131

  Andre Lay is licensed Captain from the Bay Area who is in the process of circumnavigating North America in a compact trawler. He’s currently in Barra de Navidad on the Mexican mainland and is soon headed for El Salvador. He...

  
• 01.10.2024

  Scott Racette & Ashley Gremel // Bay to Bay: From San Francisco to Chesapeake - Ep. 130

  Scott Racette and Ashley Gremel met sailing in San Francisco Bay in 2016. Five years later they sailed under the Golden Gate Bridge together aboard their Pearson 365, Azimuth, to begin a trip from the San Francisco Bay to the...

  
• 12.18.2023

  Brendan Borrell // Paddling from Tulare Lake to SF Bay Headwaters - Ep. 129

  Brendan Borrell is a corespondent for Outside Magazine. Along with photographer Tom Fowlks, he recently paddled from the Central Valley of California to the headwaters of the San Francisco Bay. Taking advantage of a very wet winter last year, which...

  
• 10.30.2023

  Dovka // A Boat and 3 Generations

  As my wife, two daughters and I prepare to move aboard and sail south aboard Dovka, our 1981 Hallberg Rassy 352, the four of us sit down with my parents Sid and Rebecca shaw to talk about the boat--which they...

  
• 10.15.2023

  Andy Schell // Finding Balance while Pushing Boundaries - Ep. 128

  Andy Schell, along with his wife Mia Karlsson, founded the ocean sailing business 59 North to share the wisdom of the high seas. Lauren and I sailed with them in July of 2019 and that’s when I last had Andy...

  
• 09.17.2023

  Pam Wall // The Joy of Sharing Sailing - Ep. 127

  Pam Wall has encouraged and inspired so many individuals and families to find joy from sailing and cruising. She has spent decades sharing her knowledge through lectures, boat show seminars, and of course podcasts like this. Pam first took off...

  
• 09.05.2023

  Isabel Lardner // Tall Ship Sailing - Ep. 126

  Isabel Lardner has sailed many miles on tall ships, something I’ve always dreamed of doing. She share stories of her time at sea and describes what it’s like sailing these special ships.

  
• 08.22.2023

  Mary SwiftSwan // Afterguard Sailing - Ep. 125

  Mary SwiftSwan is the founder of Afterguard Sailing in Oakland. Afterguard is only one of the three sailing schools she’s founded. She began teaching sailing in 1984, became the very first woman ASA instructor/evaluator, and has literally written the book...

  
• 08.07.2023

  Ryan May // May on the Bay Chartering - Ep. 124

  Ryan May run’s his charter business, May on the Bay, out of Sausalito aboard his Catalina 34. A U.S. Coast Guard Captain, Ryan has logged over 25,000 offshore nautical miles since learning to sail as a kid in Toronto -...

  
• 07.25.2023

  Leigh Hunt // Sailing: From Passion to Profession - Ep. 123

  Leigh Hunt is President and CEO of Modern Sailing school and club. Modern has been introducing people to sailing on SF Bay since 1983. In 2014, Leigh, decided to make his passion for sailing into a business - leaving a...

  
• 07.10.2023

  Hank George // The Science of Lithium Batteries - Ep. 122

  Hank George, of Blue Heron Battery, is an engineer who has a background working in the nuclear industry. Designing his own components, he was cruising with lithium power over a decade ago, years before most people. And he’s helped many...

  
• 06.19.2023

  Jim Hancock // Sailing Science Center Update - Ep. 121

  Years ago, Jim Hancock conceived of a hands-on, interactive learning center that would inspire a passion for sailing and science by delighting people through play and discovery. Jim and I talked about the Sailing Science Center four years ago when...

  
• 06.07.2023

  Satchel Douglas // Race to Alaska on a Wing Foil Board - Ep. 120

  The Race to Alaska is a wonderful race in which boats of all shapes and sizes head north from Port Townsend, Washington and end up in Ketchikan Alaska, 750 miles away. The only rules are no engines and no outside...

  
• 05.22.2023

  Jason Brown // Freediving in San Francisco Bay - Ep. 119

  When Jason Brown started asking around about the possibility of freediving in San Francisco Bay people told him it was impossible. But my friend Jason has never been one to let impossible stand in his way. Together with his buddy...

  
• 05.08.2023

  Malcolm Morgan // Sharing Decades of Marine Electrical and Technical Experience - Ep. 118

  At 10-years-old, Malcolm Morgan fell into boat maintenance when his family bought at Hobie Cat dealership after having sailed exactly once. He quickly took to doing electrical work and over the past 50 years has built up an expertise that...

  
• 04.25.2023

  Safety At Sea // A Weekend of Considering The Worst Case Scenario - Ep. 117

  This week on OTG I discuss the U.S. Sailing Safety at Sea Seminar Lauren and I just took as well as the lithium battery conversion I am in the process of completing.

  
• 04.10.2023

  Heinz Baumann // From Pac Cup to Running a Charter Biz in AK - Ep. 116

  Heinz Baumann learned to sail on lakes in Europe, but was introduced to a whole new world of sailing and racing when he moved to the Bay Area. He’s sailed his boat Rageboge, a 38-foot Hallberg Rassy, down to Mexico...

  
• 03.26.2023

  Markus Pukonen // A Non-Motorized Circumnavigation of the Planet - Ep. 115

  Markus Pukonen has been traveling the world for 7-and-a-half years. He’s sailed, he’s biked, he’s canoed, he’s kayaked, he’s stand-up paddlebarded and he’s pogo sticked his was around the globe. What he hasn’t done is traveled anywhere by motorized vehicle....

  
• 03.19.2023

  Ronnie Simpson // Preparing for the Global Solo Challenge - Ep. 114

  Last time Ronnie Simpson was on the show, in 2020, we talked about being wounded by an RPG in Iraq and how sailing saved his life. This time, Ronnie and I talk about his preparation for the upcoming Global Solo...

  
• 03.06.2023

  Bernard Dunayevich // Learning to Windsurf in Piranha Infested Waters - Ep. 113

  Bernard Dunayevich owned one of the first windsurfers in Argentina and taught himself how to rig and sail it in piranha infested waters. But he says the main disincentive from falling in was the cold water and lack of a...

  
• 02.21.2023

  Simon & Sally Currin // From High Altitude Climbing to High Latitude Sailing - Ep. 112

  Sally and Simon Currin met while planning an expedition to Mount Everest. Since then, they’ve traded in high altitude climbing for high latitude sailing, and in the process won awards from the Cruising Club of America and the Ocean Cruising...

  
• 01.30.2023

  Susan Cole // A Memoir of Sailing, Love, and Loss - Ep. 111

  In the 90’s, Susan Cole, her husband John, her 7-year-old daughter Kate, and their dog Elmo all boarded their Mason 43 for a three-year adventure though the Caribbean with ups, downs, hurricanes, and more. I talk with Susan about her...

  
• 01.09.2023

  Ryan Ellison // The Ups and Downs of Cruising for 5 Years - Ep. 110

  Ryan Ellison, who’s American, and Sophie Darsey, who’s French, met in Sweden. Together they learned to sail then purchased a 2007 Beneteau Oceanis 40 and set off sailing together in what they expected would be a one-year trip. Five years...

  
• 12.19.2022

  Chris & Marissa Neely // Throwing Off the Dock Lines - Ep. 109

  I catch up with Chris and Marissa Neely aboard their Choy Lee 41 Avocet. After years of living aboard and working on their boat in Ventura, CA, they’ve thrown off the dock lines and are going cruising. Their first stop?...

  
• 12.06.2022

  Laura & Fede // Sailing Antarctica For a Living - Ep. 108

  Federico Guerrero grew up 4 blocks from the beach in Argentina. Laura Smith Grew up next to me, in Falls Church Virginia. The two of them fell in love with sailing independently and then met at sea aboard a ship...

  
• 11.21.2022

  Andy Cross // Raising two Boys While Cruising the Pacific - Ep. 107

  Andy Cross grew up daysailing and cruising with his family in Michigan. He made his first offshore passage at 19 and he’s been working in the sailing industry pretty much ever since. In 2012, Andy and his wife Jill bough...

  
• 11.07.2022

  Cal Currier // Alone Across the Atlantic at 16 - Ep. 106

  Cal Currier had never been ocean sailing, but at sixteen-years-old the Palo Alto high school student set himself a goal to sail solo across the Atlantic Ocean. A few short months later, with support from his father and New England...

  
• 10.23.2022

  Cyril Derreumaux #2 // A Successful Kayak from CA to HI - Ep. 105

  He made it! Cyril Derreumaux recently became the second person in the world to kayak from California to Hawaii. We spoke before he left (episode 73) and now 91 days and 2,400 miles later we discuss the trials and triumphs...

  
• 10.03.2022

  Justin Jenkins // Transformation & Growth - Ep. 104

  Justin Jenkins is a sailor, musician, and carpenter who has sailed all over the pacific. He and I have been corresponding about sailing for a few years and I recently met up with him at the KKMI where he works...

  
• 09.12.2022

  Ryan Finn: Success // Around Cape Horn in a Proa Sailboat - Ep. 103

  Ryann Finn departed New York in January of 2022. Just over three months later he arrived here in San Francisco, having sailed his 36-foot proa sailboat 14,000 nautical miles - down the Atlantic, around Cape Horn, and back up the...

  
• 08.22.2022

  James Frederick // Across the Pacific Without a Rudder - Ep. 102

  James Frederick was recently awarded the 2021 Qualifiers Mug from the Ocean Cruising Club for sailing 2,300 miles across the Pacific Ocean, 1,000 of those without a rudder. We met up in Annapolis the night before he received his award...

  
• 08.01.2022

  Heather Richard // Winging it to Baja - Ep. 101

  Captain Heather Richard, a good friend of mine, was one of the key inspirations for this podcast. She was my very first guest and I’m thrilled to have her back on the program for episode 101. She lives and runs...

  
• 07.18.2022

  Barry & Samantha Spanier // Rosie G Comes To Life - Ep. 100

  The Rosie G is an innovative, new, scow bowed, junk rigged, boat that came from the mind of Barry and Samatha Spanier. She was designed by Jim Antrim and built by Cree Partridge and his yard at the Berkeley Marine...

  
• 07.02.2022

  McKayla Bower // Trans Around The World - Ep. 99

  McKala Bower is a trans woman who only started sailing a short while ago, but she’s got big ambitions to be the first trans and first openly gay person to circumnavigate solo. She’s always loved adventure and the outdoors and...

  
• 06.20.2022

  Brady & Blue // Buying a Boat w Bitcoin & Surviving a Tsunami - Ep. 98

  In this second interview with Brady Trautman and Alex Blue of S/V Delos fame, we talk about their new Passport 42, Lintika - the largest boat in their Cruisers Academy fleet. The sail training school they’re running in Tahoe and...

  
• 06.06.2022

  Mark Hensley // From Sailing Sunfish to Commanding Tankers - Ep. 97

  Mark Hensley, knows sailing - he’s sailed his entire life. But he’s spent most of his time on the water at sea as captain of an oil tanker during a 20-year career with Arco Marine. He’s got plenty of stories...

  
• 05.16.2022

  Jim Antrim // Designing & Racing an Eclectic Portfolio of Sailboats - Ep. 96

  Jim Antrim, often called the Wizard of El Sobrante, is a naval architect who apprenticed under Dick Carter, Britton Chance and Gary Mull. He’s designed record breaking multihull and monohull sailboats as well as popular production boats. He’s an expert...

  
• 05.01.2022

  Matt Rutherford // From SF to Japan in a 30-foot Daysailer - Ep. 95

  Matt Rutherford made a name for himself when he completed a solo, 309-day, non-stop, record-breaking trip around the Americas in a 27-foot Albin Vega. Today he’s focused on putting the finishing touches on a 72-foot, Brucer Roberts designed steel schooner...

  
• 04.19.2022

  Cameron Albin // Going to Sea to Heal War Wounds - Ep. 94

  Cameron Albin is a marine and an Iraq war veteran who suffered a traumatic brain injury while on deployment. After being discharged from the military he found himself struggling, until he rediscovered sailing. Now, he’s started American Odysseus Sailing Foundation...

  
• 04.04.2022

  Billy & Sierra Swezey // Tula’s Endless Summer Marches on From Boat to Boat - Ep. 93

  Billy and Sierra Swezey are better known to their online fans as the couple behind Tula's Endless Summer. The two met at a surf shop in Florida when Billy sailed in on his small boat. Not too long afterwards both...

  
• 03.21.2022

  Tyler Walkey & Julia Sinusia // An Offshore Passage Days After Buying a Boat - Ep. 92

  Tyler Walkey and Julie Sinusia fell in love with a ketch rigged Ingrid 38 in Monterey. Trouble was they needed to get it down to Los Angles within days of purchasing her because they had flights home to Japan they...

  
• 03.06.2022

  Alex Kleeman & Lauren Sloss / Adventures Far and Near on a Valiant 32 - Ep. 91

  When Lauren Sloss met Alex Kleeman in San Francisco, she was planning on moving to New York to study journalism. He was planning on sailing the world. They managed to do both of those things and stay together as a...

  
• 02.22.2022

  Jack Patton & Sonya David / Two the Horizon on a Passport 42 - Ep. 90

  Sonya David and Jack Patton met while sailing, and really haven’t stopped. They live together on their Passport 42, along with their cat Fathom, and together run Spirit Marine Services a business they started to do boat projects and maintenance...

  
• 02.07.2022

  Michael Robertson / Cruising while Running a Sailing Magazine - Ep. 89

  The former editor of Good Old Boat magazine got into sail ing when his mother mistakenly subscribed to Cruising World when he was a kid. He met his wife Windy through a Latitude 38 crew list and ended up cruising...

  
• 01.24.2022

  Bekah Lane & Kathi George / Whale Strikes and Entanglements in the SF Bay - Ep. 88

  This week we go below the waves to learn more about how what we humans do on the water while fishing, sailing, or shipping impacts humpback whales and other marine mammals. I’m joined by Kathi George and Bekah Lane both...

  
• 01.11.2022

  Cree Partridge / Racer, Boatbuilder, Owner of Berkeley Marine Center - Ep. 87

  Cree Partridge started building boats in his parents front yard while still in elementary school. His passion for being on the water started at a young age and continues to this day. In college, he channeled his desire to be...

  
• 12.27.2021

  Ben Pedersen-Wedlock & Anna Behrens // Circumnavigating the Americas in an Engineless Boat - Ep. 86

  Ben Pedersen-Wedlock grew up on boats and is an experienced ocean sailor. Anna Behrens had little to no sailing experience - until she met Ben. About a year after meeting, the two took off cruising in a 28-foot, ferro cement,...