This week Brad and Andrew welcome Jessica Harris to the Kimberley Park studio. After a lifetime of mainly living and working at sea Jess co-founded and is now the owner of Blue River Table, a classic wooden restaurant motor boat that operates in the Carrick Roads. she and her partner live aboard a Holman 38’ bespoke design wooden yacht in Penryn. Jess tells us about being born on a boat, and trip to Australia on a fixer upper boat her and her partner bought in America.

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Brad and Andrew welcome Gaye Slater, one of the team behind the success of the town's annual regatta, former Flushing Sailing Club president Gaye, helped spearhead the new club house during COVID and is also chair of PoFSA. Andrew gets controversial arguing for a change to COGS handicap fleets, and Brad doesn’t get to talk about cruising very much!

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This week Brad and Andrew discuss their favourite sailing books plus favourite food afloat. Brad remembers trips to the Scilly Isles and recommends some great places to anchor in these enchanted islands. Plus we catch up on the last Working Boat race and the final round the cans series in Falmouth as the sailing season draws to a close.

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This week Brad and Andrew share recollections of recent cruising trips, Andrew takes listeners to Galicia to explore the Rias Altas and Baixas, meanwhile Brad remembers leg two of his round Ireland trip and the challenging return trip home. Brad brings us up to date with his recent working boat racing exploits and finally Andrew does his best to explain what to look for during the passage of a frontal system and why reading the clouds can help to make the gloomy days more bareable.

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This week we welcome our first guest, Dan Fielding, COO of veterans' sailing charity Turn to Starboard, talking about the charity's work, and his own racing adventures in the Sydney to Hobart and Fastnet. Brad tells us about the historic Falmouth Working boats, and Andrew has the lastest news as another yacht is sunk by orcas, he also wraps up the Famouth racing scene so far.

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Welcome to the first of what we plan to be weekly podcasts about sailing, both cruising and racing, in and around Cornwall. We are Brad Osman and Andrew Laming, from Falmouth, Cornwall, UK, Brad is more into cruising, although he races on a Falmouth Working Boat. Andrew is more into racing, but has also enjoyed some extended cruising trips. We hope to have guests over the weeks and showcase local sailing and try to encourage new sailors to take up the sport.  https://buymeacoffee.com/ancientmariners

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