The Sailing Anarchy Podcast

By Alan Block

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#27 - Two Sailor Girls, One...

12.04.2017

Few stories in sailing have caught the public’s attention like the rescue of these two Hawaiian sailors. At first a feel good story for the US Navy, Jen Appel’s inexperience and exaggeration turned the whole thing into a cautionary tale ...

The Sailing Anarchy Podcast episodes:

12.04.2017 #27 - Two Sailor Girls, One Mess - Yachting Rescuees Jennifer Appel and Tasha Fuiava Few stories in sailing have caught the public’s attention like the rescue of these two Hawaiian sailors. At first a feel good story for the US Navy, Jen Appel’s inexperience and exaggeration turned the whole thing into a cautionary tale ...
10.04.2017 #26 - Now It's His Turn - America's Cup Winner Grant Dalton Tells (not quite) All After AC36 Protocol Released The 7 times Volvo Ocean Race competitor and first time America’s Cup winner talks about the obstacles faced by Emirates Team New Zealand on the road to Bermuda, and spends more than an hour with host Alan Block going over ...
09.25.2017 #25 - A Sport Stolen? Diogo Fernandes - the IFKO World Sailing And The Future Of Kiteboarding The talented pro rider and founder and president of the International Federation of Kitesports Organizations talks to Alan Block about the years long struggle between his organization and a group of companies, people, and organizations - including World Sailing - ...
07.23.2017 # 24 - America’s Cup Bermuda Wrap with Bernie Wilson, Rob Mundle, Stan Honey, and Bora Gulari Mr. Clean hits a slew of wide-ranging subjects raised by the 2017 America’s Cup competition with some of the leaders in the sport of sailing. INTRO SHOW NOTES: 00:00:19 Sailing Anarchy current podcast numbers – 200K downloads - thank you ...
07.05.2017 #23 - The Secrets Of The America's Cup, with ETNZ Wing Trimmer Glenn Ashby Alan Block sits down in Bermuda with the legendary Aussie catamaran sailor for a half hour of fascinating subjects the day after his Kiwi team closed the Larry Ellison chapter of the America’s Cup. Subjects: How his time as a ...
05.28.2017 #22 - Preview To The 35th America's Cup with Bora Gulari and Hayden Goodrick You’ve read or heard the rest of the world’s thoughts on the subject, but now’s the time for the best of them; It’s the Sailing Anarchy Podcast 35th America’s Cup Preview and Form Guide! First, we get Clean’s thoughts on ...
05.23.2017 # 21 - Future Shock - Big Changes For The Next Decade Of The Volvo Ocean Race On the 21st episode of the Sailing Anarchy Podcast, we go straight to the source for an analysis of the new direction announced last week by the Volvo Ocean Race. First, Clean updates us on the Podcast's status, tells us ...
03.14.2017 # 20 - The New Race Brigade: Conversations with Chris Woolsey, Chairman of Miami Havana Race, Tim Fitzgerald, Founder of Fort2Battery Race, and Peter Cronin, winner of Fisher’s Island Sound Race and m We speak to these three interesting cats about trends in ocean racing, the future of junior sailing, and what it takes to start something new in the yacht, foiler, and dinghy racing.
03.02.2017 #19 - Conrad Colman, The World's Toughest Sailor After his epic Vendée Globe finish under jury rig and a decade of some of the nastiest racing trips around the world, Conrad “The Krazy Kiwi” Colman may just be the toughest sailor in the world. The first New Zealander ...
02.15.2017 Sailing Anarchy Podcast # 18 - Too Fast For Water! Foiling in the DNA F4 Cat with Shannon Falcone and Iceboat Racing with Ron Sherry Sailing anarchy talks with foiling Americas cup winner Shannon Falcone about his adventurous few months with the sexy F4 one design racing foiler and shares his picks for the 2017 Americas Cup, and then we have an hour of wizardry ...
01.23.2017 Sailing Anarchy Podcast # 17: Media and Marketing Sailing with Jonathan “The Digital Skeptic” Blum A lifelong media professional spanning stints with ABC News, VH1, Mad Money Cramer, and countless more, Jonathan Blum a/k/a "The Digital Skeptic” talks to Mr. Clean about his upcoming book, how he got into writing newsletters for a yacht designer. ...
12.04.2016 Sailing Anarchy Podcast # 16 - New US Olympic Sailing Team Director Malcolm Page and Bora Gulari and Petey Crawford In this double header, SA Podcast host Alan “Mr. Clean” Block first talks to freshly minted Director of the US Olympic Sailing Team Malcolm Page. The Australian double gold medalist and multiple world champion answers questions from Clean and the ...
11.12.2016 Sailing Anarchy Podcast # 15 - Olympic 49er and Nacra 17 Bosses Marcus and Ben The President and Class Manager of the fastest and most exciting Olympic sailing classes - the Nacra 17 (now foiler) and the 49er and 49er FX - sit down with us to talk Olympics, the move to the foiler, and ...
11.07.2016 Sailing Anarchy Podcast # 14 - VPLP The World's Top Racing Yacht Designers In yachting, VPLP is synonymous with ‘ahead of their time’. The French naval architecture’s first-ever design was a foiling trimaran - and that was in the 1980s. The world has finally caught up to VPLP, and that’s why they’ve become ...
11.05.2016 Sailing Anarchy Podcast # 13 - Mark Turner Volvo Ocean Race CEO Easily one of the most influential people in all of sailing over the past decade and a half, Mark Turner has done it all. A naval officer turned Mini racer, Turner jumped into the management side of yacht racing with ...
10.17.2016 Sailing Anarchy Podcast # 12 - Candidate Kim Andersen Pre-ISAF Presidential Election Urged on by a desire to see the sport of sailing run in an honorable, transparent way, businessman Kim Andersen believes he and his slate of international VPs can help repair sailing’s reputation after a damaging few years on the ...
10.13.2016 Sailing Anarchy Podcast # 11 - Paul “The Pope” Henderson and his ISAF World Sailing Candidacy For President Spurred on by sailors around the world to help save sailing from itself, the former 10-year president of ISAF has thrown his hat back into the ring to become President of World Sailing during the November election in Barcelona. Paul ...
09.17.2016 Where to go, Volvo Sailing Anarchy Podcast # 10 - The Future of the Volvo Ocean Race with Nick Bice and Mike Sanderson The world’s premier offshore race and the most spectated of all, The Volvo Ocean Race starts in just a year. But already, the discussion is getting real about where the Volvo goes after the second edition with the Farr-designed Volvo ...
08.29.2016 Sailing Anarchy Podcast # 9 - Post-Rio Olympics with Bora Gulari and Petey Crawford Clean and Petey get deep into the United States Sailing Team’s attempt to regain its former glory in Rio De Janeiro with the help of 8th place Nacra 17 skipper Bora Gulari. Gulari just returned from Brazil, and we get ...
08.15.2016 Sailing Anarchy Podcast # 8 - Ron White, Petey Crawford, Blay Schoenherr Mr. Clean takes on the Great Lakes in Episode 8! First an hour with Bayview-Mackinac record-setting navigator Ron White from the ORMA 60 ARETE talks about their Mack races, their plans for the fastest boat in the lakes, the likelhood ...
06.29.2016 Sailing Anarchy Podcast # 7 - Race 2 Alaska Mr. Clean gets into this innovative and interesting race through one of the world’s most dramatic waterways! Clean talking to himself, and then a great long chat with the snarky, anarchic race founder and director Jake Beattie, then with odds-on ...
06.22.2016 Sailing Anarchy Podcast # 6 - NY to Vendee Race and Vendee Globe Preview Mr. Clean goes to New York to race aboard the Open 60 HUGO BOSS in the in-port race before the start of the NY to Vendee Race. He used it as an opportunity to bring you up to date on ...
06.01.2016 Sailing Anarchy Podcast # 5 - Hakan Svensson and Sam Usher Hakan Svensson and Sam Usher are two leading lights in the sport of sailing. Usher is the founder of Redhanded TV, a UK-based media production company that's been pushing the boundaries of what's possible in the sport of sail racing. ...
06.01.2016 Sailing Anarchy Podcast # 4 - Petey Crawford Nearly two decades ago, Minnesota-born videographer Petey Crawford went from Hollywood to the harbor, bringing his videography and editing experience and a life of sailmaking and racing to bear in his work as a media pro. Over the past decade ...
06.01.2016 Sailing Anarchy Podcast # 3 - Randy Draftz As Event Director of the largest sailing regatta in the Western Hemisphere, Charleston Race Week's Randy Draftz has become one of the 'go-to' people in sailing if you're looking for information on any aspect of running a sailboat event. Learn ...
05.31.2016 Sailing Anarchy Podcast # 2 - Bora Gulari Known as one of the fastest helmsman of his generation, professional skipper, navigator, and all-around racer Bora Gulari bested some of the world's top America's Cup and Olympic talent to take his two World Championships in the innovated and prestigious ...
05.31.2016 Sailing Anarchy Podcast #1 - Chris Museler New York Times Sailing Correspondent Chris Museler has spent his life on the water, and he taps into his passion for the sea and for sailing every day of his life. A champion match racer, college sailor, and now foiling ...