This Girl Sails

Literally born on a boat, my guest on the show today now cruises on a pretty serious yacht. It's actually a pretty unusual yacht to cruise! She shares with us her sailing journey and as a nutritionist, has some great tips on how to stay healthy on board.

Rah Poolman pulls her love of adrenaline and adventure into the cruising lifestyle by living on a Volvo 60. Along with her son and partner, she has been up and down the east coast of Australia and is about to head across the ditch to New Zealand.

Charlotte Kaufman is a writer and sailor who started sailing in 2005 after buying a yacht with her husband. In 2014 they set sail for the south pacific from Mexico with their two daughters on their yacht Rebel Heart.

It was on this passage that she lived through every sailor's worst nightmare. Losing a yacht at sea and being rescued. This however is only a small part of her sailing story.

In this episode I chat with Australian sailor Lisa Blair.

Lisa has circumnavigated the world in a Clipper Round the World yacht race, sailed single handedly across the Tasman twice, she is the first woman to sail nonstop and unassisted around Australia solo and is the first woman to sail single handed around Antarctica.

She is passionate about adventure and sailing and shares how visualization, mastering her mindset and believing in herself has allowed her to achieve HUGE goals.

This is a huge podcast because this wonderful lady has so much experience.

Sue Powell has many many miles under her keel and I had so many questions to ask her so this is a BIG podcast. Firstly, I wanted to know how did you start cruising? It took a doctor to say if you don't do something radical, you won't have a life to live...

We cover what its like living with your partner in a small space, fitness on board, provisioning, dealing with seasickness, importance of being able to handle your boat on your own should you need to, using an anchor ball, how to gain confidence on your yacht, the worst storm she has ever been in and so much more.

As sailors we know the sails on our boats are pretty important, but when was the last time you really looked at your sails, took them down, felt them and became intimate with them? Lucy Rees is a sail maker and offshore racer, she gives some great advise on what every yacht should carry to repair and look after their sails.

If you live in Australia, South East Asia is relatively close and as I am learning a pretty nice spot to cruise. I talk to Deb Bott who has been sailing this area for more than 10 years and has some great information and tips and tricks for cruising in these wonderful countries.

Kris is full of energy and life and I wanted to find out how she got into sailing, why she loves it and her thoughts on getting over the fear of grabbing the helm.