Whitecap: The Canadian Sailing Podcast

Whitecap: The Canadian Sailing Podcast

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Whitecap: The Canadian Sailing Podcast episodes

  • Whitecap Regatta Reports-Lightning Pan Am Trials with Luke Ramsay, Rachel Green and Jessica Hirschbold

    Today's podcast is a two part (very tardy) regatta report on Lighting Canadian Championships and Pan Am games trials, featuring the winning crew of Jessica Hirschbold (29er world youth championship participant), Rachel Green (2023 Canadian Intercollegiate National Champion from Queens U) and Luke Ramsay (two time Olympian and two time Pan Am Games medallist). They explain how they put together a team at the last minute, and with the help of the very helpful Lightning fleet were able to learn enough to win the trials!

    30 min
  • Season 2-Ep5- Andy Roy! ILCA Legend, Pan Am Games Medallist and America's Cup Tactician
    On this episode is Andy Roy, truly one of my personal heroes in the world of sailing. We get into the early days of the laser where he and other Canadians dominated the 1982 worlds, the growing masters scene, and what the best bar in Freemantle Australia! Andy was one of the top laser sailors in the world in the early eighties and continues to be one of the top ILCA masters sailors in the world today. Career highlights include 2nd place in open worlds in 1982 and 6th in 1983 Also a pan am games silver in 1983 In Venezuela He was tactician in the 1987 Canadian America's cup campaign in Australia with Canada 2 And was the principal helmsman on the Canada's cup, and Admirals Cup. As a Masters sailor he was 2nd at the worlds 3 times and is a a 3 time Canadian Champion, Including just this year in Montreal.
    1 hr 20 min
  • Season 2-Ep4 2022 Georgia and Antonia Lewin-LaFrance 2022 Canadian Rolex Sailors of the Year competing in the 49erFX
    Today on the podcast: 49er FX sailors Georgia and Antonia Lewin-LaFrance. These sisters are currently the highest ranking Canadian FX team in the world combining in 2018. In 2019 the won the Canadians and then went on an absolute tear in 2021 placing 3rd at the Europeans and 6th at the worlds in Oman, winning the Canadian Rolex sailors of the year in 2022. Georgia has also been SailGP Canada's primary chief strategist and co-pilot, earning the nickname Speedy G from skipper Phil Robertson. We talked about what it's like to race with your sister, the Bluenose one design fleet in Nova Scotia and Antonia deals out our best advice yet in dealing with nerves "just put the bow down"
    31 min
  • Season 2-Ep3-2016 Olympian and Pan Am Games Bronze Medalist LEE PARKHILL!!
    Lee Parkhill was the representative in the laser class at the 2016 Olympics, and was the bronze medallist at the Toronto Pan Am Games in 2015, other career highlights include fourth at the World Cup in Weymouth and ranking as high at 11th in the world. But even with all that success in the laser class, his key to the doorway of Canada's biggest sailing podcast was qualifying to be nominated for the 2023 Pan Am Games in the sunfish class! We talked about his nailbiting qualification against friend and fellow olympian Luke Ramsay, bouncing back from missing the 2012 games and how he became E-Sailing Canadian champion!
    55 min
  • Season 2-Ep2 WHITECAP CUP AWARD SPECIAL!! Anthony Rosborough from Broader reach
    The 2022 Whitecap Cup co-winner for equity inclusion and diversity goes to the Broader Reach Program (broaderreach.ca) a learn to sail program based out of the Armdale Yacht Club in Halifax, NS. In this special edition, we talk to Anthony Rosborough founder of the program. Their goal is to expand access to sailing to the broader community in the Halifax Regional Municipality and other communities in Nova Scotia. The program creates impact by teaching sailing knowledge and skills to wider audiences while building connections between people and communities based on shared experiences. It unites people by a love of being on the water. We had a good chat and as an added bonus some talk about shipbuilding in Halifax in the Early 20th century and a discussion of the biggest one design keelboat class in Nova Scotia: the Bluenose One design Broader Reach's 2023 programs are supported by the Canadian Parks and Recreation Association and the Government of Canada.
    40 min
  • Season 2-Ep1 Fillah Karim ILCA 7 National Team member!! SEASON PREMIERE!
    Today on the podcast we're talking Fillah Karim, Canada's top ranked ILCA 7 who's stated goal since the age of 12 is to represent Canada at the Olympics. After narrowly missing out in 2020, he's back, qualifying for the 2023 Pan Am games, and once again chasing the Olympic dream of competing for Canada in Paris 2024! Fillah and I discussed his full time approach to the sport beginning outside the national team structure, how his mental approach to the sport has changed, and in the "highjack the guest" section Fillah gives up some gems on ILCA downwind technique.
    1 hr 1 min
  • Whitecap Regatta Reports-Sarah Douglas Wins in Hyeres

    Today we're excited to welcome Sarah Douglas back to the podcast. Sarah recently WON the Semaine Olympiques Française in the ILCA 6 class, beating 2020 gold medalist Anne Marie Rindom by one point in the process. She also qualified to be nominated to the Pan Am Games. We get to listener questions, talk about her match racing strategy in the medal race, and don't try to port tack at the start if she's at the pin!

    27 min
  • Whitecap Regatta Reports-Nacra 17 team Madeline Gillis and Galen Richardson, Princess Sophia Regatta Palma ESP

    Today a regatta report from Palma Spain, where Nacra 17 crew Madeline Gillis and Galen Richardson qualified to be nominated for the Pan Am Games. They are a new team on the Olympic circuit with this being their first european regatta together. We recapped the regatta, got into the Nacra 17 class changes to allow for upwind foiling and the crew commented on the state of mixed crew racing in general.

    27 min
  • Season 1-Ep12 SEASON FINALE! Olympic Medalists Frank McLaughlin and John Millen

    On the SEASON 1 FINALE of Whitecap: Olympic Medallists John Millen and Frank McLaughlin, who won bronze in the Flying Dutchman class in 1988 in Pusan South Korea. Frank is a 3 time Olympian including racing the 470 in 1984 with Martin TenHove, and John is a two time Olympian in the FD with Frank. They were 1981 World Champions in the International 14 class, and in the FD they were Pan Am Games medalists , as well as being on the podium at both the worlds and Europeans. John was also a member of the crew on the two Canadian challenges for the Americas Cup. Finally, they were recently inducted into the Canadian Sailing Hall of Fame. We talked about the importance of family in sailing, as well as many the behind the scenes tales from Canada's two America's Cup Campaigns, and heard the incredible story of their final race in Korea 88 which they had to win in order to get a medal!

    1 hr 18 min
  • Whitecap Regatta Reports-Women's Kitefoiler Emily Bujega
    On the podcast today we have kitefoiler Emily Bujega who finished 5th at the 2023 Formula Kite Panamerican Championships in Cabarete, Dominican Republic Good enough to qualify her to be nominated for the Pan Am games. Prior to that she was top Canadian out of 4 riders at the Clearwater U.S. open which she says was the more difficult part of the qualification process. In addition to her recapping the regattas, she also got into her backround and her long time goal of going to the Pan Am's and future campaigning towards the 2024 Olympics.
    12 min

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The stories and lives of racing sailors in Canada from optimists to foiling F50's and everywhere in between.