The Ancient Mariners Sailing Podcast

For the first time Brad and Andrew took the show on the road to record in front of an audience at St Mawes Sailing Club. The evening was organised by Social Secretary John Howard and featured special guests, Simon Rowell, who is a meteorologist for the current Olympic team. Our second guest was John Andrew, the president of St Mawes SC and well know face on the Working Boat scene in Falmouth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Brad and Andrew are joined by Paul Miller, Chief Sailing Instructor at the veterans' sailing charity, Turn to Starboard. Paul is getting ready to set out on a circumnavigation of the UK aboard the classic Pilot Cutter, Spirit of Falmouth this summer, with veterans and other small ships in convoy, to take the charity's story to ports and people along the coasts of the four nations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Brad and Andrew talk to the CEO of Falmouth Harbour, Miles Carden. Topical topics covered include the recent devastating fire of a classic boat in the harbour and dealing with storm Goretti. Miles gives an insight into the commercial operations of the harbour and shares his own sailing journey as the owner of a classice St Mawes One Design which he bought when he was just 16 years old. Plus the pleaure of his own son's success in the RS Aero class. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cornish Shrimpers owner and racer Steve Przybylski, talks about the local and wider Shrimper fleet, yacht racing at Mylor and the excitement and dramas of delivering an unreliable motor boat to Cornwall from the Mediterranean. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week it's just Brad with special guest Deborah Maw joining him by phone. Deborah leads a bohemian life, living on the road in her campervan. An activist, mystic, explorer, environmentalist and traveller, her sailing life started early. In 2017 Deborah joined the crew of a vessel which sailed round the British Isles sampling seawater for plastics and other contamination. Sailing from Plymouth, they visited Cardiff, Belfast, Edinburgh, London as well as the Isle of Arran in the Clyde. The project was led by Professor of Marine Biology at Plymouth University, Richard Thompson and aimed to gather data, and draw attention to man made marine pollution. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.