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Ocean Sailing Podcast

David Hows

Capturing and sharing ocean sailing stories and adventures. The Ocean Sailing Podcast site is designed for people who love to cruise, race or explore the worlds oceans. Its also for those ye...

Episodes

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Stephanie Neil - The launch of Fiji Surf Charter with Sea Breeze III

In this one-of-a-kind, "not-about-sailing" episode, I sit down with the bold and enthusiastic Stephanie Neil , Founder of Fiji Surf Charter,...

30:57Jul 15, 2025

David Hows - What's keeping me awake at night right now!

David shares an update on the latest challenges at Ocean Sailing Expeditions. Buying an IMOCA Open 60 yacht complete with a carbon mast and...

46:13May 19, 2025

How to join our IMOCA Open 60 Race Crew (Webinar)

Do you have the drive for adventure and the desire to push your limits? Whether you're an experienced sailor or a keen adventurer looking fo...

55:30Feb 26, 2025

Sharon Ferris-Choat: Sydney Hobart Race 2024 Debrief

David Hows catches up with Sharon Ferris-Choat for a debrief on the IMOCA Open 60 project - Awen. With less than 8 weeks to get Awen into MC...

01:29:02Jan 15, 2025

David Hows - How I turned my sailing passion into a business at age 50

David's daughter Madison interviews him about life lessons, building a sailing business, setbacks, challenges and the future ahead. In this...

02:06:17Jan 2, 2025

$1 Reserve Sailing Auction / Ocean Sailing Expeditions update with David Hows

In this episode we share the webinar recording with David Hows, Skipper and Founder of Ocean Sailing Expeditions, where he covers: - Details...

01:16:07Jun 5, 2024

Matt Harvey / David Hows - Australian Circumnavigation Review: 8,500nm in 4 months

Skippers David Hows and Matt Harvey catch up to review their 2-yacht circumnavigation of Australia in 2023. With 8,500nm covered in just 4 m...

01:54:11Apr 19, 2024

Sharon Ferris-Choat: From troubled student to Olympian, Volvo Ocean Race, Jules Vern and Extreme Cats

Sharon was a teenager heading for trouble when she discovered sailing. Starting in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand, Sharon watched Maiden ra...

01:08:44Apr 7, 2024

Jon Bilger - Predicting the Wind

David Hows catches up with Jon Bilger to talk about a long list of innovations and new features at PredictWind. As an Olympic and America's...

01:05:06Mar 22, 2024

Exploring the Yasawa Islands in Fiji by yacht

In this episode David Hows and Matt Harvey share their advice and highlights from cruising the stunning Yasawa Islands in Fiji over the past...

56:49Mar 12, 2024

Stephen Ladd - Exploring Latin American Coasts and Rivers in a 21 foot yacht

Ginny met Steve at a wooden boat festival in the 1990's when he was selling his book, Three Years in a 12-Foot Boat. She thought something l...

01:00:39Jan 21, 2023

Neil Driscoll: Training the key to avoiding tragedy at sea

Neil grew up sailing in the UK and quickly became accustomed to the range of weather conditions that it serves up. By the time he was a few...

01:22:52Nov 1, 2022

David Hows: 17 key lessons from 13 Tasman Sea Crossings

David Hows crossed the Tasman Sea for the first time in 2013, relieved to have survived a 1,500nm crossing that he never expected to repeat....

01:15:39Oct 21, 2022

Derek Hamer: Saving hundreds of thousands of mammals from accidental death

Derek Hamer has devoted his life to helping save seals and whales. It's a great insight into the impact that fishing has on our oceans and t...

01:04:05Apr 27, 2022

Walter Van Lier: Sails half way around the world on a wing and a prayer

Walter Van Lier finds a 1980's Beneteau yacht for sale online and flies half way around the world during COVID to buy it. This is the story...

02:16:58Apr 27, 2022

Derek Shields - Building a yacht out of a 1,000 year old Huon Pine log

Imagine discovering a log that had just floated down a Tasmanian River in a storm and building an ocean going yacht out of it. Not just any...

01:48:02Mar 11, 2022

Suzie Christensen: sailor and CEO of the stunning Lord Howe Island

Meet Suzie Christensen; sailor and CEO of the stunning Lord Howe Island. On my 4th visit to Lord Howe Island in 5 years I managed to catch u...

41:55Mar 11, 2022

Matt Harvey completes 4,200nm Tahiti to Sydney passage

We catch up with Matt Harvey on the challenge of flying 32 hours to Tahiti, to pick up a rookie crew and prepare to deliver his new yacht 'S...

01:29:20Jan 6, 2022

Dan Farmer wins division in Sydney Hobart Race on yacht B52

Dan Farmer, owner and skipper of the Sydney 41 yacht 'B52', shares the story of his epic adventure in the 2021 Rolex Sydney Hobart Race, whe...

43:05Jan 5, 2022

Matt Harvey – Buys 70-foot expedition yacht 'sight unseen' in Tahiti

I met Matt Harvey in June 2021 when he joined me onboard Silver Fern as Chief Mate on the 600nm passage from Southport to Hamilton Island, Q...

01:02:03Oct 17, 2021