Conversations with Classic Boats Podcast
1) Ep 33 - The Sixes Finale
In September, 2025, we revive a 38 year old design, one of the first with the controversial winged keel configuration, and do battle in Long Island Sound with the pro crews and their ultra-modern boa...Show More
2) Ep 32 - Riva Speedboat to the Stars
Ever wonder what that glamorous, gleaming, mahogany-sided boat James Bond was driving on the Côte d'Azur was? Most likely, it was a Riva Aquarama—the Italian luxury runabout built in Sarnico, Italy, ...Show More
3) Ep 31 - Six Meter Pre-Worlds Take to Long Island Sound in September 2024
Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club in Oyster Bay on the North Shore of Long Island was the birthplace of International Rule Six Meter boats. In 2025, the "Santa Claus of 6 Metres," a Swiss-Canadian name...Show More
4) Sailors Log #3 - Stan & Sally Honey
A husband and wife team sail a revived famous 1960s offshore design, the Cal 40, to victory in America's venerable Newport to Bermuda Race. Stan and Sally Honey, along with their friend Olympian Carl ...Show More
5) Ep 30 - Two Curators Have a Gam
Christina Brophy, Senior VP of Mystic Seaport Museum and Evelyn Ansel, Curator of the Herreshoff Marine Museum, and herself a Mystic native, join in a gam to explore how a marine museum curator comes...Show More
6) Ep 29 - College Sailing Goes Offshore—1928 to 2023
In the late 1920s, competitive college sailing originated in keelboats. Through long-running events like the McMillan Cup and a range of college offshore regattas across the country, college sailors, ...Show More
7) Ep 28 - Trailblazers and Triumphs in Women's Competitive Sailing
A five women team makes women’s sailing history. In September 1985, mastering an international fleet and Hurricane Gloria to take the inaugural Rolex International Women’s Keelboat Regatta and pointin...Show More
8) Sailors Log #2 - Bob Johnstone
Bob Johnstone, Co-founder with his brother Rod of JBoats, founder of MJM Yachts at the age of 68. He holds a profound appreciation for boats, ranging from the 3-foot DF-95 to the 50-plus J Boat design...Show More
9) Ep 27 - Sixes in Seattle: The Search for the Lost Fleet
We go cross-country in search of the iconic Six Metres of the 1930s. We find the crème de la crème, Goose and Llanoria, in the boatyard of this design's dedicated collector, Peter Hofmann, at Port Mad...Show More
10) Sailors Log #1 - Dave Perry
We debut our Classic Conversations , The Sailors Log, talking to match racer, rules guru and overall great sailing guy Dave. Perry