Standing Before the Mast

In this episode I’m joined by Scott Travers, Executive Director of the Rhode Island Saltwater Anglers Association.Scott is a graduate of the Massachusetts Maritime Academy and Salv...

Young women advancing in professional offshore sailing: a panel discussion featuring Erica Lush (lushsailing.com); Aurora ‘Rory’ Meunier Mott; and Ellie Menezes.This episode featur...

Meet Ashley Sullivan and learn about the Rozalia Project that is taking a multi-faceted approach to cleaning up and cataloging marine debris. Their platform is the sailing vessel ...

In this episode we hear from Brad Read who is the Executive Director, Sail Newport based at Fort Adams in Newport, Rhode Island. Get full access to Standing Before The Mast at chri...

In this episode we sit down with Rhode Island State Representative Lauren Carson of Newport.Representative Carson is the lead sponsor of a house bill that would allow cities and to...

In this episode, we hear about a rather different kind of Christmas story from which we in the Northern Hemisphere are used to. Aussie Joe Cooper, who’s been on this podcast before...

My guest for this episode is no stranger to the podcast. Photographer Matthew Cohen has been on before and he’s back this time to report about a unique project he conceived, resear...

Christina is the Senior Vice President of Mystic Seaport Museum.  Christina shares with us here earliest sailing experiences growing up sailing on Geronimo which belonged to the St...

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Meet Matthew Cohen, professional marine photographer, racing sailor, seasoned offshore sailor and sometimes glider pilot.In our conversation, Matt walks us through his early sailin...

Kim Kavin began her journalism career at a newspaper nearly 25 years ago. While many local newspapers have either been bought out, consolidated or shut-down, Kim Kavin made a move ...

Dave Lussier is our guest for this episode. Dave is one of the founding members of the organization Better Bay Alliance. Dave walks us through how it came to be, what they’ve done ...