Off Watch - The Ocean Race Podcast
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Off Watch - The Ocean Race Podcast
Meet the biggest names in top-class professional sailing - past, present and future. Discover the secrets of leadership, determination and teamwork from round-the-world sailors forged in the toughest test of a team in sport - The Ocean Race. Hosted by Niall Myant-Best.
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#44 | Franck Cammas, the Legend Returns? | The Full Interview
Round-the-world sailing Legend Franck Cammas brings us lessons on team building, tales of adventure and serious injury, the future of the IMOCA Class...
#43 | Rosalin Kuiper - A Rising Star | The Full Interview
Rosalin Kuiper is one of the sport of sailing's rising stars. In a fun and open chat she tells Niall Myant-Best about her incredible adventure racing...
*SPECIAL* Deep dive into the IMOCA 60 design and foils (It's complicated!)
World-renowned yacht designer Juan Kouyoumdjian explains just how much work and detail goes into the design of the IMOCA 60, where The Ocean Race Euro...
#42 | Ken Read Returns to preview The Ocean Race Europe
In this last episode of Season 2 of Off Watch we welcome back Ken Read - Ocean Racer, America's Cup commentator and President of North Sails. Ken give...
#41 | Into The Ocean Race Europe with Yoann Richomme & Seb Josse
The Ocean Race Europe is only weeks away so in this double episode we catch up with Yoann Richomme, skipper of Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team, and The...
#40 | The art of onboard storytelling with Amory Ross
Behind every unforgettable story and each iconic image from our race is an Onboard Reporter and Amory Ross is one of the most experienced practitioner...
#39 | How to build a winning team with Bruno Dubois
Bruno Dubois is one of sailing's most influential and successful team builders. In this fascinating episode Bruno gives us candid lessons from failure...
#38 | Tracy Edwards - Teenage rebel to sailing pioneer
Tracy Edwards is one of The Ocean Race's true pioneers and rule breakers with an unbelievable and inspiring story. In this episode we hear the full st...
#37 | Abby Ehler: More than a sailor
Abby Ehler has sailed in The Ocean Race three-times and is a seasoned boat captain dealing with repairs in less than ideal circumstances. As a woman w...
#36 | From Whitbread races to ice adventures with Skip Novak
This week we take a wonderful journey back to the Whitbread years, and also to some extremely cold climates with legend of The Ocean Race Skip Novak....
#35 | Reliving Vendée Globe rescue with Kevin Escoffier
SEASON #2 of OFF WATCH starts today with a dramatic story of survival that captured the whole of the sporting world. 😯 Kevin Escoffier 🇫🇷 is a two-ti...
#34 | A Conversation with Simon Fisher
Simon 'SiFi' Fisher is one of The Ocean Race's most accomplished navigators with five laps around the planet and plenty of stories to tell over a dist...
#33 | A Conversation with psychologist Anje-Marijcke van Boxtel
This week we get a special insight into coaching and psychology in elite sport. Anje-Marijcke van Boxtel is a leading business and sports psychologist...
#32 | A Conversation with Tony Rae
Tony Rae has an incredible resume by any standards - he's competed in The Ocean Race five times, winning twice, and sailed in The America's Cup seven...
#31 | A Conversation with Annemieke Bes
Annemieke Bes is an Olympic silver medallist for the Netherlands 🇳🇱, and competed in the last edition of The Ocean Race aboard Team Sun Hung Kai/Scall...
#30 | A Conversation with Simeon Tienpont
For Dutchman Simeon Tienpont, sailing in The Ocean Race was a childhood dream. In this interview Simeon explains how he went on to lead AkzoNobel to a...
#29 | A Conversation with Richard Mason
Richard Mason is uniquely qualified to give the inside track on the past, present and future of The Ocean Race. Originally from New Zealand 🇳🇿, Richa...
#28 | A Conversation with Bianca Cook
This week we welcome Bianca Cook - a veteran of the 2017-18 edition of The Ocean Race with Turn the Tide on Plastic, and now setting her sights on the...
#27 | A Conversation with Joan Vila
Joan Vila is one of the world's top navigators, and has an incredible sailing resume having won the America's Cup three times (more than any other Spa...
#26 | A Conversation with Ian Walker
Ian Walker is the only British 🇬🇧 skipper to have won The Ocean Race. Today Ian is the Director of Racing at the Royal Yachting Association, and he ta...
#25 | A Conversation with Peter Burling & Blair Tuke
Our guests this week need little introduction - Peter Burling and Blair Tuke. Peter and Blair are an Olympic gold medal winning pair in the 49er, Amer...
#24 | Catch Up with Emily Nagel
This week we have a short catch up with Emily Nagel all about sailing aboard 11th Hour Racing Team's IMOCA 60 as training crew during a recent transat...
#23 | A Conversation with Butch Dalrymple-Smith
Kick off your shoes and sit back as we revisit the first ever Whitbread Round the World race in 1973 with sailor and yacht designer Butch Dalrymple-Sm...
#22 | A Conversation with Enrique Carlín
To celebrate 47 years since the start of the first Whitbread Round the World Race in 1973, we talk to our special guest Enrique Carlín who was not onl...
#21 | Off Watch - A Conversation with James Blake
As one of the select few people to sail in The Ocean Race as an Onboard Reporter responsible for capturing the race around the world, James Blake has...
#20 | A Conversation with Rosco Monson
Time to get your geek on as we run the numbers with sailor and Performance Analyst Rosco Monson, who explains how data collection and analysis is push...
#19 | A Conversation with Charles Caudrelier 🥇
Charles Caudrelier was the winning skipper of the 2017-18 edition of The Ocean Race, leading Dongfeng Race Team to the closest victory in the race's h...
#17 | A Conversation with Dee Caffari
If you want to understand the stresses and strains of being a sailor - and skipper in The Ocean Race, this episode is a must watch. British sailor and...
#18 | A Conversation with Juan K ⛵️
Today we're going to take you to yacht design school 📝⛵️. Juan Kouyoumdjian is one of the biggest and most influential brains in the sailing world a...
#16 | A Conversation with Martine Grael
Martine Grael is a Brazilian 🇧🇷 Olympic gold medalist 🥇 who sailed onboard Team AkzoNobel during the last edition of The Ocean Race. Today Martine an...
#15 | Reboot Special Edition with Richard Brisius and Johan Salén
Niall speaks with Race Chairman Richard Brisius and Managing Director Johan Salén about changes to the next edition of The Ocean Race. As part of a 10...
#14 | A Conversation with Santiago Lange
This week we are fortunate enough to welcome six-time Olympian Santiago Lange to Off Watch and hear about his remarkable life and career. Santi tells...
#13 | A Conversation with Libby Greenhalgh
Libby Greenhalgh is a sailor, navigator, meteorologist and advocate for increased opportunities for women to compete in top-class sailing through The...
#12 | A Conversation with Hannah Diamond
This week we welcome British 🇬🇧sailor Hannah Diamond to Off Watch. Hannah was part of the Vestas 11th Hour Racing team that experienced a turbulent 20...
#11 | A Conversation with Rick Tomlinson - The 1st Onboard Reporter
Rick Tomlinson is a photographer and sailor whose relationship with this race runs deep. He first stepped onboard a Whitbread boat as a sailor back in...
#10 | A Conversation with Bouwe Bekking
Bouwe Bekking is an authentic ocean racing legend. His career spans 35 years and eight laps around the world, from his debut in the 1985 Whitbread Rou...
#9 | A Conversation with Annie Lush
This week our guest is Annie Lush, a two-time competitor in The Ocean Race, and British Olympic sailor.
Annie talks about getting her start in...
#8 | A Conversation with Emily Nagel
Emily Nagel was the youngest female sailor to compete in the 2017-18 edition of The Ocean Race, and one of the youngest sailors in the race's history....
#7 | A Conversation with Damian Foxall
This week Niall talks to Irish sailor Damian Foxall who has competed in The Ocean Race six times including a winning campaign with Groupama in 20011-1...
#6 | A Conversation with Chris Nicholson
How would you deal with a sudden crash in the middle of the ocean in pitch black night? How does it feel to have a camera pushed in your face in the m...