Sailfaster: The Podcast For Racing Sailors

By Pete Boland

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Episodes: 62

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Subscribe to the most popular podcast for racing sailors. Hear from top sailors on how they sail faster than anyone else: find out how they got started in sailing, how their race performance improved over time, their thinking on pre-race preparation, favourite race strategies and tactics, crew management and everything else!

Episode Date
Engineering Speed: How Angelo Guarino Climbed the Fleet
Dec 01, 2025
SailTalks: The Virtual Chalk Talk with Odey Hariri
Nov 24, 2025
The Fast Track: Training, Tactics & Regatta Choices with John Loe
Nov 18, 2025
Precision Under Pressure: Inside the Mind of a Champion Navigator
Nov 12, 2025
Think Faster, Sail Faster. Brian Swingly on How Mental Performance Wins Races
Oct 27, 2025
Next Generation Offshore: Kelly Holthus and the Transpac
Oct 03, 2025
Precision and Preparation: Racing Offshore with Allegiant
Sep 18, 2025
Racing to the Edge with Charlie Enright
Sep 07, 2025
Mind Over Waves: Sweta Shervegar on Racing and Mental Preparation
Aug 20, 2025
Small Boats, Big Passion – Radio-Controlled Racing with Len Bose & Dan Shier
Aug 13, 2025
Precision Racing: Steve Hunt & Morgan Trubovich Talk Vakaros RaceSense!
Aug 07, 2025
Sailfaster Experts on Nailing the Windward Rounding
Jul 30, 2025
Around the Race Course with Luke Lawrence
Jun 21, 2025
Passing the Mic (and the Tiller): A Sailfaster Father’s Day Special
Jun 14, 2025
Luke Lawrence: Racing Hard, Resetting Life — A Racer's Story of Recovery
Jun 13, 2025
Inside the Boatshop: Patrick Wilson on Raceboat Prep and Pursuing Perfection
Jun 06, 2025
Patrick Wilson on Trimming, Teamwork, and What Really Wins Races!
May 26, 2025
Steve Hunt (Part 2) on heel angle, starting, better tacks and so much more :)
May 12, 2025
Starting Racing: How to Jump Into the Fleet Later in Life
May 07, 2025
Steve Hunt (Part 1) on Racing Smarter: Preparation, Communication, and the Pursuit of Perfect Starts
Apr 27, 2025
Annapolis Spring Sailboat Show Preview (SPONSORED EPISODE)
Apr 13, 2025
Ken Read (Part 2) on Speed, Strategy, and Improving Regattas!
Apr 07, 2025
What Champions Do Differently – Ken Read on Sailing Faster! (Part 1)
Mar 24, 2025
Royal Ocean Racing Club's Deb Fish on Double-Handed Offshore Racing!
Mar 17, 2025
Race Strategy, Starts & Decision-Making with Stephanie Roble (Part 2)
Mar 05, 2025
Sail Faster, Race Smarter: Insights from Stephanie Roble
Feb 26, 2025
Mastering J/Boat Performance with Jeff Johnstone: Tuning, Tactics & Speed (Part 2)
Feb 17, 2025
J/Boats’ Jeff Johnstone on Designing Performance Racing Boats (Part 1)
Feb 11, 2025
Building a Culture of Safety at Sea with Ministry of Sailing's John Schafer
Jan 28, 2025
High Winds & Hard Decisions - Farr 40 'Pretty Woman' in the 2024 Sydney-Hobart
Jan 23, 2025
Sara Stone Talks American Magic, TP52 Racing, and the America’s Cup...
Jan 16, 2025
Maximising boat speed, and the art of simplicity, with Guillaume Seynhaeve
Jan 09, 2025
Scott Nixon talks TP52s, the ORC Worlds, and the relentless commitment to learning
Dec 23, 2024
From "crisis management" to executing with confidence, with Maura Winston
Dec 16, 2024
Match Racing with the Danish Champion!
Dec 09, 2024
From Deckhand to Key Player: Adding Value as a New Crew Member!
Dec 02, 2024
"Supercoach" Tom Burnham!
Nov 25, 2024
Weather forecasting for racing sailors with Chelsea Freas from SeaTactics!
Nov 18, 2024
Sydney-Hobart on a Farr 45!
Nov 11, 2024
The Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac!
Nov 03, 2024
Blackhawk: Multi-Time Winner of San Francisco’s Prestigious Rolex Big Boat Series
Oct 28, 2024
Tom McLaughlin (Part 2) on Dennis Connor's bets, Buddy's driving, and the ticking clock...
Oct 21, 2024
Tom McLaughlin (Part 1) on driving an America's Cup boat, surviving the '79 Fastnet, and sail design evolution
Oct 15, 2024
Annapolis Sailboat Show, the EWE Spirit Foundation...and racing Vipers!!
Oct 08, 2024
World champion dinghy sailor Luke Lawrence on his unique preparation for the big ones....
Sep 26, 2024
Special episode: Women's J105 Regatta in Annapolis!
Aug 29, 2024
Pip Hare and the Vendee Globe: solo ocean racing in a foiling IMOCA!
Aug 27, 2024
Kristen Berry's cerebral approach to high performance sailing team coaching!
Aug 08, 2024
Decisions at gates, recovering from starts, and the art of simplicity with North Sail's Allan Terhune
Jul 13, 2024
Winning moves from the J/105 champions
Jun 26, 2024
Starting, rounding, winging....Scott Nixon of Quantum Sails
Apr 23, 2024
Cam Farah: Foiling is the future...!
Apr 10, 2024
Dawn Riley on leadership, team management, and helming to win...
Mar 14, 2024
Kristy Robinson on improving mark roundings, looking after your crew, and adapting to a new boat!
Mar 01, 2024
Carol Newman Cronin on regatta preparation and her road to the Olympics
Feb 12, 2024
The pressures of driving...and other topics with Charleston's Pirate Princess Racing Team!
Jan 29, 2024
Olympic Silver Medallist Scott Steele on what top boats do that others don't...
Jan 22, 2024
Jason Currie of Quantum Sails and Mike Beasley of Beasley Marine on regatta prep, intimidation and managing the slot...
Jan 17, 2024
Lorie Stout: a natural winner...!
Dec 24, 2023
Jen Sturmer: boat speed, boat speed, boat speed!
Dec 14, 2023
Ray Wulff: preparation is everything
Dec 14, 2023
Doug Stryker: getting to know your J/105, intimately!
Dec 13, 2023