Good Jibes #228: Barry and Samantha Spanier on Fulfilling a Lifelong Passion Through Sailmaking, Part 1
Welcome back to Good Jibes. In this week’s episode we travel Down Under where we catch up with Bay Area sailors Barry and Samantha Spanier to chat about their lifelong passions of sailing and sailmaking. After impressive careers in sailmaking and advertising, Barry and Samantha are now living their dream on their custom-built scow-bow junk-rig boat, SV Rosie G.
Tune in to Part 1 with host Monica Grant to hear how Barry started sailmaking, the design concept for Rosie G, his survival story on the water, what he would do differently if building Rosie G from scratch today, and some nostalgia for his scrounging days.
Here’s a sample of what you’ll hear in this episode:
- Barry’s Windsurfer sailmaking career
- Learning sailmaking under Henry “Hank” Jotz in San Francisco
- Building sails for a 54-ft yawl in the Tahitian jungle
- The 1978 shipwreck in New Zealand
- Designing Rosie G with Jim Antrim
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