This week we travel down under to Brisbane, Australia where we meet up with 3rd-time returning Good Jibes guest Lin Pardey and her partner David Haigh aboard Sahula. Lin has sailed over 200,000 nautical miles, completed two circumnavigations, and has experienced many more adventures of a lifetime. More »

Join us this week as we chat with Tamara Sokolov and Simran Phojanakong from the San Francisco Sea Scouts about the incredible program shaping lives on the water. Tamara is the executive director and has been involved with the Sea Scouts for nearly 30 years, and Simran is the Boatswain, aka youth president. More »

Listen in as Good Jibes host Ryan Foland, reads four articles from the November 2025 issue of Latitude 38 sailing magazine. Hear “Don Trask – Builder of Sailboats, Sailing, and Sailors” by John Arndt, “Detour to Alaska – 2,800 Miles from Hawaii” by Jim Immer, “Seaward – The Schooner That Started It All” by John “Woody” Skoriak, and “21 Miles to Go” by Ruby Gates. More »

Join us this week for part two of Ryan Foland’s exploration of the Newport Beach Wooden Boat Festival, which took place June 13-14, 2025 at Balboa Yacht Club.  In this second installment, you’ll hear racing tales from the legendary Dick McNish (the 92-year-old who races aboard an 88-year-old classic yawl, reunions with Good Jibes alumni Jennifer Keil and Steve Paljieg, a rumored game of nautical strip poker, a viral stolen boat, and a sailing joke you’ll never finish laughing about. More »

In this week’s episode, Good Jibes host Ryan Foland goes on location at the Newport Beach Wooden Boat Festival, which took place June 13-14, 2025 at Balboa Yacht Club. This was the 9th Annual Newport Beach Wooden Boat Festival, this time with the theme: “Stories of the Sea: Wooden Boats in Film & Fiction.” More »

Welcome to Good Jibes! In this week’s episode we chat with Stephen and Kristen van Dyck and one of their sons, Paul, to chat about their year-long sailing sabbatical as a family. More »

Tune in as we chat with Stuart McNay about the inspiring world of coaching on the water. Stuart is a professional sailor, a sailing coach, and a five-time Olympian.   In this episode, with host Ryan Foland, Stuart shares about the first time he knew he’d make an Olympic run, the traits shared by his favorite mentors, how to find the right sailing coach, whether coaching will ever be replaced by AI, and where the magic of coaching works best. More »

Welcome to Good Jibes Episode #212. This week we chat with Dennis Surtees about his lifetime of sailing championships with legendary crews. Dennis is a 95-year-old racer who has done it all in the 5O5 class, and also won on the Antrim 27. More »

This week’s host, Moe Roddy, is joined by women’s match racing legends Betsy Alison, Allie Blecher, Nicole Breault, and Molly Carapiet to chat the past, present, and future of the sport. More »

This week we’re joined by adventure pilot and sailor Harry Anderson to chat about what’s needed to sail around the world by yourself, and touch all seven continents for extra credit. More »