Cape Horn to Port: a sailing podcast with Ronnie Simpson

This episode's guest is Bruce Schwab, the first American sailor to ever complete the legendary Vendée Globe race. Bruce sailed the Tom Wylie designed Open 60  Ocean Planet in the 2004-2005 edition of the race to a ninth place finish. After his race, he settled in Maine and founded the company Ocean Planet Energy, which specializes in lithium batteries, marine charging systems and renewable en...

This week's guest is world renowned yacht designer and sailor Merfyn Owen of the design firm Owen-Clarke Design (OCD). Merf was the designer of my Class 40, #15 Koloa Maoli, as well as countless other yachts; monohull, multihull, cruising, racing, even rowing boats!  We also have a racing recap including Guirec Soudee's successful new world record going around the world solo against the...

On this week of Cape Horn to Port, host Ronnie Simpson interviews friend and fellow adventure sailor Whitall Stokes. Whitall Stokes is an avid sailor who has crossed the Atlantic multiple times, participated in a lot of solo racing off the West Coast including the Singlehanded Transpac race, and sailed about 20,000 NM solo including around Cape Horn on his old Open 50  Sparrow . Whitall currently...

On this week of Cape Horn to Port, host Ronnie Simpson interviews friend and weather router Jason Christensen of Seattle, Washington, USA. Jason is an avid sailor who works professionally as a coach, instructor and weather router with his company Racing the Wind. In 2023-24, Jason was Ronnie's weather router during the Global Solo Challenge race, and the duo plan to continue working together...

In Episode 5 of Cape Horn to Port, we chat with world class sailor and navigator Christopher 'Lew' Lewis, who most recently navigated the 100' monohull Law Connect to a second place finish on line honors in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race.  We also discuss Thomas Coville and his crew setting the Trophy Jules Verne record for fastest boat to ever sail around the world, and Thomas beg...

This week of Cape Horn to Port is a massive episode for us. The single most important ocean sailing record on the planet has fallen, as Sodebo Ultim 3 skippered by Thomas Coville wins the Trophy Jules Verne record for fastest boat to ever sail around the world, with a time of 40 days 10 hours 45 minutes. The sailors on the Famous Project, skippered by Alexia Barrier have also finished their circum...

This week on Episode 3 of Cape Horn to Port is absolutely jam packed with action in the world of ocean racing. Host Ronnie Simpson continues to break down Sodebo Ultim 3's attempt at the Trophy Jules Verne; Sodebo rounds Cape Horn and establishes a new reference time from Europe to Cape Horn. Guirec Soudee on MACSF rounds Cape Horn in his attempt at the westabout 'wrong way' record...

Cape Horn to Port host Ronnie Simpson sits down with Mini Transat sailor and American veteran Peter Gibbons Neff. Peter sailed in the 2023 Mini Transat race, and overcame a rudder failure to still finish the race. Now, Peter is building a new fully-foiling Sam Manuard designed Mini over in France to participate in the 2027 Mini Transat. Ronnie and Peter also talk about their shared participation w...

Episode 1 of the Cape Horn to Port sailing podcast with Ronnie Simpson. Today we discuss what is happening in the offshore sailing world, and then we interview our first ever guest, Marco Nannini, creator and director of the Global Solo Challenge Yacht Race. In this episode: Rolex Sydney to Hobart yacht race; the line honors winners, the corrected time winners, and some of the controversies.  Sode...

Episode Zero of Cape Horn to Port: a sailing podcast with Ronnie Simpson. This is a test upload to try to get an episode published and make sure that everything works. Brief intro, what the show is about, and some discussion of the Sydney to Hobart and Sodebo Ultim 3's Trophy Jules Verne attempt. This is a preview to Episode 1, where we sit down with Global Solo Challenge founder and director...