Good Jibes with Latitude 38

This week's host, John Arndt, is joined by Karen Prioleau to chat making a career of teaching all types of sailing. Karen has spent over 25 years teaching sailing at Orange Coast College and US Sailing, and has a ton of personal offshore sailing experience. Hear how to become a full-time sailing instructor or sailing educator, her memorable trips on the Alaska Eagle, the most useful sailing courses to study & teach, what's getting young people inspired to sail, and unbelievable examples of her safety training coming in handy. Learn more about Karen at OrangeCoastCollege.edu and USSailing.org

This week's host, John Arndt, is joined by Peter Molnar to chat building a high-resolution genomic atlas of the oceans. Peter is the Co-Founder & Board Chair of the Ocean Genome Atlas Project (OGAP), with the mission to produce a global genomic atlas of the world's oceans, providing critical information for planetary health, evolutionary and fundamental biology, and biomedicines of the future. Hear how sailing brought his family to the Bay Area, why he started looking under the water, the super cool tech behind the OGAP boats, a status report on the health of the Bay today, and what we can learn from Copenhagen when it comes to the water. Learn more about Peter and help out the mission at OGAPvoyage.org

This week's host, Ryan Foland, is joined by Chris Jester to chat the intersection of sailing & entrepreneurship. Chris has started not one, but FIVE sailing businesses, starting with SailTime Newport Beach. Hear the French sailing trip that changed his life, how to find the type of sailing business that's best for you, how to get to know your customer base, how to go from boat sales to boat company owner, and Chris's fun future sailing plans with friends & family. Learn more about Chris at SailTimeNewportBeach.com and Ryan at Ryan.Online

This week's host, John Arndt, is joined by Author Rod Scher to chat what we can learn from some of the most fascinating & tragic shipwrecks in history. Rod's latest book is Ship of Lost Souls: The Tragic Wreck of the Steamship Valencia, and he's currently writing a book on The Wreck of the Steamship Pacific. Hear the mistakes that led to the wrecks of Valencia & Pacific, why you need to trust your instruments, how to avoid catastrophes, who is really in charge on the water, and why it's important to read about disasters. Learn more about Rod and check out his books at RodScher.com

This week's host, John Arndt, is joined by accomplished Bay Area sailor John Sweeney to chat the latest in AI sailing & AI lawsuits. John Sweeney won this year's Three Bridge Fiasco and has a storied history in the America's Cup, El Toro nationals, and Baja Ha-Ha. Hear his foundational role in sailing sponsorships, his fascinating lawsuits related to the America's Cup and Point Buckler Island, how AI is already changing sailing, what we can do to keep the human element of sailing, and how we can make racing better. Learn more about John Sweeney at JohnDonnellySweeney.com

This week's host, Ryan Foland, is joined by Maddy Garcia to chat vikings, FJs, and joining the Latitude 38 family. Maddy is our new Sales & Marketing Manager, and brings along her true viking blood and an energizing passion for getting more people on the water. Hear how her 1st time sailing changed her life, what excites her most about working on Latitude 38 Sailing Magazine, why we should all spend more time jumping in the ocean, what makes Latitude 38 appealing for advertisers, and why it may be time to go fly a kite. Email [email protected] and connect with her on Instagram @MGarrr and on LinkedIn, and learn more about Ryan at Ryan.Online

This week's host, Monica Grant, reads 2 articles from the February 2026 issue and 1 article from the February 2006 issue of Latitude 38 Sailing Magazine. Hear "Will AI Win the Pacific Cup? Not This Year" by Michael Moradzadeh, "Back and Forth" by Josie Lauducci, and "Helluva Homecoming – Jailed in Honolulu" by Jim Welch. Follow along and read the articles at https://www.latitude38.com/issues/february-2026/#46, https://www.latitude38.com/issues/february-2026/#76, and https://www.latitude38.com/issues/february-2006/#128

This week's host, Monica Grant, reads 3 articles from the February 2026 issue of Latitude 38 Sailing Magazine. Hear "Crossing the Pacific on a Reed Boat" by Monica Grant, "One of 50 Destinations in Seas Less Traveled" by Nick Coghlan, and "The Most Challenging Passage" by Jim Yares. Follow along and read the articles at https://www.latitude38.com/issues/february-2026/#36, https://www.latitude38.com/issues/february-2026/#50, and https://www.latitude38.com/issues/february-2026/#73

This week's host, Ryan Foland, is joined by Kevin Wasbauer to chat providing sailing trips on Monterey Bay and offshore adventures across the Pacific Ocean. Kevin has competed in hundreds of regattas on the world stage and sailed tens of thousands of miles on yachts small and large, and launched Shearwater Sailing in the summer of 2021. Hear how he started sailing at age 8, the sailing mentors who made the biggest impact on his career, how to start a sailing business, how to leverage your sailing network, and how to seize the day. Learn more about Kevin at ShearwaterSailing.net and Ryan at Ryan.Online/SpeakerSHIP-at-Sea

This week's host, Monica Grant, is joined by Barry & Samantha Spanier to chat their lifelong passions of sailing & sailmaking. After impressive careers in sailmaking & advertising, they're now living their dream on their custom-built scow bow junk rig boat, SV Rosie G. In this Part 2, hear their ideas for recycling plastic & energy on the water, their "milk run" of smooth sailing, the fascinating people you become friends with around the world, what most cruisers get wrong about the sailing lifestyle, and why it's not that hard to sail. Learn more at BarrySpanier.com

This week's host, Monica Grant, is joined by Barry & Samantha Spanier to chat their lifelong passions of sailing & sailmaking. After impressive careers in sailmaking & advertising, they're now living their dream on their custom-built scow bow junk rig boat, SV Rosie G. In this Part 1, 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. Learn more at BarrySpanier.com

This week's host, Monica Grant, reads 4 articles from the January 2026 issue of Latitude 38 Sailing Magazine. Hear "The To-Do List en Route to the Ha-Ha" by John Walsh, "Then and Now" by Liz Newkirk, "A Sailing Dad's Family Charter" by Pippin Brehler, and "The Secret to a Long Life? Sailing" by Thea Yoshida. Follow along and read the articles at https://www.latitude38.com/issues/january-2026/#36, https://www.latitude38.com/issues/january-2026/#70, https://www.latitude38.com/issues/january-2026/#66, and https://www.latitude38.com/issues/january-2026/#34

This week's host, John Arndt, is joined by professional sailor, sailmaker, and the new Grand Poobah of the Baja Ha-Ha Chuck Skewes to chat the past, present, and future of the event & sport. Chuck has been sailmaking for over 40 years and has won pretty much any sailing race you can think of. Hear how he learned to sail & teach sailing at a young age, how to become a sailmaker, the reasons you'll want to make the Baja Ha-Ha your annual tradition, how to pack & prep for the Baja Ha-Ha, and what Chuck has planned to modernize the Baja Ha-Ha. Learn more and sign up for the next Baja Ha-Ha at Baja-HaHa.com

This week's host, John Arndt, is joined by sailing & windsurfing renaissance woman Annie Gardner to talk blazing her own trail and empowering women sailors. Annie placed second in the 1984 Olympics for women's windsurfing, has over a dozen national & international titles to her name, and was a navigator on the 1995 all-women's team in the America's Cup. Hear how to build your independence as a sailor, how to read & react to the wind, how she teaches women how to sail & race big boats, parallels between cruising life & racing, and the magic of sailing you truly can't get anywhere else. Learn more about Annie and Wind Goddess Retreats at WindGoddessRetreats.com

This week's host, John Arndt, is joined by 36-year U.S. Coast Guard veteran & Cal Poly Maritime Academy Superintendent Eric Jones to chat sailing America's Tall Ship. Eric commanded 3 Coast Guard cutters, including the three-masted training barque, USCGC Eagle. Hear the behind the scenes of commanding Eagle, what it's like in the tall ship fraternity, crazy stories from sailing Eagle in storms, how Cal Poly Maritime Academy is combatting seablindness, and the value of a maritime degree today and in the future. Learn more at Maritime.CalPoly.Edu