Warwick "Commodore" Tompkins began life afloat just weeks after being born. He spent the first nine years of his life aboard the 85-foot schooner Wander Bird, and rounded Cape Horn - the wrong way - when he was only four. Now in his 80s, Commodore has spent his life racing, delivering, designing, rigging, and cruising boats of all kinds. Today he lives in Mill Valley and sails his self-built sailboat, Flash Girl. We talked about racing, boat construction, making landfall, and his philosophy of sailing.
Jim Antrim // Designing & Racing an Eclectic Portfolio of Sailboats - Ep. 96
Matt Rutherford // From SF to Japan in a 30-foot Daysailer - Ep. 95
Cameron Albin // Going to Sea to Heal War Wounds - Ep. 94
Billy & Sierra Swezey // Tula’s Endless Summer Marches on From Boat to Boat - Ep. 93
Tyler Walkey & Julia Sinusia // An Offshore Passage Days After Buying a Boat - Ep. 92
Alex Kleeman & Lauren Sloss / Adventures Far and Near on a Valiant 32 - Ep. 91
Jack Patton & Sonya David / Two the Horizon on a Passport 42 - Ep. 90
Michael Robertson / Cruising while Running a Sailing Magazine - Ep. 89
Bekah Lane & Kathi George / Whale Strikes and Entanglements in the SF Bay - Ep. 88
Cree Partridge / Racer, Boatbuilder, Owner of Berkeley Marine Center - Ep. 87
Ben Pedersen-Wedlock & Anna Behrens // Circumnavigating the Americas in an Engineless Boat - Ep. 86
Kevin Wasbauer // Shearwater Sailing: A New Charter Business in Monterey - Ep. 85
Sid Shaw // Shipwrecked in the South China Sea - Ep. 84
Bianca Bahman & Fernanda Schlender // Shipwrecked in Indonesia - Ep. 83
Erden Eruç // Rowing The Pacific On The Way To Everest - Ep. 82
Ryan Foland // Good Jibes: A New Sailing Podcast from Latitude 38 - Ep. 81
Sid & Rebecca Shaw // Cruising Together for Over 50 Years - Ep. 80
Lin Pardey // Stories from a Lifetime of Sailing & Advice for Getting Out There Now - Ep. 79
Lauren Keane // Similarities and Differences Between Cruising And Back Country Hiking - Ep. 78
Marga Pretorius // Finding the Right Tools for Cruising and Living Life - Ep. 77
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