Oceans Unplugged

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Episode 25 - Kirsten Neuschäfer

2026-11-0649:04

This week on the podcast, Lee is joined by fellow South African Kirsten Neuschäfer, who has quite literally sailed into the history books. In 2023 she became the first woman to win the Golden Globe Race, sailing solo around the world aboard her 36 foot yacht Minnehaha, relying on traditional navigation rather than modern electronics. There is a great deal more to Kirsten than that victory. From her early life in South Africa to cycling solo across Africa, sailing some of the most remote water...

Episode 24 - Caterina Rota

2026-10-3045:30

This week on Oceans Unplugged, Lee is joined by Caterina Rota, the Italian sailor who swapped a career in intellectual property and patent law for yacht deliveries, offshore racing and sail training. Caterina came to the water the long way round. She trained and practised as a lawyer in Italy, specialising in IP and patents, before changing direction entirely and building a professional career at sea. She and Lee first met between UK lockdowns, at a point when thousands of sailors were strand...

Episode 23 - Joss Creswell

2026-10-2341:14

This week on the podcast, Lee is joined by Joss Creswell, the British offshore sailor who has just completed his first full solo season on the Figaro Bénéteau circuit out of Lorient. Joss came to offshore racing the long way round, as First Mate aboard Perseverance in the 2022 to 2024 Clipper Round the World Race, finishing second overall after 48,000 miles. Since then he has gone from a crewed 70 footer to racing a Figaro 3 alone, coached through the winter by four time Vendée Globe finisher...

Episode 22 - Matthew Barraud

2026-10-1621:15

This week on the podcast, Lee is joined by Matt Barraud, director of the Morvargh Sailing Project, a Cornish charity that has been taking young people to sea under sail since 2010. Matt came to this work through his own sail training week with the Rona Sailing Project, and it changed his direction entirely. He now runs Morvargh alongside his wife and a team of volunteers, and still sails on every voyage. The charity operates TS Helen Mary R, a Bowman 57 launched in 1986, out of Fowey, working...

Episode 21 - Kelsey Pfendler

2026-10-0949:00

This week on the podcast, Lee is joined by Kelsey Pfendler, the American ocean rower who this summer became the fastest person ever to row solo from California to Hawaii. Kelsey's route to the Pacific started on a river rather than an ocean. She took her first whitewater trip at 18, qualified as a guide in the Adirondacks, and spent the best part of a decade running multi-day expeditions through the Grand Canyon. Ocean rowing came later, after she met an Atlantic crew while sailing in 2019. H...

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