Salty Dips

High-performance sailing does not just happen. It begins with a clear goal, committed sailors, good coaching, and the willingness to keep learning. In Salty Dips Episode 7, Chris Maier speaks with Ben Mumford of Royal Vancouver Yacht Club about building serious Corinthian sailing programmes. Ben shares his path from Nanaimo dinghy sailing and instruction to Martin 242s, Stars, match racing, Mum 30s, One Design 35s, Six Metres, IC37s, and the Santa Cruz 70 All of It. He also t

Peter Salusbury does not guess his way offshore. He manages the details, runs the process, and wins races because of it. Fresh off the overall win in the 50th Pacific Northwest Offshore, the skipper of the Riptide 35 Longboard joins us with a resume that speaks for itself: 50-plus Southern Straits, multiple Vic-Mauis, and a long history with the Van Isle 360.

He spent 265 days alone at sea. He didn’t use a GPS. He didn’t use a chart plotter. He used a sextant, paper charts, and his own iron will. In this episode of Salty Dips, we sit down with the man who shows exactly why hard things still matter. From the Southern Ocean to the Arctic routes of Canada, Bert’s story is a masterclass in discipline. He is a racer in the most fundamental sense. He is racing against the elements, against time, and against the limits of the human

Join 4-time Olympic Race Officer Paul Ulibarri to master the art of the regatta. Insights on fairness, start-line geometry, and world-class race management.

Welcome back to Salty Dips. In this episode, we sit down with a powerhouse of the Pacific Northwest sailing scene. Joy Dahlgren joins us to talk about the movement sweeping our waters. She is a racer, a business owner, and a community builder. Joy is now with North Sails in Victoria after her time with UK Sailmakers. She also leads the charge for women in high-performance racing. We dive deep into the Cascadia sailing movement and what it means for our region and look ahead t

In our first episode of Salty Dips, we sat down with Steve McBride to talk about the life that led him to the water. We heard the stories of resilience, the early days in Manitoba, and the grit required to move across the country. Now, we are diving into the professional side of the man in the coach boat - the Head Coach at the Royal Victoria Yacht Club, and a cornerstone of Pacific Northwest sailing. In this second installment, we shift our focus from the person to the proce

From the gusty lakes of Winnipeg to the elite Paralympic stage, Steve McBride has navigated the pivot point between the sea and the sky.