Salty Dips

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.