Dawn Riley // Sailing Stories from the Whitbread, America's Cup, and Oakcliff
On the Wind Sailing
Andy Schell
4.8 • 593 Ratings
🗓️ 1 March 2022
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Dawn was the first woman to manage an entire America's Cup syndicate, the first American sailor to sail in three America's Cups and two Whitbread Round the World races. She was on the Maiden crew in the 1989-90 Whitbread Race. Dawn is the Executive Director at Oakcliff Sailing, an organization dedicated to raising the level of sailors and sailing in the United States.
Learn more about Dawn's career here, and more about Oakcliff Sailing here.
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| 0:00.0 | Okay, quick disclaimer before we get into the show, I am currently lucky enough to be sitting on |
| 0:07.7 | the north shore of Oahu visiting a friend, but there are a lot of roosters around that are pretty |
| 0:14.3 | talkative. So if you hear cockle-doodle-do, that's why I'll try to avoid them, but they're pretty persistent. So just a heads up. |
| 0:24.5 | Uh, we also still have open bunks available on East Bjorn and Ice Bear for this season. Um, |
| 0:31.0 | if you go to 59 dash north.com slash 22, you'll be able to see those passages. Eastorn's going up into the arctic circle um up to svalbard and then over to iceland and the trips should be absolutely beautiful i'm really excited to be joining east beorn and svalbard this summer so So if you are interested in that, there are some |
| 0:55.4 | open bunks. And then there are a few open bunks on Ice Bear in August in the Baltic Sea. So check |
| 1:04.6 | those out on our website. And I'm really curious how loud these roosters are going to sound in the background. |
| 1:12.0 | This season of On the Wind is presented by Weems and Plath, a household name for sailors and |
| 1:17.0 | navigators since 1928. |
| 1:19.4 | I'm a big fan of Weems and Plath's collection of binoculars. |
| 1:22.5 | They have four different types ranging from the sport version, which is good for bird watching and sightseeing, |
| 1:28.8 | all the way up to the pro version, which is really good at dusk and dawn. They exceed military |
| 1:34.3 | specifications for binoculars, and they're incredibly sharp. I'm a big fan of binoculars in |
| 1:40.5 | general on land and at sea, but specifically on the boat, I find myself grabbing a set of |
| 1:46.0 | binoculars constantly, whether it's checking out a ship on the horizon or a bird that I haven't |
| 1:52.2 | seen before. You can check out Weems and Plaths, binoculars, navigation instruments, and more |
| 1:57.3 | at Weems-plath.com. This season is also supported by Candlewick Press, publisher of Oldwood Boat, and our favorite |
| 2:06.1 | towel company, Baldano. |
| 2:08.2 | You can hear more about both of these sponsors at the end of the episode, and you will also |
| 2:13.1 | get a discount code for Boldano, so stick around. |
| 2:19.2 | You're listening to On the Wind, the podcast about offshore sailing. |
| 2:23.6 | I'm your host, Emma Garshaghan. |
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