Deb Fish // RORC's First Female Commodore

On the Wind Sailing

Andy Schell

Sports, Wilderness, Places & Travel, Society & Culture

4.8 • 593 Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

In January 2024, Dr. Deborah Fish became the first woman ever to be elected commodore of the Royal Ocean Racing Club. For 99 years, RORC, as it's better known, has been regarded as a premier organization for offshore racing globally, as well as a leading authority for safety at sea. Its most famous event – the Fastnet Race – Deb has completed in impressive 11 times. Despite having started sailing only in her 30s, Deb has an incredible sailing resume and now heads up one of the most influential organizations in offshore sailing worldwide. Not only is she promoting, but also living the truth – that offshore sailing is a sport for anyone, provided they are up for the challenge.

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0:00.0	Holy Shipmates, welcome back to On the Wind. I'm your host, Andy Schell. I'm recording this from
0:04.1	Annapolis. I'm back in town on board my friends, Benito 373. I'm about to take this down to
0:09.6	North Carolina with him next week with some friends and my dad. Very excited to do a boat trip
0:15.0	that is coastal. We're going down the bay, then down the ICW, and when I'm not in charge,
0:20.5	Adam, it's his boat.
0:21.5	He's the skipper, and I am delighted to be along for the ride and have a lot of fun. I'm actually here this weekend ahead of time to install some Dakota lithium with my friend Ryan Ellison. Of course, you guys know Dakota. they are not an advertiser on this podcast,
0:36.1	but he's a great friend
0:37.3	and he hooked us up with some batteries
0:38.7	for Adams Benito
0:39.6	and we're going to knock that out
0:40.9	this week. guys know Dakota. They are not an advertiser on this podcast, but he's a great friend, and he hooked
0:37.9	us up with some batteries for Adams-Bennyson, and we're going to knock that out this weekend with a
0:42.1	new alternator, new regulator, some smart control systems, and you know how I like to nerd out on
0:46.4	this stuff. So that's why I'm here ahead of time. And this episode is actually with Nikki Henderson
0:51.4	filling in as the host. Her and I, she just got back from the
0:55.1	Middle Sea race. Her and Alex did a very successful Middle Sea race that came second place.
0:59.3	And we do a quick recap of that before today's episode. So I'm going to hand you over to that.
1:03.9	Listen to my recap with Nikki. And if you want to join us on the racing program, we're looking
1:07.8	to expand that next year and beyond. It's a really, fun fun and inspiring event i'm delighted that nicky's running it it's really cool all right here
1:16.7	we go hi nicky hello andy are you recovered yet have you got caught up on your sleep
1:23.9	gosh that's a question i actually wrote the crew an email from the race, you know, a wrap-up email and talked
1:32.1	about transition, you know, transition from being at sea to being on land and how I've really
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