Don McIntyre Returns // OGR Founder & Philosophies on Sailing & Adventure
On the Wind Sailing
Andy Schell
4.8 • 593 Ratings
🗓️ 11 February 2025
⏱️ 66 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Don McIntyre, founder of the GGR, OGR and now MGR, returns to the podcast! Andy sat down for a meandering conversation where they talk about meeting in Lagos, Portugal at the start of the Mini Globe Race, his philosophies on life, sailing and adventure, Don's definition of success, how he handles the 'haters' surrounding his ambitious events, how he pays for his crazy ideas and lots, lots more.
--
ON THE WIND is presented by Forbes Yachts, the yacht sales professionals. Forbes Yachts sell the boats that allow you to effortlessly connect your passion for yachting to the sea, bringing your world one step closer to perfection. Visit forbesyachts.com to get in touch.
--
ON THE WIND is also supported by Boat Doctor, powering life on the water. Boat Doctor designs high-powered, off-grid energy systems for boats, RVs and other off-grid applications. To find out more, go to boatdrusa.com.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | And I thought, I don't know whether I want to go and spend bloody seven months going around the |
| 0:05.1 | world by myself again because I'm enjoying life, you know, I'm enjoying the people, I'm enjoying |
| 0:10.1 | the events and now I've got to turn a lot of that upside down and go and sit in a box by myself |
| 0:14.3 | for seven months or something. And I thought, I don't need to do that anymore. I don't need to |
| 0:19.8 | prove anything to myself anymore. |
| 0:23.0 | And so I finally got it. Everything I'd been doing since I was a kid all the way through my life |
| 0:27.8 | was to prove something to myself, right? No one else just to me. And that was pretty, you know, |
| 0:35.4 | mind-boggling. |
| 0:39.9 | Greetings football fans. |
| 0:43.3 | If I have a scratchy voice in the intros for today, |
| 0:47.1 | you'll know it's because I was up until 5 a.m. Sweden time, |
| 0:50.0 | jumping and screaming and yelling at the television and watching my beloved Philadelphia Eagles take down the Chiefs. |
| 0:54.1 | It was a delightful evening, I got to say. I don't care how late it was. If you're an Eagles fan, if you're a non-football, if you're a, if you're a non-Eagles or Chiefs fan, I guess it was a boring game. But my God, as an Eagles fan, what a scenario. This is a sailing podcast, but I am a huge Eagles fan. I've |
| 1:12.7 | been my whole life. I live in Sweden. I'm from Pennsylvania. I even considered flying back to |
| 1:17.9 | Pennsylvania just to watch the game, but with a four-year-old that wasn't so practical nowadays. |
| 1:23.5 | But, oh, man, what a game. I am delighted. I'm so happy for the team. And I'm basically not working today because, yeah, I'm going to read and listen to all the podcasts and just bask in the glory. And it's not for nothing. I had a feeling. It was Super Bowl 59. You know, my whole identity is wrapped up in 59 North. It just felt like our year. |
| 1:45.4 | And hey, baby, we did it. |
| 1:47.4 | I don't have much to say because this is a great episode. |
| 1:50.6 | I interviewed Don McIntyre a couple weeks ago on Zoom. |
| 1:54.9 | We were supposed to do it on the boat in Portugal when we met, |
| 1:57.9 | but we didn't have time with us on Falcon and Don getting ready for the |
| 2:01.2 | mini globe race, one of the many crazy ideas he has. But this is a really fun episode. Don is a |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Andy Schell, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Andy Schell and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.