Rick Tomlinson // Yacht Photographer
On the Wind Sailing
Andy Schell
4.8 • 593 Ratings
🗓️ 7 February 2017
⏱️ 81 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
#178: Rick Tomlinson is one of yachting's most accomplished photographers. What I didn't know before we met, was how accomplished he is as a sailor. Rick was a crew member on four consecutive Whitbread Races, and literally invented the modern concept of onboard reporter. Back in his day, Rick was an integral member of the sailing crew - he took photos onboard as a hobby, on his off-watches, and even developed film in the galley sink offshore! Mia and I traveled to Rick's beautiful studio in Cowes on the Isle of Wight last September to chat about his career.
On the Wind is presented by Weems & Plath.
Come ocean sailing with Andy & Mia on their S&S Swan 48 Isbjorn. Visit 59-north.com/offshore to see the full passage calendar.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Hey team, if you want to support the podcast, you can fund us directly at on the wind.co. |
| 0:06.7 | Just click the big blue fund button in the top right corner. |
| 0:10.7 | Or you can go to patreon.com slash on the wind to subscribe if you're a member there. |
| 0:17.0 | Even better, come ocean sailing with Mia and I on East Bjorn, our Swan 48. |
| 0:22.2 | We just announced our final passage of 2017, an August trip traversing 600 miles in the Baltic Sea, |
| 0:29.0 | starting and ending in Stockholm and visiting the famous Nauter Yard in Finland, where East Bjorn was built way back in 1972. |
| 0:37.1 | Sign up for that, and our other passages in the Arctic in 2018 on 59-north.com slash offshore. |
| 0:45.9 | On the Wind is presented by Weems and Plath, makers of fine nautical and weather instruments since 1928. |
| 0:51.9 | I spoke to Peter Trogden about the new revolutionary SOS distress light, |
| 0:56.0 | which can actually replace traditional pyrotechnic flares on recreational boats in the U.S. |
| 1:01.0 | There's really nothing like it because of the way it meets the Coast Guard requirements. |
| 1:08.0 | So a little backstory on this thing, the Coast Guard put in their |
| 1:12.8 | regulations in the 70s an electric light that could be used for night |
| 1:18.5 | distress signal and it could be an electric light that meet that has all these |
| 1:23.5 | requirements which means it's waterproof it floats it, it has to be bright, it has to |
| 1:28.2 | last for a long time, and this was in the 70s. And nothing was ever created that met all those |
| 1:34.9 | requirements, but the Coast Guard has never changed the CFR that says what this product does, |
| 1:41.7 | and no one's ever built it. Until now, modern, energy-efficient LED tech and a clever lens design |
| 1:48.3 | has allowed the USCG regs to finally be met. |
| 1:51.3 | The SOS distress light is a no-brainer. |
| 1:53.9 | For most recreational boats in U.S. waters, you'll never have to buy flares again. |
| 1:58.1 | Order online and view the entire Weems and Plath catalog at Weems-dash-plath.com. |
... |
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.