Hosted by Chris Heaton · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 59 episodes
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A podcast featuring conversations with people in the boating and sailing community with interesting stories, a unique perspective and those making a positive difference. We seek to highlight those working behind the scenes, and those with stories that may have slipped under the radar. chrisheaton.substack.com
Chris Heaton hosts Standing Before the Mast, a society show with 59 episodes published.
In this episode I’m joined by Scott Travers, Executive Director of the Rhode Island Saltwater Anglers Association. Scott is a graduate of the Massachusetts Maritime Academy and Salve Regina University. Scott’s experience
Young women advancing in professional offshore sailing: a panel discussion featuring Erica Lush (lushsailing.com); Aurora ‘Rory’ Meunier Mott; and Ellie Menezes. This episode features a round-table or panel discussion wh
Meet Ashley Sullivan and learn about the Rozalia Project that is taking a multi-faceted approach to cleaning up and cataloging marine debris. Their platform is the sailing vessel American Promise. American Promise was de
In this episode we hear from Brad Read who is the Executive Director, Sail Newport based at Fort Adams in Newport, Rhode Island. Get full access to Standing Before The Mast at chrisheaton.substack.com/subscribe
In this episode we sit down with Rhode Island State Representative Lauren Carson of Newport. Representative Carson is the lead sponsor of a house bill that would allow cities and towns to regulate houseboats as they feel
In this episode, we hear about a rather different kind of Christmas story from which we in the Northern Hemisphere are used to. Aussie Joe Cooper, who’s been on this podcast before, shares his version of a Christmas tale
My guest for this episode is no stranger to the podcast. Photographer Matthew Cohen has been on before and he’s back this time to report about a unique project he conceived, researched and executed with stunning results.
Christina is the Senior Vice President of Mystic Seaport Museum. Christina shares with us here earliest sailing experiences growing up sailing on Geronimo which belonged to the St. Georges School in Rhode Island. The Ger
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Meet Matthew Cohen, professional marine photographer, racing sailor, seasoned offshore sailor and sometimes glider pilot. In our conversation, Matt walks us through his early sailing experiences and his introduction to p
Kim Kavin began her journalism career at a newspaper nearly 25 years ago. While many local newspapers have either been bought out, consolidated or shut-down, Kim Kavin made a move to yachting journalism before many of th
Dave Lussier is our guest for this episode. Dave is one of the founding members of the organization Better Bay Alliance. Dave walks us through how it came to be, what they’ve done so far, and their ambitions plans for th
I’m joined by Capt. Eric Pfirrmann from Save the Bay, and Ted Romanosky, owner of the 1940 classic wooden schooner ‘Good Fortune’. It's our seasonal laid-back gathering over beer and provisions.We recap our collective su
The Schurmann family set sail in 1984 and became the first Brazilian family to circumnavigate the world. The design and build of Kat is the culmination of that initial voyage and others on previous boats the family has o
In this episode we get to know Ian Ridgeway. Ian, along with Casey Blum are co-founders of the FUEL Program. FUEL stands for: Foundation for Underway Experiential Learning. The topsail schooner Shenandoah is at the cente
In this episode I sit down with Newport International Boat Show Director Lisa Knowles and Marketing Director Jocelyn Emory. The show - the 51st - will take place September 15th through the 18th, 2022 located at the Newpo
In this episode we hear from Mike Patterson, Whitney Curtin, Aaron 'Ike' Isaacson and Steve Baskis about Sail To Win. They formed Sail To Win "to honor and empower wounded veterans, first responders, and people that have
Christopher Pastore is Associate Professor of History at the University at Albany, State University of New York. Focusing on early American environmental history, his most recent book, titled Between Land and Sea: The At
Meet Nautical Author and Historian Eric Wiberg. Born in New York in 1970, Eric Wiberg is a citizen of Sweden and the US. He is the author of over 20 books on maritime history - particularly in the Bahamas where he grew u
Sarah is a commercial fisherman with a BS in Marine Affairs from the University of Rhode Island; and a MSc in Nature, Society, and Environmental Policy from University of Oxford in England. Her interest in fishing really
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