Conversations with Classic Boats

Tom Darling
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A podcast about classic boat designs and the stories behind them. Hosted by Tom Darling

  1. 12/08/2025

    Ep 33 - The Sixes Finale

    In September, 2025, we revive a 38 year old design, one of the first with the controversial winged keel configuration, and do battle in Long Island Sound with the pro crews and their ultra-modern boats

  2. 02/04/2025

    Ep 32 - Riva: Speedboat to the Stars

    Ever wonder what that glamorous, gleaming, mahogany-sided boat James Bond was driving on the Côte d'Azur was? Most likely, it was a Riva Aquarama—the Italian luxury runabout built in Sarnico, Italy, for the past 62 years. Now owned by the luxury yacht builder Ferretti Group, Riva has been the choice of film stars, race car drivers, and fashion moguls. Riva is the pinnacle of Sixties speedboat style. As one owner said, "The Riva Aquarama is the most stylish boat of all time." Ciao, Riva!

  3. 11/19/2024

    Ep 31 - Six Meter Pre-Words Test Long Island Sound in September 2024

    Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club in Oyster Bay on the North Shore of Long Island was the birthplace of International Rule Six Meter boats. In 2025, the "Santa Claus of 6 Metres," a Swiss-Canadian named Rainer Muller, hopes to bring his Sixes collection to anchor the 2025 World Championship in Long Island Sound. Over 20 Six Metres, dating from 1924 to contemporary, are expected to be on the line.

  4. 07/12/2024

    Sailors Log #3 - Stan & Sally Honey

    A husband and wife team sail a revived famous 1960s offshore design, the Cal 40, to victory in America's venerable Newport to Bermuda Race. Stan and Sally Honey, along with their friend Olympian Carl Buchan, sailed the boat as it was intended—like a canoe-shaped, 15,000-pound dinghy.

  5. 05/06/2024

    Ep 30 - Two Curators Have a Gam

    Christina Brophy, Senior VP of Mystic Seaport Museum and Evelyn Ansel, Curator of the Herreshoff Marine Museum, and herself a Mystic native, join in a gam to explore how a marine museum curator comes to be. The two outline an exciting 2024 exhibition season. Go visit MSM and HMM this summer- and mention Conversations with Classic Boats!

  6. 02/22/2024

    Ep 29 - College Sailing Goes Offshore— 1928 to 2023

    In the late 1920s, competitive college sailing originated in keelboats. Through long-running events like the McMillan Cup and a range of college offshore regattas across the country, college sailors, from expert to novice, are enjoying the camaraderie and fun of sailing big boats. October 2023 saw the Princeton Offshore Team win its class during a weekend of wild weather at the Storm Trysail Club's Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta.

  7. 12/07/2023

    Ep 28 - Trailblazers and Triumphs in Women's Competitive Sailing

    A five women team makes women’s sailing history. In September 1985, mastering an international fleet and Hurricane Gloria to take the inaugural Rolex International Women’s Keelboat Regatta and pointing to the inclusion of Women’s Sailing in the 1988 Seoul Olympics.

  8. 08/14/2023

    Sailors Log Ep. 2 - Bob Johnstone

    Bob Johnstone, Co-founder with his brother Rod of JBoats, founder of MJM Yachts at the age of 68. He holds a profound appreciation for boats, ranging from the 3-foot DF-95 to the 50-plus J Boat designs developed over the past 46 years. Now, as an author of Marketing Maverick, he continues to make waves in the industry.

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