UKSA Podcasts

It's been a bit of a break, so welcome back. We plan to have more monthly shows for you throughout the summer. This month we talk to Yachting Pages about the world's first Superyacht search engine, and we talk to Sarah Black from The Green Blue about the environmental issues surrounding antifoul with a lot of poor gags about cleaning bottoms which where funny at the time but maybe you just had to be there... enjoy.

This month we kick off a brand new series focusing on different sports. Over the next 5 months we will be focusing on different watersports disciplines, asking 'How do you get started?' and 'How can you take your training and skills further?' This month Ciaran Rogers talks to UKSA's kitesurfing instructor Stuart Easton, about how to get started in kitesurfing. They cover the BKSA Kitesufing Syllabus, talk about UKSA Kitesurf Instructor Training. Next month we cover Windsurfing. If you have any questions or feedback on this podcast or would like to get involved in future shows, please email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Ciaran Rogers Interviews Seb Josse, Solo offshore sailor on his experience in the 2008 2009 Vendee Globe Race.

We talk to Niamh Cullen, UKSA's Marketing Director on the New UKSA brand. We also talk to Neil Chapman, Founder of Boatshed.com on the second hand boat market and what gems to look out for, and we have the next in our series with Sarah Black on being green afloat. This month we talk about Rubbish and recycling at sea, and the issues surrounding it.

Yachting Podcast Special: Interview with Ron Holland
An interview with world class super yacht designer Ron Holland. We talk to Ron about how he got into sailing, how he got into designing boats, and discuss some of the design challenges in designing and building the biggest superyachts on the planet.

Interviews with quadriplegic sailor Geoff Holt, yachting author John Blake on his book Historical Charts of the British Isles and the continuing series on environmental issues with Sarah Black from The Green Blue.

Careers special - working in Charter. We couldn't wait a whole month to bring you this, it was just too good not to share. In this special edition, we talk with Emma Baggett, who has ten years experience working in the yachting and charter industry. Emma Spills the beans on what its like to work in the industry, What employers expect, and how they reward.

Its a bit of a safety at sea focus in this issue. We talk with the RNLI about life jacket safety, and we have an interview with "Left for Dead" Author Nick Ward on his experiences in the 1979 Fastnet Race. And we round up with a talk with Sarah Black from the Green Blue discussing wildlife at sea and how we can help.