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The Ancient Mariners Sailing Podcast

The Ancient Mariners Sailing Podcast

The magic of wooden ships

Oct 15, 2026 · 55 min · 13 segments

This week Andy and Brad’s guest is classic boat enthusiast, Jess Clay. In just seven years since a sailing epiphany aboard a boat opened Jess’s eyes to the magic of sailing, she has sailed on a huge…

This week Andy and Brad’s guest is classic boat enthusiast, Jess Clay. In just seven years since a sailing epiphany aboard a boat opened Jess’s eyes to the magic of sailing, she has sailed on a huge number of wooden vessels from Luke Powell’s Pilot Cutter Amelie Rose to the coastal ketch Bessie Ellen and many many others. Jess is active in campaigning to make sailing more welcoming to women, and co-founded Balancing the Boat, a support network for female sailors. She is South West rep for Women in Boat Building, has her own podcast offwatchpodcast.co.uk/ and works as Business Operations Coordinator for Classic Sailing. * * * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Andy and Brad’s guest is classic boat enthusiast, Jess Clay. In just seven years since a sailing epiphany aboard a boat opened Jess’s eyes to the magic of sailing, she has sailed on a huge…

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Speakers: Jess ClayGuestBrad OsmanHostAndrew LamingHost

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Weather and Racing Report1:39 – 8:11

Andrew LamingHost

1:39

And so just before we get into it-

1:41

Oh, Andy.

Andrew LamingHost

1:42

Hello.

1:42

What's been going on in the weather and racing world?

Andrew LamingHost

1:45

Well, it's funny you should ask me that, Brad, because fascinated as I know you are by weather-

1:49

[laughing]

Andrew LamingHost

1:49

... there's, um, there's two significant weather events this week.

1:53

Oh.

Andrew LamingHost

1:53

One is record-breaking high pressure, and the other one is record-breaking low pressure.

1:58

Oh.

Andrew LamingHost

1:58

So there's a low.

Andrew LamingHost

1:59

It's not gonna hit us.

Andrew LamingHost

2:00

It's gonna go north, and it's gonna hit Iceland, and in fact, m- the strongest wind's not gonna hit Iceland.

Andrew LamingHost

2:05

It's gonna go through south of it.

Andrew LamingHost

2:06

But the, uh, strength of the wind in that, uh, system is really incredible, actually, if you have a look at it.

Andrew LamingHost

2:14

Look at the gust strength.

2:15

When is this gonna happen?

Andrew LamingHost

2:16

It's there now, and it's sort of winding its way north, being pushed out of the way and-

2:20

And missing us, what, to the west of us?

Andrew LamingHost

2:22

No, it's going north of us.

2:23

Oh, I see.

Andrew LamingHost

2:24

Yeah.

2:24

Right.

Andrew LamingHost

2:25

Uh, so but it's, it's coming in from the west, of course, as all our lows do.

2:27

Yeah.

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Weather and Racing Report1:39 – 8:11

Andrew LamingHost

1:39

And so just before we get into it-

1:41

Oh, Andy.

Andrew LamingHost

1:42

Hello.

1:42

What's been going on in the weather and racing world?

Andrew LamingHost

1:45

Well, it's funny you should ask me that, Brad, because fascinated as I know you are by weather-

1:49

[laughing]

Andrew LamingHost

1:49

... there's, um, there's two significant weather events this week.

1:53

Oh.

Andrew LamingHost

1:53

One is record-breaking high pressure, and the other one is record-breaking low pressure.

1:58

Oh.

Andrew LamingHost

1:58

So there's a low.

Andrew LamingHost

1:59

It's not gonna hit us.

Andrew LamingHost

2:00

It's gonna go north, and it's gonna hit Iceland, and in fact, m- the strongest wind's not gonna hit Iceland.

Andrew LamingHost

2:05

It's gonna go through south of it.

Andrew LamingHost

2:06

But the, uh, strength of the wind in that, uh, system is really incredible, actually, if you have a look at it.

Andrew LamingHost

2:14

Look at the gust strength.

2:15

When is this gonna happen?

Andrew LamingHost

2:16

It's there now, and it's sort of winding its way north, being pushed out of the way and-

2:20

And missing us, what, to the west of us?

Andrew LamingHost

2:22

No, it's going north of us.

2:23

Oh, I see.

Andrew LamingHost

2:24

Yeah.

2:24

Right.

Andrew LamingHost

2:25

Uh, so but it's, it's coming in from the west, of course, as all our lows do.

2:27

Yeah.

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