The Sailing Pod Ep. 24: “I didn’t tell him I was a fireman who’d never been in the Southern Ocean” – Mike Golding OBE

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Yachting Monthly’s editor, Theo Stocker hosts an array of amazing sailors to talk all things boat and adventurers. We aim to bring you the most fascinating and inspiring stories from a wide and eclectic bunch of people we’ll be featuring.

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In part one of this two-part Sailing Podcast, Theo Stocker talks to Mike Golding MBE. Mike is, quite simply, a sailing legend. He has sailed through the Southern Ocean 9 times in both directions, and raced across the Atlantic 13 times.

He has survived burning buildings and dismastings and even came third in the Vendée Globe despite finishing the race with no keel.

And after all that, he still goes sailing for pleasure, completing a half-circumnavigation from NZ to France on a family cruise aboard his own catamaran.

Get in touch with us about The Sailing Podcast email presenter, Theo Stocker at: theo.stocker@futurenet.com or digital editor Toby Heppell at: toby.heppell@futurenet.com. We would love to hear your suggestions for subjects or people to cover, issues to discuss or kit to test out.