Sailfaster: The Podcast For Racing Sailors
pete@sailfaster.net
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Metrics
Episodes: 74
Frequency: Irregular
Rating: 4.8/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Male
Location: USA
YouTube: 4.2k subscribers
Instagram: 3.1k followers
Contact Information
pete@sailfaster.net
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Host
Pete Boland - Host (named in the episode description for the Todd Wilson episode) who talks with sailing guests about performance, preparation, race tactics, and related sailing techniques and technology.
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Recent Guest Discussions
Tom Slingsby - Decision-making Under Speed; Mindset And Psychological Edge; Marginal Gains; Pre-race Preparation; Leadership Lessons From The 2013 Americas Cup Comeback; Continuous Improvement
Marianna Fleischman - Offshore Racing Pathway For Women; Short-handed Sailing Journey; Barriers To Participation; Access And Representation; Performance Pathway From Club Racing To Offshore Competition
Emma Rosenbaum - Offshore Racing Pathway For Women; Short-handed/offshore Progression; Barriers And Representation In Sailing; Competing Goals (bermuda One-two Aboard A Mini 650)
Todd Wilson - Gps-based Starting Systems; Racesense; How Technology Changes Starts, Protests, Race Management, And Training; How Elite Sailors Use Performance Data; Competitive Sailing Adaptations Across Fleets
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Episodes
Tom Slingsby: Decision-Making At 80 KPH!
June 23, 2026
Olympic gold medallist, America’s Cup winner and SailGP superstar Tom Slingsby joins Sailfaster from San Francisco airport for a fascinating deep dive into what it takes to perform at the highest level of sailing. From surviving one of the toughest and most dramatic SailGP race days of his career to the mindset shifts that helped him overcome Olympic heartbreak and become a world champion, Tom shares the lessons, habits and psychological edge behind his success. He reveals why sailing is real...
Spite Sailing: Building an Offshore Racing Pathway for Women
June 04, 2026
Offshore racing has long been seen as one of sailing's toughest frontiers—physically demanding, technically complex, and historically dominated by men. But Emma Rosenbaum and Marianna Fleischman of Spite Sailing are working to change that.In this episode of SailFaster, we dive into the story behind their women-led offshore racing campaign, their journey into short-handed sailing, and their ambitious goal of competing in the Bermuda One-Two aboard a Mini 650.Emma and Marianna discuss the barri...
How Technology Has Changed Starts Forever — with Todd Wilson
May 20, 2026
GPS-based starting systems are changing sailboat racing — whether sailors like it or not. In this episode, Pete Boland talks to Todd Wilson, co-founder of Vakaros, about how RaceSense and modern GPS technology are transforming starts, protests, race management, and training.(Note this is NOT a sponsored episode!)Todd explains why even elite sailors struggle to ping a line accurately, how RaceSense works, why starts are becoming tighter and more aggressive, how Olympic, J/70, and TP52 fleets ...
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