{"podcast":{"title":"Offshore Sailing and Cruising with Paul Trammell","slug":"offshore-sailing-and-cruising-with-paul-trammell-712728","podcast_index_feed_id":712728,"rss_url":"https://paultrammell.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://offshoresailingandcruising.libsyn.com/site","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/d/7/0/7/d707a1063f31fc34a04421dee9605cbd/logo5.png","author":"Paul Trammell","episode_count":307,"summary":"Interviews with offshore sailors and those in the industry sharing exciting stories and useful information so we can better enjoy and better prepare for our own adventures.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-08T10:17:44.915577+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/offshore-sailing-and-cruising-with-paul-trammell-712728"},"episode":{"title":"Guy deBoer, GGR Tactics","slug":"guy-deboer-ggr-tactics","published_at":"2026-03-23T04:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/offshore-sailing-and-cruising-with-paul-trammell-712728/guy-deboer-ggr-tactics","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/offshore-sailing-and-cruising-with-paul-trammell-712728","url":"https://paultrammell.libsyn.com/guy-deboer-ggr-tactics","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/paultrammell/guy_deboer_-_32226_1.51_PM.mp3?dest-id=2179424","summary":"Guy deBoer is preparing for the Golden Globe Race, which starts in September, and will try to be the first American to win a solo nonstop circumnavigation race. He was in the 2022 GGR, but went aground on a reef on Fuerteventura. He has since repaired the boat, Spirit, a Tashiba 36 and is entered in the race again. We talk about the preparations he has been making to his boat, his two different windvane autopilots, his rig, his sails, bottom paint, different racing strategies (compared to 2022), his GGR tactical handbook - which he developed, the other skippers, the evolution of the race, the GGR compared to the Vendee Globe, how to win the race, avoiding bad decisions, avoiding ships, AIS, the rules, repairing his boat, The Canary Islands, delivering a Swan 57 from the Exumas to Rhode Island, celestial navigation, and more. Photos and links are on the podcast shownotes page Support the show through Patreon Shop or list sailboats at sailboatsforsale.com Get electrical help at Meridian Marine Electrical","meta_description":"Guy deBoer is preparing for the Golden Globe Race, which starts in September, and will try to be the first American to win a solo nonstop circumnavigation…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3555,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/offshore-sailing-and-cruising-with-paul-trammell-712728/episodes/guy-deboer-ggr-tactics/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/offshore-sailing-and-cruising-with-paul-trammell-712728/guy-deboer-ggr-tactics.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}