Conversations with innovators, inventors, scientists, adventurers and inspirational sailors all working towards a cleaner, greener sailing and marine industries.
Hosted by Clean Sailors founder, Holly Manvell.
What happens to Royal Navy liferafts after they’re retired? This episode explores their surprising second life and a mission to keep them out of landfill. Tune in as we speak with Bob Field of the Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity and professional sailmaker, Pablo Madrid, about their unique collaboration to transform decommissioned liferafts into something new — making waves in their industries as they go.
Like most things sailing, our kit has undergone massive transformation over the centuries, evolving from heavy, water absorbent natural fabrics like wool and canvas and leather to today's lightweight, high-tech synthetic materials designed ultimately for waterproofing performance and comfort. But at what cost? Our highly engineered, highly advanced laminated and membrane fabrics do undergo intense waterproofing processes to become such, and as a result, over the years have contained plenty of forever chemicals like PFC's, perfluorochemicals. So how can we be thinking about high performance and sustainability in our modern kit? Podcast host, Holly, is joined by two pros of Team Henri-Lloyd to find out.
Solo sailor, Ella Hibbert, spent this Summer preparing herself and her boat for her upcoming non-stop single-handed circumnavigation of the Arctic Circle; a world-first. But in Ella's own words, 'this is not a record attempt, it’s a wake-up call’. Not only is Ella incredibly seaworthy, experienced and capable of such an adventure, it's the first time in history that Arctic Sea ice has receded enough to make these circumnavigations possible... Tune in to hear how Ella's shakedown sailing went and what she learnt about herself, her boat and observations on our changing climate, from the Solent to Svalbard.
Based in Brussels, European Boating Industry represents the European leisure marine industry in Europe. Over 6 million boats are kept in European waters, and we’ve over 10,000 marinas - the industry is HUGE. As Secretary General, Philip Easthill is responsible for running the show So what do they stand for and what are their current priorities? Let’s find out!
Sails. There are millions of them in circulation on our planet, and just as many heading into landfill each year. Currently, there aren’t any formal recycling schemes to be found anywhere in the world, but many small organisations are working with sail material to make new things. Whilst these efforts are noble, it’s clear this isn’t the long-term sustainable opportunity - environmentally or economically, and legislation is now rapidly changing. In this episode, Dr. Joe Penhaul Smith and Sam Penhaul; one scientist and one sailor, discuss the chemistry of sail material and their efforts towards recycling sails, in the most direct meaning of the term ‘recycle’.