A listener wrote in and asked me to talk about the gear that I use on my boat when I have it set up for single-handed sailing. I spend about a half an hour talking about the gear that I use for basic anchoring in the next few episodes I hope to remember to … Read more
I have a delightful conversation today with Jeffrey S. Wettig of Shooting the Breeze Sailing Podcast. Even though this has nothing to do sailing in the Mediterranean it does have to do a sailing and a little bit about podcasting. When I left to sail across the Atlantic I had a little bit of time … Read more
Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam Price $29.99 https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig 7 hour 6 minute: 16 lesson audio course In this episode I talk to Ron Allen one of my listeners who reached out and asked to review my ASA courses. Over a period of several months I got know … Read more
Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam Price $29.99 https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh 8 Hours 10 Minutes: 23 Lessons audio course This is the second of a two-part interview I had with Bogdan Grigorescu, who lives in the Romanian capital of Bucharest. He’s become passionate about sailing and we go into great … Read more
This is the first of a two-part interview I had with Bogdan Grigorescu, who lives in the Romanian capital of Bucharest. He’s become passionate about sailing and we go into great detail about racing and cruising on the Black Sea. Bogdan has done some sailing in the Greek islands but since I’ve sailed in Greece many … Read more
Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh SHOW NOTES: this week’s podcast features a great conversation with Roger Van Dyken, owner and founder of San Juan Sailing. In additional to giving us a background on how he started the company and insight into what makes the San … Read more
SHOW NOTES: This is the third of several episodes which contain various recordings during my voyage this summer in Greece. Neil Fletcher and Jack Andrys were my guests and are also previous contributors to this podcast. This episode is all about the food. We always ate well during this summer’s trip – sometimes exceptionally so … Read more
SHOW NOTES: This is the second of several episodes which contain various recordings during my voyage this summer in Greece. Neil Fletcher and Jack Andrys were my guests and are also previous contributors to this podcast. During the week that they were sailing with me we made several recordings of observations and stories we had … Read more
SHOW NOTES: This is the first of several episodes which contain various recordings during my voyage this summer in Greece. Neil Fletcher and Jack Andrys were my guests and are also previous contributors to this podcast. During the week that they were sailing with me we made several recordings of observations and stories we had … Read more
On the boat this summer I observed a mechanic for both the engine and the refrigeration work. From watching the refrigeration mechanic work I think there’s a great opportunity for somebody to make money while sailing by doing refrigeration work on boats and I discuss that idea in this podcast. Then I make some observations about the … Read more