Sailing in the Mediterranean Episode 51: Samos Greece

Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam 19 lessons Over 9 Hours of Instruction in 2 volumes This link will take you to the location of Vol 1 in iTunes In this episode I discuss the upcoming itinerary for sailing in Greece and Turkey for the summer of 2015. … Read more

Sailing in the Mediterranean Episode 50 sample lesson for ASA 104 spare tools and parts

In this episode I share with the listeners a sample of my work in progress for the “Sailing! Learn to Sail Lessons for the ASA 104″this lesson deals with what tools and spare parts should be carried on a sailboat. I also talk about the upcoming summer trip starting out in Kusadasi Turkey sailing over … Read more

Sailing in the Mediterranean Episode 45 Bud Elam on feeding a sailboat crew

    Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising: Lessons for the ASA 103 19 lessons Over 9 Hours of Instruction $19.99 In this episode I interview my close friend Bud Elam who has sailed on several Transpac races from California to Hawaii. Bud has been the chef in charge of feeding the crew and … Read more

Sailing in the Mediterranean Episode 43 Spike Hampson 4

Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising: Lessons for the ASA 103 19 lessons Over 9 Hours of Instruction $19.99 This is a continuation of the interview I recently had with Spike Hampson. He takes us from where he left us in the last episode Montréal Canada, out the St. Lawrence Seaway and into the … Read more

Sailing in the Mediterranean Episode 42 Spike Hampson 3

        Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising: Lessons for the ASA 103 19 lessons Over 9 Hours of Instruction $19.99 Introduction Lesson 1: Cruising Sailboat Terminology Lesson 2: Safety Equipment & Procedures Lesson 3 Safe Refueling Procedures, Essential Navigators Tools, Nautical Chart and Symbols, Latitude and Longitude, Depth Soundings, True and … Read more

Sailing in the Mediterranean Episode 40 How to Sail with me and Siros

In this podcast I start out by answering three different letters from listeners. One of them deals with how to go about sailing with me so I go into that in quite a bit of detail. Then I answer some questions from other listeners. Finally I talk about the Cycladic island of Siros. I always … Read more

Sailing in the Mediterranean Episode 39 ASA 103 Lesson 6

In this episode I address a couple listener questions and clarifications then I move on to the main body and subject of this episode which is a sample of the ASA 103 series that I’m working on right now. I always appreciate listener comments if you have thoughts or if you would like to be … Read more