Jul 31, 2020

I recorded this in March of 2018 while sailing alone in The Bahamas, crossing the Crooked Island Passage between the Ragged Islands and Long Island. It was this trip that I wrote about in the book "Journey to the Ragged Islands." I tell of events including a squall at night in the Gulf Stream, an encounter with an...

Jul 30, 2020

Jim Abernethy has spent nearly 40 years diving with sharks, without a cage. He has learned to befriend them, has removed hundreds of fish hooks from their mouths, and even pets them like dogs. In this interview, I set out to learn all that a sailor, snorkeler, surfer, and spearfisher needs to know about sharks so we can...

Jul 20, 2020

Tapio was one of only 5 finishers out of 18 boats that started in the 2018 Golden Globe Race, a singlehand, nonstop race around the world in old production cruisers limited to using 1968 technology. We talk about his boat, his experiences at sea for 322 days, whales, albatross, books, navigation, and the upcoming...

Jul 11, 2020

Andrew Evans is a singlehanded sailor and author of THE book on the subject. All serious singlehanders have either read the book, or they will.

We discuss how he has his Olson 30 set up, foul-weather gear, tethers and harnesses, sheet-to-tiller steering, tying off the tiller, autopilots, tacking and gybing singlehanded,...

Jul 7, 2020

Erick and Jen are living the dream of exploring and looking for surf and good spearfinshing on a beautiful Downeaster 38. We talk about how he chose his boat, the ten-year refit, male/female dynamics on a boat, instruments, solar power, developing the dream to live aboard and sail, budgeting and spending, meeting...