Sailing in the Mediterranean and beyond

Sailing in the Mediterranean Episode 273 Franz Diary of 2023 Atlantic Crossing The first and only audio diary I made for the 2023 Atlantic crossing note we had not really solved the engine air bubble problem.  When I got to Trinidad I had a mechanic look at the engine he had me run the electric ... Read more The post Sailing in the Mediterranean Episode 273 Franz Diary of 2023 Atlantic Crossing ap...

Sailing in the Mediterranean Episode 272 John Flewitt and Michael McGuire Atlantic Crossing 2023   I had a great Crew on the 2023 Atlantic Crossing here is my interview with John Flewitt and Michael Mcguire Again I iterate I don’t think I could have found any better crew!     Please Consider supporting the podcast ... Read more The post Sailing in the Mediterranean Episode 272...

Dylan Magaster In person meeting in Cape Verde part 2   I met in person Dylan Magaster in Cape Verde.  About half way thorough the interview we both realized that we had talked before in 2020 Below are the show notes for that interview!……   —————— I received this email from Dylan, so how could ... Read more The post Sailing in the Mediterra...

Sailing in the Mediterranean and Beyond Episode 270 Gota Canal Sweden with Neil Fletcher This is a interview with Neil Fletcher about his summer 2022 sail across Sweden via the Gota Canal You can find out more information on Neil at https://www.sailingarcturus.com/ Dan Culpepper is doing the Race2Alaska in his boat Team Hornblower you can ... Read more The post Sailing in the Mediterranean and Bey...

Sailing in the Mediterranean Episode 27 Spike Hampson Pt. 2 This is the second of 2 podcasts of my interview with Spike Hampson talking about his journey in a small boat enroute from Wyoming to Buenos Aries Argentina. If you want a copy the book by Elias Kulukundis called Feasts of Memory. Let me know ... Read more The post 2023 Rewind Sailing in the Mediterranean Episode 27 Spike Hampson Pt. 2 ap...

This is the first of 2 podcasts of my interview with Spike Hampson talking about his journey in a small boat enroute from Wyoming to Buenos Aries Argentina. If you want a copy the book by Elias Kulukundis called Feasts of Memory. Let me know how you can pay for postage. I have several copies ... Read more The post 2023 Rewind Sailing in the Mediterranean Episode 26 Spike Hampson Interview Pt. 1 ap...

Sailing the North Atlantic Crossing East to West pt 2 w Dan Culpepper I consider Dan Culpepper a good friend and now a great skipper listen as he tells us how he went about Sailing the North Atlantic Crossing East to West pt 2 Dan I started this conversation and we ended up breaking it ... Read more The post 2023 Rewind Episode 173 Sailing the North Atlantic Crossing East to West pt 2 w Dan Culpep...

Sailing in the Mediterranean and Beyond Episode 269 Atlantic Crossing Report This is a quick summarized report on the 2023 Atlantic Crossing       IMG_0038 This is a quick summarized report on the 2023 Atlantic Crossing IMG_0020     Want me to go sailing with you? Then contact me! If you have ideas for ... Read more The post Sailing in the Mediterranean and Beyond Episode...

Sailing the North Atlantic Crossing East to West pt 1 w Dan Culpepper I consider Dan Culpepper a good friend and now a great skipper listen as he tells us how he went about Sailing the North Atlantic Crossing East to West pt 1 Dan I started this conversation and we ended up breaking it ... Read more The post 2023 Rewind Episode 172 Sailing the North Atlantic Crossing East to West pt 1 w Dan Culpep...

Dan Culpepper sailing Italy to Portugal Dan Culpepper returns to share his story of sailing Italy to Portugal last summer, by way of Sardinia, Spain, and Morocco.  Dan is a great story teller and it is great to talk to him again! Here is a link to his website:http://sailingheldeleine.com/resources/ Here is the link I said ... Read more The post 2023 Rewind Episode 159 Sailing in the Mediterranean...

This is the fourth part of the interview with my friend Dan Culpepper after his epic voyage aboard sailing vessel Heldeleine across the Atlantic and into the Mediterranean. In This episode we make it to his wintering spot in Gaeta Italy. Here is a link to his website:http://sailingheldeleine.com/resources/ Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification ... Read more The post 2023 Rewind Sail...

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 Sailing in the Mediterranean Episode 78 Dan Culpepper Pt 2 This is the third part of the interview with my friend Dan Culpepper after his epic voyage aboard sailing vessel Heldeleine ... Read more The post 2023 Rewind Sailing in th...

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 Sailing in the Mediterranean Episode 78 Dan Culpepper Pt 2 This is the second part of the interview with my friend Dan Culpepper after his epic voyage aboard sailing vessel Heldeleine ... Read more The post 2023 Rewind Sailing in t...

Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 ExamPrice $29.99 It’s great to catch up with my friend Dan Culpepper after his epic voyage aboard sailing vessel Heldeleine across the Atlantic and into the Mediterranean. This is the first part of a two-part interview which does not even begin to scratch ... Read more The post 2023 Rewind Sailing in the Mediterrane...

This is the second part of a two part interview with Captain Skip Strong and Twain Braden of: In Peril: A Daring Decision, a Captain’s Resolve, and the Salvage that Made History When Skip Strong, the thirty-two-year-old Captain of the 688-foot oil tanker Cherry Valley received the call, all he knew was that an ocean ... Read more The post 2023 Rewind Sailing in the Mediterranean Ep. 83 Skip...

In this podcast I interview Captain Skip Strong and Twain Braden of: In Peril: A Daring Decision, a Captain’s Resolve, and the Salvage that Made History When Skip Strong, the thirty-two-year-old Captain of the 688-foot oil tanker Cherry Valley received the call, all he knew was that an ocean going tug with five men aboard ... Read more The post Sailing in the Mediterranean Ep. 82 Skip Strong...

  Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam Price $29.99 https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK over 9 hours: 19 lesson audio course This is the final third part of a three-part interview that I conducted with Brion Toss the author of the Riggers apprentice. Brian is one of those rare individuals who both ... Read more The post Rewind 2022 Sailing in the Mediterranean...

  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 Blog Post: This is the second part of a three-part interview that I conducted with Brion Toss the author of the Riggers apprentice. Brian is one of those rare individuals ... Read more The post Rewind 2022 Sailing in the Mediterran...

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 first part of a three-part interview that I conducted with Brion Toss the author of the Riggers apprentice. Brian is one of those rare individuals who both appreciates ... Read more The post Rewind 2022 Sailing in the M...

This is the story of how I went from being a dreamer of being a sailor as a child in landlocked Utah to realizing my dream and becoming a sailor with my boat in the Mediterranean. The post Rewind 2023 Sailing in the Mediterranean Episode 8 my story appeared first on Sailing in the Mediterranean and beyond .

I is hard to believe but it’s been almost 2 years since I last talked with my sailing acquaintance Jules Dusek. So in this  episode I catch up on him and his travels through the French canals. In 2013 he and his wife he did the Canal De Bourgogne. This is a slightly-used canal in France ... Read more The post Rewind Sailing in the Mediterranean Episode 54 French Canals appeared first on Sail...

Sailing in the Mediterranean Episode 269 Andrew Vic 2022 pt 2 Croatia to Sicily This is an interview with Andrew Vic where we talk about his 2022 summer sail from Croatia to Sicily Links to the Google Earth kmz files are below Hi Franz, you can post this link in the show notes: http://sailgeja.com/geja2022.kmz Folks ... Read more The post Sailing in the Mediterranean Episode 269 Andrew Vic 2022 pt...

Sailing in the Mediterranean Episode 268 Andrew Vic 2022 pt 1 Croatia to Sicily This is an interview with Andrew Vic where we talk about his 2022 summer sail from Croatia to Sicily Links to the Google Earth kmz files are below Hi Franz, you can post this link in the show notes: http://sailgeja.com/geja2022.kmz Folks ... Read more The post Sailing in the Mediterranean Episode 268 Andrew Vic 2022 pt...

Sailing in the Mediterranean and Beyond Episode 267 Celestial Navigation with Will Lesh Will Lesh produced 2 great instructional videos on learning Celestial Navigation I highly recommend them! Also he has some really cool kits for building wooden radio controlled boats https://sailingisme.com/ https://sailingis.com/ http://modelsailboat.com/ From the website: “Welcome to Tippecanoe Boats, f...

Sailing in the Mediterranean and Beyond Episode 266 Neil Fletcher Summer 2022 Report Here is a report of the  summer sail 2022 in Sweden of Neil Fletcher Neils website which has much more detail of his summer sail is https://www.sailingarcturus.com/ Contact me if you are interested in doing a leg of the 2023 Atlantic Passage ... Read more The post Sailing in the Mediterranean and Beyond Episode 26...