Sailing in the Mediterranean and Beyond

This week I interview my frequent contributor and listener Richard Lycett about his photography work and sailing adventures Richard Lycett is a photographer his website is http://www.richardlycettphotography.co.uk/ Here is a recent video he produced. https://youtu.be/UDgUReGH6jg Richard also shared some tips of Drone Photography with me in a letter: “One of you’d listeners reached out to me...

Alta Club Sailing Presentation 2019 Route 2013 This is the replay of the presentation I made to the Alta Club, a private club in Salt Lake City in October of 2019 I made a YouTube video which includes all the slides and that can be found here: https://youtu.be/9X1nkQmmVME Want me to go sailing with you? Then contact me! If you have ideas for future podcasts or comments please drop me a note! and P...

Sailing Croatia with Andrew Vic Summer 2019 pt. 2 This is part 2 of my 2 part interview with Andrew Viz sailing Croatia in the summer of 2019 In an email from Andrew he wrote: When you post our recent interview, you may mention in the intro that listeners can follow along on Google Maps. Here’s an easy link to my route… https://drive.google.com/open?id=1OfeGW0N0vq8QWZJPruozsr6-WhKc3BF1...

Sailing Croatia with Andrew Vic Summer 2019 pt. 1 This is part 1 of my 2 part interview with Andrew Viz sailing Croatia in the summer of 2019 In an email from Andrew he wrote: When you post our recent interview, you may mention in the intro that listeners can follow along on Google Maps. Here’s an easy link to my route… https://drive.google.com/open?id=1OfeGW0N0vq8QWZJPruozsr6-WhKc3BF1...

Neil Fletcher Sailing the Baltic 2019 In this episode I have a long conversation with Neil Fletcher about his summer sail in Sweden, Finland and Estonia. Neil on his website has much more information and goes into a lot more detail with lots of photographs so check it out at https://www.sailingarcturus.com/ In the Introduction to this podcast I discuss cleaning of the Heat Exchanger here are the p...

Franz on the Water at Anchor in Croatia This episode is an on the water recap of the summer of 2019 sail in Croatia while at anchor in Croatia.   In the introduction I  talked about having dinner with one of our listeners and Amsterdam, Jacques Ten Kate and a wather app that he finds helpful He provided us a tutorial for the app Lamma Meteo! Enclosed the walk through screens of app Lamma Mete...

We were delightfully surprised when we pulled into the Anchorage area at Scranton Croatia that there was another boat from Utah named year. When the people came back to the boat we found out it was somebody we knew Jeff Whitmore and his family. I previously interviewed Jeff personally in my office in Utah and it was a surprise to actually meet him and his family on the water. We had a delightful e...

This is a great interview with Gary Harris on his bareboat charter along the Amalfi Coast. Gary has allowed me to share his journal for the trip along with the photographs, Here it is! July 23, 2016 Castellammare di Stabia- We arrived at Naples terminal from Florence at 11:00. We had previously arranged a van and driver through Pompeii Car Service to meet us at the terminal and Mario was waiting w...

In this final episode with Rory Rory talks about completing is circumnavigation. This is from Rory’s website http://www.roryandcookie.com/about.html “In 1989 Rory McDougall had a dream. Inspired by Laurent Bourgnon who crossed the Atlantic in a Hobie 18 catamaran, Rory had the burning passion to sail around the world on the smallest catamaran and multihulled sailboat. Rory tried for 2...

In this episode #6 Rory talks about his adventure sailing from Sri Lanka and we end at the Suez Canal. This is from Rory’s website http://www.roryandcookie.com/about.html “In 1989 Rory McDougall had a dream. Inspired by Laurent Bourgnon who crossed the Atlantic in a Hobie 18 catamaran, Rory had the burning passion to sail around the world on the smallest catamaran and multihulled sailb...

In this episode Rory talks about his adventure sailing from Indonesia and we end at Sri Lanka. This episodes is the second episode where I will be recording screen shots and uploading the video to Youtube the youtube channes is: https://www.youtube.com/user/medsailordotcom and the link to this podcast is: https://youtu.be/x6yR5CDu62g This is from Rory’s website http://www.roryandcookie.com/a...

In this episode Rory talks about his adventure sailing from New Zeland to Australia and on to Indonesia. This is from Rory’s website http://www.roryandcookie.com/about.html “In 1989 Rory McDougall had a dream. Inspired by Laurent Bourgnon who crossed the Atlantic in a Hobie 18 catamaran, Rory had the burning passion to sail around the world on the smallest catamaran and multihulled sai...

This is the third episode where I interview Rory McDougal This is the third of a multi part series of the story of Rory sailing this small Catamaran around the world. This is from Rory’s website http://www.roryandcookie.com/about.html “In 1989 Rory McDougall had a dream. Inspired by Laurent Bourgnon who crossed the Atlantic in a Hobie 18 catamaran, Rory had the burning passion to sail...

This is my second interview with Rory McDougal This is the second part of a multi part series of the story of Rory sailing this small Catamaran around the world. In this episode we continue his adventure after he arrived in St Martin in the Caribbean almost penniless. And we get to Easter Island and then on to the Tuamotou-Gambier Islands in French Polynesia This is from Rory’s website http:...

In this episode I interview Rory McDougal This is the first of a multi part series of the story of Rory sailing this small Catamaran around the world. This is from Rory’s website http://www.roryandcookie.com/about.html “In 1989 Rory McDougall had a dream. Inspired by Laurent Bourgnon who crossed the Atlantic in a Hobie 18 catamaran, Rory had the burning passion to sail around the world...

Rewind Episode Fuel Systems and Bill Wiebe interview When use are listening to this I WILL HAVE ALREADY REPLACED my fuel lift pump on my old yanmar ENGINE. the most likely problem you’re going to have with your engine is a fuel problem  so let’s relisten to this episode with my friend Bill Wiebe In this episode I talk about Diesel Engine Fuel Systems. Also I include an interview with m...

I’m out sailing and while I’m out sailing I want to refresh your memories of some wonderful information we created in past episodes. Weather is a topic that’s always of interest to sailors. And who better to talk about weather than Dr. Julia Andrys (I think she just finished her PhD.) In this episode I have a great discussion with Julia Andrys about weather forecasting and weathe...

Sailing in the Mediterranean Josie Tucci Sunsail and Moorings In this podcast I interview Josie Tucci VP Sales and Marketing at Sunsail and The Moorings Yacht Charter Company Below is what I found about the Moorings history from their website: Moorings History Our story began in 1969 when Navy veteran and sailing enthusiast Charlie Cary decided to turn his passion into a new business. Starting wit...

Franz Pre Sail Summer projects and update on podcast This is a quick podcast bringing you up to date  on my summer sailing  projects and  a call for help in finding sponsors for the podcast as well as an update on the recent problems with the Apple  podcast  feed. Past Podcasts may now be found HERE If you have ideas for future podcasts or comments please drop me a note! and PLEASE rate my podcast...

The Sailing in the Mediterranean and beyond podcast is the oldest continuously running sailing podcast. The host, producer and interviewer of this podcast is Franz. Franz is an avid long-time racing and cruising sailor who built his own boat and then in 1997 sailed it across the Atlantic into the Mediterranean. Some of the episodes of the podcast are from Franz's own experiences in sailing the Med...

This is the Second part of a two-part the 2019 episode with Dr. Joe Alton and Nurse Amy better known as Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy   Dr Joe Alton (Dr. Bones) and Nurse Amy have a website with Medical supplies and massive amounts of information at https://www.doomandbloom.net/ They also have a podcast called Survival Medicine Hour http://www.blogtalkradio.com/survivalmedicine/podcast and a new po...

This first part of a two-part the 2019 episode with Dr. Joe Alton and Nurse Amy better known as Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy The first interview I did with Dr Bones and Nurse Amy was in June of 2016. In this episode we discuss antibiotics and Bleeding Control. Dr Joe Alton (Dr. Bones) and Nurse Amy have a website with Medical supplies and massive amounts of information at https://www.doomandbloom.net/...

I came across an interesting video of a Man overboard rescue device U called USAFE I thought it was interesting enough to reach out to the manufacture and talk about it. Nick Bice responded and this is that interview.

Steve Neal of noforeignlands.com I had a chance to catch up with Steve Neal of No Foreign Lands. The original Interview was done with Steve by Jack Andrys in Episode 161 in that post Steve wrote: Around this time last year I created a web site for the liveaboard sailors, wintering in Marina di Ragusa. It provided vessel tracking for our boats, on an interactive map which allowed us to stay in touc...

Jeff Whitmer and his family is about to embark on a sailing adventure which will take them from Greece through the Mediterranean and into the Caribbean. This is his story.