Litzenberger's Sailing Podcast

By Litzenbergers

What's Litzenberger's Sailing Podcast about?

A sailing podcast!!

We are the Litzenbergers and we sail, in fact we've sailed for 9 years on 7 different boats. This podcast delves into everyday life when living on a sailboat and cruising. We try to talk about what it's really like out here and the challenges we face as we cruise on our aluminum Rumba41. Hope you enjoy!

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Litzenberger's Sailing Podcast episodes:

03.05.2021
Float Plan - Interview with Trish Doller
Trish's new book, Float Plan, is out now!! We talk about the book and why it is one of my favorite sailing, fiction books! She's an amazing writer, inspiring woman and sailor. Give it a listen and go read Float...
02.19.2021
The Litzenberger's Bought a Sail Loft
We have been MIA for the past 3 weeks and it's all because we bought Inner Banks Sails & Canvas, a sail loft in Oriental, North Carolina!! Yup, we are swallowing the anchor, but we'll still be putting out content...
01.22.2021
Commissioning Your Engine: Diesel Motor 101
This week Spencer talks about the process of getting a diesel motor started. Whether its been sitting for years or you bought it without testing it, he's got your back. He even uses fun analogies that include a flat escalator...
01.15.2021
The Final Step in Selling Your Own Boat
This week concludes our selling your own boat series. We talk about how to handle the money transfer and some scams you can avoid. We also finish up our delivery job and let you know what we thought about the...
01.08.2021
How to List your Boat for Sale
Last week we talked about getting your boat ready to sell, this week we talk about how to actually list it. Creating a free website and posting that to sailboatlistings.com, craigslist and all the Facebook pages associated with that make....
01.01.2021
Sell Your Own Boat - Price it to Sell!
This month, in honor of Breena's article getting published in Good Old Boat, we're talking about selling your own boat. This week we dive into Pricing, taking good photos and cleaning. Be sure to check out her article which comes...
12.25.2020
Throwin' Sass - Interview with SV Prism - Part 3
The final portion of our interview with Jon and Shannon on SV Prism. We are fully snockered and we delve into more controversial sailing topics. Jon gets sassy and Shannon gets hot about tools onboard.
12.18.2020
Jelly Bean Boats - Interview with SV Prism Part 2
We continue our interview with Jon and Shannon on SV Prism. We talk about Jon's little brother following in his footsteps, Jon pissing off Bob Perry and the essential tools you need to carry aboard. Listen to a down to...
12.11.2020
Interviewing Famous YouTubers, Sailing Vessel Prism - Part 1
This week we sit down for a very long interview with Jon and Shannon on Sailing Vessel Prism, in fact this is just part 1. They're most well known for their channel on YouTube but the fame hasn't gone to...
12.04.2020
Getting Back to Tarka!!
We are finally back to Tarka and we find that we may have been a month too late in terms of weather because it is FREEZING!! We talk about our upcoming plans and our to-do list to get out of...
11.20.2020
Synthetic Rigging with SV Badfish the King Rigger
We talk to our friends on SV Badfish who installed synthetic rigging on their Babba 40 and have sailed with it for 4 years, throughout the Caribbean. Eric now works as a rigger in Maine and he talks all about...
11.13.2020
Best Places to Sail in the United States
With borders closed and entry fees rising, sailors are thinking more about sailing close to home. We talk about our favorite places to sail on the coast, here at home. We've sailed Washington, Oregon and California on the West coast...
11.06.2020
How Much Does it Cost to Build a MicroCruiser Sailboat
Spencer has completed his Wharram 14 foot plywood sailboat build and we talk about the final cost and all the things he learned during the build. We talk about our first sail on the boat in Maui, Hawaii and if...
10.30.2020
Sailing Ghost Stories! Litzenberger's Halloween Special
This week we give you 4 spooky sailing stories and you get to guess which one is fake. We also talk about the time Breena saw a ghost ship off the coast of the Bahamas and Spencer relives a harrowing...
10.23.2020
Boat Shop with Us - Learn the Smartest Way to Find Your Dream Sailboat!
This week Spencer finds 11 ads for sailboats on the market and we go through them with you. We talk about how to judge photos, assess equipment lists, and how to filter through ads to find the boat of your...
10.09.2020
Lin Pardey; the Mother of Modern Cruising
Spencer and I have the honor of interviewing Lin Pardey the legend that built 2 boats with her husband Larry and sailed around the world both backwards and forwards. She tells us what she is up to now and all...
10.02.2020
Sifting through Misinformation in the Sailing World
With border closures and all sorts of other information flying around sailing facebook pages and forums, it's hard to know what and who to trust. We talk about our own experience trying to find the truth and we even find...
09.25.2020
The Skills you Need to Build a Wood Boat
This week we talk about the core skills you need in order to build your own wood boat. Spencer has been building his Wharram 14 foot catamaran for the past 7 weeks and is almost done! He talks about stitch...
09.18.2020
You Too Can Fail at Making Money While Cruising!!
In keeping with last week's theme, we talk about our failures in the business world. It's a tough to find a way to make money and fulfill your dreams of sailing around the world. We talk about all the things...
09.11.2020
All our Sailing Failures
This week we walk you through 10 years of sailing failures, but don't worry it isn't depressing! More of a fun look back on things we should have known and how we've learned from them, or in some cases, have...
09.04.2020
The Hidden Benefits of Sailing
Sailing can teach you a lot about weather, trim, navigation and the ocean. But there's a lot more you can learn when you become a cruiser and we talk about how it has helped us throughout our life to remember...
08.21.2020
Anchoring 102 - Windlasses and Sea Floors
After listening to our Anchoring 101 podcast a number of you reached out to ask us some more questions so we delve into a further discussion on anchoring. We talk about windlasses, sea floors, how to handle dragging anchor and...
08.07.2020
Sailors Answer the Web's Most Asked Sailing Questions
We get some inspiration for "Wired" YouTube channel and take Google's most searched sailing questions and answer them! It's a fun little practice that actually makes us discover we need to do a bit of homework.
07.31.2020
Traveling 10 Countries with Only $8,000 - An Interview with Desk to Glory
We interview our friends Ashley and Richard from Desk to Glory. We talk about their trip to South America and how they traveled all of Central America with only $8,000. They talk about how keeping it simple is the key...
07.17.2020
How to Start Writing about Your Cruising - Interview with Trish Doller
Interested in writing about your cruising; blogging, journaling, selling articles? I'm super excited because I interview Trish Doller author of the upcoming book, Float Plan which takes place on an Alberg sailboat. We talk about how to get started writing...
07.10.2020
Tarka's Update for July and Upcoming Season
It's July and so much has happened. We want to clue you in as to our future plans and what we have been up to. We also talk about the boat build we have planned!
07.04.2020
Tarka's Tackle - The Basics of Anchoring your Sailboat
It's a controversial topic amongst cruisers; anchoring! Everyone has their way of doing it and we let you know how we do it on Tarka. We also go into the types of anchors and the basics of keeping your boat...
06.26.2020
Food, Meal Planning and Provisioning Onboard a Sailboat
We discuss our food stores onboard and meal planning. We both have different eating schedules and that makes it hard on Spencer who cooks and plans all our meals. We discuss how people can plan for provisioning and some mistakes...
06.19.2020
3 Day Passages Suck - Sailing North along the US Coast
We make our way North along the US East Coast. With the weather windows being short, we make a 3 day, 2 night passage and it didn't go great. We go over the pitfalls and mistakes we made as we...
06.12.2020
Sweating Cheese is Not Cheese - Evaluating Our Batteries
After our podcast with Dave, we evaluate our batteries onboard and make some decisions for changes in the future.
06.05.2020
Batteries for Dummies
We are always battling batteries and energy consumption onboard! Part of that is because we didn't fully understand consumption and charging, but that all changed when Dave and Sheri from Harley Dave n' Sons broke it down for us. This...
05.29.2020
Making a Mayday Call During Their First Sail on the Ocean Ep. 77
We interview our friends BJ and Desiree who tell us about their first season on Island Pearl. They sail to the Bahamas but amongst the COVD-19 shutdowns they arrive 12 hours too late and aren't able to check in. On...
05.22.2020
Propeller Disaster at the Fuel Dock
We are very eager to leave Vero Beach but Tarka has other plans. Our prop shaft falls off the transmission and we are left altering our plans. We also talk about the time Bee got so drunk she wrote a...
05.15.2020
14 Things that Make Your Sailboat Ready to Sail Around the World
05.08.2020
Growing up on a Sailboat - Interviewing a Grown Up Boat Kid
We interview Shelby this week! She grew up on a sailboat in the Miami and Ft. Lauderdale area. With parents considering raising their kids onboard it's fun to hear it from the kids perspective how being raised on a boat...
05.01.2020
7 Days at Sea- Returning to COVID-19 Insanity
We make landfall in Florida and it is both disheartening and w wonderful surprise! After 7 days at sea it can always be a little weird coming back into society. This COVID-19 shit made that even more insane. We let...
04.24.2020
Last Minute 7 Day Passage
Things tighten up in Belize for cruisers and we decide we better get out before we can't. We make a last minute decision to make a 7 day passage to the States. Belize to Florida. Low on all provisions, we...
04.17.2020
The Dark Side of Buddy Boating
We've touched on buddy boats before but we discussed all the benefits! What do you do when someone you're traveling with becomes a liability. Where do you draw the line? We experience just such a dilemma and we let you...
04.10.2020
Unsure and Insecure
COVID-19 and Sailing. I know you've all been sick of hearing about this shit, but we have to talk to SOMEONE! and you're that person. We let you know what we are thinking and some of the struggles we are...
04.03.2020
Diplomatic Jester in the Apocalypse
With this whole virus and self quarantining it has us asking, what would be our skill sets in an apocalypse? Spencer sure has some ideas of what Breena would be good for.....
03.27.2020
Stuck Between Closing Borders
We find ourselves in an unprecedented situation and we try and weigh our options. With the caronavirus causing borders to close their doors and us trying to get to Belize it's not the ideal situation.
03.20.2020
Captain Rant
A fry asked us to talk about communication aboard and he may have gotten a little more than he bargained for. We are SUPER opinionated about this topic and things get a little ranty!
03.13.2020
Your Penis Wont Get the Coronavirus
We're BACK!!!! Sorry about the two week delay, we got really sick after our cruise ship job. We delve into that and then getting back to the boat and how happy we are to be back home!!
02.21.2020
Must Haves You Didn't Think About
It's the little things that make living on a sailboat nice and comfortable. We talk about some of our favorite small cruising hacks that make life easier on a boat. We talk about everything from the versatility of a 5...
02.14.2020
Our Sailing Shaman Says We're Doomed
Last week we mentioned that we bought our first and last boat from a Steve, so we talk about tour first season sailing and our first Steve. He also happened to be a shaman and asked us if he could...
02.07.2020
Never in the Same Boat
We had a Fry write us and ask us what our favorite things were about each of our boats. We thought it would be an interesting podcast topic so we delve into our past 7 sailboats that we've owned over...
01.31.2020
Boat Yard Checklist
We had Tarka hauled out exactly where I said we WEREN'T going to haul her. We made some mistakes and we also had a few things we felt we did right in the whole process and through it all I...
01.24.2020
Pickle Projects
We've talked about boredom aboard, but we didn't really discuss how we try to fill our time, so this podcast we discuss hobbies and how we entertain ourselves on the boat. We also talk about modern cruising and what that...
01.17.2020
Paying Denzel Washington to Clean My Boat
Cruising in a 3rd world country can bring up a lot of questions in morality, one being how much you pay people. I was a little hesitant to put this one out due to the fact we may sound like...
01.10.2020
The 3 Wise Boats - Part 2
We continue our conversation with SV Soma and SV Tanager. We get a bit drunker as we do so, but I think everyone will enjoy the resulting conversations on boats, cruising grounds and trying to convince Tanager to get a...

What's Litzenberger's Sailing Podcast about?

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Litzenberger's Sailing Podcast episodes:

Float Plan - Interview with Trish Doller

The Litzenberger's Bought a Sail Loft

Commissioning Your Engine: Diesel Motor 101

The Final Step in Selling Your Own Boat

How to List your Boat for Sale

Sell Your Own Boat - Price it to Sell!

Throwin' Sass - Interview with SV Prism - Part 3

Jelly Bean Boats - Interview with SV Prism Part 2

Interviewing Famous YouTubers, Sailing Vessel Prism - Part 1

Getting Back to Tarka!!

Synthetic Rigging with SV Badfish the King Rigger

Best Places to Sail in the United States

How Much Does it Cost to Build a MicroCruiser Sailboat

Sailing Ghost Stories! Litzenberger's Halloween Special

Boat Shop with Us - Learn the Smartest Way to Find Your Dream Sailboat!

Lin Pardey; the Mother of Modern Cruising

Sifting through Misinformation in the Sailing World

The Skills you Need to Build a Wood Boat

You Too Can Fail at Making Money While Cruising!!

All our Sailing Failures

The Hidden Benefits of Sailing

Anchoring 102 - Windlasses and Sea Floors

Sailors Answer the Web's Most Asked Sailing Questions

Traveling 10 Countries with Only $8,000 - An Interview with Desk to Glory

How to Start Writing about Your Cruising - Interview with Trish Doller

Tarka's Update for July and Upcoming Season

Tarka's Tackle - The Basics of Anchoring your Sailboat

Food, Meal Planning and Provisioning Onboard a Sailboat

3 Day Passages Suck - Sailing North along the US Coast

Sweating Cheese is Not Cheese - Evaluating Our Batteries

Batteries for Dummies

Making a Mayday Call During Their First Sail on the Ocean Ep. 77

Propeller Disaster at the Fuel Dock

14 Things that Make Your Sailboat Ready to Sail Around the World

Growing up on a Sailboat - Interviewing a Grown Up Boat Kid

7 Days at Sea- Returning to COVID-19 Insanity

Last Minute 7 Day Passage

The Dark Side of Buddy Boating

Unsure and Insecure

Diplomatic Jester in the Apocalypse

Stuck Between Closing Borders

Captain Rant

Your Penis Wont Get the Coronavirus

Must Haves You Didn't Think About

Our Sailing Shaman Says We're Doomed

Never in the Same Boat

Boat Yard Checklist

Pickle Projects

Paying Denzel Washington to Clean My Boat

The 3 Wise Boats - Part 2