Podcast D.Friel - Connected by Water

Hall of Fame Coach Jimmy Johnson puts on the greatest sailfish tournament on the planet year after year. He, along with special guests from the Hard Rock, Fish Hard Events, Papa's Pilar, Art Sapp, Contender Boats, this year's tournament champions Lunatico and more join us for a special recap on location at the Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood Guitar Hotel. | @jjfishweek

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We catch up on the 2022 Sailfish tournaments with show regulars Captain Art Sapp and Captain Skip Dana and give a preview to the closing competitions for the season. | @art_sapp @captskipdana

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The Hillsboro Inlet Lighthouse has been guiding seafarers safely home since 1907. The preservation society, along with my good friend and Easy 93.1 FM radio host, Jeff Martin, were kind enough to join us shed some light on some cool and interesting historical facts about South Florida’s signature landmark. We get in depth about why saving and preserving such an icon to is not only important, but essential to the identity and culture of our area. | @hillsboro.lighthouse

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At Connected By Water, being their exclusive apparel provider, we are extremely proud of our relationship with SeaVee Boats. Two guys that definitely know the history of this amazing brand are SeaVee Fulton Ivy and Hunter Barrett. Fulton has worked with them since the beginning and quite frankly Hunter has grown up being raised in the SeaVee family. Put simply, SeaVee boats are in their blood. They both paid us a visit to explain the evolution behind what has made this company excel as the leading best-in-class center console builder on the planet. | @seaveeboats @seaveeboatsofficial @hunter_seavee

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For this episode, I pulled myself up to the bar to have an intimate conversation with everyone’s favorite bartender, Karlene. It gave us time to look back and see just how far we’ve come as a podcast as well as a creative business. I’m proud of everyone that has shared their time with us and wanted to reflect on exactly how much that means to me. 

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South Florida big boat Captains John Van Dellen and Ben Sharpe are good buddies of mine. So when you invite your pals over for some rum… ya never know. What started out as a casual “locker room” conversation turned into something much deeper. From the challenges of being married while living that traveling captain life all the way to questions about God and everything in between - this one certainly packed a rum punch. This one touches the real behind the reel. | @captjohnvd @captbensha @singularisfishing

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There aren’t many people on planet earth that can say they’ve seen or done it all like my pal Andy Moyes. So what’s left for the guy that, not only creates the best offshore lures in the world, but boasts 9 Marlin granders, catches the biggest Bluefins possible and has a hunting portfolio that would impress even Papa himself. Well, brand it, of course. Rum, fish, meat and a little insight to what’s next. | @moyesbiggame

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Legends Rob Fordyce and Karl Anderson stopped by the gallery during a filming of Rob’s popular TV show The Sea Hunter. These angling emissaries each have a lifetime of stories to tell that are brimming with the greatest achievements, accomplishments and experiences. Although, they are also the humblest of gentlemen you’ll find and had some wise words of wisdom to share for future generations. I was honored to play host to fishing royalty and share some rum with these fellow members of the Papa’s Pilar family. | @theseahuntertv @capt__ka 

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In our world we know ROFFS™ as the oceanographic company that sends us to where the fish are by using comprehensive satellite analysis. However, that’s not all there is to this super intelligent think tank. A little Papa’s Pilar Rum and a visit to the gallery gives us a tell-all on the cool projects they’ve been involved in, including some work with NASA. | @roffsfishing

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An episode so nice we wanted to give it to you twice. Tune in for Part 2 of our Christmas Special. Merry Christmas from Connected By Water, Joey Accardi and Papa’s Pilar Rum! | @flynavarro_ @art_sapp

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