I’ve got an absolutely rad show for you all today — my guest features sailor, machine restorer, and adventurer Brandon Fetterman of the popular YouTube sailing channel Restro Thunder Road! In our conversation, Brandon and I take a look back to how he fell in love with the water while growing up, and then ultimately discovered his passion for sailing. We also dig into how he set his sights on adventuring with small, trailerable sailboats, specifically, Thunder Road, his 1964 O’Day Mariner. Brandon also shares an in-depth experience of participating in the Texas 200 RAID/mess-about the past four years and how this summer, in 2026, he’ll be undertaking the event as a solo sailor for the very first time!

PLEASE BE KIND -- I'm no expert -- I'm just a regular gal learning as I go! Also, I don't have a huge budget dedicated to equipment and/or other resources for recording audio -- but, I put lots of love and time into creating these podcasts in the hopes that sharing what I learn might help you!

Did you know that I blog regularly/create videos about adventures out on the water and other life-happenings? Come raft up with me at https://passagesfromtheheart.wordpress.com/ and https://www.youtube.com/@passagesfromtheheart

LINKS:

Restro Thunder Road on YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/@restrothunderroad

Restro Thunder Road on Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/svthunderroad

Restro Thunder Road on Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/restrothunderroad/

Sailing Zingaro on YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/@BeTheCaptain

Ziggy Lavengood on YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/@ZiggyLavengood

Texas 200 | https://texas200.com/home

O’day Mariner | https://goodoldboat.com/saildata/boat/mariner-oday-mariner/ and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariner_19

Mariner Class Association | https://www.usmariner.org

Jerome Rand of Sailing Into Oblivion | https://www.sailingintooblivion.com

Skipper D Adventures | https://www.youtube.com/@SkipperDAdventures

Florida 120 | https://www.facebook.com/groups/fl120/

MUSIC CREDITS:

*** Intro theme by Anthony Cuozzo of Double Down Sailing: / @quazzo

*** Music used for welcome sequence in video is ‘Love in Mexico’ by Carmen María and Edu Espinal.

*** Music used for outro in video is 'Silver Waves' by TrackTribe.