Jeff Siegel and his wife Karen didn’t have to create Active Captain in order to find their sail loot. The Siegels are entrepreneurs and were lucky enough to have created, run, and sold a technology business, Evergreen Technologies, prior to living life on their boat. “Lucky” probably isn’t the word I should use. When you […]

Sail Loot Podcast 016: Active Captain Jeff Siegel, Part 1

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Captain Ryan and I met a few years ago on a sailing trip on S/V Libra from Pensacola to the Miami Boat Show. It was an awesome trip. I learned a whole lot about offshore sailing and I hope that I helped Ryan book a few more trips on Libra at the Miami Boat show. […]

Sail Loot Podcast 064: Offshore Sailing with Captain Ryan and Sail Libra

The financial “movement” being dubbed FIRE – Financial Independence Retire Early – was an acronym that was unknown to Mark, Jennifer, and yes, even budding financial zealots such as myself. Somehow, over the last few years, we’ve all seemed to use some of the FIRE principles even though we didn’t know what they were. Mark […]

Sail Loot Podcast 063: Sailing With FIRE on Luna Sea with Mark and Jennifer

Rich and Devon’s sailing story started the way most crazy sailing stories start…intoxication. The good news is that Rich didn’t want a divorce. He didn’t want to have a third child. He just wanted to quit his job and sail around the world!!! Luckily, so did Devon. Rich and Devon finished their dinner, drinks, and […]

Sail Loot Podcast 062: Andersons Abroad own Sea-Tech Systems to make Sailing Money

August of 2017 on S/V Asante started with a two-day sail from Fort Lauderdale, FL to Hilton Head, SC. Included in the preparations to sail North were provisions, alternator rebuild costs, diesel fuel, and travel and transportation expenses. August of 2017 was also the first month that I had to pay for dockage at Shelter […]

Sail Loot Podcast 061: Asante Sailing Costs August 2017

I learned a lot about boating in the month of July 2017. A few snafus taught me what not to do again. A few victories taught me what to do again. Everything taught me that I really just want to be at/on Asante as much as possible. Some boat owners hire people to clean and […]

Sail Loot Podcast 016: Active Captain Jeff Siegel, Part 1

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