Sailing in the Mediterranean and Beyond

Adventures with Jake Miller pt. 2

Jake Miller shares this second part of probably a 3 part series of him going from a dreamer to a Mediterranean Sailor

Thanks Jake! You tell a great story!

In this interview I catch up with Brian and we reminisce about this leg of the summer sail.

If you have suggestions for future episodes please write me a note. Use the contact form at the website medsailor.com

Please Consider supporting the podcast

 

in Patreon

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 PLEASE rate my podcast in iTunes and perhaps write a note.

link https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sailing-in-the-mediterranean/id566678892?mt=2

Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam Exam over 8 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to

 

 

 

go sailing and also to prepare you for the written portion of the ASA 104 written exam.

https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh

If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links:

Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam

https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig

Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam

https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK

Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam

https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh

Sailing in the Mediterranean Website

https://www.medsailor.com

If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or

fundraiser please feel free to contact me.

©2018 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

Adventures with Jake Miller pt. 2

Jake Miller shares this second part of probably a 3 part series of him going from a dreamer to a Mediterranean Sailor

Thanks Jake! You tell a great story!

In this interview I catch up with Brian and we reminisce about this leg of the summer sail.

If you have suggestions for future episodes please write me a note. Use the contact form at the website medsailor.com

Please Consider supporting the podcast

 

in Patreon

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 PLEASE rate my podcast in iTunes and perhaps write a note.

link https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sailing-in-the-mediterranean/id566678892?mt=2

Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam Exam over 8 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to

 

 

 

go sailing and also to prepare you for the written portion of the ASA 104 written exam.

https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh

If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links:

Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam

https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig

Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam

https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK

Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam

https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh

Sailing in the Mediterranean Website

https://www.medsailor.com

If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or

fundraiser please feel free to contact me.

©2018 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

Adventures with Jake Miller

Jake Miller shares this first part of probably a 3 part series of him going from a dreamer to a Mediterranean Sailor

Thanks Jake! You tell a great story!

If you have suggestions for future episodes please write me a note. Use the contact form at the website medsailor.com

Please Consider supporting the podcast

 

in Patreon

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 PLEASE rate my podcast in iTunes and perhaps write a note.

link https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sailing-in-the-mediterranean/id566678892?mt=2

Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam Exam over 8 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to

 

 

 

go sailing and also to prepare you for the written portion of the ASA 104 written exam.

https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh

If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links:

Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam

https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig

Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam

https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK

Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam

https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh

Sailing in the Mediterranean Website

https://www.medsailor.com

If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or

fundraiser please feel free to contact me.

©2018 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

Adventures with Jake Miller

Jake Miller shares this first part of probably a 3 part series of him going from a dreamer to a Mediterranean Sailor

Thanks Jake! You tell a great story!

In this interview I catch up with Brian and we reminisce about this leg of the summer sail.

If you have suggestions for future episodes please write me a note. Use the contact form at the website medsailor.com

Please Consider supporting the podcast

 

in Patreon

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 PLEASE rate my podcast in iTunes and perhaps write a note.

link https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sailing-in-the-mediterranean/id566678892?mt=2

Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam Exam over 8 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to

 

 

 

go sailing and also to prepare you for the written portion of the ASA 104 written exam.

https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh

If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links:

Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam

https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig

Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam

https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK

Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam

https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh

Sailing in the Mediterranean Website

https://www.medsailor.com

If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or

fundraiser please feel free to contact me.

©2018 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

Stormy Adriatic

Brian joined me in the stormy Adriatic on the roughest portion of last summer's sail. This was the leg from Corfu over to Italy and then up to Croatia about 250 nautical miles. On the passage from Brindisi Italy to Cavtat Croatia we were hit with a tremendous storm bringing the waves up to approximately 12 feet. Shearing off one of my chain plate bolts.

In this interview I catch up with Brian and we reminisce about this leg of the summer sail.

Sail Route from Corfu to Croatia Crew 6 About 250 nautical miles

Safe at anchor in Cavtat Croatia

If you have suggestions for future episodes please write me a note. Use the contact form at the website medsailor.com

Please Consider supporting the podcast

 

in Patreon

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 PLEASE rate my podcast in iTunes and perhaps write a note.

link https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sailing-in-the-mediterranean/id566678892?mt=2

Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam Exam over 8 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to

 

 

 

go sailing and also to prepare you for the written portion of the ASA 104 written exam.

https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh

If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links:

Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam

https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig

Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam

https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK

Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam

https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh

Sailing in the Mediterranean Website

https://www.medsailor.com

If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or

fundraiser please feel free to contact me.

©2018 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

Stormy Adriatic

Brian joined me in the stormy Adriatic on the roughest portion of last summer's sail. This was the leg from Corfu over to Italy and then up to Croatia about 250 nautical miles. On the passage from Brindisi Italy to Cavtat Croatia we were hit with a tremendous storm bringing the waves up to approximately 12 feet. Shearing off one of my chain plate bolts.

In this interview I catch up with Brian and we reminisce about this leg of the summer sail.

If you have suggestions for future episodes please write me a note. Use the contact form at the website medsailor.com

Please Consider supporting the podcast

 

in Patreon

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 PLEASE rate my podcast in iTunes and perhaps write a note.

link https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sailing-in-the-mediterranean/id566678892?mt=2

Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam Exam over 8 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to

 

 

 

go sailing and also to prepare you for the written portion of the ASA 104 written exam.

https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh

If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links:

Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam

https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig

Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam

https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK

Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam

https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh

Sailing in the Mediterranean Website

https://www.medsailor.com

If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or

fundraiser please feel free to contact me.

©2018 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

Avoid sailing the Ionians

I now recommend you avoid sailing the Ionians! This episode has us sailing the Ionian Islands with Andy and Lisa Buffmire on my 5th leg of this summers sailing adventure from Turkey to Croatia.

Andy and Lisa sail with me from Patras to Corfu right through of the crowded and overly popular, ruined, formerly ideal cruising grounds.

Excessive expansion of charter and flotilla fleets have taken this once delightful cruising area and made it into over crowded anchorages and somewhat polluted waters. With aggressive charter flotilla employees trying to claim open anchorage areas for their flotillas exclusive use

An example of how charter companies claim anchorage space early in the day to keep other sailors away! They send advance crews to tell others to stay away!

Avoid sailing the Ionians it is now overcrowded by Flotillas and Charter fleets.

 

When I first sailed in these waters over 15 years ago Cleopatra Marina had about 80 boats wintering on the hard today there are over 1000 on the hard with another 2 large boatyards nearby. That along with massive Marina expansion takes most of the charm out of this once delightful corner of Greece

If you want a charter vacation and want a hint of what the cruising lifestyle is like Please don't contribute the charter companies that have now ruined this once delightful cruising area.

Crowded anchorage in Corfu

If you have suggestions for future episodes please write me a note. Use the contact form at the website medsailor.com

Please Consider supporting the podcast

 

in Patreon

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 PLEASE rate my podcast in iTunes and perhaps write a note.

link https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sailing-in-the-mediterranean/id566678892?mt=2

Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam Exam over 8 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to

 

 

go sailing and also to prepare you for the written portion of the ASA 104 written exam.

https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh

If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links:

Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam

https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig

Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam

https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK

Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam

https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh

Sailing in the Mediterranean Website

https://www.medsailor.com

If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or

fundraiser please feel free to contact me.

©2018 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

Avoid sailing the Ionians

I now recommend you avoid sailing the Ionians! This episode has us sailing the Ionian Islands with Andy and Lisa Buffmire on my 5th leg of this summers sailing adventure from Turkey to Croatia.

Andy and Lisa sail with me from Patras to Corfu right through of the crowded and overly popular, ruined, formerly ideal cruising grounds.

Excessive expansion of charter and flotilla fleets have taken this once delightful cruising area and made it into over crowded anchorages and somewhat polluted waters. With aggressive charter flotilla employees trying to claim open anchorage areas for their flotillas exclusive use

 

When I first sailed in these waters over 15 years ago Cleopatra Marina had about 80 boats wintering on the hard today there are over 1000 on the hard with another 2 large boatyards nearby. That along with massive Marina expansion takes most of the charm out of this once delightful corner of Greece

If you want a charter vacation and want a hint of what the cruising lifestyle is like Please don't contribute the charter companies that have now ruined this once delightful cruising area.

If you have suggestions for future episodes please write me a note. Use the contact form at the website medsailor.com

Please Consider supporting the podcast

 

in Patreon

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 PLEASE rate my podcast in iTunes and perhaps write a note.

link https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sailing-in-the-mediterranean/id566678892?mt=2

Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam Exam over 8 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to

 

 

go sailing and also to prepare you for the written portion of the ASA 104 written exam.

https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh

If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links:

Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam

https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig

Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam

https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK

Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam

https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh

Sailing in the Mediterranean Website

https://www.medsailor.com

If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your S...

Episode 148 Sailing in the Mediterranean My Anchor Setup

This is my anchor set up. In the past I've talked about my double anchoring technique. In this episode I describe an image which is available at the

website as well as in a YouTube video. The image is an image of the bow of my boat and my anchor set up and I discuss why I set up my anchor this way.

Specific to my boat is I have a line for a second anchor to deploy off the bow of the primary anchor as well as a yellow poly polypropylene line which would aid in a fouled anchor recovery as well as a beacon for me to spot when I am looking for my anchor at the bottom.

https://youtu.be/W7x9vDr1E1k

If you have suggestions for future episodes please write me a note. Use the contact form at the website medsailor.com

Alex Tod suggested this site for you bar tenders! He said...

"On a different note, another podcast I listen to had an episode you might be interested in. Boat Radio has a variety of different 'shows' about different topics and one of them is Sundowners which discusses how to make drinks based upon a given theme. In October, they did one on drinks made with ouzo. I've tried several of their recipes (alone, sadly, ouzo is a tough sell to friends who aren't in a Greek frame of mind) and they're quite good. They may come in handy next summer. The link is below, the episode was first aired last October 26."

https://audioboom.com/posts/6430705-boat-radio-the-sundowner-chris-lorenzo-md-of-seafarer-joins-tom-for-an-ouzo

 

Please Consider supporting the podcast

 

 

in Patreon

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 PLEASE rate my podcast in iTunes and perhaps write a note.

link https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sailing-in-the-mediterranean/id566678892?mt=2

Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam Exam over 8 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to go sailing and also to prepare you for the written portion of the ASA 104 written exam.

https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh

If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links:

Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam

https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig

Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam

https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK

Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam

https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh

Sailing in the Mediterranean Website

https://www.medsailor.com

If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me.

©2017 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

Episode 148 Sailing in the Mediterranean My Anchor Setup

This is my anchor set up. In the past I've talked about my double anchoring technique. In this episode I describe an image which is available at the

website as well as in a YouTube video. The image is an image of the bow of my boat and my anchor set up and I discuss why I set up my anchor this way.

Specific to my boat is I have a line for a second anchor to deploy off the bow of the primary anchor as well as a yellow poly polypropylene line which would aid in a fouled anchor recovery as well as a beacon for me to spot when I am looking for my anchor at the bottom.

https://youtu.be/W7x9vDr1E1k

If you have suggestions for future episodes please write me a note. Use the contact form at the website medsailor.com

Alex Tod suggested this site for you bar tenders! He said...

"On a different note, another podcast I listen to had an episode you might be interested in. Boat Radio has a variety of different 'shows' about different topics and one of them is Sundowners which discusses how to make drinks based upon a given theme. In October, they did one on drinks made with ouzo. I've tried several of their recipes (alone, sadly, ouzo is a tough sell to friends who aren't in a Greek frame of mind) and they're quite good. They may come in handy next summer. The link is below, the episode was first aired last October 26."

https://audioboom.com/posts/6430705-boat-radio-the-sundowner-chris-lorenzo-md-of-seafarer-joins-tom-for-an-ouzo

 

Please Consider supporting the podcast

 

 

in Patreon

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 PLEASE rate my podcast in iTunes and perhaps write a note.

link https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sailing-in-the-mediterranean/id566678892?mt=2

Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam Exam over 8 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to go sailing and also to prepare you for the written portion of the ASA 104 written exam.

https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh

If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links:

Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam

https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig

Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam