I deviate a lot in this podcast and I talk about a recent sailing trip from Ventura California out to Santa Cruz Island in April 2013. I also discuss how to free and anchor when you snag another line. The photos at the website are integral to this podcast This was the first time that […]

I received a couple of e-mails this week one from an 18-year-old student in the UK looking for advice on how to get sailing experience. I’m a great believer that in order to achieve something in life you have to have a dream, a drive, and a passion this letter came from a student who […]

This is a great interview that I had with Jules who I met in Croatia in 2011. Jules and his wife Vanessa spent four months sailing through the French canals into the Mediterranean. We talked about his trips through the French  canals. He gives us some great pointers and what is needed to qualify for […]

In this episode I discussed the first year of my travels in the Mediterranean covering from where my crew left me in Lagos Portugal across to the river that took me up to Seville Spain then down the coast of Spain and in through the Straits of Gibraltar. I spent a week in Gibraltar putting […]

I answer questions on fishing, sail purchases and anchoring while sailing in the Mediterranean

I ramble on about various subjects, including the projects that I’m working on, such as rebuilding my bowsprit, finding a new battery charger, how I am going to eliminate dry rot in the future on my bowsprit and then I start talking about my summer travel plans. This summer I plan on sailing south, leaving […]

I interview Arjan Stoof of BVI Yacht Charters. Arjan became a sailor after college, After being seduced by the sea. He eventually became an owner of a yacht charter company. Over the years he’s expanded and now he has a company the Balearic Islands in Spain that he works with for his clients who wish […]

I interview charter entrepreneur and operator Stefanos Moussouras about his charter operations in Greece the link to his website Bareboat Greece is: http://www.bareboatgreece.com/ If you want to be considered as a crewmember next summer then write me and give me details about yourself. I like making new friends.

You can now follow us on Twitter and Facebook and contact me directly via e-mail.  I have some decisions to make about where I’m going to be sailing in the summer of 2013.  The choices.  I’m considering, South toward Karpatos, Kasos and Crete or to the far northern islands of Greece.  Preparations can’t begin early […]

This podcast covers the final leg of the summer 2012 sail from Croatia to Turley. In this episode we sail from Astypalia to Kalymnos, Leros and Turkey. Suggestions for future episodes are welcome email suggestions to [email protected] and visit our website www.medsailor.com