Slow Boat Sailing Podcast

By Linus Wilson

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This discusses the latest sailing adventures of Linus Wilson author of Slow Boat to the Bahamas. Guests of interest to long-distance sailboat cruisers are interviewed. Show notes are under the

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Ep. 59: Sailing offshore fr...

06.24.2019

Linus Wilson talks about season 4 of his part-time around the world trip where he sails his 31-foot Island Packet from Vava'u, Tonga to Suva, Viti Levu, Fiji. Then he and his volunteer crew member sail to the home of ...

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06.24.2019 Ep. 59: Sailing offshore from Vava'u, Tonga to Fiji, Vanuatu, & New Caledonia with Linus Wilson, Season 4 of Slow Boat Sailing's Part-Time Around the World Trip Linus Wilson talks about season 4 of his part-time around the world trip where he sails his 31-foot Island Packet from Vava'u, Tonga to Suva, Viti Levu, Fiji. Then he and his volunteer crew member sail to the home of ...
03.30.2019 Ep. 58: John Martin Crosses the Ocean in a Walker Bay 8, Uku and Istavan finish the GGR 2018, and the Viking Sky Almost Sinks Hosted by Linus Wilson John Martin III sailed across the frigid Bering Sea in a 8-foot Walker Bay sailing dinghy. He landed in Siberia after 14 days at sea when wild currents pushed him wildly off course. He planned to sneak into China after ...
02.02.2019 Ep. 57: Van Den Heede speaks about his pitchpole and win in the 2018 GGR Golden Globe Sailing Race to Linus Wilson + the future for the podcast & YouTube channel Jean Luc Van Den Heede shatters Sir Robin Knox-Johnston's Sunday Time's 1968 Golden Globe Race record by 100 days finishing first in the 2018 Golden Globe Race. Hear his story of his broken rig in the Southern Ocean. Linus Wilson ...
01.02.2019 Ep. 56: Sailing the OGRE, the log of a woman wanderer (annotated) by Mable Stock read by Linus Wilson Mabel Stock, her brother Ralph, and their friend buy a 47-foot, gaff-rigged sailboat after World War I and from 1919 to 1920 sail it half-way across the world. They are one of the first cruising yachts to transit the Panama ...
12.14.2018 Ep. 55: Acorn to Arabella and Susie Goodall Pitchpoled in the GGR; Hosted by Linus Wilson We hear from Alix Kreder and Stephan Denette who are wooden boat builders and the creators of the YouTube Channel Acorn to Arabella. After almost three years, these college buddies they have built the frame of their 38-foot gaff-rigged ketch ...
11.26.2018 Ep. 54: Capt. Voss, Sailing to Treasure Island: The Cruise of the Xora read by Linus Wilson Linus Wilson reads the first four chapters of Sailing to Treasure Island by Captain John C. Voss. You can get the full audiobook at www.Patreon.com/slowboatsailing The paperback at http://www.lulu.com/shop/captain-jc-voss/sailing-to-treasure-island-the-cruise-of-the-xora/paperback/product-23887731.html https://www.amazon.com/dp/1790302390 or the eBook at http://www.lulu.com/shop/captain-jc-voss/sailing-to-treasure-island-the-cruise-of-the-xora/ebook/product-23887490.html Legendary sailor Captain J. C. ...
10.27.2018 Ep. 53: Paul Trammell Reads Becoming a Sailor A Singlehand Sailing Adventure; Sailing Kittiwake Questions if Vlogging is a Goldmine; Another Rescue and Dismasting in the Golden Globe Race In this episode, we feature Paul Trammell reading chapter 1 of Becoming a Sailor, A Singlehand Sailing Adventure. Linus Wilson talks about the latest dismasting (number four) of the solo-nonstop 2018 Golden Globe Race of French sailor Loic Lepage's yacht. ...
09.26.2018 Ep. 52: Abandon Ship, Dismasted in the GGR, the ADRIFT Movie, & Hurricane Florence Sinks Sailboats: Featuring Joy & Jim Carey and Sailing Banjo Interviewed by Linus Wilson Joy and Jim Carey were 150 miles from their home port in Belingham Washington when they were struck by violent storm. A rougue wave filled their boat with water, knocked out the electronics, and nearly washed Jim overboard. Getting hypothermic ...
08.01.2018 Ep. 51: Sunk by Hurricane Irma and Stranded by Maria, Sailing Mischeif's Ariana Czaia Interviewed by Linus Wilson Ariana Czaia and Christian Hightower just bought and outfitted the perfect cruising boat Mischief in Grenada. They were just getting the hang of sailing it when engine problems forced them to put into St. Martin. A few days later the ...
08.01.2018 Ep. 51: Sunk by Hurricane Irma and Stranded by Maria, Sailing Mischeif’s Ariana Czaia Interviewed by Linus Wilson Ariana Czaia and Christian Hightower just bought and outfitted the perfect cruising boat Mischief in Grenada. They were just getting the hang of sailing it when engine problems forced them to put into St. Martin. A few days later the ...
07.13.2018 Ep. 50: Chapters 3-4 of HOW TO SAIL AROUND THE WORLD PART-TIME and Tonga Update with Linus Wilson Linus Wilson reads his former Amazon sailing bestseller’s chapters 3 and 4 of HOW TO SAIL AROUND THE WORLD PART-TIME. Geography and Hurricane Seasons The Round-Trip Problem He gives his tips for bleeding injectors in diesel engines from his research ...
06.28.2018 Ep. 49: Adventures of An Old Seadog's Barry Perrins and Sailing from Aitutaki to Tonga with Linus Wilson Linus Wilson interviews solo-sailor and creator of Adventures of an Old Seadog sailing vlog on YouTube Barry Perrins. Barry Perrins sailed from England accross the Atlantic and beyond in his sailboat. He talks about his cruise of Portugal, Spain, the ...
06.28.2018 Ep. 49: Adventures of An Old Seadog’s Barry Perrins and Sailing from Aitutaki to Tonga with Linus Wilson Linus Wilson interviews solo-sailor and creator of Adventures of an Old Seadog sailing vlog on YouTube Barry Perrins. Barry Perrins sailed from England accross the Atlantic and beyond in his sailboat. He talks about his cruise of Portugal, Spain, the ...
05.31.2018 Ep. 48: Gone with the Wynns' Jason and Nikki Trade Their RV for a Sailboat Interviewed by Linus Wilson Jason and Nikki Wynn of the Gone with The Wynns YouTube Channel and Blog speak to Linus Wilson about their transition from travel by RV to sailing catamaran. They talk about outfitting their 10-year old boat, sailing offshore, and exploring ...
05.30.2018 Ep. 48: Gone with the Wynns’ Jason and Nikki Trade Their RV for a Sailboat Interviewed by Linus Wilson Jason and Nikki Wynn of the Gone with The Wynns YouTube Channel and Blog speak to Linus Wilson about their transition from travel by RV to sailing catamaran. They talk about outfitting their 10-year old boat, sailing offshore, and exploring ...
04.25.2018 Ep. 47: Part 2 of Abandoned, 119 Days Adrift with John Glennie Interviewed by Linus Wilson This is part 2 of my discussion with John Glennie. John Glennie's boat was adrift for 119 days upside-down before he and three other men landed on Great Barrier Island in New Zealand. This is the record for the most ...
04.24.2018 Ep. 47: Harry Pidgeon, Around the World-Single Handed the Cruise of the Islander Ch. 1-3 Read by Linus Wilson Harry Pidgeon was the first man to sail around the world in a small yacht via the Panama Canal. He did this historic trip in his 34-foot sailing yawl the ISLANDER between 1921-1924. You will hear the first three chapters ...
03.01.2018 Ep. 46: Sailboat Sunk 2 Days Into Dream Cruise when Its Keel Falls Off, Nikki Walsh and Tanner Broadwell Speak to Linus Wilson Nikki Walsh and Tanner Broadwell bought at $5,000 1969 Columbia 28-foot sailboat to sail around the world. Their trip lasted 2 days. In the end the boat sunk to the bottom of the ocean. They departed Tarpon Springs, Florida. By ...
02.04.2018 Ep. 45: Crowhurst Movie Director Simon Rumley Talks about the Greatest Fraud in Sailing History Simon Rumley directed the Crowhurst movie about Donald Crowhurst, who pretended to sail around the world in the 1968 Sunday Times Golden Globe Race. In that race roughly a dozen men competed for two prizes to be the first man ...
01.04.2018 Ep. 44: Muscular Dystrophy Cannot Stop Ryan Levinson of Two Afloat Sailing Interviewed by Linus Wilson Ryan and Nicole Levinson left San Diego threw off the dock lines in San Diego and sailed to Mexico and French Polynesia. Ryan is an accomplished athlete and trained for the special olympics in sailing. Despite being in his mid ...
12.17.2017 Ep. 43: Cruising the Society Islands with Author Nadine Slavinski Interviewed by Linus Wilson We talk to Pacific Crossing Notes author about cruising the Society Islands of French Polynesia. We talk about the paradise islands of Maupiti, Bora Bora, Tahaa, Raiatea, and Huahine. The Slow Boat crew plans to cruise these Islands in May ...
11.28.2017 Ep. 42: Rescued Hawaii Sailor Jennifer Appel Talks About Cruising in Her Two Doomed Boats with Linus Wilson Jennifer Appel talks about her ten years of sailing prior to her rescue by the USS Ashland on October 25, 2017, about 900 miles from Japan. She confirms that her boat was a Charlie Morgan designed Starratt and Jenks 45 ...
11.06.2017 Ep. 41: HOAX? Sailboat Rescue Story Has Many Problems Hosted by Linus Wilson Two Hawaiian sailors rescued off Japan by the US Navy told some tall tales about their ordeal at sea in stories covered by all the major news networks. The youtube video of this discussion is at https://youtu.be/vYQLT4jxAcM They said they ...
10.28.2017 Ep. 40: 5 Months Adrift! The Curious Case of SV Sea Nymph Hosted by Linus Wilson This story of disaster at sea has a lot of unanswered questions. You’ll see extensive interviews of the two women rescued 5 months at sea on a 50-foot sailboat adrift in the Pacific Ocean. On May 23, 2017, Jennifer Appel ...
10.01.2017 Ep. 39: Wrecked in Key West, Capt. Mark J. Reinhardt, Speaks After Hurricane Irma to Linus Wilson Capt. Mark J. Reinhardt lost his moored boat in Key West to Hurricane Irma. Capt. Mark J. Reinhardt estimated that 80 percent of the boats in the mooring field of Garrison Bite of Key West were wrecked in his interview ...
09.01.2017 Ep. 38: Houston Boat Show Talk of How to Sail Around the World Part-Time by Linus Wilson Linus Wilson talks about his book How to Sail Around the World Part-Time in a seminar at the Southwestern International Boat Show in League City, Texas in April 2017. This show too place at the South Shore Marina off of ...
08.01.2017 Ep. 37: Mayday! Shipwrecked on a reef in the South Pacific. Dan Govatos of www.adventuresofatribe.com interviewed by Linus Wilson on the Slow Boat Sailing Podcast A few weeks ago the crew of the Tanda Malaika crashed onto a reef near the southern tip of Huahine in the Society Islands of French Polynesia. The family of six was rescued by helicopter and their 46-foot Leopard sailing ...
07.12.2017 Ep. 36: Sailing Zatara, Sailing Around the World with Teens, Slow Boat Sailing Podcast Hosted by Linus Wilson The crew Sailing Zatara, Mom, Dad, and four kids bought their first sailboat in 2016 and left the dock in November 2016. Now they have sailed past Tahiti headed west around the world. Check out their YouTube channel! Linus speaks ...
06.29.2017 Ep. 35: Greg Kutsen of Mantus Anchors Sails to the Galapagos and Cruising Hiva Oa and Fatu Hiva Hosted by Linus Wilson Greg Kutsen of Mantus Anchors tells about his cruising in his Ericson sailboat that took him from the shallows of Texas to Mexico, Colombia, Panama and the Galapagos. Along the way he decided he could build a better anchor and ...
05.21.2017 Ep. 34: Sailing Doodles Sails with Labradoodles from Texas to the Bahamas and Virgin Islands Bobby White creator of the Sailing Doodles YouTube Channel talks about how he lost his career as a pilot and bought a boat for $24,000 to sail the seven seas with his two 90 pound labradoodles and his friend Megan. ...
04.28.2017 Ep 33: Sailing SV Delos Sails the Indian Ocean; Talks Crew and Rounding the Great Capes Brian, Brady, and Karin speak to the Slow Boat Sailing Podcast host Linus Wilson about their Indian Ocean sailing adventures. They are between seasons in Cape Town South Africa. They talk about crew changes and future sailing plans. Brady, Brian, ...
03.11.2017 Ep. 32: SY Zero Loses Its Rudder and Sailing to Hiva Oa Interview by Linus Wilson Christian from the SY Zero YouTube channel and blog talks about doing the north Pacific circle from Mexico, to Hawaii, to Alaska, sailing the inside passage, and back to San Diego California. He talks about how he survived a busted ...
02.01.2017 Ep. 31: Struck by a Whale and Sailing Baby Blue Interviewed by Linus Wilson Subscribe to the Slow Boat Sailing podcast for free on iTunes and Stitcher! The Slow Boat was struck by a whale 1,700 nautical miles from its next port and 1,800 nautical miles from its last port of call. The host ...
01.07.2017 Ep. 30: Resolute Sets Sail cruises Mexico, Hawaii, and sails to Alaska with audio sample by Linus Wilson of Navigation Rules Captains' Exam prep album Subscribe to the Slow Boat Sailing podcast for free on iTunes and Stitcher! Native Alaskans Erik and Meagan bought a boat in the San Fransisco Bay area and sailed it down the often unforgiving California coast to the warm waters ...
01.07.2017 Ep. 30: Resolute Sets Sail cruises Mexico, Hawaii, and sails to Alaska with audio sample by Linus Wilson of Navigation Rules Captains’ Exam prep album Subscribe to the Slow Boat Sailing podcast for free on iTunes and Stitcher! Native Alaskans Erik and Meagan bought a boat in the San Fransisco Bay area and sailed it down the often unforgiving California coast to the warm waters ...
11.21.2016 Ep. 29: Chase the Story's Tasha Hacker and Ryan Horsnail Speak to Linus Wilson about Sailing French Polynesia Tasha Hacker and Ryan Horsnail of the Chase the Story YouTube channel and Turf to Surf blog speak to us about cruising French Polynesia. In the bonus episode available to Patrons, they talk about touring the Galapagos, cruising with pets ...
11.20.2016 Ep. 29: Chase the Story’s Tasha Hacker and Ryan Horsnail Speak to Linus Wilson about Sailing French Polynesia Tasha Hacker and Ryan Horsnail of the Chase the Story YouTube channel and Turf to Surf blog speak to us about cruising French Polynesia. In the bonus episode available to Patrons, they talk about touring the Galapagos, cruising with pets ...
10.29.2016 Ep. 28: SLOW BOAT TO CUBA (audiobook sample) by Linus Wilson Get the Slow Boat Sailing Podcast on Stitcher and iTunes! Your podcast host has been hard at work on his third book over the last couple months and is ready to share part of it with you. Slow Boat to ...
09.28.2016 Ep. 27: Sailing Vessel Prism Cruises the Pacific Coast of Mexico and Central America Interviewed by Linus Wilson In this episode we talk to the John and Shannon from Sailing Vessel Prism. Prism is a 33-foot Hans Christian sailboat. They had sailed from Berkeley, California to Costa Rica when I caught up with them in June 2016. (The ...
08.28.2016 Ep. 26: Abandoned, 119 Days Adrift with John Glennie Interviewed by Linus Wilson John Glennie's boat was adrift for 119 days upside-down before he and three other men landed on Great Barrier Island in New Zealand. This is the record for the most days adrift in a cold climate and is likely the ...
08.09.2016 Ep. 25: More Hands on Deck’s Tyler Rowland Interviewed by Linus Wilson Our guest Tyler Rowland of the More Hands on Deck YouTube channel talks about his season 3 trying to sail from Louisiana to Panama with Vagabond Phil. The trip did not go as well as he hoped. He also talks ...
07.26.2016 Ep. 24: Sailing Miss Lone Star and the Slow Boat's Trip Across the Equator This week I talk about Janna, Sophie, Daly (dog), and my long and winding offshore trip from Panama City to Salinas, Ecuador. We also talk to the Aubrey and Robb Hamic from the Sailing Miss Lone Star YouTube channel and ...
07.26.2016 Ep. 24: Sailing Miss Lone Star and the Slow Boat’s Trip Across the Equator This week I talk about Janna, Sophie, Daly (dog), and my long and winding offshore trip from Panama City to Salinas, Ecuador. We also talk to the Aubrey and Robb Hamic from the Sailing Miss Lone Star YouTube channel and ...
07.06.2016 Ep. 23: Annie Dike Author and Blogger at HaveWindWillTravel.com Interviewed by Linus Wilson Annie Dike author of Keys to the Kingdom: A rising young lawyer who found the key by losing the lock, Salt of a Sailor: The true origins of a durable, but not-so-dainty sailor, and None Such Like It: An enlightening ...
06.29.2016 Ep. 22: Trey Benefield of Blue Moon Adventures Sails Through a Gale with His Daughter from St. Martin to Panama Trey Benefield of Blue Moon Adventures talks about how he wanted to finance his big cruise by buying a boat in the Eastern Caribbean and selling it in Australia for a profit. He talks about the first part of his ...
06.22.2016 Ep. 21: Checking the Slow Boat into Panama, Port Captains, Immigration, and Agents in Colon a Discussion by Linus Wilson Checking into Panama was not easy or quick. In this episode, I explain how I and the Slow Boat skipper ended up over $400 poorer and made two trips into Colon over four days and four government office visits including ...
06.18.2016 Ep. 20: SV Sea Wolf Sails with a Dog in the Bahamas, Cuba,Honduras, Colombia, and Panama Interviewed by Linus Wilson We are podcasting from Panama! The Slow Boat sailed from Providencia, Colombia to Colon, Panama, the entrance to the Panama canal about 250 miles on the 4th multiple night passage since leaving New Orleans on April 29. Get details of ...
06.08.2016 Ep. 19: 2018 Golden Globe Race Founder Don McIntyre Interviewed by Linus Wilson We’re podcasting from Providencia, Colombia in the middle of the Caribbean Sea. We are preparing for the next weather window to take us to Panama. We talked to Don McIntyre the creator of the 2018 50th Anniversary Golden Globe race. ...
06.01.2016 Ep. 18: Jeffrey Wettig of the Shooting the Breeze Podcast Interviewed by Linus Wilson and Cuba to Providencia, Colombia Passage We're podcasting from Providencia, Colombia in the middle of the Caribbean Sea. We just finished a four-day passage from Cayo Largo del Sur, Cuba to this beautiful oasis in the wild blue waters of the Western Caribbean. On this episode, ...
05.25.2016 Ep. 17: Cruising Guide to Cuba Author Captain Cheryl Barr Interviewed by Linus Wilson The Slow Boat Sailing Podcast is in Cuba! We talk about our trip to Nueva Gerona, Cuba to Cayo Largo on the Caribbean coast of Cuba. In April before the Slow Boat set sail for Cuba, I talked to Captain ...

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