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• 04.12.2019

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

  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...

  
• 09.28.2018

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

  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...

  
• 07.20.2018

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

  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...

  
• 06.26.2018

  Sail Loot Podcast 061: Asante Sailing Costs August 2017

  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...

  
• 05.10.2018

  Sail Loot Podcast 060: Cruising Costs Monthly – Asante Sailing Money July 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...

  
• 03.23.2018

  Sail Loot Podcast 059 – Cruising Costs Monthly: Asante Sailing Money June 2017

  Yes, it’s a little bit later in the day than last Friday, but I did get this podcast released 1 week after Episode 058! I love it when I hit a deadline that I tell the world about. (This might...

  
• 03.16.2018

  Sail Loot Podcast 058 – Cruising Costs Monthly: My Sailing Money April to May 2017

  My need to gather equipment was immediate. I decided that my best option was to sail S/V Asante approximately 1300 miles across the North Atlantic Ocean for 7 to 10 days and that I would start this trip 2.5 days...

  
• 01.08.2018

  Sail Loot Podcast 057: Lazy Geckos Water Conservation Lessons to Save Sailing Money

  I had the honor of meeting Jeremiah and Brittany at the Strictly Sail Miami Boat show almost a year ago. By the way, I plan on attending again this year (2018). If you happen to live in the area and...

  
• 11.06.2017

  Sail Loot Podcast 056: S/V Smitty – Sailing from Boston to the USVI with Jesse, Stacey, and Summer

  I met Jesse and Stacey from S/V Smitty in November of 2016. They’re long time listeners to the Sail Loot Podcast and we had sent a few emails back and forth to each other before I went on a charter...

  
• 09.30.2017

  Sail Loot Podcast 055: A Sailor’s Story from the Eye of Hurricane Irma; Peter from Where The Coconuts Grow

  A normal episode of the Sail Loot Podcast contains tips, advice, and stories about how others have been able to make a living on the water. This episode contains none of that. This episode is purely to raise awareness about...

  
• 09.15.2017

  Sail Loot Podcast 054: Sail Me Om, Part 2

  Hurricane Irma is gone, but the devastation that she left behind will leave scars for a lifetime. Jon and Tory are doing amazing work trying to heal as many of those scars as possible as quickly as possible. I can’t...

  
• 08.15.2017

  Sail Loot Podcast 053: Sail Me Om, Part 1

  Jon and Tory are currently in Puerto Rico. I talked to them about 5 months ago when they were in the middle of the Bahamas. They started in New York City. They took 3 months to outfit their sailboat for...

  
• 07.14.2017

  Sail Loot Podcast 052: Teddy’s Sailing Money to Purchase Asante

  In the last few episodes I told you that I purchased Asante for $117,500 and told the story of delivering her from St. Thomas to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. I decided to take out a loan to purchase Asante, but I...

  
• 06.22.2017

  Sail Loot Podcast 051: Delivering Asante

  In the last episode of the Sail Loot Podcast you learned the purchase price of Asante and the whirlwind of activity that was necessary to prep her for sailing her from St. Thomas to the Fort Lauderdale, FL area. Actually,...

  
• 06.17.2017

  Sail Loot Podcast 050: Asante Delivery Part 1

  I now…   Officially…   Own a sailboat!!!!!!   You may know by now that I purchased S/V Asante from Scott and Brittany Meyers at Windtraveler. They needed a little bigger boat and an extra cabin for their family of...

  
• 04.08.2017

  Sail Loot Podcast 049: Jessie Saved Some Money to go Sailing on a Boat – With Katie, and now Luke

  Jessica Zevalkink – better known as Jessie, Jess, JessieBrave, or Time Stopper – is the owner, operator, and creative director behind Katie And Jessie On A Boat and Jessie Takes Pictures. This podcast and these show notes are about Jessie, we...

  
• 03.31.2017

  Sail Loot Podcast 048: Neil Davies Sails to Cuba and Works Remotely for Sailing Money

  Neil and his wife, Janet, left England and moved over to the United States in 1989. Neil’s job as a Civil-Environmental Engineer brought them and their 2 daughters over to the Atlanta, GA area. Neil does consulting engineering work for...

  
• 03.17.2017

  Sail Loot Podcast 047: Nica Waters, Go Simple, Go Now

  I met Nica Watters at the 2016 U.S. Sailboat Show in Annapolis, MD. I was walking around looking for people that I knew, and I figured that I would find Jamie and Behan at the Lin and Larry Parday Books...

  
• 02.24.2017

  Sail Loot Podcast 046: Captain Randy Smith With Sail Libra and Orange Beach Sailing Adventures

  I want to be back on the water sailing Libra wherever she’s going. Captain Randy’s prediction was correct. As soon as we pulled into the dock at the Strictly Sail Miami Boat show, I wanted to get out on the...

  
• 01.31.2017

  Sail Loot Podcast 045: Shooting The Breeze about our Sailing Money with Jeffrey Wettig

  Jeffrey Wettig, host of the Shooting The Breeze Sailing Podcast, and I have been talking via email and Facebook for a few years. We were finally able to meet in person at the US Sailboat Show in Annapolis this past...

  
• 01.13.2017

  Sail Loot Podcast 044: Sail Libra with Captain Ryan

  Captain Ryan found a way to make money by offering sailing charters in Orange Beach, AL 9.5 years ago on his Irwin 37, SailOB, and by forming Orange Beach Sailing Adventures. Prior to that he was working behind a desk in...

  
• 01.06.2017

  Sail Loot Podcast 043: Jason and Kim Ellis Putting Mimzy Into Charter

  Jason and Kim Ellis have had this lifelong dream of sailing around the world for a while, but they also want to make sure that it’s the right time to bring their son along. Their son is in 1st grade...

  
• 11.11.2016

  Sail Loot Podcast 042: Wiley Sharp, Part 2 – Owning and Operating a Virgin Islands Sailing Charter

  I have now met Wiley Sharp and he’s a great guy. We flew into St. Thomas to start our week long sailing vacation on Saturday and decided to stay overnight before jumping on a Ferry to  Tortola on Sunday morning....

  
• 11.04.2016

  Sail Loot Podcast 041: The Money Side of a Virgin Islands Sailing Charter with Wiley Sharp

  I’ve had several people email me and ask about owning and operating a sailboat charter. I found Steve and Chrissy Solonynko via their Knot Anchored blog and realized that they owned and operated a 2010, 46 ft, Robertson & Caine...

  
• 09.08.2016

  Sail Loot Podcast 040: Avoiding Mondays by Setting Sail with Monday Never

  Will and Cat share a story that has never been dull. On the one hand, you can make it sound like they were the typical couple with masters degrees and consulting jobs. On the other hand, Cat was secretly putting...

  
• 07.06.2016

  Sail Loot Podcast 039: Kamau Iandiataiyero Saving Sailing Money by Building a Sailboat

  It’s possible that Kamau Iandiataiyero missed his calling and should have been an NFL lineman. However, Kamau is a smart man (so are NFL lineman) and probably figured out that playing for the NFL would’ve torn up his body even...

  
• 05.20.2016

  Sail Loot Podcast 038: Linus Wilson Sailing Part Time to Keep Making Money by Teaching Money

  Linus Wilson has found a way to sail around the world even though his wife, Janna, absolutely, positively will not sail on an open ocean passage with him and he has a 5.5 year old daughter. He’s also found a...

  
• 04.29.2016

  Sail Loot Podcast 037: Salty Times Sailing to find the Surf with Base and Jamie

  Base and Jamie have traveled around the world searching for the perfect surf breaks. Base helped set up a surf school in Costa Rica. Jamie moved from Canada to Australia in search of warmer waters. They met each other in Fremantle,...

  
• 04.11.2016

  Sail Loot Podcast 036: Captain Louis Hoock Sails Alaska

  Captain Hoock is a captain and crew of S/V Arcturus,  he is the founder of Alaska Adventure Sailing and Coastal Footprint, and he once sailed the Jolly Roger. He’s got a few stories to tell about sailing from Alaska to Panama,...

  
• 04.01.2016

  Sail Loot Podcast 035: Sails Call, Shameless Promotions, Recaps, and Lessons Learned

  After every single conversation that I have with a sailor, and after every single Sail Loot Podcast that gets released I always have some lessons that I’ve learned, or some deep thoughts to share. Right now, my not so deep...

  
• 02.02.2016

  Sail Loot Podcast 034: Andy Schell, 59-North Part 1

  Andy Schell always wanted to be his generation’s “John Kretschmer”. He and his wife Mia are well on their way to fulfilling that goal. Andy has written some magazine articles and I’m sure that he will one day write a book about his...

  
• 01.28.2016

  Sail Loot Podcast 033: Andy Schell’s Isbjorn Sailing Money

  This stuff makes me smile. Here is somebody that is willing to share the financial details about a sailing business that has been created from scratch. We were able to catch up with Andy Schell. Or, rather, he was able to...

  
• 01.19.2016

  Sail Loot Podcast 032: Rob and Megan’s Venture Lives from their Sailboat

  Robert Gabriel and Megan Rose didn’t grow up around boats, and their parents didn’t teach them to sail. They were both landlocked. Rob grew up in Walla Walla, WA, and Megan grew up in the desert in Idaho. It seems…neither of...

  
• 01.08.2016

  Sail Loot Podcast 031: Peter and Jody from Somewhere Warm and Sunny Down Where The Coconuts Grow

  How quickly do you think you can climb aboard your sailboat and start a new life cruising the world? Jody and Peter met in April of 2011. Peter didn’t inform Jody of his plan to sail around the world until...

  
• 12.15.2015

  Sail Loot Podcast 030: Annie Dike’s Key’s To The Kingdom and Setting Up a Small Business

  “I had a lot of things, expensive things, and a lot of money, none of which I needed and none of which made me happy.” – Annie Dike, Keys To The Kingdom.  I could go on and on with quotes from...

  
• 11.14.2015

  Sail Loot Podcast 029: Pam Wall Part 2, More Amazing Sailing Stories

  We left Part 1 of the Amazing Pam Wall Sailing Stories with the Wall family starting their circumnavigation on their 39 foot sloop, Kandarik. Pam and Andy had saved the glorious sum of $10,000 to use as their sailing money...

  
• 10.23.2015

  Sail Loot Podcast 028: The Pam Wall Sailing Story, Part 1

  Pam Wall has been sailing since she was a young girl helping to race her father’s sailboats on Lake Michigan. Of course, for Pam, helping was making the bologna sandwiches and passing up the cold beers for the young men...

  
• 08.14.2015

  Sail Loot Podcast 027: Couchsailors Jose and Gina Rent All of their Rooms for Sailing Money

  Jose has been sailing since he could walk. Actually, he was probably on a sailboat before he could walk, but he was behind the helm by the time he could stand on his own two feet. Gina’s story is completely...

  
• 07.30.2015

  Sail Loot Podcast 026: Chris Bartick Paints Moments Sailing

  Chris Bartick is the perfect example for Sail Loot. There are many ways of making your sailing money. The most popular seems to be to work hard, save money, minimize your spending, and build a cruising kitty that will last...

  
• 07.17.2015

  Sail Loot Podcast 025: Peaks and Troughs of Sailing, Life, and Money

  Where do I start? I’m posting this because I’ve been re-inspired and I have decided that maybe I should share a few things that have been going on in my personal life. I actually have Andy Schell to thank for...

  
• 07.03.2015

  Sail Loot Podcast 024: Cruising with Jessica and Matt’s Sailing Money, MJ Sailing

  Matt and Jessica decided that it was time to get off the couch and start experiencing life. How they would experience life was the first question. When they decided that sailing was the answer, all they had to do was...

  
• 05.28.2015

  Sail Loot Podcast 023: Leela’s Sailing Money with Emmanuel & Saxony

  When Emmanuel emailed me in early March on of the words that he used to describe the Sail Loot Podcast was “Brilliant.” You know, I tend to agree! Maybe he just knew how far flattery can take you in this...

  
• 04.16.2015

  Sail Loot Podcast 022: Have Wind Will Travel with Annie Dike

  Annie had grown up, gone to college and earned her law degree at Alabama. She started practicing litigation law, but after a while she realized that she was only having fun about 10% of the time. She decided that it...

  
• 04.09.2015

  Sail Loot Podcast 021: Pizza π Vi – A Pizza Sailboat in Paradise

  Is anybody hungry? Are you out on the water enjoying your sailboat in the Virgin Islands and don’t really feel like cooking? Sasha and Tara have found a solution for you. That solution is their brilliant idea of serving you...

  
• 04.02.2015

  Sail Loot Podcast 020: Leah Kruger Makes Her Sailing Money With Brio

  Leah Kruger has been sailing since before she can remember cartoons of Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. She was a little bit older when her family set sail to circumnavigate. It was certainly a much longer trip to Disney Land...

  
• 03.26.2015

  Sail Loot Podcast 019: Good Anchorage, Get Paid To Cruise

  Captain Dietmar is another true entrepreneur. He and his partners went live with Good Anchorage at the Annapolis Boat Show in October of 2014. He has made his sailing money by starting, growing, and selling businesses. He’s won some, he’s...

  
• 02.19.2015

  Sail Loot Podcast 018: More Delos Adventures with Brady & Josje

  It only took 17 Sail Loot Podcasts to get an interview with the other half of the S\V Delos crew recorded and released. Suweeeeeet! I got to talk to Brian and Karin back in Sail Loot Podcast 001. This time...

  
• 02.12.2015

  Sail Loot Podcast 017: Sharing the Experience with Active Captain’s Jeff Siegel, Part 2

  The Sail Loot Podcast is back with Part 2 of an amazing conversation with Jeff Siegel of Active Captain. I know, we left you with a little bit of a cliffhanger on the last one. There was so much good...

  
• 02.10.2015

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

  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...

  
• 02.05.2015

  Sail Loot Podcast 015: SV Terrapin Provides Family Time with Lifestyle Afloat

  Phil and Aimee Nance sat down, looked at each other, and said, “Why are we letting a nanny raise our kids?” Between Phil’s post-doctoral fellowship at the La Jolla Institute, Aimee getting her high school teaching credentials, and an hour...