Welcome to Episode 156 of The Shooting The Breeze Sailing Podcast (STBSP) with Author, Sailor, Adventurer Stephen Ladd, whose new book, The Five Year Voyage, Exploring Latin American Coasts and Rivers has been released and is available for Purchase at Amazon. This book retells the story of a small boat voyage thru the Caribbean, Central […]

Welcome to the newest episode of The Shooting The Breeze Sailing Podcast (STBSP) number 155. This time we come to you from the mooring field in Annapolis harbor and revisit our trip to the Spring Annapolis Sailboat Show which we attended back in Annapolis. The Spring show is about a quarter of the size of […]

Greetings Podcast Fans! This episode of The Shooting The Breeze Sailing Podcast (STBSP) we chat with Author and Storyteller Nelson Simon about his book “Soul of the Hurricane, The Perfect Storm and an Accidental Sailor.” Nelson isn’t a sailor as you would imagine a survivor of a failed Sailboat Delivery during the beginnings of The […]

Welcome to this episode of The Shooting The Breeze Sailing Podcast (STBSP). This time around we are speaking to Capt. Ritche and Capt. Kevin Derr from Sail Cocoa Beach, a daysailing charter operation on the Space Coast of Florida. Listeners should be familiar with Capt. Kevin Derr. He has been a frequent guest and friend […]

Greetings Sailing Podcast Fans! This time around we get to talk all things Hard Water Sailing related! What is Hard Water Sailing you ask? Ice Boating! I’ve been intrigued by Ice Boating ever since I took a quick, scary ride on one back in 2015. I’ve always wanted to know more about it. Now, back […]

Greetings Podcast Fans, Welcome to another great episode of The Shooting The Breeze Sailing Podcast (STBSP) from The Escape Pods Dot Com. This episode we have a fun chat and hang with Captain Boomies, otherwise known as Captain Kate! She’s a Bona Fide Captain who came up through the ranks in the super yacht scene […]

Greetings Shooting The Breeze Sailing Podcast (STBSP) listeners! This is Episode 150, a Huge Milestone for yours truly. I never thought I’d make it to a hundred episodes, much less 150. Today we will have a few interviews that I did while visiting and enjoying the Sultana Downrigging and Bluegrass Festival in Chestertown Maryland back […]

Ahoy Sailors! This episode we get to sit down with a recent Sail Libra Voyager Dan Nytes from Wisconsin, who tells us all about his small boat sailing experience on lakes in the Mid West, and his most recent adventures aboard Skipper Ryan Rayfields’s 60 foot, Bill Tripp designed, Libra. Dan originally signed up for […]

Welcome to the second part of the 2021 Annapolis Sailboat Show Wrap Up! Play or Download the Episode below! In this episode we catch up with Marissa and Chris Neely from Sailing Avocet, a well known cruising couple from the west coast who have a great blog and YouTube presence. Then we talk to Cody […]

Greetings Sailing Podcast fans! This episode is part one of two for our 2021 Annapolis Sailboat Show coverage, featuring a long and windy intro and a few interviews from the show. The Breakdown is as follows. Introduction – 1:00 John Herlig from Seabird Sailing Podcast – 39:39 John Herlig, representing The Boat Galley – 49:24 […]