TSR023 Fathers Day Special with Mike Payment

In this episode, we celebrate fathers day with the man who taught Steve to sail.  His father, Mike Payment. Intro News We are back from vacation!  We had a great cruise on the worlds largest cruise ship, The Oasis of the Seas.   It definitely fueled our cruising dreams as we toured great the great ports of Nassau, St. Thomas, and St. Marteen.   St. Marteen was our favorite and we look forward to spending more time there when we start cruising on our our boat. We spent Memorial Day weekend cruising our boat around the Ponce Inlet / Daytona Beach area.  We launched the boat and parked the trailer at the Swoop Boat ramp near New Smyrna Beach Airport.   We mostly anchored at Disappearing Island, but we did spend one night at Loggerhead Marina in Daytona Beach  the marina has nice facilities including a pool and is attached to the great waterfront restaurant, Caribbean Jacks. We also spent a weekend at The Adult Summer Games, a crazy fun event created by a good friend of ours.   Here is a video from a previous event. We had a great weekend at the Chicago Americas Cup qualifying event.  The boats are impressive to see in person and their performance is amazing.  Here are the highlights. If you enjoy the podcast, you can show us some support with a donation to the TSR Tip Jar here. Make sure to like The Sailing Rode Facebook page to keep up with our latest cruising plans, if you live in Florida we may be cruising in your area. We plan to be in the Fort Pierce and Stuart area over the 4th of July Weekend,  let us know if you plan to be boating in the area. The Interview - Fathers Day with Mike Payment We spend fathers day talking with Steve's dad about his sailing background and Steve's childhood sailing in Michigan. We sailed out of North Cape Yacht Club on Lake Erie in Southern Michigan Our boat was a 1972 Bristol 22 We often took summer cruises to the islands in Lake Erie, like Put in Bay and over to Sandusky Ohio to stay in the marina at the Cedar Point Amusement Park Mike now sails a C&C; 27 out of Oceanside, CA   Sailing News How many times a week should you shower? Explorer Hempleman-Adams to circumnavigate North Pole A great Cruising World interview with climate expert Dr. Philip Rasch on the climate change impact for cruising sailors Simon Parker races Clipper Round the World Race across the US on Bike Man sailing around the world with Hen as companion Product of the Week Honda EU2000i Super Quiet 2000watt Generator We have been using this generator for 6 years and over 100 nights at anchor.  It easily powers our 5500btu air conditioner and runs around 9 hours on a full tank.  For longer running time, we use this custom tank extender and it works great! Honda Generator Fuel Tank Expander Amazon Store Please use our Amazon Affiliate link or if you are in Canada, use the Amazon.CA affiliate for anything you buy on Amazon or look at over 90 items we have in our TSR Amazon store.  We use all the items on our boat and include notes of why we like them.  We also added over 40 sailing and cruising books we recommend.  You pay the same low Amazon price and we get a small commission. Please help us Support Podcast We need your help to spread the word about the Podcast.  Please share the podcast with your sailing & cruising friends and ask them to subscribe on iTunes, stitcher, or Google Play Music.  You can send them these links: iPhone iTunes link Android Stitcher link Google Play Music link It also helps when you share the podcast links on social media and sailing forums. Please like or follow us on Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram  We will follow you too! Remember to tag your Instagram sailing related pictures with #thesailingrode Send us your feedback on the show and any show topic ideas to [email protected] Patreon If you enjoy the podcast, you can support us on our Patreon site and get some special rewards. Check it out at this link: https://www.patreon.com/TheSailingRode How it works:  Patreon is designed for you to support your favorite content creators.  You can support our podcast creations by signing up for various levels of support.  You can set a maximum monthly amount so if we release a lot of podcasts in one month, you still only pay your maximum amount.  In return, you get some rewards for your support.  It is kind of like giving us a tip or buying us a drink after a good show. Thanks for listening and all your support!  We wish you fair winds and hope to see you on the water soon. –  Steve & Brandy The Sailing Rode / The Sailing Road