In this second episode with Brad Atkins , who calls Charleston, South Carolina home. Brad has spent years sailing back and forth between Charleston and the Abacos, and he brings a wealth of local knowledge to this conversation. Here he goes into more details on sailing in the Bahamas We dive into: Clearing Customs in the Abacos – what to expect and the best ports of entry. Recommended Sailing Routes from Charleston to the islands. Must-See Places of Interest once you arrive, including anchorages...
Oct 23, 2025•41 min
In this episode, I’m joined by lifelong sailor Brad Atkins , who calls Charleston, South Carolina home. Brad has spent years sailing back and forth between Charleston and the Abacos, and he brings a wealth of local knowledge to this conversation. We dive into: Clearing Customs in the Abacos – what to expect and the best ports of entry. Recommended Sailing Routes from Charleston to the islands. Must-See Places of Interest once you arrive, including anchorages and hidden gems. Tips for navigating ...
Sep 29, 2025•38 min
In this episode, I reconnect with Bela Musits, a returning guest from several years ago, to hear about his latest adventures and his new podcast, Sailing and Cruising the East . Bela shares his firsthand insights on sailing the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW), including: How to plan a trip up and down the East Coast Tips for navigating the ICW safely and efficiently His favorite anchorages, marinas, and coastal towns Lessons learned from years of cruising Whether you’re planning your first passage o...
Sep 11, 2025•52 min
Sailing in the Mediterranean Episode 290 Interview with Matthew Bracken Version 1.0.0 From Navy SEAL to Novelist and Bluewater Sailor: Meet Matthew Bracken In this episode of the podcast, we welcome Matthew Bracken—a man whose life reads like an adventure novel. A former Navy SEAL and lifelong sailor, Bracken is best known for his action-packed political thrillers that blend real-world tensions with gripping, character-driven plots. But what truly sets him apart is his deep connection to the sea...
Apr 01, 2025•1 hr 17 min
Sailing in the Mediterranean Episode 289 Sailing from Puerto Rico To Florida 2025 This is a report on what will probably be my final sail on my own boat from Puerto Rico to Florida. See Dream is for sale and on the hard in Indiantown Marina in Indiantown Florida. Tie boat broker is Derek Jarvis and his phone number is 954-683-6047 C or 954-527-0664 O Here is a link for more information on See Dream a 28′ Sam Morse and Co., Lyle Hess designed Bristol Channel Cutter the boat made famous by Larry a...
Mar 24, 2025•36 min
Sailing in the Mediterranean Episode 288 Sailing from Puerto Rico To Florida 2025 Crew Call Sail from the Bahamas to Georgia I’m excited to invite you to apply for a crew position aboard my sailboat for a sailing trip from Marsh Harbor, Bahamas , to St. Augustine, Florida , and onward to St. Mary’s, Georgia . The trip will run from February 16th to March 1st , with the boat being hauled out at the end of the journey this may be my final adventure aboard See Dream, as I will be putting See Dream ...
Nov 05, 2024•11 min
Sailing in the Mediterranean Episode 286 Andrew Vic 2024 This is an interview with Andrew Vic where we talk about his 2024 summer sail from Sicily to Croatia Links to Vic’s Google Earth kmz files are below http://www.sailgeja.com/geja2024.kmz http://sailgeja.com/2015/2024_Preview.html Vic’s Photos are here: http://www.sailgeja.com/lat38-2023/ Lots of information here! Andrews Website http://www.sailgeja.com Andrew Vic: A Journey on the High Seas Andrew, a San Francisco native of Scandinavian des...
Oct 10, 2024•59 min•Ep. 286
Sailing in the Mediterranean Episode 286 Andrew Vic 2024 This is an interview with Andrew Vic where we talk about his 2024 summer sail from Sicily to Croatia Links to Vic’s Google Earth kmz files are below http://www.sailgeja.com/geja2024.kmz http://sailgeja.com/2015/2024_Preview.html Vic’s Photos are here: http://www.sailgeja.com/lat38-2023/ Lots of information here! Andrews Website http://www.sailgeja.com Andrew Vic: A Journey on the High Seas Andrew, a San Francisco native of Scandinavian des...
Sep 27, 2024•54 min•Ep. 286
Sailing in the Mediterranean Episode 285 Caribbean Sail Trinidad to Puerto Rico 2024 A report of my sailing season 2024 Sail from Trinidad to Puerto Rico Want me to go sailing with you? Then contact me! If you have ideas for future podcasts or comments please drop me a note! and PLEASE rate my podcast in iTunes and perhaps write a note. link https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sailing-in-the-mediterranean/id566678892?mt=2 Sailing! Learn To Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 1...
Jul 18, 2024•32 min
Sailing in the Mediterranean Episode 284 Kieran Brown Caribbean Catamaran and Revive water Systems My name is Kieran Bown, and I’ve spent the last 15 years immersed in the marine industry. My journey began as a dive instructor, traveling the world and cultivating a deep appreciation for the ocean. Subsequently, I transitioned into becoming a yacht captain and marine engineer, a path that has been incredibly fulfilling and enriching. Currently, I serve as the Captain of Twin Flame, a Lagoon 77 ca...
Mar 04, 2024•59 min
Sailing in the Mediterranean Episode 284 Kieran Brown Caribbean Catamaran and Revive water Systems My name is Kieran Bown, and I've spent the last 15 years immersed in the marine industry. My journey began as a dive instructor, traveling the world and cultivating a deep appreciation for the ocean. Subsequently, I transitioned into becoming a yacht captain and marine engineer, a path that has been incredibly fulfilling and enriching. Currently, I serve as the Captain of Twin Flame, a Lagoon 77 ca...
Mar 03, 2024•59 min
Sailing with Norman Jewison: A Memorable Adventure I want to share some memories I have about my time sailing with Norman Jewison. Norman Jewison was a remarkable man whose life and achievements left an indelible mark on me and those around him. Though my interactions with Norman Jewison, and his at the time girlfriend, Lynn St David were primarily through our shared pleasures of skiing and sailing, I always held great admiration for Norman's illustrious career. His contributions to the film ind...
Feb 16, 2024•27 min•Ep. 283
Sailing in the Mediterranean Episode 282 Andrew Vic 2023 pt 3 and crew positions for the Spring sailing season in the Caribbean In this episode, I disclose that all my upcoming spring sailing season in the Caribbean available crew positions have been filled. Fut if you are interested in getting on the list of futer sailing adventures just write ma and include your phone number to franz1 at this website domain (I can't provide the full email address in text to avoid spam bots). This is an intervi...
Jan 23, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 282
Sailing in the Mediterranean Episode 281 Andrew Vic 2023 pt 2 and crew positions for the Spring sailing season in the Caribbean In this episode, I kick things off by discussing my upcoming spring sailing season in the Caribbean and the available crew positions. If you're interested in joining me, please send an email to franz1 at the provided website domain (I can't provide the full email address to avoid spam bots). This is an interview with Andrew Vic where we talk about his 2023 summer sail f...
Jan 11, 2024•54 min•Ep. 281
Sailing in the Mediterranean Episode 280 Andrew Vic 2023 pt 1 Sicily This is an interview with Andrew Vic where we talk about his 2023 summer sail from Sicily to Tunisia and back Links to Vics Google Earth kmz files are below http://www.sailgeja.com/geja2023.kmz Vics Photos are here: http://www.sailgeja.com/lat38-2023/ Lots of information here! Andrews Website http://www.sailgeja.com Andrew Vic: A Journey on the High Seas Andrew, a San Francisco native of Scandinavian descent, has always had a d...
Jan 04, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 279
Jack Andrys 2023 As usual when I start talking to Jack Andrys the time just slips away. Here is a link to some of Jack's photos. https://photos.app.goo.gl/QqBZESKH9B6ZUPZ66 Noforeignland link https://www.noforeignland.com/boat/vesna?sid=5145363304415232&tc=1593473376635 If you have suggestions for future episodes please write me a note Please Consider supporting the podcast in Patreon Want me to go sailing with you? Then contact me! If you have ideas for future podcasts or comments please dr...
Dec 24, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 279
Sailing in the Mediterranean Episode 278 Chris Ryba of S/Y Olivia Grace This is from the great website Chris put together to record this voyage: https://oliviagrace.travel.blog/home-page/ This voyage began in 2015 when I sent Joy a text message: “Just an idea… what do you think of taking a 6-month sabbatical?” I also sent a link to Sailing Totem (https://www.sailingtotem.com/welcome-aboard). Fully expecting a quick dismissal, I was floored upon receipt of her response, “that sounds awesome. Lets...
Oct 21, 2023•58 min•Ep. 281
Sailing in the Mediterranean Episode 277 Karen Jewell "Inside the Nautical Minds Eye" Karen Jewell reached out to me to see if I would be interested in interviewing her for this podcast. here is her background... "My writing background also includes three other published books: • A History of the Rowayton Waterfront (The History Press) • A Maritime History of the Stamford Waterfront (The History Press) • A History of the Greenwich Waterfront (The History Press) As well as... ● The weekly column ...
Oct 13, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 276
Sailing in the Mediterranean Episode 276 Jon Bilger founder of PredictWind Jon Bilger Bio: One might say the seas are in PredictWind Founding Director Jon Bilger’s genes. The son of a triple Olympian sailor, Jon set sail at the age of eight, traveling with his father to attend regattas around the world. Jon carried the family legacy forward, sailing on to become an Olympian in his own rite as well as a two-time America’s Cup winner and New Zealand National Champion in multiple classes. As a life...
Sep 28, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 276
Sailing in the Mediterranean Episode 275 Steve Payne pt. 2 England to Malta on a motorboat Quick bio: I was born on the south coast of England, but moved to London as soon as I could. After a few silly jobs, I decided to become a photographer. I had cards printed up before I even owned a camera. Started out working for the music press and ended up working for The Evening Standard, London's newspaper, but I slowly slipped back into the music industry and ended up directing a bunch of live concert...
Sep 21, 2023•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 275
Sailing in the Mediterranean Episode 274 Steve Payne pt 1 England to Malta on a motorboat Quick bio: I was born on the south coast of England, but moved to London as soon as I could. After a few silly jobs, I decided to become a photographer. I had cards printed up before I even owned a camera. Started out working for the music press and ended up working for The Evening Standard, London's newspaper, but I slowly slipped back into the music industry and ended up directing a bunch of live concert ...
Sep 15, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 274
Sailing in the Mediterranean Episode 273 Franz Diary of 2023 Atlantic Crossing The first and only audio diary I made for the 2023 Atlantic crossing note we had not really solved the engine air bubble problem. When I got to Trinidad I had a mechanic look at the engine he had me run the electric pump for about 5 min and found the leak at the banjo bolts on the engine fuel filter. After researching this it appears to be a common problem YOU CANNOT INSTALL THE COPPER SEALING WASHERS ON THE BANJO BOL...
Sep 04, 2023•32 min•Ep. 273
Sailing in the Mediterranean Episode 272 John Flewitt and Michael McGuire Atlantic Crossing 2023 I had a great Crew on the 2023 Atlantic Crossing here is my interview with John Flewitt and Michael Mcguire Again I iterate I don't think I could have found any better crew! Please Consider supporting the podcast in Patreon If you have ideas for future podcasts or comments please drop me a note! and PLEASE rate my podcast in iTunes and perhaps write a note. link https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sa...
Aug 14, 2023•37 min•Ep. 272
Dylan Magaster In person meeting in Cape Verde part 2 I met in person Dylan Magaster in Cape Verde. About half way thorough the interview we both realized that we had talked before in 2020 Below are the show notes for that interview!...... ------------------ I received this email from Dylan, so how could I resist the interview invitation! Hello, My name is Dylan Magaster and I am the creator of the successful YouTube channel FLORB with 600k subscribers and over 100M views (www.youtube.com/dylanm...
Jul 10, 2023•59 min•Ep. 271
Sailing in the Mediterranean and Beyond Episode 270 Gota Canal Sweden with Neil Fletcher This is a interview with Neil Fletcher about his summer 2022 sail across Sweden via the Gota Canal You can find out more information on Neil at https://www.sailingarcturus.com/ Dan Culpepper is doing the Race2Alaska in his boat Team Hornblower you can track him here. A am planning on selling my Boat See Dream If you have an interest in learning about her please contact me. I may arrange for you to join me on...
Jun 07, 2023•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 270
Sailing in the Mediterranean Episode 27 Spike Hampson Pt. 2 This is the second of 2 podcasts of my interview with Spike Hampson talking about his journey in a small boat enroute from Wyoming to Buenos Aries Argentina. If you want a copy the book by Elias Kulukundis called Feasts of Memory. Let me know how you can pay for postage. I have several copies that I am willing to give that to my listeners but I don't want to pay for postage. Here is a great video on how not to anchor! "Ode to Credit Car...
May 20, 2023•56 min
This is the first of 2 podcasts of my interview with Spike Hampson talking about his journey in a small boat enroute from Wyoming to Buenos Aries Argentina. If you want a copy the book by Elias Kulukundis called Feasts of Memory. Let me know how you can pay for postage. I have several copies that I am willing to give to my listeners but I don't want to pay for postage. If you have comments or thoughts or questions e-mail me at Franz at medsailor dot com Thanks for listening.
May 10, 2023•55 min
Sailing the North Atlantic Crossing East to West pt 2 w Dan Culpepper I consider Dan Culpepper a good friend and now a great skipper listen as he tells us how he went about Sailing the North Atlantic Crossing East to West pt 2 Dan I started this conversation and we ended up breaking it up into two individual podcasts because he tells such great stories here is a link to his website he has a lot of useful tools and checklists you may want to use for yourself. http://sailingheldeleine.com/ If you ...
May 01, 2023•1 hr 15 min
Sailing in the Mediterranean and Beyond Episode 269 Atlantic Crossing Report This is a quick summarized report on the 2023 Atlantic Crossing IMG_0038 Crew member Robb This is a quick summarized report on the 2023 Atlantic Crossing IMG_0020 Want me to go sailing with you? Then contact me! If you have ideas for future podcasts or comments please drop me a note! and PLEASE rate my podcast in iTunes and perhaps write a note. link https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sailing-in-the-mediterranean/id566...
Apr 28, 2023•30 min•Ep. 268
Sailing the North Atlantic Crossing East to West pt 1 w Dan Culpepper I consider Dan Culpepper a good friend and now a great skipper listen as he tells us how he went about Sailing the North Atlantic Crossing East to West pt 1 Dan I started this conversation and we ended up breaking it up into two individual podcasts because he tells such great stories here is a link to his website he has a lot of useful tools and checklists you may want to use for yourself. http://sailingheldeleine.com/ If you ...
Apr 20, 2023•1 hr 6 min
