Project Maania with Manuel Marinelli Here is the website of Project Manaia This is from the Website for Project Manaia "Invasive Species Work in the Mediterranean Invasive Species defines any kind of animal/plant that moved into a new environment and is creating damage to mankind - Financial, physical or other. In collaboration with other Marine Biologists we came up with a list of focus species to keep an eye on in order to evaluate the impact of the new intruders, including invasive species as...
Dec 20, 2019•33 min•Ep. 202
This week I interview Tania Aebi This is from her website "In May 1985, when Tania Aebi was 18 years old, she cast off from the docks of South Street Seaport in lower Manhattan and sailed 27,000 miles around the world—alone—on her Contessa 26, Varuna. Concerned about her lack of ambition, her father offered her this opportunity as an alternative to a college education, and she took him up on it. With just a cat for company, she crossed the Caribbean, the South Pacific and Indian Oceans, the Red ...
Dec 12, 2019•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 201
This week I interview Christian Williams Writer and Sailor This is from his Wikipedia Page "Christian Williams is an American journalist, television writer and yachtsman.[1] A former Washington Post editor during the Watergate era, he later created two television dramas and is the author of two books including the Ted Turner biography "Lead, Follow or Get Out of the Way." Journalism Williams joined The Washington Post in 1972 as an assistant editor of the Style Section. When the cast and crew of...
Nov 07, 2019•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 200
This week I interview my frequent contributor and listener Richard Lycett about his photography work and sailing adventures Richard Lycett is a photographer his website is http://www.richardlycettphotography.co.uk/ Here is a recent video he produced. https://youtu.be/UDgUReGH6jg Richard also shared some tips of Drone Photography with me in a letter: "One of you’d listeners reached out to me and asked about drone tips. Maybe you could add this to the show notes? A small drone is always best as sp...
Nov 01, 2019•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 199
Alta Club Sailing Presentation 2019 Route 2013 This is the replay of the presentation I made to the Alta Club, a private club in Salt Lake City in October of 2019 I made a YouTube video which includes all the slides and that can be found here: https://youtu.be/9X1nkQmmVME 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/s...
Oct 24, 2019•52 min
Sailing Croatia with Andrew Vic Summer 2019 pt. 2 This is part 2 of my 2 part interview with Andrew Viz sailing Croatia in the summer of 2019 In an email from Andrew he wrote: When you post our recent interview, you may mention in the intro that listeners can follow along on Google Maps. Here's an easy link to my route... https://drive.google.com/open?id=1OfeGW0N0vq8QWZJPruozsr6-WhKc3BF1&usp=sharing Andrew Also here is Andrews his 2019 google earth KMZ File here is Andrews 2008 to 2017 googl...
Oct 17, 2019•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 197
Sailing Croatia with Andrew Vic Summer 2019 pt. 1 This is part 1 of my 2 part interview with Andrew Viz sailing Croatia in the summer of 2019 In an email from Andrew he wrote: When you post our recent interview, you may mention in the intro that listeners can follow along on Google Maps. Here's an easy link to my route... https://drive.google.com/open?id=1OfeGW0N0vq8QWZJPruozsr6-WhKc3BF1&usp=sharing Andrew Also here is Andrews his 2019 google earth KMZ File here is Andrews 2008 to 2017 googl...
Oct 11, 2019•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 196
Neil Fletcher Sailing the Baltic 2019 In this episode I have a long conversation with Neil Fletcher about his summer sail in Sweden, Finland and Estonia. Neil on his website has much more information and goes into a lot more detail with lots of photographs so check it out at https://www.sailingarcturus.com/ In the Introduction to this podcast I discuss cleaning of the Heat Exchanger here are the photos I refer to: If you would like to support the Podcast there are several ways! 1 Become a Patreo...
Oct 03, 2019•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 195
Franz on the Water at Anchor in Croatia This episode is an on the water recap of the summer of 2019 sail in Croatia while at anchor in Croatia. In the introduction I talked about having dinner with one of our listeners and Amsterdam, Jacques Ten Kate and a wather app that he finds helpful He provided us a tutorial for the app Lamma Meteo! Enclosed the walk through screens of app Lamma Meteo Provided by my friend Jacques Ten Kate This is the opening screen, choose Modelli You than go to the right...
Sep 27, 2019•41 min
Interview aboard S/Y Yurt with the Whitmore Family We were delightfully surprised when we pulled into the Anchorage area at Scranton Croatia that there was another boat from Utah named year. When the people came back to the boat we found out it was somebody we knew Jeff Whitmore and his family. I previously interviewed Jeff personally in my office in Utah and it was a surprise to actually meet him and his family on the water. We had a delightful evening aboard their boat sharing information and ...
Sep 14, 2019•48 min•Ep. 193
This is a great interview with Gary Harris on his bareboat charter along the Amalfi Coast. Gary has allowed me to share his journal for the trip along with the photographs, Here it is! July 23, 2016 Castellammare di Stabia- We arrived at Naples terminal from Florence at 11:00. We had previously arranged a van and driver through Pompeii Car Service to meet us at the terminal and Mario was waiting with his 8 person Mercedes Van. We mentioned that we’d like to have lunch nearby then visit Mt Vesuvi...
Sep 05, 2019•55 min
In this final episode with Rory Rory talks about completing is circumnavigation. This is from Rory's website http://www.roryandcookie.com/about.html "In 1989 Rory McDougall had a dream. Inspired by Laurent Bourgnon who crossed the Atlantic in a Hobie 18 catamaran, Rory had the burning passion to sail around the world on the smallest catamaran and multihulled sailboat. Rory tried for 2 years to get support and sponsorship to create a high-tech event to circumnavigate the world on an open-deck bea...
Aug 29, 2019•1 hr 17 min
In this episode #6 Rory talks about his adventure sailing from Sri Lanka and we end at the Suez Canal. This is from Rory's website http://www.roryandcookie.com/about.html "In 1989 Rory McDougall had a dream. Inspired by Laurent Bourgnon who crossed the Atlantic in a Hobie 18 catamaran, Rory had the burning passion to sail around the world on the smallest catamaran and multihulled sailboat. Rory tried for 2 years to get support and sponsorship to create a high-tech event to circumnavigate the wor...
Aug 22, 2019•1 hr 13 min
In this episode Rory talks about his adventure sailing from Indonesia and we end at Sri Lanka. This episodes is the second episode where I will be recording screen shots and uploading the video to Youtube the youtube channes is: https://www.youtube.com/user/medsailordotcom and the link to this podcast is: https://youtu.be/x6yR5CDu62g This is from Rory's website http://www.roryandcookie.com/about.html "In 1989 Rory McDougall had a dream. Inspired by Laurent Bourgnon who crossed the Atlantic in a ...
Aug 15, 2019•1 hr 8 min
In this episode Rory talks about his adventure sailing from New Zeland to Australia and on to Indonesia. This is from Rory's website http://www.roryandcookie.com/about.html "In 1989 Rory McDougall had a dream. Inspired by Laurent Bourgnon who crossed the Atlantic in a Hobie 18 catamaran, Rory had the burning passion to sail around the world on the smallest catamaran and multihulled sailboat. Rory tried for 2 years to get support and sponsorship to create a high-tech event to circumnavigate the w...
Aug 08, 2019•48 min
This is the third episode where I interview Rory McDougal This is the third of a multi part series of the story of Rory sailing this small Catamaran around the world. This is from Rory's website http://www.roryandcookie.com/about.html "In 1989 Rory McDougall had a dream. Inspired by Laurent Bourgnon who crossed the Atlantic in a Hobie 18 catamaran, Rory had the burning passion to sail around the world on the smallest catamaran and multihulled sailboat. Rory tried for 2 years to get support and s...
Aug 01, 2019•53 min
This is my second interview with Rory McDougal This is the second part of a multi part series of the story of Rory sailing this small Catamaran around the world. In this episode we continue his adventure after he arrived in St Martin in the Caribbean almost penniless. And we get to Easter Island and then on to the Tuamotou-Gambier Islands in French Polynesia This is from Rory's website http://www.roryandcookie.com/about.html "In 1989 Rory McDougall had a dream. Inspired by Laurent Bourgnon who c...
Jul 25, 2019•58 min
In this episode I interview Rory McDougal This is the first of a multi part series of the story of Rory sailing this small Catamaran around the world. This is from Rory's website http://www.roryandcookie.com/about.html "In 1989 Rory McDougall had a dream. Inspired by Laurent Bourgnon who crossed the Atlantic in a Hobie 18 catamaran, Rory had the burning passion to sail around the world on the smallest catamaran and multihulled sailboat. Rory tried for 2 years to get support and sponsorship to cr...
Jul 18, 2019•43 min
Rewind Episode Fuel Systems and Bill Wiebe interview When use are listening to this I WILL HAVE ALREADY REPLACED my fuel lift pump on my old yanmar ENGINE. the most likely problem you're going to have with your engine is a fuel problem so let's relisten to this episode with my friend Bill Wiebe In this episode I talk about Diesel Engine Fuel Systems. Also I include an interview with my adventurous friend Bill Wiebe. Here is a link to Racor Fuel/water filters. http://ph.parker.com/us/17583/en/mar...
Jul 11, 2019•1 hr 9 min
I'm out sailing and while I'm out sailing I want to refresh your memories of some wonderful information we created in past episodes. Weather is a topic that's always of interest to sailors. And who better to talk about weather than Dr. Julia Andrys (I think she just finished her PhD.) In this episode I have a great discussion with Julia Andrys about weather forecasting and weather forecasting tools and what she uses while sailing in the Mediterranean Julia mentions three great resources for whet...
Jul 04, 2019•1 hr 1 min
Sailing in the Mediterranean Josie Tucci Sunsail and Moorings In this podcast I interview Josie Tucci VP Sales and Marketing at Sunsail and The Moorings Yacht Charter Company Below is what I found about the Moorings history from their website: Moorings History Our story began in 1969 when Navy veteran and sailing enthusiast Charlie Cary decided to turn his passion into a new business. Starting with just six Pearson yachts, The Moorings offered travelers a unique way to explore the islands and ex...
Jul 02, 2019•1 hr 6 min
Franz Pre Sail Summer projects and update on podcast This is a quick podcast bringing you up to date on my summer sailing projects and a call for help in finding sponsors for the podcast as well as an update on the recent problems with the Apple podcast feed. Past Podcasts may now be found HERE 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. Here is the link https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sailing-in-the-...
Jun 27, 2019•21 min
Sailing in the Mediterranean and Beyond Podcast Trailer The Sailing in the Mediterranean and beyond podcast is the oldest continuously running sailing podcast. The host, producer and interviewer of this podcast is Franz. Franz is an avid long-time racing and cruising sailor who built his own boat and then in 1997 sailed it across the Atlantic into the Mediterranean. Some of the episodes of the podcast are from Franz's own experiences in sailing the Mediterranean including tips and techniques tha...
Jun 20, 2019•59 sec
This is the Second part of a two-part the 2019 episode with Dr. Joe Alton and Nurse Amy better known as Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy Dr Joe Alton (Dr. Bones) and Nurse Amy have a website with Medical supplies and massive amounts of information at https://www.doomandbloom.net/ They also have a podcast called Survival Medicine Hour http://www.blogtalkradio.com/survivalmedicine/podcast and a new podcast: American Survival Radio https://www.doomandbloom.net/american-survival-radio-may-21st/ http://rss.gc...
Jun 20, 2019•52 min•Ep. 191
This first part of a two-part the 2019 episode with Dr. Joe Alton and Nurse Amy better known as Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy The first interview I did with Dr Bones and Nurse Amy was in June of 2016. In this episode we discuss antibiotics and Bleeding Control. Dr Joe Alton (Dr. Bones) and Nurse Amy have a website with Medical supplies and massive amounts of information at https://www.doomandbloom.net/ They also have a podcast called Survival Medicine Hour http://www.blogtalkradio.com/survivalmedicine...
Jun 13, 2019•49 min•Ep. 190
I came across an interesting video of a Man overboard rescue device called USAFE I thought it was interesting enough to reach out to the manufacture and talk about it. Nick Bice responded and this is that interview. According to the company's website: "USAFE Technology that saves lives Little has changed in the 300 years since the original lifesaving ring was invented. Until now! Combining clever design and innovative technology, U SAFE® has literally reinvented the wheel to create a self-propel...
Jun 06, 2019•18 min•Ep. 189
Steve Neal of noforeignlands.com I had a chance to catch up with Steve Neal of No Foreign Lands. The original Interview was done with Steve by Jack Andrys in Episode 161 in that post Steve wrote: Around this time last year I created a web site for the liveaboard sailors, wintering in Marina di Ragusa. It provided vessel tracking for our boats, on an interactive map which allowed us to stay in touch throughout the summer season, sharing our whereabouts and the details of places we'd found along t...
May 26, 2019•39 min•Ep. 188
Interview with Jeff Whitmer Believe it or not dreamers exist everywhere in the world and some act on their dream to make it possible. This was a face-to-face interview in my office, it turns out that Jeff lives in Utah. Jeff and his family is about to embark on a sailing adventure which will take them from Greece through the Mediterranean and into the Caribbean. Jeff talks about how he found his boat, purchased it and how he is going about getting it ready for this great adventure. We discuss al...
May 20, 2019•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 187
Interview with Jackson And Xanthie of Finding Avalon, #2 For some reason this interview did not make it into the Podcast Directory this is a second try! This is the Second of what looks like to be many interviews with Jackson and Xanthe. Jackson first wrote to me a while back asking me about a route through Croatia I gave him some advice and we had an opportunity to meet in the summer of 2018 in Montenegro where we shared a dinner together. Since then he sailed throughout the Mediterranean cross...
May 13, 2019•58 min
Interview with Jackson And Xanthie of Finding Avalon, #4 This is the 4th of what looks like to be many interviews with Jackson and Xanthe of Finding Avalon. Jackson first wrote to me a while back asking me about a route through Croatia I gave him some advice and we had an opportunity to meet in the summer of 2018 in Montenegro where we shared a dinner together. Since then he sailed throughout the Mediterranean crossed the Atlantic and traversed the Panama Canal. I have no idea how long it's goin...
May 09, 2019•1 hr 3 min
