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#119 | Safety at Sea | Advanced Seamanship Notes | Capt. Voss | Part 3

Sometimes we get the opportunity to sit at the hand of the master and hear first hand what is the best way to do something.
This is the third part of one of those moments. 
This episode I read the last section of the Appendix of Capt. Voss' book 'Venturesome Voyages' and if that leaves you feeling a little less than interested, don't worry, it's just because you don't' know who Capt. Voss is.
I've got you covered on that too.
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#118 | Safety at Sea | Advanced Seamanship Notes | Capt. Voss Part 2

Sometimes we get the opportunity to sit at the hand of the master and hear first hand what is the best way to do something.
This is the second part of one of those moments. 
This episode I read the second section of the Appendix of Capt. Voss' book 'Venturesome Voyages' and if that leaves you feeling a little less than interested, don't worry, it's just because you don't' know who Capt. Voss is.
I've got you covered on that too.
If you would like to listen to fantastic stories of sailors in small vessels taking on the ocean in the last 150 years, all selected & read by me an actual sailor, check out the 'Mariner's Library'.
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-mariners-library/id1710666955
If you would like to check out The Mariner Youtube Channel - we have gear reviews, how to videos, seamanship training videos and on the water reports. Remember to dock your finger carefully on the subscribe button!
https://youtu.be/t0cfY6HqjLA
Finally, to support the production of this material please consider heading over to Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/themariner
 
Edward William Insurance.
Please visit https://www.edwardwilliam.com/boat-insurance/proposal-form?pid=ORT
Remember to quote the code MARINER10  to receive 10% off your premium.

#115 | Safety At Sea | Advanced Seamanship Notes | Capt. Voss | Part 1

Sometimes we get the opportunity to sit at the hand of the master and hear first hand what is the best way to do something.
This is one of those moments. 
This episode I read the Appendix of Capt. Voss' book 'Venturesome Voyages' and if that leaves you feeling a little less than interested, don't worry, it's just because you don't' know who Capt. Voss is.
I've got you covered on that too.
If you would like to listen to fantastic stories of sailors in small vessels taking on the ocean in the last 150 years, all selected & read by Chris, check out the 'Mariner's Library'.
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-mariners-library/id1710666955
If you would like to check out The Mariner Youtube Channel - we have gear reviews, how to videos, seamanship training videos and on the water reports. Remember to dock your finger carefully on the subscribe button!
https://youtu.be/t0cfY6HqjLA
To support the production of this material please consider heading over to Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/themariner

#114 | Questions & Tangents | So, You Bought an Old Race Boat Anyway.

Questions and Tangents #14 and this episode we continue down the rabbit hole regarding buying a used race boat.
Recap
Last time we discussed this I said, 'Don't do it - unless you REALLY want/ need to do it.'
But as you did it anyway... (which I knew you would...)
This time I'm saying- 'Since you can't take simple advice-;) here's 2 further hours of things to bear in mind.'
I guess #3 (Owing a Race Boat Long Term) is coming soon...
 
 
If you would like to listen to fantastic stories of sailors in small vessels taking on the ocean in the last 150 years, all selected & read by Chris, check out the 'Mariner's Library'.
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-mariners-library/id1710666955
If you would like to check out The Mariner Youtube Channel - we have gear reviews, how to videos, seamanship training videos and on the water reports. Remember to dock your finger carefully on the subscribe button!
https://youtu.be/t0cfY6HqjLA
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#113 | Safety at Sea | Easy MOB Recovery & Other Fantastic Myths

So, after all your best efforts to prevent a Man Overboard Situation now your crew are in the water, and they are relying solely on you to not only come and find them; but also to do it in heavy seas, high winds and at night. 
Shit.
Let's explore the options when all hope appears lost, when only brute strength and the spark of ingenuity may be all you have to get the job done.
 
If you would like to listen to fantastic stories of sailors in small vessels taking on the ocean in the last 150 years, all selected & read by Chris, check out the 'Mariner's Library'.
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-mariners-library/id1710666955
If you would like to check out The Mariner Youtube Channel - we have gear reviews, how to videos, seamanship training videos and on the water reports. Remember to dock your finger carefully on the subscribe button!
https://youtu.be/t0cfY6HqjLA
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#112 | Safety at Sea | How to AVOID MOB Situations

We've all done it, taken a quick nip onto the foredeck just do ' that thing' and suddenly we find ourselves realizing one wrong move and we are toast. 
This episode looks to try to reconcile that kind of risk-taking to the garbage can and promote instead a deep instinctual suspicion that the sea does not actually care about you, is in no way impressed or 'wow'd' by your skill set and will take every opportunity you give it, to wipe you off the deck of you boat if it can and off the face of the earth, if you are not able to regain the safety of the vessel quickly. 
Join me for a sobering, but not necessarily melancholy look at preventing a Man overboard situation.
If you would like to listen to fantastic stories of sailors in small vessels taking on the ocean in the last 150 years, all selected & read by Chris, check out the 'Mariner's Library'.
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-mariners-library/id1710666955
If you would like to check out The Mariner Youtube Channel - we have gear reviews, how to videos, seamanship training videos and on the water reports. Remember to dock your finger carefully on the subscribe button!
https://youtu.be/t0cfY6HqjLA
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#111 | Deep Dives | Solar Eclipse = Wolf Eating the Sun

Today is the day of the solar eclipse across North America, the only one that will touch the continent until 2024 (when only three states will experience totality) therefore: Happy Solar Eclipse Day!
I thought I would put a few thoughts down relating to the historical and scientific history of solar eclipses to give you Dad's EVEN more to amaze and thrill your kids with.... as you always do.....
Once I push the button on this I am off outside to watch the partial eclipse we will experience here in Nova Scotia with three generations of my family- a first for me and something I am very much looking forward to!
If you would like to listen to fantastic stories of sailors in small vessels taking on the ocean in the last 150 years, all selected & read by Chris, check out the 'Mariner's Library'.
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-mariners-library/id1710666955
If you would like to check out The Mariner Youtube Channel - we have gear reviews, how to videos, seamanship training videos and on the water reports. Remember to dock your finger carefully on the subscribe button!
https://youtu.be/t0cfY6HqjLA
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#110 | Dogwatch | Autopliots V's Wind Vanes | US West Coast Deliveries | Curved.Traveler Tracks

Another Dogwatch, to relieve the anxiety I am starting to feel doing these safety at sea episodes back to back- my dreams have started to become very weird and threatening when i spend my days talking at length about everything that can or might go wrong at sea!
This time we discuss autopilots v's wine vane steering, boat deliveries out of West Coast US cities and the complications therein and why top notch race boats have curved traveller tracks.
If you would like to listen to fantastic stories of sailors in small vessels taking on the ocean in the last 150 years, all selected & read by Chris, check out the 'Mariner's Library'.
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-mariners-library/id1710666955
If you would like to check out The Mariner Youtube Channel - we have gear reviews, how to videos, seamanship training videos and on the water reports. Remember to dock your finger carefully on the subscribe button!
https://youtu.be/t0cfY6HqjLA
To support the production of this material please consider heading over to Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/themariner

#109 | Safety at Sea | Dismasting, Lost Steering & Other Sailing Nightmares

Losing the mast, rudder or even a single hatch cover at sea in heavy weather can be catastrophic, unless you have been playing the 'what if' game for a while and already have the equipment, procedures and mental capacity developed to deal with the problem, concisely & precisely.
If you would like to listen to fantastic stories of sailors in small vessels taking on the ocean in the last 150 years, all selected & read by Chris, check out the 'Mariner's Library'.
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-mariners-library/id1710666955
If you would like to check out The Mariner Youtube Channel - we have gear reviews, how to videos, seamanship training videos and on the water reports. Remember to dock your finger carefully on the subscribe button!
https://youtu.be/t0cfY6HqjLA
To support the production of this material please consider heading over to Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/themariner

#108 | Safety at Sea | Heavy Weather Tactics

Whenever anyone meets me and hears I am a sailor, the first question is always 'have you been in a big storm?' Well, the answer unsurprisingly is yes, so here in concert with Keith Colwell's excellent 'RYA Sea Survival Handbook', let me lay out some of the ways to avoid becoming a statistic, when the volume on the weather gets cranked to eleven.
If you would like to listen to fantastic stories of sailors in small vessels taking on the ocean in the last 150 years, all selected & read by Chris, check out the 'Mariner's Library'.
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-mariners-library/id1710666955
If you would like to check out The Mariner Youtube Channel - we have gear reviews, how to videos, seamanship training videos and on the water reports. Remember to dock your finger carefully on the subscribe button!
https://youtu.be/t0cfY6HqjLA
To support the production of this material please consider heading over to Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/themariner