Episode 4: Slow Boat Sailing podcast, Addison Chan in Cuba part 1

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I talk to Addison Chan who was in Hemingway Marina in Havana, Cuba.  Addison Chan sails with his wife of 38 years Patricia on their 1999 Catalina 42 MK II, Threepenny Opera.  He has circumnavigated Cuba and has traveled by land and sea through each of Cuba’s fifteen provinces.  His pictures have been featured in the Cruising Guide to Cuba,Volume 1 by Captain Cheryl Barr and many other cruising publications.  In this first part of my interview, Addison talks about communications in Cuba and his early cruising in 2008 and why he first visited Cuba in 2011.  It was for the food!

I talk about the recent changes to the emergency declaration with respect to Cuba and conclude that it probably does not reduce the hoops that American boaters must go through to sail legally to Cuba.  I also update the listeners on some of my recent boat projects.

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Episode 3: Slow Boat Sailing podcast, part 2 of Tate McDaniel of Sundowner Sails Again

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This is the second half of the interview with Tate McDaniel of Sundowner Sails Again blog and YouTube channel.  He talks about sailing his boat from Isla Mujeres, Mexico to the remote island of Providencia, Columbia and then to the San Blas Islands in Panama.  He discusses why El Nino and cheap gas convinced him 2016 was the year to pause his around the world quest and RV across America before rejoining his 32′ Westsail sailboat in Panama to sail the South Pacific in 2017.

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Episode 2: Slow Boat Sailing Podcast, Sundowner Sails Again, Tate McDaniel, Part 1

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Tate McDaniel of the Sundowner Sails Again blog and uTube channel talked to me over the weekend.  This episode looks at getting his boat, a Westsail 32′ named Sundowner, ready for a round the world trip.  This covers the first half of his trip in 2015, crossing the Gulf of Mexico from New Orleans to Key West.  He discusses his travels in Cuba and his trip to and time in Isla Mujeres with his wife Dani.  In the next episode, he discusses his trip to Provedencia, the San Blas Islands in Panama, and why gas prices and El Nino make 2016 a good year to go RVing.

I also talk about the current changing state of Cuba and my experience with the application process.  I talk about why Coast Guard permits to sail to Cuba may become a thing of the past in a week based on my conversations with senior Coast Guard officials.

USCG Cuba regs 12-11-15

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My new book How to Sail Around the World Part-Time launches on February 16, 2016, and the eBook will be FREE from February 16-18, 2016, on Amazon.  You can buy the full audiobook at Gumroad.  Both books have been always FREE for Kindle Unlimited subscribers.

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