Month: August 2016

Ep. 26: Abandoned, 119 Days Adrift with John Glennie Interviewed by Linus Wilson

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On the helm Rose-Noelle acoss Tasman Sea
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Main Cabin during Cherry Blossom time, Picton NZ

John Glennie’s boat was adrift for 119 days upside-down before he and three other men landed on Great Barrier Island in New Zealand. This is the record for the most days adrift in a cold climate and is likely the record for the most days adrift by a sailing yacht crew. His boat the Rose-Noelle capsized in violent storm on the way to Fiji from the South Island of New Zealand. In this podcast, we hear the first 30 minutes of that over 2.5 hour conversation about the ordeal. It contains important lessons about survival at sea. In that long conversation, Glennie said he could not properly tell his story in his co-authored book The Spirit of the Rose Noelle because he was suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome (PTSD) when it was being written. The 119 days at sea are the subject of the feature film Abandoned available on Amazon or Netflix.  The first 30 minutes of the conversation with Glennie are in the podcast. The second 30 minutes are free to Patreon subscribers as a bonus episode. The full conversation about Glennie’s story of survival at sea is on CD Baby and should be available on iTunes as a single or album entitled Abandoned: 119 Days Adrift, a conversation with John Glennie the captain of the Rose-Noelle by Linus Wilson. 

Look Malcolm, no fat. Can you do that?
wearing clothes given to me
Main Cabin during Cherry Blossom time, Picton NZ
Great Kepple Island

Also check out my new study guide entitled Navigation Rules: International and Inland (Abridged), Study Guide for Uscg Captains’ and Merchant Mariner Exams.  Episode 6’s South Pacific Weather with Met Bob has became an Album on iTunes. John Glennie’s first book Playboys of the South Pacific is available as an eBook on Amazon. His book about the ill-fated Rose-Noelle voyage is only available second-hand in the USA.

Since the last podcast we released our forth video in our vlog series on YouTube and the second of 2 videos about sailing in Cuba. Enjoy!

 

This episode is sponsored by Jenifer Clark’s Gulfstream. The Slow Boat crew relied on Jenifer Clark’s Gulfstream for their trip to Ecuador. Call 410-286-5270 or e-mail gulfstream@comcast.net so you can find out how their current and weather routing can aid you in your next blue water voyage.

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 There are many ways to support the podcast in addition to being a patron. We are donating the August and September Patreon revenues to the American Red Cross’s Louisiana Flood relief.

Thanks for joining the voyage!  Check out my book How to Sail Around the World Part-Time, which is now available as an album on iTunes or Amazon. Links to my books are at my website. Buy How to Sail Around the World Part-Time or Slow Boat to the Bahamas at Amazon. Both books have been #1 bestsellers in the Amazon sailing eBook categories. (If you are a non-US Amazon customer, e-mail me at linuswilson outlook [dot] com, and I’ll send you the link addresses for your country’s site.)  Like our Facebook page or follow us on Twitter and tell your friends to do the same. I’m putting up more videos of the Slow Boat crew on YouTube. Subscribe to my free newsletter at http://www.slowboatsailing.com for free books and boat repair and upgrade tips.  There you can also find a orange banner link at the bottom of the page and promo code to save $15 off your next purchase of $200+ at West Marine. Write a review on iTunes for the podcast or on Amazon for my books.  Finally, have some fun on the water!

Episode 25: More Hands on Deck’s Tyler Rowland Interviewed by Linus Wilson

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Our guest Tyler Rowland of the More Hands on Deck YouTube channel talks about his season 3 trying to sail from Louisiana to Panama with Vagabond Phil. The trip did not go as well as he hoped. He also talks about his new gig at Antlos in Venice, Italy. Antlos is a new “ArirBNB for boats.” In the bonus episodes for patrons, hear about his plans to return to his sailboat in La Paz, Mexico and eventually sail the South Pacific.

I talk about getting the boat for dry storage in Ecuador and the launch of our YouTube vlog series about our travels to the Cuba, transiting the Panama Canal, and crossing the equator. Subscribe to see ten highly-edited and fast-paced episodes of sailing offshore are planned and three are up. Subscribe to get the next episode of sailing to Cuba’s city stuck in the past, Neuva Gerona.

 

 

 

This episode is sponsored by Jenifer Clark’s Gulfstream. The Slow Boat crew relied on Jenifer Clark’s Gulfstream for their trip to Ecuador. Call 410-286-5270 or e-mail gulfstream@comcast.net so you can find out how their current and weather routing can aid you in your next blue water voyage.

 

YOU CAN GET ALL THE BONUS EPISODES IF YOU PLEDGE AS LITTLE AS $1 TO THE SLOW BOAT SAILING PODAST’S PATREON SITE.  HALF OF THIS WEEK’S INTERVIEW IS ONLY AVAILABLE TO THOSE WHO PLEDGE ON PATREON. EVERY EPISODE SINCE EPISODE 10 HAS HAD A BONUS EPISODE.  PATRONS GET TO LISTEN TO ALL THE BONUS EPISODES.  ALL PATRONS ARE GIVEN THE AUDIOBOOK OF THE #1 SAILING BESTSELLER HOW TO SAIL AROUND THE WORLD PART-TIME. 

There are many ways to support the podcast in addition to being a patron.

Thanks for joining the voyage!  Check out my book How to Sail Around the World Part-Time, which is now available as an album on iTunes or Amazon. Links to my books are at my website. Buy How to Sail Around the World Part-Time or Slow Boat to the Bahamas at Amazon. Both books have been #1 bestsellers in the Amazon sailing eBook categories. (If you are a non-US Amazon customer, e-mail me at linuswilson outlook [dot] com, and I’ll send you the link addresses for your country’s site.)  Like our Facebook page or follow us on Twitter and tell your friends to do the same. I’m putting up more videos of the Slow Boat crew on YouTube. Subscribe to my free newsletter at http://www.slowboatsailing.com for free books and boat repair and upgrade tips.  There you can also find a orange banner link at the bottom of the page and promo code to save $15 off your next purchase of $200+ at West Marine. Write a review on iTunes for the podcast or on Amazon for my books.  Finally, have some fun on the water!

Plan for YouTube vlog of Our Past Season Sailing to Cuba, Transiting the Panama Canal, and Crossing the Equator

The first of three Cuba videos is up.  The rest will be released in the next several weeks.  I only make visually-interesting, short videos, with lots of cuts based on the sailing we have done. If we haven’t done the sailing or visited an interesting port, then I won’t post a video in our new vlog series season 1 on YouTube.

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The current season has three episodes videos up with more to come. Check out the trailer preview. In 2017 we sailing to Galapagos and French Polynesia. I think there are a lot of popular channels with episode 100, and they have never left their home county and are still fixing their boat, but they say they are sailing around the world. Our vlog will put you in the 31′ sailboat of the round the world trip right away your won’t have to wait until video 500 to see us get on the trade wind circumnavigation route transiting the Panama Canal. The Panama Canal transit is scheduled to be video 9.  The season finale of sailing offshore two weeks for Ecuador will not be released until summer 2017. I expect the first 9 videos will be out before the end of 2016.

S1E0: Trailer for Sailing to Cuba, Panama Canal, and Ecuador

S1E1: Sailing Offshore from New Orleans to St. Petersburg

S1E2: Venice Inlet, Preparing to Sail Offshore to Cuba

S1E3: Sailing to Cuba’s Cabo San Antonio, the End of the Earth

S1E4: Neuva Gerona, Cuba, Sailing to the City Stuck in the Past (not released)

S1E5: Cayo Largo, Cuba, Sailing to Paradise (not released)

S1E6: Providencia, Sailing Across the Caribbean to the Pirate Island (not released)

S1E7: Sailing Offshore to Panama to Shelter Bay Marina in Colon (not released)

S1E8: Detained by Customs in Panama City Airport After Visiting New Orleans (not released)

S1E9: Transiting the Panama Canal in a 31′ Sailboat (not released)

S1E10: Crossing the Equator in a Sailboat with a 5-year-old Fighting Seasickness, Headwinds, and Engine Breakdown (not released)

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Happy sailing and viewing.