Sailing in the Mediterranean and Beyond (Franz)

This week we talk about Boat electrical systems with Jeff Cote of Pacific Yacht Systems (from the Pacific Yacht System home page) Pacific Yacht Systems is based in Richmond B.C. and specializes in marine electronics and electrical systems. We provide customized solutions for vessels of all sizes (powerboats or sailboats). We serve boat owners across the Lower Mainland and in other areas of coastal B.C. We are proud members of the ABYC and NMEA and are certified dealers/installers of Garmin and Raymarine navigation systems.Our customized solutions include design, installation, service and support activities. Our technicians have the expertise to work with power, navigation, communications and entertainment systems onboard your vessel. Pacific Yacht Systems works with you to maximize safety, comfort and performance so that your boat is right for you. To learn more about the solutions we offer, visit our Solutions page. Although PYS does not sell products, we can keep you better informed and even hep you make your purchase decisions. For this, we created the Product Reviews and Ask PYS pages on our website. If you have any questions about your boat you would like answered, email ask@pysystems.ca. PYS also has a regular column, aptly named Tech Talk, in Pacific Yachting magazine. The column discusses topics related to the changing world of technology and boating, and how electronics and electrical systems help create a safe and enjoyable boating experience. The benefits of dealing with PYS work together to simplify your boating experience. And that means you have more time to enjoy your boat! Pacific Yacht Systems is the vision of Jeff Cote. Jeff combined his professional expertise with his passion for boating when he started Pacific Yacht Systems Inc. A systems design engineer (BASc), he graduated from the University of Waterloo, known for its excellence in technical education, and worked as a technical solutions consultant to a number of Fortune 500 companies. Jeff is actively involved in the National Marine Electronics Association (NMEA) and is a member of its Certified Marine Electronics Technician development committee. As Western Canada's only NMEA instructor, he holds a NMEA advanced marine electronic installer certification; he also holds marine electrical certification through the American Boat and Yacht Council. Jeff is a certified installer of Raymarine and Garmin electronics. Satori II, Jeff's Catalina 36MkI sailboat, is moored on the Sunshine Coast, ready to go whenever he has a chance. His favourite cruising grounds are Barkley Sound and the Broughton Archipelago. http://www.pysystems.ca/ jeff_cote@hotmail.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcP4olCz6Rw&feature=youtu.be Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam Price $29.99 https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh 8 Hours 10 Minutes: 23 Lessons audio course If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2016 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

Sailing in the Mediterranean Episode 87 Southern Ionian Islands Greece This week I talk about my suggestion for a 1 week charter in the Ionian Islands with a 1 year old child on board. Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam Price $29.99 https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh 8 Hours 10 Minutes: 23 Lessons audio course If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2016 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

This week I interview Matt Grant of Sailrite. We had phone problems so this is part 1 of 2 http://www.sailrite.com/ Above is a picture of the Ultrafeed LSZ-1 and LS-1 sewing machines Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2016 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

This week I interview Matt Grant of Sailrite. We had phone problems so this is part 2 of 2 http://www.sailrite.com/  Above is a picture of the Ultrafeed LSZ-1 and LS-1 sewing machines Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2016 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

Sailing in the Mediterranean Episode 90 Jack Edwards Arduino autopilot This week I have the opportunity to interview Jack Edwards. Jack Edwards is a retired mechanical engineer and sailor who keeps up boat in the Pacific North West. Jack has taken some very simple components and made them into an autopilot. The autopilot is based on the Arduino microcontroller and a few other called components that we discuss in this interview. If you would like to receive more information including schematics and the code which is used to make this project Jack is requested that you write him a direct e-mail. This e-mail address is coyotewaits3@gmail.com Here is a link to the YouTube video which shows his initial prototype in action. He's improved upon this initial prototype and is now into probably his third iteration of his initial design. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nA6wo9PXls Here is a link to another blog that talks about Jacks Arduino autopilot http://themarineinstallersrant.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-arduino-autopilot-that-jack-built.html In the podcast I mentioned that I started learning to program the Arduino microprocessor by watching a series of lessons created for high school students. The website for these lessons is: http://www.toptechboy.com/arduino-lessons/ And the Arduino website is https://www.arduino.cc/ If you have comments or suggestions for future podcasts please contact me by using the contact form at the website. Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2016 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

This week I talked to Vinny Gallagher the producer director and co actor of the YouTube series "Sailing Nervous". we talked about how he decided to become a sailor and his journey to make an offer on a moody 30 foot sailboat. Below are links to his YouTube channel and his introductory YouTube video. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4x5ZeAGz8Z_k0TzQO6fYIQ If you have comments or suggestions for future podcasts please contact me by using the contact form at the website. Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2016 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

Sailing in the Mediterranean Episode 92 Bruce Schwab of Ocean Planet Energy http://www.bruceschwab.com/ About Bruce Schwab and OceanPlanet Bruce Schwab is a lifelong marine services professional and two-time solo circumnavigator. Bruce Schwab Ocean Planet As an adolescent he spent two years cruising with his father and brothers. Afterwards, settling in Northern California he led the Rigging Shop at Svendsens Marine from 1981 to 2000 During this time he restored his 1930 30sq Meter “Rumbleseat” (now based in Tortola as “Diva”). After winning many crewed, double-handed, and solo sailing races, including the 1996 Singlehanded Transpac aboard Rumbleseat, he retired from Svendsens to oversee the design & building of the all-American Open 60 OceanPlanet. After completing his first circumnavigation in the 2002/2003 Around Alone Race, he came to Portland, Maine to refit OceanPlanet for the 2004/2005 Vendee Globe Race (solo, nonstop, around the world). On February 25, 2005, Bruce became the first American in history to officially finish the Vendee Globe, and currently holds the American solo circumnavigation record of 109 days and 20 hours. Since then he has devoted himself to providing clients anywhere in the world with the best marine energy storage and charging systems. Now living in the mid-coast town of Woolwich, Maine, Bruce is an avid bicycle racer and regularly plays his collection of acoustic guitars. You can check out his blog posts from the Around Alone and Vendée Globe races here. http://oceanplanet.org/news_list.asp Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2016 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

This is the fourth part of the interview with my friend Dan Culpepper after his epic voyage aboard sailing vessel Heldeleine across the Atlantic and into the Mediterranean. In This episode we make it to his wintering spot in Gaeta Italy. Here is a link to his website:http://sailingheldeleine.com/resources/ Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2016 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

This is my second interview with the delightful Kim Brown of sailing Britican. In this episode we talk about her Atlantic crossing from the Mediterranean and the easy life in the Caribbean and other topics that come up. ©Sailing Britican.com Kim Brown the author of Sailing Britican  her blog was rated as one of the top 10 sailing blogs by Top 10: Sailing and Travel Blogs | Sailing Blog | Zizoo.com Kim is a real delight to talk to and her blog can be found at http://www.sailingbritican.com/ Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2016 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

In this episode I interview the yacht broker Alex Chidiac about the process of buying a boat in Europe with specific information on the process and steps involved. Alex also helped me understand the process of the chemistry shrouded process of the European VAT taxes. Here is his contact information. Alex Chidiac Managing Director Artisan Yacht Sales Greece 14B Korai Street, Ekali, Athens Chidiac Building 7th Floor, El Mina, Tripoli Work mob (LEB): (+961) 79 153 302 Work mob (GRE): (+30) 694 4079153 Skype: alex.chid alex@artisanyachtsales.com Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2016 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

This week I talk to Linus Wilson about his books and cruising plans. Here is information Alex shared with me to pass on to you: Here is a link to Linus Wilsons' Podcast https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/slow-boat-sailing/id1084423845?mt=2 Check out Linus Wilson’s book How to Sail Around the World Part-Time, which is now available as an MP3 album on iTunes or Amazon. Links to his books are at www.slowboatsailing.com. Buy How to Sail Around the World Part-Time or Slow Boat to the Bahamas. Both books have been #1 bestsellers in the Amazon sailing eBook categories. Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2016 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

I talk about my thoughts and suggested itinerary for a 1 week bare boat charter out of Dubrovnik.   Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2016 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

Sailing in the Mediterranean Episode 98 Montenegro Charter I talk about my thoughts and suggested itinerary for a 1 week bare boat charter going south out of Dubrovnik. And then further on a one week charter in Montenegro. If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2016 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

This week I answer a listener question about Sailing in Albania. 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-mediterranean/id566678892?mt=2 Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam 7.1 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to go sailing and also to prepare you for the written portion of the ASA 101 written exam. https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2016 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

In this episode I talk to our resident Admiralty law expert John Fulweiler and we discuss the possible ways you might choose to register or document your boat.  If you have questions for John drop me a note and perhaps he will answer them in future episodes.  John's website is http://www.saltwaterlaw.com/ After the podcast was released I received this email from a listener: Hey Franz, I am listening to your podcast about US documentation and I think there should be a correction about the "built in the US" requirement you discussed. I think the official line is that: 'Evidence that a vessel was built in the U.S. is required for a vessel which is to be used in the fisheries or coastwise trade' My Beneteau 50, used for recreation,  was built in France but is a US Documented vessel. I think the owner being a US citizen is the important issue. Hope this clarifies things a bit. Love the show, as always! Regards, Dan. Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2016 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

Brian and Stephanie of Sailing Detour This week I interview Brian and Stephanie, two young Americans who quit their jobs and are now living the dream. In this discussion we talked about their travels through the European canals to arrive at their current location in Denmark. Brian and Stephanie kept a great blog, here are links to their blogs http://blog.sailingdetour.com/ http://sailingdetour.com/ http://rodetrip.net/ In the conversation they mentioned a source of great information for sailing the European canals this is a series of online publications by Tom Sommers I plan on interviewing Tom in a future podcast here is his website: http://eurocanals.com/ Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2016 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

My suggestions for a 1 week charter from Split Croatia First of all get this book and plan your own then listen to my ideas: 777 Harbours and Anchorages Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro and Albania Karl Heinz Bestandig & Dario Silvestro 777 contains detailed, up-to-date information on more than 1000 ports and anchorages. The technical details of greatest interest to pleasure yachters are combined with useful information on each harbour and anchorage, including phone contacts for marinas and harbourmasters, available facilities and moorings, and provisioning. Alongside the main harbours, are charts showing solitary, little known coves. https://www.imray.com/publications/Imray+Pilots/Pilots+and+Cruising+Guides/Mediterranean/RB0625/ BOBOVISZA, BRAC Island Krka FallsMilna, Brac IslandMilna, Brac Island 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-mediterranean/id566678892?mt=2 Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Costal Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam over 9 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to go sailing and also to prepare you for the written portion of the ASA 103 written exam. https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2016 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

In this episode I interview Bonnie and David of Chillout Sailing http://chilloutsailing.com/ David – the Skipper David is French and was born and raised in the city of Nantes. He received his Master’s degree in International Business and is a fan of the sailing world. On the side he enjoys being physically active by mountain biking, snowboarding, windsurfing and hiking. He has well traveled throughout Europe, touched upon the U.S.A., North Africa and has lived in Ireland, the Netherlands and Brazil. Bonnie – the Chef Bonnie is first generation American with Cambodian origins. She is native Californian and was born and raised in Orange County. Her heart remains in Berkeley, a lively college town where she received her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology at UC Berkeley. Like David, Bonnie is quite a globe trotter and has lived in Turkey, Brazil, India and France. Her passions lies along yoga, cooking, well-being and teaching English. David and Bonnie lived together on a 38 feet sailboat in a cute town called Martigues in the south of France. They have knowledge in English, French, Portuguese, Spanish and Khmer (Cambodian) and are passionate about sailing, traveling, discovering and sharing culture. 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-mediterranean/id566678892?mt=2 Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Costal Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam over 9 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to go sailing and also to prepare you for the written portion of the ASA 103 written exam. https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2016 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

I interview Čedo Perić a veteran of sailing out of Split Croatia and he gives us some insights and suggested sailing ideas from Split Croatia He has a website and rents his boat out on AIRBNB here is the website. http://www.saracenyacht.xyz/ He shared the photos below with us.   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-mediterranean/id566678892?mt=2 Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Costal Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam over 9 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to go sailing and also to prepare you for the written portion of the ASA 103 written exam. https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2016 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

This first part of a two-part episode with Dr. Joe Alton and Nurse Amy better known as Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy They run the podcast the 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.gcnlive.com/americanSurvivalRadio/feed.xml I highly recommend to you have this book on your bookshelf The Survival Medicine Handbook Their website with much more information is: https://www.doomandbloom.net/ They also did several podcasts on surviving on a raft in the ocean https://www.doomandbloom.net/lost-at-sea-part-1/ http://www.blogtalkradio.com/survivalmedicine/2015/04/19/survival-medicine-hour-giardia-survival-at-sea-black-mold https://www.doomandbloom.net/lost-at-sea-part-2/ https://www.doomandbloom.net/lost-at-sea-part-3/ 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-mediterranean/id566678892?mt=2 Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Costal Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam over 9 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to go sailing and also to prepare you for the written portion of the ASA 103 written exam. https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2016 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

This is the second part of a two-part episode with Dr. Joe Alton and Nurse Amy better known as Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy They run the podcast the 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.gcnlive.com/americanSurvivalRadio/feed.xml I highly recommend to you have this book on your bookshelf The Survival Medicine Handbook Their website with much more information is: https://www.doomandbloom.net/ They also did several podcasts on surviving on a raft in the ocean https://www.doomandbloom.net/lost-at-sea-part-1/ http://www.blogtalkradio.com/survivalmedicine/2015/04/19/survival-medicine-hour-giardia-survival-at-sea-black-mold https://www.doomandbloom.net/lost-at-sea-part-2/ https://www.doomandbloom.net/lost-at-sea-part-3/ 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-mediterranean/id566678892?mt=2 Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Costal Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam over 9 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to go sailing and also to prepare you for the written portion of the ASA 103 written exam. https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2016 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

In this episode I talk about this summer's itinerary and the adventures of traveling to and from Turkey. I also give some thoughts on my outlook for the Turkish economy. This summer I sailed in Sweden with my listener and friend Neil Fletcher. Neil and I will be doing a podcast going into much more detail of the trip, but I give a quick brief overview of my observations of Sweden. Love the Sauna on the Dock! Huvudskar Summer Route 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-mediterranean/id566678892?mt=2 Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Costal Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam over 9 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to go sailing and also to prepare you for the written portion of the ASA 103 written exam. https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2016 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

  This is the first part of a two-part interview where Neil Fletcher and I discuss our trip in the summer of 2016 through the Swedish archipelago. Regular listeners will remember Neil, who first came on the podcast a year or two ago to talk about his experiences chartering in Croatia. He then joined myself and Jack Andrys for a weeklong jaunt aboard my boat See Dream through Greece and Turkey in 2015. Neil enjoyed the experience so much that he bought his own boat, Arcturus, a 1966 Allied Seabreeze yawl, sight unseen, in the Fall of 2015 from Andy Schell of the On The Wind podcast (formerly 59-north). Neil spent ten weeks in the Swedish archipelago this summer and is planning to repeat that experience, perhaps venturing further afield to Finland, in 2017. You can find much more detail about sailing in Sweden  at his website, sailingarcturus.com, where you'll  find information on specific destinations, tips on money, communications, getting around and general information on what is one of the world's great cruising destinations. Here's the route that. Neil and I discuss in these next two episodes. Below are a few images from my bear encounter that I discuss in the introduction to this podcast My daughter and I hiked up this trail a couple weeks later to get a photograph of the Aspen the delayed my walk up the trail and probably saved me a mauling by the bear. My photos of the bear cub climbing the tree (cub is circled in red) 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. Here is the link https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sailing-in-the-mediterranean/id566678892?mt=2 Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam Exam over 8 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to go sailing and also to prepare you for the written portion of the ASA 104 written exam. https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2016 Franz Amussen all rights reserved      

Neil, looking very happy with his new boat, at the Wasahamnen marina in central Stockholm This is the second part of a two-part interview where Neil Fletcher and I discuss our trip in the summer of 2016 through the Swedish archipelago. We discuss the small and delightful guest harbor at Smä Dalarö, the busy port of Sandhamn, which is considered the sailing capital of the archipelago, and some trouble we encountered battling swells and ferry traffic on the island of Moja. Neil has much more detail about sailing in Sweden available at his website, www.sailingarcturus.com Here's the route that. Neil and I discuss in these next two episodes.   My photos of the bear cub climbing the tree (cub is circled in red) 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. Here is the link https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sailing-in-the-mediterranean/id566678892?mt=2 Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam Exam over 8 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to go sailing and also to prepare you for the written portion of the ASA 104 written exam. https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2016 Franz Amussen all rights reserved      

Sailing in the Mediterranean Episode 110 Hugh Morrison s/y Savannah and the Corsica Classic In this episode. It's my delightful pleasure to interview Hugh Morrison. Hugh Morrison is the owner of the sailing yacht Savanna. Savanna is a classic 90 foot yacht built in 1997, the inspiration for this boat was from the classic J Sloops. Savannah participated in the Corsica classic Regatta this year. I talk to Hugh about the boat, his experiences sailing and his background. Hugh is a member of the Royal Yacht Squadron, which was founded in 1815 in the Thatched House Tavern in St James’s, London. Today the clubhouse is located in Cowes Castle on the Isle of Wight in the United Kingdom, the club’s patron is Queen Elizabeth II and the club’s Admiral is Prince Philip. The sailing yacht Savanna has its own website http://www.sysavannah.com/ I'm going to take some information from the website and place it below. In 1995, an American yachtsman hired Elizabeth Meyer’s J Class management to help him create a modern classic. He was inspired by the J Class sloops, William Fife and a number of other beautiful old yachts, but wanted a boat under 100' long. J Class selected Pedrick Yacht Designs in Newport, Rhode Island for hull and rig design, and John Munford Design in Southampton, England for interior styling. J Class, Pedrick, and Munford worked as a team to create Savannah. The result is a strikingly beautiful yacht that represents the paragon of 20th Century yacht design. Shortly after her launch in 1997 Savannah was awarded ‘Best Sailing Yacht’ by both Showboats International and the Super Yacht Society. Savannah has sailed and triumphed in many regattas around the world. In the words of her designer “Savannah’s long overhangs and high freeboard were inspired by the magnificent racing yachts of the 1930s. Her flush deck is accented by varnished teak skylights and coamings. Her beauty carries through a luxurious interior, with finely detailed, panelled mahogany joinery centred on a large and well-appointed saloon. With extensive day sailing and racing planned, there are staterooms for the owner, one guest couple and crew. Below the waterline, Savannah has an efficient cruising hullform, deep Pedrick Whale-Tail fin keel, and separate rudder. Engineered to last more than a century, her construction uses carbon fibre, Kevlar and PVC foam to be relatively lightweight but extremely robust. The tall, fractional rig, also in carbon fibre, drives Savannah to exhilarating speeds. In her creation, Pedrick has embodied the finest of classic style with the best of modern engineering and performance design.” I was introduced to Hugh Morrison by Sir Nigel Southward who I met while sailing in Italy and Croatia. several years ago. When I met Nigel. He was flying a white British Ensign. This is the first British boat that I had seen flying this Ensign so he educated me on the three different British ensigns. The only yacht club in Britain, which is allowed to fly the white Ensign is the Royal yacht squadron. Some information on the ensigns below. It was taken from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_ensign White Today's white ensign, as used by Royal Navy ships, incorporates the St George's Cross (St George's Ensign). British yachts owned by members of the Royal Yacht Squadron are authorised to apply for a permit to wear this ensign. Defaced white ensigns include that of the British Antarctic Territory. Blue The Blue Ensign (dark blue field with the Union Flag in the canton) undefaced is worn by masters of vessels in possession of a warrant issued by the Director of Naval Reserves, and by the members of certain yacht clubs. Such warrants are issued to officers in the active or retired lists of the Royal Naval Reserve and the maritime reserve forces of other Commonwealth realms and territories. The master must be of the rank of lieutenant RN or above, and fishing vessels must be crewed by at least four othe...

In this episode I interview Mike Chepurin. Mike is a frequent listener to the podcast and a while back asked me to describe what would be a good charter for a family with a child. I suggested the Ionians. He followed my suggestion and we talk about his experience in this episode. Here is a link to a short Video Mike shared with us https://youtu.be/4oZfawCpkPw In the introduction I talk about elk hunting and I mentioned I was going to post a photograph of the bull elk that my game camera took. So here is that photograph. In addition, there's a couple photographs of my view of the field of fire where I'm hunting. 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. Here is the link https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sailing-in-the-mediterranean/id566678892?mt=2 Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam Exam over 8 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to go sailing and also to prepare you for the written portion of the ASA 104 written exam. https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2016 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

This is the second part of my interview Mike Chepurin. Mike is a frequent listener to the podcast and a while back asked me to describe what would be a good charter for a family with a child. I suggested the Ionians. He followed my suggestion and we talk about his experience in this episode. Here is a link to a short Video Mike shared with us https://youtu.be/4oZfawCpkPw 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. Here is the link https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sailing-in-the-mediterranean/id566678892?mt=2 Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam Exam over 8 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to go sailing and also to prepare you for the written portion of the ASA 104 written exam. https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2016 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

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 create a high-tech event to circumnavigate the world on an open-deck beach catamaran. Fantastic support came from TIMBERLAND, NORTH SAILS UK, RIGEL COMPASSES, BROOKES & GATEHOUSE in the form of products - but no boat to float them on!! In the end it made sense to choose a less extreme catamaran that had living space below and gave a low-tech and low-expense way of getting afloat. The Wharram Tiki 21 design was the perfect choice. 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. Here is the link https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sailing-in-the-mediterranean/id566678892?mt=2 Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam Exam over 8 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to go sailing and also to prepare you for the written portion of the ASA 104 written exam. https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2016 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

This week I interview Louis Martins a long time listener and boat builder located in Lisbon Portugal. This is the first episode of what will probably be several episodes where we discuss the tools, materials and techniques of glass reinforced laminate's. In other words, learning to lay up graphite or fiberglass using mostly polyester or epoxy resins. If you buy or build a boat you're going to need to learn these techniques and while it's better to actually watch videos on this topic. Here you can at least get a head start in the terminology and the thought process of learning to use epoxy reinforced fiberglass, graphite or Kevlar and also using polyester resins with the same materials. Luis website is http://sailingscally.com/ Want me to go sailing with you? Then contact me! Be sure to sign for the newsletter if you want to receive 8 free audio lessons on learning to sail. 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-mediterranean/id566678892?mt=2 Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam Exam over 8 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to go sailing and also to prepare you for the written portion of the ASA 104 written exam. https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2016 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

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 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 beach catamaran. Fantastic support came from TIMBERLAND, NORTH SAILS UK, RIGEL COMPASSES, BROOKES & GATEHOUSE in the form of products - but no boat to float them on!! In the end it made sense to choose a less extreme catamaran that had living space below and gave a low-tech and low-expense way of getting afloat. The Wharram Tiki 21 design was the perfect choice. 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. Here is the link https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sailing-in-the-mediterranean/id566678892?mt=2 Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam Exam over 8 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to go sailing and also to prepare you for the written portion of the ASA 104 written exam. https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2016 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

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 Vesuvius. As we were in Naples, he suggested a Pizza place in town which, if we are lucky, would not yet have a line. We were pleasantly surprised to find no line at L’antica Pizzeria da Michele which is an unassuming place on a small side street that one would never know has the best pizza in Naples (and thereby Italy, and therefore in the world). Here there are exactly 3 items on the menu; Margherita, Margherita with extra cheese, and Marinara. We sat at the basic formica tables on simple chairs and ordered 5 pizzas and two bottles of still water for the seven of us which arrived in about 7 minutes. There was a signed photo on the wall above our table of Julia Roberts, who apparently added notoriety (especially for American tourists) by eating at this restaurant in “Eat, Pray, Love” (spectacularly awful movie). The pizza was fantastic which we ravenously devoured in 15 minutes. At this point the restaurant had filled with locals and tourists and a line had formed outside. Mario was waiting outside as routed through Naples, noting interesting items and facts about the city on our way to Vesuvius. He dropped us at the end of the road several hundred feet below the summit where we paid the park entrance fee and walked the mile or so to the top where we looked down into the caldera and had a hazy view of the entire bay of Naples including the Sorrento peninsula and Isle of Capri to the South and Procida and Ischia to the north west. Mario mentioned the haze was primarily from the unusually high humidity that day and not pollution. We spent 20 or so minutes at the top then returned to meet Mario at the drop off point. The drive to Castellammare di Stabia took about 45 minutes and he had to circle around the marina area and ask a couple of times to find Sun Charters (office marked with another charter company sign). The boat was ready early so we unloaded our luggage and send the kids aboard while Val, Holly and I had Mario take us to Auchan Pompei for provisions. Auchan is a supermarket / Mega store akin to Super Walmart in the states. We found everything we could want at very reasonable prices. We even picked up a couple of beach towels and a large “American style” pillow to augment the typical charter boat flat pillows. We spent 149€ on provisions for the week, thinking that we’d augment with local fresh bread and water each morning, eat breakfast and lunch on the boat and dine ashore each night which worked out quite well. We returned to the boat, arriving right around 5:45. Mario suggested 250€ for the nearly 7 hours of driving (normal rate is 100€ from Naples + 30€ / hour) and I threw in another 20€ tip (not expected in Italy but, alas, American habits die hard). Certainly, the hired van was a bit of a pricey extravagance but, the convenience and Mario’s local knowledge to get us the Pizza, tour of Naples, and especially finding the Charter company lead me to consider this money well spent. Nick, Scott and I did the boat check-out with Sun Charter personnel while the rest went ashore in search of Gelato and dinner. The check out was fairly basic with going through running the motor, explaining the instruments, and going through the electrical panel. Asked for and received helpful suggestions on good anchorages at the Islands and confirmation that Agropoly was worth a visit. I received the equipment list which I did inventory separately. When asked, I said we’d stay aboard that evening but would like to leave early in the morning.

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 sponsorship to create a high-tech event to circumnavigate the world on an open-deck beach catamaran. Fantastic support came from TIMBERLAND, NORTH SAILS UK, RIGEL COMPASSES, BROOKES & GATEHOUSE in the form of products - but no boat to float them on!! In the end it made sense to choose a less extreme catamaran that had living space below and gave a low-tech and low-expense way of getting afloat. The Wharram Tiki 21 design was the perfect choice. 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. Here is the link https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sailing-in-the-mediterranean/id566678892?mt=2 Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam Exam over 8 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to go sailing and also to prepare you for the written portion of the ASA 104 written exam. https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2016 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

This is the first of two interviews with Tom Morley. Tom is one of my listeners who took a bareboat charter in the Aegean islands of Greece in 2013. To document and share this trip he put together a YouTube video with a lot of photographs. Here's a link to that YouTube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGyzOZfKp7g Want me to go sailing with you? Then contact me! Be sure to sign for the newsletter if you want to receive 8 free audio lessons on learning to sail. 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-mediterranean/id566678892?mt=2 Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam over 9 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to go sailing and also to prepare you for the written portion of the ASA 103 written exam. https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2016 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

Sailing in the Mediterranean Episode 118 Bareboat Greece with Tom Morley pt 2 This is the second of two interviews with Tom Morley. Tom is one of my listeners who took a bareboat charter in the Aegean islands of Greece in 2013. To document and share this trip he put together a YouTube video with a lot of photographs. Here's a link to that YouTube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGyzOZfKp7g Be sure to sign for the newsletter if you want to receive 8 free audio lessons on learning to sail. 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-mediterranean/id566678892?mt=2 Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam over 9 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to go sailing and also to prepare you for the written portion of the ASA 103 written exam. https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2016 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

Sailing in the Mediterranean Episode 120 Kamau Iandiataiyero This is a pleasant and enjoyable interview with Kamau Iandiataiyero, Kamau has a YouTube channel this is a great resource for those of you who want to consider building your boat Kamau takes us through step-by-step the process he has been going through. https://www.youtube.com/user/kamauiandiataiyero Here's a description Kamau wrote about his YouTube channel: Greetings and welcome to Iandi Boats. I am a professional builder and have recently become a sailor and nautical designer. I decided to dedicate myself to sailing and the design, construction and improvement of sailing vessels. This channel will be dedicated to my journey into sailing, boat design and construction. Sit back and follow me on my journey. I hope you learn something new and are inspired to share with all who watch. Until next time... Peace and Blessings :-) Kamau During this interview Kamau was actually doing a video recording of me for his you tube project and the interview is located here: https://youtu.be/Ej1LOK6W2xE 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. Here is the link https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sailing-in-the-mediterranean/id566678892?mt=2 Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam Exam over 8 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to go sailing and also to prepare you for the written portion of the ASA 104 written exam. https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2017 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

This is the first part of a multi-part series where I talked to Jack Andrys about the purchase of his boat in Slovenia this summer and is working his self down the coast and eventually ending up in Sicily. In this episode check buys his boat in Slovenia sales over to Italy visits Venice and then comes back over to Croatia and starts working his way down the coast. Here is a link to Jack's Facebook page where you can see a lot of images and videos of his trip this last summer.https://www.facebook.com/sailingvesna/ And here is a video of him sailing into Venice: Venice July 2016 s/v Vesna In July 2016 we were fortunate to have the opportunity to take our boat Vesna up to the entrance of the Grand Canal. Posted by SV Vesna on Sunday, November 13, 2016 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. Here is the link https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sailing-in-the-mediterranean/id566678892?mt=2 Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam Exam over 8 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to go sailing and also to prepare you for the written portion of the ASA 104 written exam. https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2017 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

This is the second part of a multi-part series where I talked to Jack Andrys about the purchase of his boat in Slovenia this summer and is working his self down the coast and eventually ending up in Sicily. In this episode check buys his boat in Slovenia sales over to Italy visits Venice and then comes back over to Croatia and starts working his way down the coast. Here is a link to Jack's Facebook page where you can see a lot of images and videos of his trip this last summer.https://www.facebook.com/sailingvesna/   Reaching south from Zagreb and out of the marina so as to be on anchor tonight Posted by SV Vesna on Thursday, August 25, 2016 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. Here is the link https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sailing-in-the-mediterranean/id566678892?mt=2 Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam Exam over 8 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to go sailing and also to prepare you for the written portion of the ASA 104 written exam. https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2017 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

This is the third part of a multi-part series where I talked to Jack Andrys about the purchase of his boat in Slovenia this summer and then working down the coast and eventually ending up in Sicily. In this episode We start in Italy and end in Zadar Croatia. Here is a link to Jack's Facebook page where you can see a lot of images and videos of his trip this last summer. https://www.facebook.com/sailingvesna/ Reaching south from Zagreb and out of the marina so as to be on anchor tonight Posted by SV Vesna on Thursday, August 25, 2016 This episodes is the first 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/z4CIPSfOOB0 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. Here is the link https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sailing-in-the-mediterranean/id566678892?mt=2 Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam Exam over 8 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to go sailing and also to prepare you for the written portion of the ASA 104 written exam. https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2017 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

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 world on an open-deck beach catamaran. Fantastic support came from TIMBERLAND, NORTH SAILS UK, RIGEL COMPASSES, BROOKES & GATEHOUSE in the form of products - but no boat to float them on!! In the end it made sense to choose a less extreme catamaran that had living space below and gave a low-tech and low-expense way of getting afloat. The Wharram Tiki 21 design was the perfect choice. 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. Here is the link https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sailing-in-the-mediterranean/id566678892?mt=2 Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam Exam over 8 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to go sailing and also to prepare you for the written portion of the ASA 104 written exam. https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2017 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

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 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 beach catamaran. Fantastic support came from TIMBERLAND, NORTH SAILS UK, RIGEL COMPASSES, BROOKES & GATEHOUSE in the form of products - but no boat to float them on!! In the end it made sense to choose a less extreme catamaran that had living space below and gave a low-tech and low-expense way of getting afloat. The Wharram Tiki 21 design was the perfect choice. 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. Here is the link https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sailing-in-the-mediterranean/id566678892?mt=2 Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam Exam over 8 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to go sailing and also to prepare you for the written portion of the ASA 104 written exam. https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh

If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links:

Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2017 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

This week I interview Luis Martins a long time listener and boat builder located in Lisbon Portugal. This is the second episode of what will probably be several episodes where we discuss the tools, materials and techniques of glass reinforced laminate's. In other words, learning to lay up graphite or fiberglass using mostly polyester or epoxy resins. If you buy or build a boat you're going to need to learn these techniques and while it's better to actually watch videos on this topic. Here you can at least get a head start in the terminology and the thought process of learning to use epoxy reinforced fiberglass, graphite or Kevlar and also using polyester resins with the same materials. West System web site http://www.westsystem.com/ss/ Fiberglass Tools http://www.tapplastics.com/product/supplies_tools/fiberglass_tools_supplies Louis talks about Pee-Ply http://www.clcboats.com/shoptips/epoxy_and_fiberglass/peel-ply-release-fabric.html Plastic Rollers http://www.tapplastics.com/product/supplies_tools/fiberglass_tools_supplies/bubble_buster_rollers/186 Luis website is http://sailingscally.com/ Want me to go sailing with you? Then contact me! Be sure to sign for the newsletter if you want to receive 8 free audio lessons on learning to sail. 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-mediterranean/id566678892?mt=2 Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam Exam over 8 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to go sailing and also to prepare you for the written portion of the ASA 104 written exam. https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2017 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

This is the fourth part of a multi-part series where I talked to Jack Andrys about the purchase of his boat in Slovenia this summer and then working down the coast and eventually ending up in Sicily. In this episode We start in Zadar Croatia and end in Bobovisce Croatia. Here is a link to Jack's Facebook page where you can see a lot of images and videos of his trip this last summer. https://www.facebook.com/sailingvesna/   Please Consider supporting the podcast on Patreon 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. Here is the Subscribe in iTunes link  https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sailing-in-the-mediterranean/id566678892?mt=2     Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam Exam over 8 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to go sailing and also to prepare you for the written portion of the ASA 104 written exam. https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2017 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

This week I interview . This is the third episode of what will probably be several episodes where we discuss the tools, materials and techniques of glass reinforced laminate's with Louis Martins a long time listener and boat builder located in Lisbon Portugal. In other words he is teaching us how to lay up graphite or fiberglass using mostly polyester or epoxy resins and fiberglass repair techniques. If you buy or build a boat you're going to need to learn these techniques and while it's better to actually watch videos on this topic. Here you can at least get a head start in the terminology and the thought process of learning to use epoxy reinforced fiberglass, graphite or Kevlar and also using polyester resins with the same materials. Here is some information on Nomex Nomex Honeycomb http://www.fibreglast.com/product/Nomex_Honeycomb_1562/Vacuum_Bagging_Sandwich_Core Luis website is http://sailingscally.com/ Please Consider supporting the podcast on Patreon Want me to go sailing with you? Then contact me! Be sure to sign for the newsletter if you want to receive 8 free audio lessons on learning to sail. 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-mediterranean/id566678892?mt=2 Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam Exam over 8 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to go sailing and also to prepare you for the written portion of the ASA 104 written exam. https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2017 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

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 world on an open-deck beach catamaran. Fantastic support came from TIMBERLAND, NORTH SAILS UK, RIGEL COMPASSES, BROOKES & GATEHOUSE in the form of products - but no boat to float them on!! In the end it made sense to choose a less extreme catamaran that had living space below and gave a low-tech and low-expense way of getting afloat. The Wharram Tiki 21 design was the perfect choice. Please Consider supporting the podcast on Patreon 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. Here is the link https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sailing-in-the-mediterranean/id566678892?mt=2 Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam Exam over 8 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to go sailing and also to prepare you for the written portion of the ASA 104 written exam. https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2017 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

In this episode I discuss my thought process about Route Planning and I go thought the process of planning out one of three possible routes I may use for this summer. Please Consider supporting the podcast on Patreon 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. Here is the link https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sailing-in-the-mediterranean/id566678892?mt=2 Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam Exam over 8 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to go sailing and also to prepare you for the written portion of the ASA 104 written exam. https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2017 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

There was a problem with the previous audio file for this Episode so it is being re-released with a fixed audio file. This week I interview . This is the fourth episode of what will probably be several episodes where we discuss the tools, materials and techniques of glass reinforced laminate's with Louis Martins a long time listener and boat builder located in Lisbon Portugal. In other words he is teaching us how to lay up graphite or fiberglass using mostly polyester or epoxy resins and fiberglass repair techniques. If you buy or build a boat you're going to need to learn these techniques and while it's better to actually watch videos on this topic. Here you can at least get a head start in the terminology and the thought process of learning to use epoxy reinforced fiberglass, graphite or Kevlar and also using polyester resins with the same materials. This week we concentrate on Fillers Here is some information for web sources for this: Interguard 821 Filler http://www.international-marine.com/products/info/intergard-821.aspx http://www.international-marine.com/PDS/194-M-eng-A4.pdf International Watertight Filler http://www.yachtpaint.com/gbr/diy/products/fillers/watertite.aspx http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PfW9ChSbKU Bondo http://bondo.com/ 3m Acrylic Filler https://www.amazon.com/3M-05096-Acryl-Green-Spot-Putty/dp/B004BZOTQQ http://www.fiberglasssupply.com/Product_Catalog/Fillers/fillers.html West 407 Low Density Filler, a blended microballoon filler used to make fairing putties that are easy to sand. Reasonably strong on a strength to weight basis. Cures to a reddish brown color. MSDS West 410 Microlight, an ideal low density filler for creating a light easily worked fairing compound. Not recommended under dark paint or other surfaces subject to high temperatures. Cures to a tan color. MSDS Luis website is http://sailingscally.com/ Please Consider supporting the podcast on Patreon Want me to go sailing with you? Then contact me! Want me to go sailing with you? Then contact me! Be sure to sign for the newsletter if you want to receive 8 free audio lessons on learning to sail. 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-mediterranean/id566678892?mt=2 Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam Exam over 8 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to go sailing and also to prepare you for the written portion of the ASA 104 written exam. https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2017 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

Ian and Tyler Drogan and some friends chartered a Bareboat in Greece this summer here is part 2 of their story; Here is some other information Tyler shared with me: here is a website we made prior to the trip and updated during the trip http://www.windandrock.com It has information and blog posts about the trip. As far as other info: Sail Ways website http://www.sailways.gr/ My personal website if anyone wants to get in contact http://www.tylerdrogin.com Link to part 1 of a story I wrote about the journey in Charter Savvy http://www.bluetoad.com/publication/?m=22688&l=1#{"issue_id":370217,"page":62} http://www.sailways.gr/ is the charter company they used. Here are some photos they shared with me:     Please Consider supporting the podcast on Patreon 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. Here is the link https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sailing-in-the-mediterranean/id566678892?mt=2 Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam Exam over 8 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to go sailing and also to prepare you for the written portion of the ASA 104 written exam. https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2017 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

This week I talk to Matt Grant VP of Sailrite.  Sailrite is a sponsor of this podcast and a company I fully endorse personally.  Check out their website http://sailrite.com   Please Consider supporting the podcast on Patreon 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. Here is the link https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sailing-in-the-mediterranean/id566678892?mt=2 Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam Exam over 8 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to go sailing and also to prepare you for the written portion of the ASA 104 written exam. https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2017 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

This is the fifth episode on laminate working and this one is on tools and techniques for vacuum bagging of composite reinforced laminate's with Louis Martins a long time listener and boat builder located in Lisbon Portugal. If you buy or build a boat you're going to need to learn these techniques and while it's better to actually watch videos on this topic. Here you can at least get a head start in the terminology and the thought process of learning to use epoxy reinforced fiberglass, graphite or Kevlar and also using polyester resins with the same materials.   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-mediterranean/id566678892?mt=2 Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam Exam over 8 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to go sailing and also to prepare you for the written portion of the ASA 104 written exam. https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. If you would like a personal phone consultation on sailing in Turkey or Greece please feel free to contact me. $75 for 1/2 hr and $125 for a 1 hour session. ©2017 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

Ian and Tyler Drogan and some friends chartered a Bareboat in Greece this summer here is part 1 of their story; Here is some other information Tyler shared with me: here is a website we made prior to the trip and updated during the trip http://www.windandrock.com It has information and blog posts about the trip. As far as other info: Sail Ways website http://www.sailways.gr/ My personal website if anyone wants to get in contact http://www.tylerdrogin.com Link to part 1 of a story I wrote about the journey in Charter Savvy http://www.bluetoad.com/publication/?m=22688&l=1#{"issue_id":370217,"page":62} http://www.sailways.gr/ is the charter company they used. Here are some photos they shared with me: DCIM101GOPROG0288648. Please Consider supporting the podcast on Patreon 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. Here is the link https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sailing-in-the-mediterranean/id566678892?mt=2 Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam Exam over 8 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to go sailing and also to prepare you for the written portion of the ASA 104 written exam. https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2017 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

This week I answer some questions that came in from a British listener about: Past Episodes Boat drinking water Tender/dinghy security Here are links to the products that I use and recommend Katadyn Pocket Water Microfilter Sawyer Products SP128 Mini Water Filtration System Please Consider supporting the podcast on Patreon 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. Here is the link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sailing-in-the-mediterranean/id566678892?mt=2 Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam Exam over 8 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to go sailing and also to prepare you for the written portion of the ASA 104 written exam. https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. If you would like a personal phone consultation on sailing in Turkey or Greece please contact me. $75 for 1/2 hr and $125 for a 1 hour consult. ©2017 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

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 beach catamaran. Fantastic support came from TIMBERLAND, NORTH SAILS UK, RIGEL COMPASSES, BROOKES & GATEHOUSE in the form of products - but no boat to float them on!! In the end it made sense to choose a less extreme catamaran that had living space below and gave a low-tech and low-expense way of getting afloat. The Wharram Tiki 21 design was the perfect choice. Please Consider supporting the podcast on Patreon 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. Here is the link https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sailing-in-the-mediterranean/id566678892?mt=2 Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam Exam over 8 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to go sailing and also to prepare you for the written portion of the ASA 104 written exam. https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2017 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

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/marine-filtration-rcr 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 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: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam Exam over 8 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to   go sailing and also to prepare you for the written portion of the ASA 104 written exam. https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or  

In this episode I talk with David Baird David just bought a boat in Palma Mallorca and sailed it to Corfu by way or Tunisia. He tells a great story! Here is a YouTube video of his boat before he purchased it! https://youtu.be/bCPoKDKg34Q 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 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: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam Exam over 8 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to   go sailing and also to prepare you for the written portion of the ASA 104 written exam. https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2017 Franz Amussen all rights reserved  

Neil Fletcher Reports on the So Cal 300 My good friend Neil Fletcher just completed the Southern California 300 mile yacht race (the SoCal 300). Neil took it upon himself to record this story for us. It's a great story Neil told me that in the process of creating this audio story he enjoyed learning some new skills in audio editing and interviewing techniques. I hope Neil continues to be my Southern California correspondent. Great Job Neil! Thanks I would love to have other listeners provide audio content telling us about their stories so feel free to contribute! 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 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: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam Exam over 8 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to   go sailing and also to prepare you for the written portion of the ASA 104 written exam. https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2017 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

Want to go sailing with me this summer? In this episode I talk crew opening positions for the summer of 2017 and engine oil change tips. Also I go over a reader’s letter. I will be installing a Furlex roller on my staysail this summer I found this great video on the installation process! https://youtu.be/cgPgVY1aWsU 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 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: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam Exam over 8 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to   go sailing and also to prepare you for the written portion of the ASA 104 written exam. https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2017 Franz Amussen all rights reserved  

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 whether planning they are: https://www.windy.com/ http://inavx.com/ Predictwind.com All three have apps for smartphones. Below is a screenshot of the thunderstorm predicting page of windy.com I still have a few open crew positions for the summer of 2017 sail from Turkey to Croatia, if you are interested write me a note by using the contact form of the website. 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 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: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam Exam over 8 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to       go sailing and also to prepare you for the written portion of the ASA 104 written exam. https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me.   ©2017 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

Sailing in the Mediterranean Episode 3,Interview with sailor Andrew Vik published originally on Sept 12, 2012   I conducted this interview with Andrew Vik . I am looking for other sailors to interview if you have any ideas please contact me! seedream@medsailor.com Also check out my books:     Also consider purchasing my books on Amazon And Bareboat Yacht Chartering in Turkey 2012

Sailing in Croatia and Montenegro. rewind episode I will be back at the end of this summer it will be interesting to see the changes this episode was first published on Sept 18, 2012 Sailing in the Mediterranean Episode 2, 2012 summer sail Croatia, Montenegro, Albania Summer 2012 sail This is the first of several episodes that talk about my summer sail from Croatia to Turkey. This podcast covers Croatia Montenegro and Albania   If you have some good sailing or travel stories to tell please contact me and I would enjoy conducting an interview via Skype you can reach me at seedream@medsailor.com Also consider purchasing my books on Amazon And Bareboat Yacht Chartering in Turkey 2012

Going from Dreamer to Sailor I am out sailing here is my story published first on Oct 18 2012 This is the story of how I went from being a dreamer of being a sailor as a child in landlocked Utah to realizing my dream and becoming a sailor with my boat in the Mediterranean.

While I am out making memories here is a past episode from March 1 2013 This makes it easy and fun! Thanks for the letters. Today I answer the following letters ( I have taken off any personal information and just republished the letters below). Keep them coming! BTW I mentioned the wonderful weather routing free service that Herb Hilgenberg, SOUTH BOUND II has offered for many years for those sailors crossing the Atlantic. Here is his web page. http://www3.sympatico.ca/hehilgen/vax498.htm   --------------------- Jules and I love your casts, we come from Australia We are thinking of buying a boat in the Med. We are wondering in your experience how much of the asked price we could expect to pay. We are especially interested considering the financial state of the Eurozone. Eventually we are planning to leave the Med via the straits of Gibraltar , across the Atlantic, through the Caribbean ,out the Panama , across the Pacific and home to Australia, we may detour via New Zealand . We have been planning now for 2 years and figure the end of this year/early 2013 will be time to go. We are aware entering the Med in February means it is reasonably cold ~ will this make dealing with brokers and vendors more difficult? Any thoughts you have would brighten our day and help our retirement. Look forward to your next cast..... Cheers from hot and sunny Australia. Hi Franz, I´m a guy in my mid 40 s, living in a little harbour town (Dragør), just outside Copenhagen, Denmark. Found your web, twitter and podcast accounts just 3 weeks ago and have had you in my ears, around bedtime, ever since. I just love it - Thank you. Last year my family and I, bought a Jeanneau 32 sun odyssey and that is probably the best thing we ever did. We are planning - or talking about planning - a one year trip to the Med. and therefore we ran into your sites. The only challenge we have is our jobs, house, cars and our kids school (8 and 12 years old). We are a bit uncertain if we should take the cannals down Europe (germany - France), or take the long way around Denmark, down the English Cannal and pass the Bay of Biscay, and into the Med. from the Atlantic (Gibraltar). Bay of Biscay has a very bad reputation here in Denmark. I know it´s not your in your back yard, but do you have some advice or just a comment on which choice to prefer? I´m sure we will find a solution. I told my wife and kids that, if we sail to the Med. we have to meet up with a nice and very skilled sailor from America, called Franz. (just for a hello and maybe a little chat) Franz, if your by any chance loose your navigation or unexpectedly turn your boat the "wrong" direction and end up in Dragør near Copenhagen, let me have the honor to welcome you with a cold danish beer (Carlsberg) and a hot meal. I guarantee you a friendly "danish style" and not a heavy, bureaucratic and arrogant "Croatian style" (- he he, you must have been unlucky.) Thank you so much for your podcasts etc. - hang in there......PLEASE. I heard the last one last night - what do you expect me to do tonight??? I might go through your video´s. Only have seen one so far (My double Anchoring Video)- Very good and informativ, also an issue that I have thought a lot about. Still never sleept a hole night anchored. (You are welcome to use any of this as you´r pleased – Excuse my english - my danish should be a lot better. Can`t wait for the next podcast. Best regards Ricky Thanks Franz, that was terrific. I am listening to your Travelexchange stories now as well. You have so much on the go that I wonder if you might be better off combining these two podcasts on one site. I was amazed to hear that your sails have lasted 20 years, so I guess it pays to baby them as you do by wrapping them up and keeping them out of the big winds. Pryde makes good sails I guess. I have a video called Heavy Weather Sailing where Neil Pryde and a bunch of other big name experts give tips on...

Sailing Sardinia and Italy Right now I am living out adventures Sailing in the Mediterranean. Here is a past episode on Sardinia and Italy first published on March 21 2013 In this podcast I talk about the summer of 1999 where I continued my journey through the Mediterranean by launching my boat in Santa Pola Spain sailing through the Balearics to Ibiza Mallorca Minorca over to Corsica and Sardinia then across to Italy making a stop at the delightful island of Ponza. Let's talk about putting together a group of people to buy a canal barge somewhere in Europe so that we can sail the French German and Dutch canals. If interested drop me an e-mail I am just in the planning stages right now but it's something I want to do in the next two or three years. Last weekend I took a trip to southern Utah to the town of St. George we were hiking in Snow Canyon State Park and I took a few photographs to share with you. Snow_Canyon_State_Park_March_2013_near_St_George_UT_USA_Petrified_Sand_Dunes_Trail Snow Canyon State Park March 2013 near St George UT USA Petrified Sand Dunes Trail     Snow_Canyon_State_Park_March_2013_near_St_George_UT_USA_Petrified_Sand_Dunes_Trail Snow Canyon State Park March 2013 near St George UT USA Petrified Sand Dunes Trail Snow Canyon State Park March 2013 near St George UT USA Petrified Sand Dunes Trail Snow Canyon State Park March 2013 near St George UT USA Petrified Sand Dunes Trail Man_in_Rock_St_George_UT   Snow Canyon State Park March 2013 near St George UT USA Petrified Sand Dunes Trail Snow Canyon State Park March 2013 near St George UT USA Petrified Sand Dunes Trail Snow Canyon State Park March 2013 near St George UT USA   Hiking_Trail_Near_St_George_UT Climbing_Wall_Near_St_George_UT_USA Hiking_Trail_Near_St_George_UT Hiking_Trail_Near_St_George_UT Snow Canyon State Park March 2013 near St George UT USA Snow Canyon State Park March 2013 near St George UT USA Petrified Sand Dunes Trail   Funny_Sculpture_Near_Enterprise_UT   Funny_Sculpture_Near_Enterprise_UT  

Sailing in the Mediterranean summer 2017 this summer I sailed from Bodrum Turkey to Dubrovnik Croatia. This episode covers the initial sail from Bodrum to Ikaria Greece This is the first of several episode where I talk about the summer sail from Turkey to Croatia in the summer of 2017 Thanks go out the the first crew mates, Mike Epperson and Mike Allgood on crew 1 the working crew, and crew 2 Niel Fletcher and Mike Allgood If you have suggestions for future episodes please write me a note. Use the contact form at the website medsailor.com 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 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: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam Exam over 8 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to       go sailing and also to prepare you for the written portion of the ASA 104 written exam. https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me.   ©2017 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

In this episode we visit Ikaria Greece and sail to Paros. Sailing in the Mediterranean summer 2017 this summer I sailed from Bodrum Turkey to Dubrovnik Croatia. This episode covers the second leg and crew from Ikaria to Paros Greece This is the second of several episode where I talk about the summer sail from Turkey to Croatia in the summer of 2017 Thanks go out to crew 2 Niel Fletcher and Mike Allgood If you have suggestions for future episodes please write me a note. Use the contact form at the website medsailor.com 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 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: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam Exam over 8 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to       go sailing and also to prepare you for the written portion of the ASA 104 written exam. https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2017 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

In this episode we visit Paros, Greece and gave a great cockpit conversation with Jack and Julia Andrys and my crew, Mike Allgood and Neil Fletcher. We talk about numerous topics in this wide ranging conversation. Sailing in the Mediterranean summer 2017 this summer I sailed from Bodrum Turkey to Dubrovnik Croatia. This episode covers the second leg and crew to Paros Greece where we become weatherbound due to a Meltimi. Here is a link to Jack's Facebook page where you can see a lot of images and videos of his trip this last summer.https://www.facebook.com/sailingvesna/ This is the third of several episode where I talk about the summer sail from Turkey to Croatia in the summer of 2017 If you have suggestions for future episodes please write me a note. Use the contact form at the website medsailor.com 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 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: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam Exam over 8 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to         go sailing and also to prepare you for the written portion of the ASA 104 written exam. https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2017 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

In this episode we visit Poros Greece and talk with The Hamish Crow (Crowe?) Family and talk about their Bareboat Charter experience. Sailing in the Mediterranean summer 2017 this summer I sailed from Bodrum Turkey to Dubrovnik Croatia. This episode covers the forth leg and crew to Poros Greece. This is the fourth of several episodes where I talk about the summer sail from Turkey to Croatia in the summer of 2017 If you have suggestions for future episodes please write me a note. Use the contact form at the website medsailor.com 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 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: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam Exam over 8 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to go sailing and also to prepare you for the written portion of the ASA 104 written exam. https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or   fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2017 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

In this episode I sail solo from Poros through the Corinth Canal to Galixidi, then Trizona and pick my next crew up on Patra Greece. What crossed anchors can be in Galaxidi! Looks like 4 anchor lines crossed   My double Anchor video Sailing in the Mediterranean summer 2017 this summer I sailed from Bodrum Turkey to Dubrovnik Croatia. This episode covers the Fifth leg and to Patra Greece. This is the fifth of several episodes where I talk about the summer sail from Turkey to Croatia in the summer of 2017 If you have suggestions for future episodes please write me a note. Use the contact form at the website medsailor.com 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 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: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam Exam over 8 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to go sailing and also to prepare you for the written portion of the ASA 104 written exam. https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or   fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2017 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

Episode 148 Sailing in the Mediterranean My Anchor Setup This is my anchor set up. In the past I've talked about my double anchoring technique. In this episode I describe an image which is available at the website as well as in a YouTube video. The image is an image of the bow of my boat and my anchor set up and I discuss why I set up my anchor this way. Specific to my boat is I have a line for a second anchor to deploy off the bow of the primary anchor as well as a yellow poly polypropylene line which would aid in a fouled anchor recovery as well as a beacon for me to spot when I am looking for my anchor at the bottom. https://youtu.be/W7x9vDr1E1k If you have suggestions for future episodes please write me a note. Use the contact form at the website medsailor.com Alex Tod suggested this site for you bar tenders! He said... "On a different note, another podcast I listen to had an episode you might be interested in. Boat Radio has a variety of different 'shows' about different topics and one of them is Sundowners which discusses how to make drinks based upon a given theme. In October, they did one on drinks made with ouzo. I've tried several of their recipes (alone, sadly, ouzo is a tough sell to friends who aren't in a Greek frame of mind) and they're quite good. They may come in handy next summer. The link is below, the episode was first aired last October 26." https://audioboom.com/posts/6430705-boat-radio-the-sundowner-chris-lorenzo-md-of-seafarer-joins-tom-for-an-ouzo   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 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: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam Exam over 8 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to go sailing and also to prepare you for the written portion of the ASA 104 written exam. https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2017 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

Avoid sailing the Ionians I now recommend you avoid sailing the Ionians! This episode has us sailing the Ionian Islands with Andy and Lisa Buffmire on my 5th leg of this summers sailing adventure from Turkey to Croatia. Andy and Lisa sail with me from Patras to Corfu right through of the crowded and overly popular, ruined, formerly ideal cruising grounds. Excessive expansion of charter and flotilla fleets have taken this once delightful cruising area and made it into over crowded anchorages and somewhat polluted waters. With aggressive charter flotilla employees trying to claim open anchorage areas for their flotillas exclusive use An example of how charter companies claim anchorage space early in the day to keep other sailors away! They send advance crews to tell others to stay away! Avoid sailing the Ionians it is now overcrowded by Flotillas and Charter fleets.   When I first sailed in these waters over 15 years ago Cleopatra Marina had about 80 boats wintering on the hard today there are over 1000 on the hard with another 2 large boatyards nearby. That along with massive Marina expansion takes most of the charm out of this once delightful corner of Greece If you want a charter vacation and want a hint of what the cruising lifestyle is like Please don't contribute the charter companies that have now ruined this once delightful cruising area. Crowded anchorage in Corfu If you have suggestions for future episodes please write me a note. Use the contact form at the website medsailor.com 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 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: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam Exam over 8 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to     go sailing and also to prepare you for the written portion of the ASA 104 written exam. https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2018 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

Stormy Adriatic Brian joined me in the stormy Adriatic on the roughest portion of last summer's sail. This was the leg from Corfu over to Italy and then up to Croatia about 250 nautical miles. On the passage from Brindisi Italy to Cavtat Croatia we were hit with a tremendous storm bringing the waves up to approximately 12 feet. Shearing off one of my chain plate bolts. In this interview I catch up with Brian and we reminisce about this leg of the summer sail. Sail Route from Corfu to Croatia Crew 6 About 250 nautical miles Safe at anchor in Cavtat Croatia If you have suggestions for future episodes please write me a note. Use the contact form at the website medsailor.com 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 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: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam Exam over 8 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to       go sailing and also to prepare you for the written portion of the ASA 104 written exam. https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2018 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

Adventures with Jake Miller Jake Miller shares this first part of probably a 3 part series of him going from a dreamer to a Mediterranean Sailor Thanks Jake! You tell a great story! If you have suggestions for future episodes please write me a note. Use the contact form at the website medsailor.com 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 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: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam Exam over 8 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to       go sailing and also to prepare you for the written portion of the ASA 104 written exam. https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2018 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

Adventures with Jake Miller pt. 2 Jake Miller shares this second part of probably a 3 part series of him going from a dreamer to a Mediterranean Sailor Thanks Jake! You tell a great story! In this interview I catch up with Brian and we reminisce about this leg of the summer sail. If you have suggestions for future episodes please write me a note. Use the contact form at the website medsailor.com 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 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: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam Exam over 8 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to       go sailing and also to prepare you for the written portion of the ASA 104 written exam. https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2018 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

 Cruising Israel Cruising Israel is not something I really considered.  However in this interview, cruising Israel is a possible viable destination.  Howard takes down the coast line of Israel and gives us valuable information of ports of call and insight into the sailing community of Israel. Beware of maritimedocumantation.us In my introduction to this episode I talk about https://maritimedocumentation.us/ which is a scam to dupe you into paying about 3 times the cost to renew your coast guard documentation.  Here are the details to this company Be aware and don't get sucked in like I was.  If you were make the proper complaints to its ISP godaddy and the federal trade comission https://www.ftc.gov/ If you have suggestions for future episodes please write me a note. Use the contact form at the website medsailor.com 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 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 101 Exam Exam over 7 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to take the written exam. If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2018 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

Cruising Cypress Cruising Cypress  there are a few tricks going between Turkish and Greek Cypress Howard helps us learn in this great interview! In this interview, we learn the in's and outs of cruising Cypress. Howard takes us around the Island and gives us valuable information of ports of call and insight into the sailing community of Cypress. Here are some photos of Cypress Howard shared with us.   Beware of maritimedocumantation.us In my previous podcast  I talk about https://maritimedocumentation.us/ which is a scam to dupe you into paying about 3 times the cost to renew your coast guard documentation. Here are the details to this company Be aware and don't get sucked in like I was. If you were make the proper complaints to its ISP godaddy and the federal trade comission https://www.ftc.gov/ Be sure you listen to that episode here is the link Maritimeducumentation.us scam If you have suggestions for future episodes please write me a note. Use the contact form at the website medsailor.com 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 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 101 Exam Exam over 7 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to take the written exam. If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2018 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

Taking the Leap of faith! Family of 7 the Manzano family sell it all and take a leap of faith to go sailing! Jack Andrys interviewed Paul Manzano to learn how they did it! Here is what they say:   About We are a family of seven setting out on an incredible adventure to sail around the world and explore our God’s amazing creation.  We are from the beautiful Carson Valley in the state of Nevada. So we sold our 5,400 square foot house that we spent years remodeling and gave away 95% of our stuff. We saved some home décor and family mementos and photos. That’s about it. We are temporarily leaving our beloved friends and family, and our cat and dog. We can’t imagine not coming back home to Nevada.  We are very sad about this but very excited to have the chance to go out and see new places and meet new people. We will be purchasing a sailboat in the Mediterranean Sea, Turkey to be exact. We are so excited to see the boat in person and start making our new home on the water.  How cool is it going to be to take our home wherever we want to go? Our friends and family have been very supportive of our decision and have helped us get to this point in so many ways.  Thank you friends and family! We love you all so much! It is not easy to leave all of you for such a long time. We hope to use this website as a way for you to follow us on our journey and to keep in touch.  We are unsure how much access we will have to internet so please be patient as we get stated. Please don’t hesitate to write to us and keep us updated on you too! https://www.instagram.com/seven_on_the_seas/ Jack Wrote me: Franz, I did an interview at MDR, feel free to use it, Paul and his family know that we recorded this for you to use for the podcast if you want to. Paul is a great guy and his family reflect that, we have made a lasting friendship with the Manzano’s and the Andrys here at Marina di Ragusa. Paul and Jessica’s Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/seven_on_the_seas/ Beware of maritimedocumantation.us In a previous podcast I talk about https://maritimedocumentation.us/ which is a scam to dupe you into paying about 3 times the cost to renew your coast guard documentation. Here are the details to this company Be aware and don't get sucked in like I was. If you were make the proper complaints to its ISP godaddy and the federal trade commission https://www.ftc.gov/ Be sure you listen to that episode here is the link Maritimeducumentation.us scam If you have suggestions for future episodes please write me a note. Use the contact form at the website medsailor.com 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 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 101 Exam Exam over 7 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to take the written exam. If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2018 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

Sailing Croatia with Andrew Vik Pt 1   Andrew Vic has been sailing Croatia for 10 years. In this interview he shares some of his knowledge and favorite spots. In Andrews email he shared a Google Earth KML and KMZ file with me which gave great information about sailing Croatia unfortunately WordPress does not let me share this in the post.  If you would like to get a copy of these files (which contain a wealth of information) write me an email ask, and I can send them as attachments.   From Andrew Vik: Hi Franz: I've attached all of my Google Earth tracks from my 10 summers in the Med. Have a look - maybe it helps you plan your approach to Venice. Also attached is a list of "official" anchorages where you may have to pay a fee. It's in Google Earth format as well. Cheers, Andrew In a previous podcast I talk about https://maritimedocumentation.us/ which is a scam to dupe you into paying about 3 times the cost to renew your coast guard documentation. Here are the details to this company Be aware and don't get sucked in like I was. If you were make the proper complaints to its ISP godaddy and the federal trade commission https://www.ftc.gov/ Be sure you listen to that episode here is the link Maritimeducumentation.us scam If you have suggestions for future episodes please write me a note. Use the contact form at the website medsailor.com 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 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 101 Exam Exam over 7 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to take the written exam. If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2018 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

SY Yves Christian interview with Jack Andrys. Jack came up with another great interview with Lotty and Sacha owners of the classic SY Yves Christian  Thanks Jack Lotty and Sacha!! Here is some information from the family blog https://sailingyves.com/ "We, Lotty and Sacha live in Alnwick with our two children Hector (5) and Phoebe-Plum (2) and we will be joined by Sacha’s two sons Sam (16) and Jack (14) who live in Chester-le-Street. We love the Mediterranean and especially Greece. It’s a dream come true to be able to sail there, nevertheless quite a daunting but exciting adventure that has taken a huge amount of planning and work. Yves Christian, a gaff ketch, was designed by Scottish naval architect WG McBryde and built in France for a French owner in 1952 – purportedly for President de Gaulle’s finance minister and named after the owner’s two sons, Yves and Christian – there are still gun racks to be found under the table for personal protection! She was commissioned for making long passages and Mediterranean cruising, but much more recently she has been based in Devon in the West Country as a family boat, and that is where we found her at the end of 2016. 62 feet long including her bowsprit and 14 feet wide, she is an immensely strong ocean going yacht made of oak beams with iroko planking. At well over 40 tonnes she has a huge displacement that makes her sure-footed in heavy weather. She will accommodate up to nine people, but six in comfort. Yves went through a massive refit / rebuild between 2000 and 2003 with no detail spared – it was the objective of her previous owner to own a boat which was as good, if not better, than when she was first launched. Between January and March 2017 she went through a further refit at Stirling and Son Ltd at No1 Covered Slipway in Plymouth. This yard is housed in a building designated as an ancient monument. It was built in 1763 and ships for the Royal Navy, including one of Lord Nelson’s flagships, were constructed and launched there. Yves will be our home for the coming months. Posted on April 14, 2018 Here’s a timely reminder, before we set off back to sea later this month, that we live on a sailing boat, not a floating house. A few seconds of today’s gale force 8, gusting to 60 knots on occasion, in what is normally a sheltered marina. It’s like being at sea… (ish). Listen to it with the sound turned up to get an idea of what it’s like and imagine your house moving like this. It’s like a continuous earthquake. here is the facebook page for SY Yves Christian https://www.facebook.com/sailingyves/   I would like to get a group of sailors and listeners together and charter a yacht in Thailand next winter (2018-2019) If you are interested in joining me please contact me!  Probably limited to 4 couples. Franz In a previous podcast I talk about https://maritimedocumentation.us/ which is a scam to dupe you into paying about 3 times the cost to renew your coast guard documentation. Here are the details to this company Be aware and don't get sucked in like I was. If you were make the proper complaints to its ISP godaddy and the federal trade commission https://www.ftc.gov/ Be sure you listen to that episode here is the link Maritimeducumentation.us scam If you have suggestions for future episodes please write me a note. Use the contact form at the website medsailor.com 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 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 101 Exam Exam over 7 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to take the written exam. If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series he...

DIY Sailboat Projects with Paul Manzano Paul shares his DIY sailboat projects with us in this episode. We heard from Paul a few weeks ago when he was interviewed by Jack Andrys in Marina Ragusa in Sicily. In that interview Paul glossed over the fact that he built his own water maker and solve his air-conditioning and freezer problem in a frugal manner. I wanted to talk to Paul in greater detail about his DIY sailboat projects and what it took to make his own reverse osmosis water maker. Paul does a great job of describing the construction of the water maker with a little imagination I think a lot of listeners could now build their own water maker with his tips. Another DIY Sailboat Project was his air-conditioning solution was very reasonable and frugal. If you have a boat big enough to handle this solution consider this! Paul is looking for work as a mechanical engineer or anything that he can do as a remote worker you can learn more about Paul through his LinkedIn profile here is the link: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-manzano-pe-pmp-52400518 In a previous podcast I talk about https://maritimedocumentation.us/ which is a scam to dupe you into paying about 3 times the cost to renew your coast guard documentation. Here are the details to this company Be aware and don't get sucked in like I was. If you were make the proper complaints to its ISP godaddy and the federal trade commission https://www.ftc.gov/ Be sure you listen to that episode here is the link Maritimeducumentation.us scam If you have suggestions for future episodes please write me a note. Use the contact form at the website medsailor.com 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 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 101 Exam Exam over 7 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to take the written exam. If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2018 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

Dan Culpepper sailing Italy to Portugal Dan Culpepper returns to share his story of sailing Italy to Portugal last summer, by way of Sardinia, Spain, and Morocco.  Dan is a great story teller and it is great to talk to him again! Here is a link to his website:http://sailingheldeleine.com/resources/ Here is the link I said I would share about Croatia Anchorages in the introduction http://www.wosamma.at/anchorages/   I would like to get a group of sailors and listeners together and charter a yacht in Thailand next winter (2018-2019) If you are interested in joining me please contact me! Probably limited to 4 couples. Franz In a previous podcast I talk about https://maritimedocumentation.us/ which is a scam to dupe you into paying about 3 times the cost to renew your coast guard documentation. Here are the details to this company Be aware and don't get sucked in like I was. If you were make the proper complaints to its ISP godaddy and the federal trade commission https://www.ftc.gov/ Be sure you listen to that episode here is the link Maritimeducumentation.us scam If you have suggestions for future episodes please write me a note. Use the contact form at the website medsailor.com 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 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 101 Exam Exam over 7 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to take the written exam. If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2018 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

Steve Neal of noforeignlands.com Hi Franz, I had the chance to interview Steve Neal, the creator of a web application noforeignlands.com which I started using last year when it was launched to a few people at MdR, it is now available to all and think it is useful to anyone wanting to sail or sailing in the Med. Steve’s description of the site is: 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 the way. It turned out to be a very popular tool so, based upon feedback from the sailors here at our marina this winter, we've added a host of new features to the site, and hundreds of new places of interest to the map. Please take a look at www.noforeignland.com to find out more. It's completely free to use, and we're now inviting all sailors to register, link up with friends and contribute their knowledge to the map. We discuss and announce updates to the site in our Facebook group: NOFOREIGNLAND. Fair winds. Facebook link is at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/noforeignland/ Best regards Jack Andrys Steve Neal Here is a link to the Croatian Pilot that Vic Andrews suggested was better than 777 https://www.amazon.com/Adriatic-Pilot-T-D-Thompson/dp/1846236908/ --------- from Franz: I would like to get a group of sailors and listeners together and charter a yacht in  French Polynesia or Thailand next winter (2018-2019) If you are interested in joining me please contact me! Probably limited to 4 couples. Franz In a previous podcast I talk about https://maritimedocumentation.us/ which is a scam to dupe you into paying about 3 times the cost to renew your coast guard documentation. Here are the details to this company Be aware and don't get sucked in like I was. If you were make the proper complaints to its ISP godaddy and the federal trade commission https://www.ftc.gov/ Be sure you listen to that episode here is the link Maritimeducumentation.us scam If you have suggestions for future episodes please write me a note. Use the contact form at the website medsailor.com Please Consider supporting the podcast   in Patreon Ron Allen shared this AIS Transponder receiver product link with me he is happy with his! at $409.44 as of this post, it looks like a bargain https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4-3-Color-LCD-Class-B-marine-navigation-ais-receiver-gps-for-boat-fish-finder-ais/32808013782.html?spm=2114.10010108.1000013.1.76f74c87Ne9Raj&scm=1007.13339.99734.0&scm_id=1007.13339.99734.0&scm-url=1007.13339.99734.0&pvid=906b1b78-da9c-462e-9561-be82f9523139&_t=pvid:906b1b78-da9c-462e-9561-be82f9523139,scm-url:1007.13339.99734.0 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 101 Exam Exam over 7 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to take the written exam. If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me.

Sailing Croatia with Andrew Vik Pt 1 And pending Turkish Credit Crisis In this podcast I start out discussing the pending Turkish Credit Crisis and my observation of the Turkish economy with boots on the ground since 2002 And then we get into my interview with Andrew Vic who has been sailing Croatia for 10 years. In this interview he shares some of his knowledge and favorite spots. Andrews is sharing a Google Earth KML and KMZ file with us which gives great information about sailing Croatia Here is the link! www.sailgeja.com/adriatic.kmz     In a previous podcast I talk about https://maritimedocumentation.us/ which is a scam to dupe you into paying about 3 times the cost to renew your coast guard documentation. Here are the details to this company Be aware and don't get sucked in like I was. If you were make the proper complaints to its ISP godaddy and the federal trade commission https://www.ftc.gov/ Be sure you listen to that episode here is the link Maritimeducumentation.us scam I would like to get a group of sailors and listeners together and charter a yacht in Thailand next winter (2018-2019) If you are interested in joining me please contact me! Probably limited to 4 couples. Franz If you have suggestions for future episodes please write me a note. Use the contact form at the website medsailor.com 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 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 101 Exam Exam over 7 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to take the written exam. If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2018 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

This week I interview Leo Goolden owner and boat builder of the 1910 20 ton gaff rigged Pilot Cutter Tally which won the 1927 Fastnet race. http://sampsonboat.co.uk/ YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg-_lYeV8hBnDSay7nmphUA This is from Leo’s website "My name is Leo Sampson Goolden. I am a Boatbuilder, Sailor and Writer from Bristol, England. Right now, I’m on a mission to rebuild a 107-year old English sailing yacht called Tally Ho. Designed by Albert Strange in 1909, she is a well-known and important historic vessel – but after many adventures she was left in a remote port in Oregon to rot for decades, despite some valiant attempts to rescue her. I bought her and moved her to the Olympic Peninsular earlier this year, and am now starting to rebuild her from the keel up. Eventually I hope to sail her back to the UK. You can support the project here. I started the Sampson Boat Co in 2013 as a platform through which to work as a self-employed Boatbuilder. Since then I have also started writing about my sailing and boatbuilding projects, so this website has become a kind of blog, as well as a display of my work. Many of my adventures were aboard the 1947 Folkboat Lorema, which I rebuilt in Cornwall and then sailed to the Caribbean with no engine or GPS, frequently breaking things, getting lost, and making a fool of myself along the way. I also had some ridiculous escapades working as Skipper of the 95′ Classic Ketch Sincerity, (read about some of our adventures in Greenland here) and as Bosun of the 217′ Schooner Adix. While I definitely have my hands very full with Tally Ho, I will continue working every now and then to fund the project. I can be commissioned as a commercial skipper (200GT), yacht crew / navigational officer (3000GT), or for writing or boatbuilding work. Please see the relevant pages for more information." From Franz: I would like to get a group of sailors and listeners together and charter a yacht in Thailand next winter (2018-2019) If you are interested in joining me please contact me! Probably limited to 4 couples. Franz In a previous podcast I talk about https://maritimedocumentation.us/ which is a scam to dupe you into paying about 3 times the cost to renew your coast guard documentation. Here are the details to this company Be aware and don't get sucked in like I was. If you were make the proper complaints to its ISP godaddy and the federal trade commission https://www.ftc.gov/ Be sure you listen to that episode here is the link Maritimeducumentation.us scam If you have suggestions for future episodes please write me a note. Use the contact form at the website medsailor.com 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 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 101 Exam Exam over 7 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to take the written exam. If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2018 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

Episode 163 Sailing in the Mediterranean Newport to Ensenada with Neil Fletcher   This week Neil Fletcher tells up about his second Newport Beach to Ensenada Yacht race. He also shares with us his fun time with the California State Tax Commission ------------------------------------------------- In a previous podcast I talk about https://maritimedocumentation.us/ which is a scam to dupe you into paying about 3 times the cost to renew your coast guard documentation. Here are the details to this company Be aware and don't get sucked in like I was. If you were make the proper complaints to its ISP godaddy and the federal trade commission https://www.ftc.gov/ Be sure you listen to that episode here is the link Maritimeducumentation.us scam If you have suggestions for future episodes please write me a note. Use the contact form at the website medsailor.com 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 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 101 Exam Exam over 7 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to take the written exam. If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2018 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

This episode is Sailing in Croatia pt 1, 2018 my adventures. This is the first episode of Sailing in Croatia 2018 pt 1.  many thanks to my patreon supporters that help make this podcast possible! In this episode I talk about getting the boat ready for the summer sail The pump leather that I needed to fix for the hand pump and the washers that I modified to make it work Here I am at the most northern part of Croatia I visited this summer the expensive marina at Trogir Expensive Marina at Trogir A funny poster that I came across when driving the cider route in France before I arrived at the boat. Poster "Don't under ferment the cider on the France cider route The boat in the yard and how they move it around. In a previous podcast I talk about https://maritimedocumentation.us/ which is a scam to dupe you into paying about 3 times the cost to renew your coast guard documentation. Here are the details to this company Be aware and don't get sucked in like I was. If you were make the proper complaints to its ISP godaddy and the federal trade commission https://www.ftc.gov/ Be sure you listen to that episode here is the link Maritimeducumentation.us scam If you have suggestions for future episodes please write me a note. Use the contact form at the website medsailor.com 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 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 101 Exam Exam over 7 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to take the written exam. If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2018 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

Installing port lights and portholes with Luis Martins Luis wrote me "Last time we talked you showed some interest in how I installed the new port lights and portholes in my boat without any screws or bolts. What do you say if we record a podcast on that subject?" Great idea and here it is! This is how it turned out and here are the products he used in the process:   3M 4991 VHB Acrylic Foam Tape 12mm x 16.5m x 2.3mm https://amzn.to/2OHfbMU https://amzn.to/2QGUG4d Sika® Aktivator-205 https://www.jamestowndistributors.com/userportal/show_product.do?pid=3508 Sika® Primer-209N https://amzn.to/2ODT2Px Sikaflex 295 UV Black 10.3 oz. Cartridge Adhesive / Sealant Sika The 4 products above were mentioned in the podcast with Luis Martins on installing Portlights and Portholes Here are some Recommended Books     Lining up the portholes Luis wrote... "Considering the quality of today's adhesives compared to 20 years ago. I would not thru-bolt acrylic port lights as the holes will weaken the port light and create stress points that may lead to stress cracks. You need to drill oversized holes to accommodate for expansion of the acrylic with temperature changes and then deal with sealing those oversized holes. In my opinion, bolting the port lights brings more problems that need to be addressed. If bolting, you should put spacers between the cabin sides and the acrylic so when you mount the port lights you don’t squash all the sealant and end with a very thin film of sealant that will fail as soon as the acrylic expands or contracts. On my windows I put a small chamfer around the outer edge to reduce the bulk effect and it worked quite well. I also applied Sika primer 209 in the area where the tape and Sikaflex is. This primer serves three purposes: 1. You don’t see the tape and sealant, it’s all masked by the black primer; 2. The primer protects the tape and sealant from UV; 3. The primer promotes the bonding to the acrylic. Using the VHB tape made for a very simple process, you lay the tape on the cabin sides, stick the acrylic to it and then deal with masking and Sikaflex without the acrylic moving around or having dozens of bolts sticking out and having to align them. The VHB tape is very strong although it doesn’t look like at first. It’s pressure sensitive!" Installing port lights and portholes Here is a link to the instagram account https://www.instagram.com/p/BexuW9TFwXr/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BeNppHlFYc6/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet Here are links to the other podcasts where Luis talks about Fiber glass techniques https://www.medsailor.com/sailing-in-the-mediterranean-episode-114-luis-martins-on-how-to-fiberglass-pt-1/ https://www.medsailor.com/sailing-in-the-mediterranean-episode-126-luis-martins-on-how-to-fiberglass-pt-2/ https://www.medsailor.com/sailing-in-the-mediterranean-episode-128-luis-martins-on-how-to-repair-fiberglass-pt-3/ https://www.medsailor.com/sailing-in-the-mediterranean-episode-131-luis-martins-on-how-to-repair-fiberglass-pt-4-fixed/ https://www.medsailor.com/sailing-in-the-mediterranean-episode-135-luis-martins-on-fiberglass-vacuum-bagging/ In a previous podcast I talk about https://maritimedocumentation.us/ which is a scam to dupe you into paying about 3 times the cost to renew your coast guard documentation. Here are the details to this company Be aware and don't get sucked in like I was. If you were make the proper complaints to its ISP godaddy and the federal trade commission https://www.ftc.gov/ Be sure you listen to that episode here is the link Maritimeducumentation.us scam If you have suggestions for future episodes please write me a note. Use the contact form at the website medsailor.com 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 drop me a note!

In this I interview Paul Exner of Modern Geographic Sailing Expeditions Here is the website Paul Exner has put together for Modern Geographic Sailing Expeditions https://www.moderngeographic.com/expeditions/   This is from the website “ALOHA ... is the unconditional desire to promote the true good of other people in a friendly spirit out of a sense of kinship.” — Abraham Kahihina Akaka Hawaii is your sail training classroom Modern Geographic Sailing offers challenging sail training expeditions to sailors of all backgrounds who seek solid seamanship training from one of the most highly respected Master Sailing Instructors in the industry: Paul Exner who chose the waters of Hawaii as his classroom for their dynamic oceanographic conditions. Lose yourself in adventure along the coast of Hawaii's islands aboard the SV Solstice (one-of-a-kind sailing vessel, based on drawings by America's foremost designer of small yachts, William Atkin). You'll certainly be recognized for your contributions to the team of 2 paying 'crew' and receive A LOT of private coaching from Paul due to the small team-size. Bunk in your own private sea berth, and store your gear in a locker assigned specifically to you. You'll participate in ALL aspects of the expedition that's designed with your sailing objectives in mind as discussed with Paul in advance. If you've dreamed to lay at anchor on a remote shore that you plotted a course to using new techniques that promote safe seamanship, despite the challenges that Hawaiian conditions conjure up, and yearn to immerse yourself aboard a voyaging sailboat doing real sailing with a proven Master Instructor, then join Paul aboard Solstice for the sail-training expedition of a lifetime. Paul Exner aboard Solstice     In a previous podcast I talk about https://maritimedocumentation.us/ which is a scam to dupe you into paying about 3 times the cost to renew your coast guard documentation. Here are the details to this company Be aware and don't get sucked in like I was. If you were make the proper complaints to its ISP godaddy and the federal trade commission https://www.ftc.gov/ Be sure you listen to that episode here is the link Maritimeducumentation.us scam If you have suggestions for future episodes please write me a note. Use the contact form at the website medsailor.com 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 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 101 Exam Exam over 7 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to take the written exam. If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2018 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

Interview with Jack Andrys and Neil Fletcher Jack Andrys and Neil Fletcher discuss their summer sailing adventures in this episode. In a previous podcast I talk about https://maritimedocumentation.us/ which is a scam to dupe you into paying about 3 times the cost to renew your coast guard documentation. Here are the details to this company Be aware and don't get sucked in like I was. If you were make the proper complaints to its ISP godaddy and the federal trade commission https://www.ftc.gov/ Be sure you listen to that episode here is the link Maritimeducumentation.us scam If you have suggestions for future episodes please write me a note. Use the contact form at the website medsailor.com 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 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 Loading...   Sailing! Learn To Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam Exam over 7 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to take the written exam. If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2018 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

Interview with Jack Andrys and Neil Fletcher part 2 Part 2 of Jack Andrys and Neil Fletcher discussing their summer sailing adventures. In a previous podcast I talk about https://maritimedocumentation.us/ which is a scam to dupe you into paying about 3 times the cost to renew your coast guard documentation. Here are the details to this company Be aware and don't get sucked in like I was. If you were make the proper complaints to its ISP godaddy and the federal trade commission https://www.ftc.gov/ Be sure you listen to that episode here is the link Maritimeducumentation.us scam If you have suggestions for future episodes please write me a note. Use the contact form at the website medsailor.com 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 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 Loading...   Sailing! Learn To Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam Exam over 7 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to take the written exam. If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2018 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

Dealing with yacht brokers Learn how do be effective in dealing with yacht Brokers in this episode I have an interesting discussion with Jerome Fragnon were we have a detailed discussion on the most effective way to deal with the yacht broker in your search for that dreamboat in the Mediterranean. This interview came about as a result of my new Patreon; David, suggesting I interview Jerome. Patrons are always welcome to suggest podcast topics. Thanks David! Below is the contact information for Jerome should you wish to contact him. You can also reach us on 04 93 95 29 11 or send an e-mail to : jeromefragnon@sfr.fr Nautis Galerie du Port 8 boulevard d’Aguillon 06600 Antibes – France Tél : +33 (0)4 93 95 29 11 Fax : +33 (0)4 93 95 92 80 Email : jeromefragnon@sfr.fr Website : www.nautis.fr If you have suggestions for future episodes please write me a note. Use the contact form at the website medsailor.com 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 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 Loading...   Sailing! Learn To Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam Exam over 7 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to take the written exam. If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2018 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

Greek 1 Week Sailing Itinerary from Paros What would a Greek 1 Week Sailing Itinerary from Paros look like? This is the question I received from Nicole and Bill Glennon and her husband as they plan a one-week catamaran sailing adventures with eight people aboard. We take into consideration the most likely weather for the Aegean Sea during this period of time and safe and suitable anchorages. Listen as we explore the route options. If you have suggestions for future episodes please write me a note. Use the contact form at the website medsailor.com 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 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 Loading...   Sailing! Learn To Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam Exam over 7 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to take the written exam. If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2018 Franz Amussen all rights reserved   Tags: Chartering in Greece, Greece

Learn about Sailrite with Matt Grant In this episode we Learn about Sailrite with Matt Grant. Sailrite is a podcast sponsor and in my opinion, a great company.  They produce lots of free YouTube videos for the DIY sailor.  I talked to Matt Grant a couple of years ago so it is great to catch up again. If you have suggestions for future episodes please write me a note. Use the contact form at the website medsailor.com 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 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 Loading...   Sailing! Learn To Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam Exam over 7 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to take the written exam. If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2018 Franz Amussen all rights reserved Tags, Sailrite, DIY

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 have suggestions for future episodes please write me a note. Use the contact form at the website medsailor.com 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 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 Loading...   Sailing! Learn To Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam Exam over 7 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to take the written exam. If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2018 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

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 have suggestions for future episodes please write me a note. Use the contact form at the website medsailor.com 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 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 Loading...   Sailing! Learn To Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam Exam over 7 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to take the written exam. If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2018 Franz Amussen all rights reserved Tags crossing the Atlantic North Atlantic Crossing

Interview with Bela Musits This week I have a delightful interview with Bela Musits a professor of entrepreneurship and  a sailor. Bela has his own podcast which can be listened to at this link https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/unconventional-path-secrets-to-igniting-your-business/id1432855540?mt=2 Also in the introduction to this week's podcast I mentioned that Howard Clayman now has his own website here is that link https://www.sailingisrael.com/ If you have suggestions for future episodes please write me a note. Use the contact form at the website medsailor.com 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 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 Loading...   Sailing! Learn To Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam Exam over 7 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to take the written exam. If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2018 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

Single Handed Boats Episode 175 Sailing In the Mediterranean Single Handed Boats, my thoughts on priorities Single Handed Boats, my thoughts on priorities I have given a lot of thought to what is needed for a single handed boat. In this episode I discuss what I think would be the top priorities to consider when looking at a boat for single-handed sailing and single handed boats. Single Handed Boats should be easily steerable by wind energy with the backup being electrical self steering systems as the top priority. Bozburun Turkey with the backup being electrical self steering systems. I also give a short discussion of what I consider to be the ideal rig for a single-handed boat. My next consideration would be the importance of being able to handle the anchor by yourself from the cockpit and I described my electric windless set up. Third is the ability to have storage space on the boat for the needed spare parts, water, food and comfort. Also discussed is information on the Schengen agreement provided by Jonathan Wexler, and the insanity of the European union regulations regarding this matter. Here is a link to my wind vane setup. If you have suggestions for future episodes please write me a note. Use the contact form at the website medsailor.com 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 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 Loading...   Sailing! Learn To Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam Exam over 7 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to take the written exam. If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2019 Franz Amussen all rights reserved Tags: self steering single handing single-handed boat systems for the single-handed sailing boat

I attended the Sundance Film Festival in Park City Utah where I had the opportunity to interview, in person, Tracy Edwards of the Sailing Documentary Maiden. MAIDEN is the story of how Tracy Edwards, a 24-year-old cook in charter boats, became the skipper of the first ever all-female crew to enter the Whitbread Round the World in 1989. Tracy’s inspirational dream was opposed on all sides: her male competitors thought an all-women crew would never make it, the chauvinistic yachting press took bets on her failure, and potential sponsors rejected her, fearing they would die at sea and generate bad publicity. But Tracy refused to give up: she remortgaged her home and bought a secondhand boat, putting everything on the line to ensure the team made it to the start line. Although blessed with tremendous self-belief, Tracy was also beset by crippling doubts and was only able to make it through with the support of her remarkable crew. With their help she went on to shock the sport world and prove that women are very much the equal of men. Writer/Director/Producer: Alex Holmes Film Subject: British Sailor Tracy Edwards Producers: Victoria Gregory and James Erskine If you have suggestions for future episodes please write me a note. Use the contact form at the website medsailor.com 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 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 Loading...   Sailing! Learn To Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam Exam over 7 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to take the written exam. If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2019 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

I attended the Sundance Film Festival in Park City Utah where I had the opportunity to interview, Alex Holmes Director of the Sailing Documentary "Maiden". MAIDEN is the story of how Tracy Edwards, a 24-year-old cook in charter boats, became the skipper of the first ever all-female crew to enter the Whitbread Round the World in 1989. Tracy’s inspirational dream was opposed on all sides: her male competitors thought an all-women crew would never make it, the chauvinistic yachting press took bets on her failure, and potential sponsors rejected her, fearing they would die at sea and generate bad publicity. But Tracy refused to give up: she remortgaged her home and bought a secondhand boat, putting everything on the line to ensure the team made it to the start line. Although blessed with tremendous self-belief, Tracy was also beset by crippling doubts and was only able to make it through with the support of her remarkable crew. With their help she went on to shock the sport world and prove that women are very much the equal of men. Writer/Director/Producer: Alex Holmes Film Subject: British Sailor Tracy Edwards Producers: Victoria Gregory and James Erskine If you have suggestions for future episodes please write me a note. Use the contact form at the website medsailor.com 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 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 Loading...   Sailing! Learn To Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam Exam over 7 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to take the written exam. If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2019 Franz Amussen all rights reserved More photos are available at https://www.themaidenfactor.org/blog/2019/02/17/sundance-film-festival-picture-blog/ For more information on Maiden and Tracy Edwards http://www.themaidenfactor.org/blog/

Sailrite on site visit I took the time to visit Matt Grant at the Sailrite facility located near Ft. Wayne Indiana. We did a walk-through of the companies manufacturing and warehouse site and I recorded this interview along the way. The audio quality is not up to standards because of the location and the equipment I used but I hope you find this interesting anyway. If you have suggestions for future episodes please write me a note. Use the contact form at the website medsailor.com 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 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 Loading...   Sailing! Learn To Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam Exam over 7 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to take the written exam. If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2019 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

Andrew and I tried to meet up last summer but we were not able to make it nonetheless I get a chance to catch up with Andrew and discuss his summer adventures including one where he was caught at anchor in a strong wind with the shore on the lee. Exciting stuff we all hope that never happens to us. For those of you who wanted to get access to Andrews KMZ files here are the links" www.sailgeja.com/adriatic.kmz www.sailgeja.com If you have suggestions for future episodes please write me a note. Use the contact form at the website medsailor.com 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 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 Loading...   Sailing! Learn To Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam Exam over 7 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to take the written exam. If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2019 Franz Amussen all rights reserved

Episode 180 Interview With Randy Sprague of Dockstar Thusters A few weeks ago I got this quick note from one of our listeners Tony Message Body: Great podcast, I have a pacific sea craft 25, I know your pain of reverse and confined space handling. I think I have found an inexpensive solution for us. It is at dockstarthrusters.com let’s all know what you think. Best of everything to you. So I reached out to Randy Spragg at Dockstar Thrusters and conducted this interview I hope you find it interesting. Here is a link to the website and a YouTube video. https://www.dockstarthrusters.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaZnZD2EmL4 If you have suggestions for future episodes please write me a note. Use the contact form at the website medsailor.com 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 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 Loading...   Sailing! Learn To Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam Exam over 7 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to take the written exam. If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2019 Franz Amussen all rights reserved