TSR 017 Cruising St. Petersburg, Florida & Selecting a Modern Anchor Design
Release Date: 03/18/2016
TSR036 Hands Across the Sea
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In this episode, we interview Harriett and TL Linskey who run a non-profit that brings books to schools and students in the Caribbean. They cruise through the islands yearly on their 46 ft. catamaran and during the interview Harriett shares stories from their cruising history that goes back to the 1980's when they cruised their self-built Bristol Channel Cutter from Mexico to Japan. We also have a great discussion about their move from monohulls to a catamaran. Intro Chat We have had a busy summer with sailing cruising trips to Dunnedin and Tarpon Springs, the Adult Summer...
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TSR035 Salt & Tar
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In this episode, we interview Ruth and Garrett from the Salt and Tar YouTube channel where they have spent the last three years building a traditional 35 foot gaff rigged ketch. Brandy is growing her fitness and nutrition business. We are working on a new website but if you are interested in a great program for eating better and staying in shape contact her at [email protected] or [email protected] Just saw an article that says only 23% of the people in the United States get the recommended amount of exercise to stay healthy. It's the end of June and if you said this was...
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TSR034 The Cruising Cartoonist - Sarah Steenland
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In this episode, we interview Sarah Steenland, The Cruising Cartoonist and her kids as they cruise Southeast Asia. We have some more sailing / cruising news and our featured product will help make sure you never have to worry about expired signal flares. Intro Chat We have we been? Last show was after hurricane Irma last September. As much as we wanted to get some shows out, we have been too busy with other activities. We have done a couple boat trips, Cocoa beach area, St. Johns river trip over new years weekend. Gasparilla pirate weekend in Indian Rocks Beach. ...
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TSR033 Hurricane Irma
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In this episode we talk about our experience during hurricane Irma. The remnants of the eye went right over our house around 2:30am on 9/11/17. The British Virgin Islands were hit hard by the hurricane and they need your help. We donated to a started by Scott and Brittney Meyers from the blog. Every dollar raised goes to help the local community. Please give something, even small amounts help. https://www.youcaring.com/bviimmediaterelief-943806 along with their friends and co-business partners P, lost their boat homes and the catamarans the owned...
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TSR032 Cruising the Middle Florida Keys
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In this episode, we cover our week long trip sailing the middle Florida Keys from Marathon to the Content Keys. We have some more sailing / cruising news and our featured product will help you deal with smells from the head. Intro Chat We had such great plans to get some more shows out this summer, but work and other responsibilities continue to eat up our time. Steve has been dealing with lots of rental property challenges, good for future cruising kitty, but these hands on investments take a lot of time. Hopefully, we will be good for a while after September 1st and we can go...
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TSR031 We Are Back!! After our extended Honeymoon
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In this episode, we get back on the air and talk about our extended honeymoon over the last five months. We have some more adventure sailing news and our featured product is a new marine sealant that will save you money. Intro Chat We are back after getting married and buying a new house. Life is starting to settle back down so we will be more consistent with the podcast and videos. Many people would think that buying a house is the antithesis of the cruiser lifestyle, but it is good to have a home base. Love our new home, great to have the boat on the property to work on upgrades...
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TSR030 United States Sailboat Show at Annapolis
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In this episode, we feature our trip to the US Sailboat Show in Annapolis, MD. We have some more adventure sailing news and our products of the week will help you keep your boat fresh and mold free. Intro Chat We are back after an extended break from doing the podcast. We have been very busy with work, travel and a couple big life events. After we got back from the Annapolis show, we decided to fit in a week long sailing trip in the Florida Keys before year end. We had a blast and we will feature that trip on a future show. I was able to fix our broken throttle...
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TSR029 Part 2 - The Radonic Family Trailer Sailing to Offshore Cruising
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In this episode, we feature part two of our interview with the Radonic Family and discuss their move from trailer sailing to offshore cruising. We have some more unusual sailing news and our products of the week will provide comfortable seating on and off the boat. Intro Chat We experienced some engine trouble on our Labor Day weekend trip to the in Palm Coast, Florida. Our throttle cable broke, but we were able to remove the outboard cover and manually work the throttle to get us five miles to our destination and back. We are attending the . Let us know if you are...
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TSR028 Trailer Sailer Cruising with The Radonic Family
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In this episode, we feature part one of our interview with the Radonic Family about their extensive trailer sailer cruising. We have some more unusual sailing news and our product of the week will help you battle bugs. Intro Chat We have been on shore the last few weekends, but had some fun meeting up with our local listeners and newly ASA101 certified sailors Colby and Stacey for Colbys birthday. We also celebrated Brandy's 20th High School Reunion. Our next trip is over the Labor Day weekend to the in Palm Coast, Florida. We are attending the . Let us know if you are...
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TSR027 Part 2 - followtheboat - Oyster 435 Refit & Cruising Thailand
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In this episode, we feature part two of our interview with Jamie Furlong and Liz Cleere from the followtheboat YouTube sailing channel about the extensive refit of their Oyster 435 sailboat in Thailand. Intro Chat We had a great time hanging out in Nashville and listening to great music on Broadway every night. We even had time to check out and some of the local sailboats at the . We also enjoyed a great lunch at right above the marina offices, that is some tasty BBQ. We have been watching the , but it is disappointing that NBC did not have broadcasting on many of the...
info_outlineIn this episode, we talk about cruising the St. Petersburg Beach, Florida area. We also talk about the Everglades Challenge small sailboat and paddle adventure race and we cover our decision to buy a modern design anchor.
Intro News
- We spent the weekend Truck Tenting at Daytona Bike Week motorcycle rally. See our Truck Tentin' video here.
- We visited with boating friends while at bike week, staying on their boat at a great Loggerhead marina nearby, and ate a great dinner at Caribbean Jack's restaurant next the the marina.
- We released the first video from trip to the Miami Boat Show, two more videos coming out soon.
- We bought a new anchor! Check out Mantus Anchors, they set quick!
- New boat cover, we bought the 24'-26' but it is a few inches short so you may want to go up to the next size depending on your boat.
Cruising St. Petersburg, FL
- We anchored near Ft. Desoto Park, they have a great campground where you can pull your boat up near your site.
- We visited the start of the Everglades Challenge adventure sailing race. A 300 mile race to Key Largo in small boats. Video of Everglades Challenge race start.
- After the start of the race we sailed out Bunces Pass and went south the Anna Maria Island where we anchored off the beach and had lunch at the Sandbar restaurant. They have an amazing Soft Shelled Crab BLT sandwich.
- Sunday was very windy and rough seas in the Gulf so we sailed around Bunces pass and posted our first Facebook Live Video. Make sure to like our page to get updates on our next live video, we hope to actually be sailing next time, this one was just a test.
Sailing News
- FBI arrests hacker after being rescued from sailboat by Disney Cruise Ship
- Body of mummified sailor recovered in Phillipeans
- Hugo Boss racing hull discovered 10 years after being lost at sea
- Gunboat 55 Rainmaker hull recovered and towed to Bermuda
- New technology creates recyclable composite for boat manufacturing
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