Episodes
Sunday Mar 17, 2024
John Taussig // Medical Training for Mariners - Ep. 133
Sunday Mar 17, 2024
Sunday Mar 17, 2024
John Taussig is the founder and executive director of Backcountry Medical Guides and the subsidiary Maritime Medical Guides. He’s a career paramedic who’s worked on helicopters, in ambulances, on ski patrol, as a ranger, and as a captain on boats. He’s a surfer, climber, kayaker, mountain biker, snow boarder, sailer, and and all around adventurer based in Bellingham Washington. John and I talked about responding to bear attacks in Yellowstone, commuting to work from Santa Cruz to Monterey via sailboat, flying on choppers through the Sierra as part of a air medic team, his trip paddling and sailing a kayak from Washington up the inside passage to AK, and more.
Monday Feb 19, 2024
Michael Rohde // Rebuilding a Cape George 36 - Ep. 132
Monday Feb 19, 2024
Monday Feb 19, 2024
Michael Rohde is rebuilding - bow to stern, keel to masthead - a late 70s Cape George 36 named Akela. He welcomed me aboard the boat last August when it was on the hard at Napa Valley Marina. He’s jumped into this major project with both feet and is making good progress. Inspired by other YouTubers, he’s documenting the entire refit on his channel RohdeSoda.
Wednesday Jan 31, 2024
Andre Lay // Around the Americas by Trawler - Ep. 131
Wednesday Jan 31, 2024
Wednesday Jan 31, 2024
Andre Lay is licensed Captain from the Bay Area who is in the process of circumnavigating North America in a compact trawler. He’s currently in Barra de Navidad on the Mexican mainland and is soon headed for El Salvador. He is doing this trip simply to prove too himself he can, to meet people, and to see what’s out there. He’d also like to raise awareness for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, but as Andre says” I’m not trying to change the world by going around it. I’m just out there to experience it.”
Tuesday Jan 09, 2024
Tuesday Jan 09, 2024
Scott Racette and Ashley Gremel met sailing in San Francisco Bay in 2016. Five years later they sailed under the Golden Gate Bridge together aboard their Pearson 365, Azimuth, to begin a trip from the San Francisco Bay to the Chesapeake Bay. Along the way they adopted a cat, transited the Panama Canal, fixed leaking through-hulls, and learned a whole lot. I talk to them about the adventure.
Sunday Dec 17, 2023
Brendan Borrell // Paddling from Tulare Lake to SF Bay Headwaters - Ep. 129
Sunday Dec 17, 2023
Sunday Dec 17, 2023
Brendan Borrell is a corespondent for Outside Magazine. Along with photographer Tom Fowlks, he recently paddled from the Central Valley of California to the headwaters of the San Francisco Bay. Taking advantage of a very wet winter last year, which led to the reformation of Tulare Lake, they paddled over flooded farmland, up irrigation ditches and down rivers, braving putrid water, a sinking boat, being shot at, and nearly being arrested. An article about the adventure titled My Wild Wet and (Sometimes) Miserable Paddling Trip Through the Heart of California, with words by Brendan and photos by Tom, appears in the November/December issue of Outside Magazine.
Sunday Oct 29, 2023
Dovka // A Boat and 3 Generations
Sunday Oct 29, 2023
Sunday Oct 29, 2023
As my wife, two daughters and I prepare to move aboard and sail south aboard Dovka, our 1981 Hallberg Rassy 352, the four of us sit down with my parents Sid and Rebecca shaw to talk about the boat--which they used to own--and our coming travels. Follow our trip at www.Dovka.com
Saturday Oct 14, 2023
Andy Schell // Finding Balance while Pushing Boundaries - Ep. 128
Saturday Oct 14, 2023
Saturday Oct 14, 2023
Andy Schell, along with his wife Mia Karlsson, founded the ocean sailing business 59 North to share the wisdom of the high seas. Lauren and I sailed with them in July of 2019 and that’s when I last had Andy on the show. Since then Andy and Mia have grown 59 North by leaps and bounds. In this episode, I catch up with Andy to hear about the changes and the difficulties and stresses they’ve faced in building the business and how he attempts to find balance while pushing boundaries.
Sunday Sep 17, 2023
Pam Wall // The Joy of Sharing Sailing - Ep. 127
Sunday Sep 17, 2023
Sunday Sep 17, 2023
Pam Wall has encouraged and inspired so many individuals and families to find joy from sailing and cruising. She has spent decades sharing her knowledge through lectures, boat show seminars, and of course podcasts like this. Pam first took off cruising with her husband Andy Wall aboard their 30-ft sloop Carronade. Later, with children, they cruised aboard the 39-ft sloop Kandarik. While I’ve never met Pam in persons, she’s been friends with my parents for years and my father, Sid Shaw, met Andy Wall in Tahiti in the 60s.
Tuesday Sep 05, 2023
Isabel Lardner // Tall Ship Sailing - Ep. 126
Tuesday Sep 05, 2023
Tuesday Sep 05, 2023
Isabel Lardner has sailed many miles on tall ships, something I’ve always dreamed of doing. She share stories of her time at sea and describes what it’s like sailing these special ships.
Tuesday Aug 22, 2023
Mary SwiftSwan // Afterguard Sailing - Ep. 125
Tuesday Aug 22, 2023
Tuesday Aug 22, 2023
Mary SwiftSwan is the founder of Afterguard Sailing in Oakland. Afterguard is only one of the three sailing schools she’s founded. She began teaching sailing in 1984, became the very first woman ASA instructor/evaluator, and has literally written the book on ASA instruction - helping write the ASA curriculum for the 101 and 103 courses.