Best Paul Trammell Podcasts (2024)

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Sam Holmes, Underway between the Canary Islands and Dakkar 48:32

10m ago48:32

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Sam was sailing in his Cape Dory 28 between the Canary Islands and Dakkar when I spoke to him. Before the interview, I talk about the San Blas Islands. Sam and I talk about the conditions, his Cape Dory 28, his windvane and electronic autopilots, sailing a full-keel boat, replacing the bronze chainplates, fixing a leaking hull-deck joint, Morocco, …

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Elijah Nisemboim, Breathwork, Trauma, and Manifestation 1:10:37

4h ago1:10:37

1:10:37

Elijah Nisenboim is founder of Effiji Breathwork and has been helping people with suffering and trauma for 33 years. He is the author of 3 books including “The Trauma Code: Unlocking the Hidden Map to Your Life's True Purpose.” He has traveled to China more than 20 times, learning Sacred Taoist energy practice and Internal Martial Arts which he inc…

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Author Barbara DeMarco-Barrett, Palm Springs Noir, Writers on Writing 1:18:05

7d ago1:18:05

1:18:05

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett is an author, creative-writing teacher, and host of my favorite podcast, "Writers on Writing." She is also a lecturer at Chapman University’s Dodge Film School, an adjunct professor of Advanced Creative Writing at Saddleback College Emeritus Institute, and instructor at Gotham Writers Workshop (online). She also holds two pr…

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Sailing through Southeast Asia with Olivia Owens Wyatt 1:16:46

2d ago1:16:46

1:16:46

Olivia Owens Wyatt is a solo sailor, a filmaker, and a USCG 50-Ton Master certified captain. She is on her way around the world, currently in SE Asia, on a Panda 34. She is also entered in the 2026 Golden Globe Race We talk about Papua New Guinea, piracy, self-defense, Wayag, dealing with squalls, going without sleep, sailing through Indonesia, the…

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Joy, Happiness, and Self-Love, Brad Chandler 1:05:45

8d ago1:05:45

1:05:45

Brad Chandler is a successful entrepreneur who built a thriving real estate investment company, but is now dedicating his life to his true passion: helping others break free from their past, overcome limiting beliefs, and create the life and relationships they desire and deserve. Through mastering self-love and reprogramming the mind, Brad has tran…

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Andrew Cassels, Around the Americas through the NW Passage and Patagonia 1:09:45

9d ago1:09:45

1:09:45

Andrew recently completed a three-year journey around the Americas including the Faroe Islands, Greenland, through the Northwest Passage, Alaska, Costa Rica, Patagonia, Brazil, and Svalbard, in a JFA 45, an aluminum expedition yacht. We talk about highlights of the trip, as well as difficulties, favorite places, sailing in heavy weather, anchoring …

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Jeff Patterson, The Yielding Warrior, Martial Arts and Meditation 55:52

13d ago55:52

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Jeff Patterson, from Portland, OR, USA, has over 36 years of experience, practicing and teaching the meditative and martial arts. As the founder of Northwest Fighting Arts/Portland Tai Chi Academy and The Yielding Warrior, he emphasizes the transformative power of meditative and martial arts practices, particularly the yielding concept. He has publ…

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Before and After Hurricane Milton, Anchored in St Augustine with Aaron Erwine and Doug Jackson 1:01:36

23d ago1:01:36

1:01:36

Aaron and Doug were anchored in the Intracoastal Waterway just north of St Augustine, Florida, during hurricane Milton (and Helene). I interviewed them before and then after Hurricane Milton. We talk about anchoring; setting a tandem anchor; using multiple anchors; selecting a spot to sit out a hurricane; we get interuppted by a food delivery to my…

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Happiness and Self-Love with Matt O'Neill 1:07:14

20d ago1:07:14

1:07:14

Matt O'Neill is a happiness expert whose work has positively impacted the lives of over 100,000 people worldwide. He's the author of the "Good Mood Revolution" book, and host of the "Good Mood Revolution" podcast. Matt teaches us that happiness is a choice, even when life gets tough. His teaching isn't just theory, it's tested in the real world too…

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Sailing Solo from The Netherlands to New Zealand, Jacqueline Evers 1:05:41

25d ago1:05:41

1:05:41

Jacqueline Evers set off from The Netherlands in July 2023 and is now in New Zealand. She sails a 1977 Grinde 27 called Loveworkx, designed by Peter Bruun and built in Denmark. We talk about New Zealand, clearing into various countries and expenses, sailing solo with family visiting, her boat, the inner forestay, why she is sailing solo around the …

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Ronika Merl, the Gorgeous Spark of Creativity 1:11:01

27d ago1:11:01

1:11:01

Ronika is an award-winning screenwriter. She also directs, and runs the Wicklow Stories Film Festival. Having placed highly in both the Academy Nicholl Fellowship as well as the Austin Film Festival in 2019, she has since expanded her slate to contain more than 22 feature-length scripts. She has lectured at Griffith College in Dublin, Ireland and h…

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Panama Update, Bocas del Toro and San Blas 1:00:45

1M ago1:00:45

1:00:45

Recorded at Esnasdup island in San Blas, aka Guna Yala, I discuss my year and a half in Panama. I talk about navigating here, places I've been, anchorages, marinas, the weather, wildlife, crime, clearing in and out, surfing, spearfishing, tropical disaeses, getting proper exercise when living on a boat, and much more. Shownotes are here https://www…

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Transatlantic on a Hans Christian 34, Gunnar Christensen 1:17:37

1M ago1:17:37

1:17:37

Gunnar Christensen is an entrant in the 2026 Golden Globe Race, and he recently bought a Hans Christian 34 in Trinidad and sailed it, solo, home to the UK. We talk about the boat, the voyage, his self-steering, Hydrovanes, Watt&Sea, trailing warps in heavy weather, sailing with hank-on headsails, jacklines and tethers, emergency ways to climb back …

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The Fingertips of God, Lion Goodman 58:40

1M ago58:40

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Lion Goodman is founder of the Clear Beliefs Institute. He is a professional certified therapeutic coach with 40 years’ experience as an executive coach, teacher, healer, and Subconscious Pattern Detective. He is the creator of the Clear Beliefs Method for deleting limiting beliefs, healing childhood wounds and resolving traumas from the past. We t…

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The Time-Optimized Life, David Buck 1:01:53

2M ago1:01:53

1:01:53

David Buck is the author of “The Time-Optimized Life.” He has over 35 years of organizational and time-management experience, which led him to start Kairos Management Solutions, and the Infinity Lifestyle design program. David empowers business professionals to overcome the struggles of a lack of flexibility in life. He helps his clients craft a st…

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Tom Fisher, Sailing in Newfoundland 1:23:42

2M ago1:23:42

1:23:42

Tom Fisher sails a Biscay 36. He was inspired to go to Newfoundland after readingthe book "Sailing to Newfoundland," and visited many of the places I went in 2022. We talk about growing up sailing in the UK, sailing barges, folkboats, comparing traditional full-keel boats to modern charter boats, his Biscay 36, radar, Starlink, AIS, St. Martin to B…

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A Shark Encounter in The Bahamas 48:26

2M ago48:26

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In 2018, while sailing in The Bahamas, I had a terrifying encounter with an oceanic whitetip shark, a known maneater, and one of the most feared sharks in the ocean. I described the encounter in my book Journey to the Ragged Islands. In this episode is a chapter in the audiobook, where I read from the book about my time at Cat Island. I encountered…

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Nathan Zahrt, 1:29:05

2M ago1:29:05

1:29:05

Nathan and his wife Vivian run Ocean Passages, offering training passages aboard their Compass 47. We also talk about Tahiti and the Society Islands, dealing with cyclone season, Nova Scotia, dealing with heavy weather, electronics, anchoring, his association with John Kretschmer, training passages, heaving-to, different boats, different rigs, usin…

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The Never Ending Quest 22:46

2M ago22:46

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A short story about a magical island, based on a real place - Isla Escudo de Veraguas, read by the author. Support the podcast through Patreon here http://patreon.com/DreamChasersandEccentricsBy Paul Trammell

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Porter Fox, Category Five 1:11:24

2M ago1:11:24

1:11:24

Porter Fox grew up on the coast of Maine sailing small boats. His father designed and built Whistler sailboats and founded Able Marine. Porter has written three books and also writes stories for The New York Times and other journals. His latest book is Category Five, which we talk about. We also talk about sailing around New York City, sailing a Wh…

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Hello Flower, Martina Gruppo 1:02:24

2M ago1:02:24

1:02:24

Martina is the author of the book Hello Flower: A real life story of narcissistic love and invisible abuse. We talk about living in Italy, learning foreign languages, teaching and building schools in Nicaragua, selling coffee, falling in love with a covert narcissist and suffering narcissistic abuse, defining a narcissist, avoiding them, the import…

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Dave Winkler, Sea Tow 53:42

2M ago53:42

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Dave winkler is a Sea Two captain in Boston. We talk about sailing in Boston, problems sailers face and ask Sea Tow for help with, towing sailboats and using drogues during rudder-failure, mast breakage, the importance of taping over cotterpins in the standing rigging and lifelines, dangerous rescues, lobster bouys, rescuing a leatherback turtle, t…

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Journey to the Ragged Islands 42:23

2M ago42:23

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This episode features the first two chapters of the audiobook Journey to the Ragged Islands, by Paul Trammell, as read by the author (and the host of this podcast). Shownotes are here https://www.paultrammell.com/dream-chasers-and-eccentrics Support the podcast through Patreon here https://www.patreon.com/DreamChasersandEccentrics…

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James Evenson, Sailing Zingaro 1:22:25

3M ago1:22:25

1:22:25

Captain James is a former submariner in the US Navy. He's sailed over 70,000 nm on a wide variety of boats. We talk about life on a submarine, catamarans, sailing through the South Pacific, a near-disaster on a catamaran breaking up in a storm, dual rudders, center cockpits, raised deck salons, pointing high, chasing your dreams and doing what you …

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UFC Fighter Brodie Farber 1:07:54

3M ago1:07:54

1:07:54

Brodie Farber was a professional Mixed Martial Arts fighter from 2002 to 2018. We talk all about fighting, various martial arts and which ones work, training, injuries, preventing injuries, what it's like to be knocked out, the benefits of learning a martial art, travelling, and much more. Show notes are here https://www.paultrammell.com/dream-chas…

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Ethan Mass, Sea Tow Boston 43:40

3M ago43:40

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In this bonus mid-week episode, I interview Sea Tow captain Ethan Maass, from Sea Tow Boston. We talk about how Sea Tow serves sailors, how far they go to help, working with the Coast Guard when there's a problem, communications, what membership includes and doesn't, collisions, common safety shortcomings in boaters, emergency anchoring, getting lo…

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The South Pacific in 2 Perspectives, Erick and Jenny VanMalssen 1:31:45

3M ago1:31:45

1:31:45

Erick and Jenny had just arrived in Fiji when I spoke with them, after having spent a year in French Polynesia. I interviewed the sepparately and asked the same questions, then editied it so you can hear their different, or similar, responses. We talk about favorite places, pleasant and difficult passages, favorite diving experiences, wildlife, sha…

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Conflicting Loyalties, From Mafia Enforcer to DOJ Informant, Aiden Gabor 58:29

3M ago58:29

58:29

Aiden Gabor was recruited into the mafia at a young age, led a life of crime, and became an enforcer. He was later coerced into being an informant for the Department of Justice, who convinced him to become a police officer in order to bring down corrupt cops. He wrote a book about his life, Conflicting Loyalties, which I read in three days since I …

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Chris and Tom from SailTies 47:00

3M ago47:00

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Tom and Chris are two sailors from the UK who developed SailTies, a free app that makes it easy to record all your sailing experience in one place. The app keeps a digital record of all your voyages, certificates, crew, vessels, and clubs. We talk about their sailing experiences, chartering in the Med, sailing around Sicily, the SailTies app, and m…

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Escape from Panama, Captain Ky the Seaglass Guy 1:20:30

3M ago1:20:30

1:20:30

Kyle Davis, aka Captain Ky the Seaglass Guy, was in the San Blas islands in Panama when he came down with dengue fever. He ended up in a bad situation in a prison-like hospital and had to escape. Kyle is a sailor and a sea-glass hunter, and has also been know to catch crocodiles by hand. We also talk about fishing, sailing from Panama to Cartagena,…

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Autobiographic Memory, Frank Healy 57:18

3M ago57:18

57:18

Frank Healy is one of 100 people in the entire world who has hyperthymesia. He remembers every day of his life, starting at six years old. He is now 64. He is also an author and a therapist, and we talk about memory, his obsession with weather, school, social life, how to control and minimize bad memories, astrology, OCD, controling emotions, reliv…

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Grant Headifen, NauticEd, 1:27:26

3M ago1:27:26

1:27:26

Grant Headifen is the founder and Global Director of Education of NauticEd, a modern sailing education organization that provides online sailing courses, a global network of sailing schools, and virtual-reality sail training. In addition to sailing education, we talk about the force of wind and why it quadruples when wind speed doubles, a different…

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Poetry Episode 40:44

3M ago40:44

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Clouds, thunderstorms, cool rain, surfing, life and death, strolling through the jungle. My poems are influenced by the natural world around me, as I live on my sailboat in Bocas del Toro, Panama. In this episode, the inner working of my mind are on dislpay for all to hear as I read my original poetry. Shownotes are here https://www.paultrammell.co…

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Jack Patton, Sailing an Electric Boat, Powerflow Marine 53:52

4M ago53:52

53:52

Jack Patton sails an electric Passport 42, and was sailing to Hawaii when we spoke. He is also the owner of Poerflow Marine, which makes electric-motor systems for sailboats. We talk about sailing an electric boat, the conversion from diesel, the cost comparison between repowering with diesel vs electric, cooling systems, regeneration, the Ecostar …

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The End of the World, The Beginning of Everything, Shebana Coelho 1:20:32

4M ago1:20:32

1:20:32

Shebana Coelho is an award-winning writer, performance artist and facilitator of workshops. Her work is about expressing our creativity to liberate us from fear and other colonizations and to celebrate our passion. She received a Fiction Fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts, and a Fulbright grant to Mongolia. We talk about travel, a…

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Cruising an IMOCA 66, Sailing NV 1:10:01

4M ago1:10:01

1:10:01

Timo and Jo bought NV, a 66' IMOCA ex-Vendee Globe sailboat and converted her into a family cruiser, without sacrificing performance. The draft is still 4.5m and the mast 100'. NV was originally designed, built & raced by famous Hungarian sailor Nándor Fa. He competed in her in the 1992 Vendée Globe finishing 5th, becoming the first non-frenchman t…

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To Play the Game, 72 Days of Survival in the Andes 1:02:20

4M ago1:02:20

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John Guiver is the author of the book "To Play the Game," the story of the aeronautical disaster of flight 571, which crashed in the Andes in 1972, and involved cannibalism in order to survive. John Guiver's lifetime interest in the 1972 Andes Flight Disaster led him to travel to the site of the accident in January 2013 in the company of one of the…

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Skip Novak, High-Latitude Expedition Sailing and Expedition Sailboats 1:20:49

4M ago1:20:49

1:20:49

Skip Novak is a lifetime offshore sailor, veteran of four Whitbread Round the World and other races, and owner of Pelagic Expeditions. He recently published the boat "On Sailing." We talk about the book, learning to sail, Kirsten Neuschafer, combining sailing and climbing, design aspects of proper bluewater cruising boats, deck layout on Skip's boa…

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Living on the Kamoka Pearl Farm in French Polynesia, Josh Humbert 55:49

4M ago55:49

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Kamoka Pearl Farm produces pearls from oysters grown in the nutrient-rich lagoon of Ahe Atoll, 300 miles northeast of Tahiti. They are known for adhering to the strictest levels of sustainable farming in the pearl world and have pioneered many eco-farming techniques that not only help the environment, but also improve the quality of their pearls. W…

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Living Aboard and Sailing a Proper Electric Sailboat with SV Vagari 1:17:45

4M ago1:17:45

1:17:45

Keith and Becca bought a Pearson 424 that needed a refit, and when the time came to repower, they found an inexpensive electric motor and made a quick decision to build an electri-motor system. They eventually sailed off from Texas to the Caribbean, worked their way upwind to the Windward Islands, then to the Azores, where they were when I talked t…

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Feeling Fear and Finding Courage with Adrenajen, aka Jennie Milton 1:07:36

4M ago1:07:36

1:07:36

Jennie Milton, aka Adrena-Jen, is an Australian kitesurfing and snow kiting champion, and all-around hardcore adventurer. We talk about getting chased by a polar bear, Alaska, kitesurfing, kiteskiing, generation X, the Red Bull Ragnarok kiteski race, staying in shape and combating the aging process, fear, and courage. We also discuss the relationsh…

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Tanguy de Lamotte, Vita Power, and Electric Boats 46:11

4M ago46:11

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Tanguy de Lamotte is a French sailor and naval architect, and veteran of many offshore races, including the two Vendeé Globes and several Transats. He is also part of Vita Power, a company that makes electric boats. We talk about electric boats and their environmental advantages, the Vita Power boats, sailing IMOCA boats, foiling, cruising, and mor…

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Living with Schizophrenia, Dale Walsh 1:03:19

5M ago1:03:19

1:03:19

Following a thirteen-week hospitalization for schizophrenia, after being “extracted” from Dartmouth College, Dale Walsh was in a private psychiatric program where he was hospitalized nine times over five years. He then moved into his own unsupervised apartment and returned to college at Fairleigh Dickinson University, from where he graduated magna …

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Simon Curwen, Ocean Globe Race aboard Translated 9 1:13:28

5M ago1:13:28

1:13:28

Simon Curwen recently skippered Translated 9, a Swan 65, in the Ocean Globe Race, which was a re-creation of the 1973 Whitbread Round the World Race. The race consisted of 4 legs, from the UK to Cape Town, South Africa; to Aukland, New Zealand; to Punta del Este, Uruguay; and back to the UK. Simon started as the navigator aboard Translated 9, and w…

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Britton Kelley, Personal Training and Lifestyle Change 1:11:32

5M ago1:11:32

1:11:32

Britton Kelley is a personal trainer living in Medellin Colombia. We talk about travelling, living in Medellin Colombia, being a gringo, doing your own thing, Costa Rica, lifestyle change, Thialand, fitness, personal training, not having children, OMAD (one meal a day), MRSA, pain, Covid, not watching television, and more. Shownotes can be found at…

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Sail Trim Basics with Carl Damm 1:09:40

5M ago1:09:40

1:09:40

Carl Damm is a sailing instructor and owner of Damsel Marine, a yacht managment and maintenance consulting service. We talk about the basics of trimming sails, like using adjustable jib-sheet cars, the boom vang, the outhaul, halyard tension, asymetrical spinnakers, using a spinnaker net, downwind sailing, flying the main or not when on a deep broa…

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Author Jeremiah Beck, Recollection 1:05:39

5M ago1:05:39

1:05:39

Jeremiah Beck is the author of the new novel Recollection, which I read and enjoyed enough to invite Jeremiah onto the show. We talk about finding the inspiration to read and write, authors we love, learning to write, finding an editor, cultivating a creative mindest, talking to your characters, rituals, begging for the muse, marketing a book, guil…

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Gunnar Christensen, Preparing for the 2026 Golden Globe Race 1:25:03

5M ago1:25:03

1:25:03

Gunnar Christensen is entered in the 2026 Golden Globe Race. We talk about his motivations, what he hopes to gain from the race, his competetiveness, preparing mentally and physically, singlehanding and being alone on the ocean, Tapio's book, The Whitbread, the Royal National Lifeboat Institute, sailing full-keeled vs fin-keeled boats, jacklines an…

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Amelia Huckel-Bauer, All She Cares About is the Yankees 1:00:28

5M ago1:00:28

1:00:28

Amelia Huckel-Bauer is a Bronx based actor and teaching artist, currently producing and acting in an on-going production of John Ford Noonan’s, "All She Cares About is the Yankees," coming soon to the Bronx. She is a company member with Emit Theatre, bringing immersive Shakespeare to schools, roles ranging from Gertrude in Hamlet, to Malvolio in Tw…

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Alan Fishbone, Heavy Weather in the North Atlantic 46:11

5M ago46:11

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Alan Fishbone lives on his Lord Nelson 35, currently in the British Virgin Islands. He sailed there from New York in December and encountered heavy weather, which we discuss. We also talk about living on a boat, solar power, Lord Nelson sailboats, heavy weather and sailplans, accidental jibes, the Bermuda Triangle, full-keel cutters, boom brakes, t…

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