Slow Boat Sailing Podcast

Ep. 21: Checking the Slow Boat into Panama, Port Captains, Immigration, and Agents in Colon a Discussion by Linus Wilson

Checking into Panama was not easy or quick.  In this episode, I explain how I and the Slow Boat skipper ended up over $400 poorer and made two trips into Colon over four days and four government office visits including paying an agent. In my experience, both the immigration officer and Cristobal Port Captain refused to process my completed paperwork. I muse whether the government officials financially benefit from boater's employment of agents to facilitate the check in process in Colon, Panama. I hope they do not, but their behavior suggests they may.

I spent over $50 on internet in Panama to bring episode 20 to you. That does not include my podcast and website hosting expenses. It is not free to create a podcast. Help out if you can.

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

 

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

 

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

Ep. 20: SV Sea Wolf Sails with a Dog in the Bahamas, Cuba,Honduras, Colombia, and Panama Interviewed by Linus Wilson

We are podcasting from Panama! The Slow Boat sailed from Providencia, Colombia to Colon, Panama, the entrance to the Panama canal about 250 miles on the 4th multiple night passage since leaving New Orleans on April 29. Get details of the engine blowout 45 miles from Panama and how the crew of the Slow Boat came into port under their own power.

 

This week’s guest is Dominique Truelove of the S/V SeaWolf Sailing and the YouTube channel of the same name. The SV Sea Wolf crew sailed with dog Bear to the Bahamas, Cuba, Honduras, Colombia and Panama before returning to the USA. Next season they’ll be sailing with their new born son. They literally bought a boat and went cruising immediately. Dominique tells about the customs challenges of sailing with a dog, and how they survived a broken forestay in the remote far southern part of the Bahamas.

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

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

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

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

Ep. 19: 2018 Golden Globe Race Founder Don McIntyre Interviewed by Linus Wilson

We’re podcasting from Providencia, Colombia in the middle of the Caribbean Sea. We are preparing for the next weather window to take us to Panama.

We talked to Don McIntyre the creator of the 2018 50th Anniversary Golden Globe race. Small stout boats without electrical gadgetry like GPS will engage in the "slowest race in the world," reliving the famous 1968 race.  Mr. McIntyre think the winner will be alone on the ocean for 8 months or more in the update of the race that made Robin Knox Johnston and Bernard Moitessier household names.

The 2018 Golden Globe Race Route 

Don McIntyre told about some of his past adventures such as his reenactment of the Lt. Bligh's open boat voyage from Tofu, Tonga to Batavia, Indonesia.

Below is a picture of Mr. McIntyre and another lover of the sea.

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

YOU CAN GET ALL THE BONUS EPISODES IF YOU PLEDGE AS LITTLE AS $1 TO THE SLOW BOAT SAILING PODAST’S PATREON SITE.  HALF OF THIS WEEK’S INTERVIEW IS ONLY AVAILABLE TO THOSE WHO PLEDGE ON PATREON.  THAT SECOND HALF OF THE INTERVIEW WITH CHERYL BARR TALKS ABOUT VISITING HAVANA AND VARADERO. THIS IS ONE OF MANY BONUS EPISODES AVAILABLE TO PATRONS ONLY. ALL PATRONS ARE GIVEN THE AUDIOBOOK OF THE #1 SAILING BESTSELLER HOW TO SAIL AROUND THE WORLD PART-TIME. 

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

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

Ep. 18: Jeffrey Wettig of the Shooting the Breeze Podcast Interviewed by Linus Wilson and Cuba to Providencia, Colombia Passage

We're podcasting from Providencia, Colombia in the middle of the Caribbean Sea. We just finished a four-day passage from Cayo Largo del Sur, Cuba to this beautiful oasis in the wild blue waters of the Western Caribbean.  

On this episode, we interview Jeffrey Wettig of www.theescapepods.com's Shooting the Breeze Sailing Podcast.  We learn about how he got into sailing early in life and talk about his two previous boats before he bought his current boat.  

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

YOU CAN GET ALL THE BONUS EPISODES IF YOU PLEDGE AS LITTLE AS $1 TO THE SLOW BOAT SAILING PODAST’S PATREON SITE.  HALF OF THIS WEEK’S INTERVIEW IS ONLY AVAILABLE TO THOSE WHO PLEDGE ON PATREON.  THAT SECOND HALF OF THE INTERVIEW WITH CHERYL BARR TALKS ABOUT VISITING HAVANA AND VARADERO. THIS IS ONE OF MANY BONUS EPISODES AVAILABLE TO PATRONS ONLY. ALL PATRONS ARE GIVEN THE AUDIOBOOK OF THE #1 SAILING BESTSELLER HOW TO SAIL AROUND THE WORLD PART-TIME. 

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

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

Ep. 17: Cruising Guide to Cuba Author Captain Cheryl Barr Interviewed by Linus Wilson

The Slow Boat Sailing Podcast is in Cuba! We talk about our trip to Nueva Gerona, Cuba to Cayo Largo on the Caribbean coast of Cuba. In April before the Slow Boat set sail for Cuba, I talked to Captain Cheryl Barr who wrote the recent Cruising Guide to Cuba: Volume 1 which covers Varadero, Havana, Cabo San Antonio, Cienfuegos, and Trinidad and all the places the Slow Boat visited. Cheryl Barr has been coming to Cuba since 1996 on her parents' schooner.

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

YOU CAN GET ALL THE BONUS EPISODES IF YOU PLEDGE AS LITTLE AS $1 TO THE SLOW BOAT SAILING PODAST’S PATREON SITE.  HaLF OF THIS WEEK's INTERVIEW is only AVAILABLE TO THOSE WHO PLEDGE ON PATReON.  THAT SECOND HALF OF THE INTERVIEW WITH CHERYL BARR TALKS ABOUT VISITING HAVANA AND VARADERO. THIS IS ONE OF MANY BONUS EPISODES AVAILABLE TO PATRONS ONLY. ALL PATRONS ARE GIVEN THE AUDIOBOOK OF THE #1 SAILING BESTSELLER HOW TO SAIL AROUND THE WORLD PART-TIME.  

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

 

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

Ep. 16: Wizard’s Eye’s Tyler Bradt Sails and Kayaks Around the World Interviewed by Linus Wilson

We are podcasting from Cuba! In this episode we talk to Tyler Bradt, profession white water kayaker and captain of SV Wizard's Eye. We talk about his round the world expedition. He tells us he cast off the dock lines with a month of sailing experience and very little prep time for his simply outfitted 42' steel cutter Wizard's Eye. Here about the Slow Boat's 3-day offshore trip from Venice, Florida to Cabo San Antonio Cuba and how we met up with episode 4 guest Addison Chan. Stevie and I are now in the south coast of Cuba on the Island of Youth, Isla Juventud, Cuba.

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

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

Ep. 15: Doina Cornell of Cornell Sailing and Author of Child of the Sea Interviewed by Linus Wilson

We spoke to Doina Cornell about the rallies organized by Cornell Sailing and the SV Aventura's recent attempts and crossing of the Northwest Passage.  She also tells us about her book Child of the Sea about her childhood circumnavigating the globe in a sailboat her parents built.

This episode is sponsored by Jenifer Clark's Gulfstream. The Slow Boat crew relied on Jenifer Clark's Gulfstream for their Panama trip thus far. Call 410-286-5270 or e-mail gulfstream@comcast.net so you can find out how their current and weather routing can aid you in your next blue water voyage. I talk about the Slow Boat's two-day passage from Pensacola to St. Petersburg, FL on its way to Panama via Cuba.

You can get a bonus episode of Doina Cornell if you pledge as little as $1 to the Slow Boat Sailing Podast’s Patreon site.  This is one of many bonus episodes available to Patrons only. All patrons are given the audiobook of the #1 sailing bestseller How to Sail Around the World Part-Time.  

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ep. 14: White Spot Pirates’ Nike Steiger Cruises the Western Caribbean Interviewed by Linus Wilson

Nike Steiger of White Spot Pirates tells us about why she dropped everything and bought her boat Karl in Panama. She gives trash and laundry tips for cruisers floating far off the grid. Learn the origins of herYouTube channel‘s name and her boat’s name. Find out about when she almost gave up the dream of sailing around the world all together.

You can get a bonus episode of White Spot Pirates with an in depth look at Nike’s Mexico cruise if you pledge as little as $1 to the Slow Boat Sailing Podast’s Patreon site.  This is one of many bonus episodes available to Patrons only. All patrons are given the audiobook of the #1 sailing bestseller How to Sail Around the World Part-Time. 

In this episode you can find out about the progress of the Slow Boat as it makes it way to Cuba and its new crew member Stevie.

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

Ep. 13: Wicked Salty’s Wes and Kate talk about selling their boat, outboard repair, and give the host Linus Wilson fishing tips

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Wes and Kate talk about how they bought their first boat in the summer of 2014, an Ericson 30+ on Craigslist for $11,500 and within months were headed south for the Bahamas making great videos on YouTube along the way. They cruised the Bahamas in that boat in the Northern Exumas, Nassau, Eleuthera, and the Abacos before deciding to sell it in South Carolina.  If you want a boat that is Bahamas tested, there is one waiting for you in South Carolina.

You can get chapters a bonus episode of Wicked Salty with an in depth look at their Bahamas cruise if you pledge as little as $1 to the Slow Boat Sailing Podast’s Patreon site.  This is one of many bonus episodes available to Patrons only. All patrons are given the audiobook of the #1 sailing bestseller How to Sail Around the World Part-Time.  

We talk about their early adventures, how their dog Lola adjusted to life afloat, and their reasons for selling the boat. Wes, Kate, and I talk about our problems with outboards in the Bahamas. (I had a lot of problems with my new outboards documented in my book Slow Boat to the Bahamas.) A lot of folks can't wait for them to find the right boat and start filming again. (I know I am one!) Support them on Patreon.

I chat about the latest developments in my trip preparations and planning for going to Panama via Cuba.  It boils down to, "Go EAST, middle-aged man".

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

Ep. 12: Slow Boat to the Bahamas chapters 1, 2, and 3 read by the author Linus Wilson

Never before released audiobook versions of chapters 1, 2, and 3 of Slow Boat to the Bahamas are free to Slow Boat Sailing Podcast listeners.

You can get chapters 4, 5, and 6 if you pledge as little as $1 to the Slow Boat Sailing Podast’s Patreon site.  Patrons get bonus content as well as a the free audiobook of the #1 sailing bestseller How to Sail Around the World Part-Time.

Check out our first video with Daly (poodle), Sophie (5), Janna, an me onYouTube! Hopefully, there will be more to come.

Yours truly said the dynamite fish bomber episode of SV Delos was one of their best and that they should be on cable in episode 10.  Now they are! You heard it on the Slow Boat Sailing Podcast first.

Stay tuned next week as the Slow Boat Sailing Podcast will bring you the crew of Wicked Salty in episode 13.

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