David Young: Ship wrecked off the US coast after rolling 360 degrees

Guest host Paul Trammell is back and interviews David Young who lives in Jacksonville Florida on his Endeavour 35 yacht, built in 1984. He shares his experience on Pacific voyaging, using parachute anchors and drogues, 4 decades of ocean sailing; starting with pilot charts, radio direction finders and sextants and talks about evolution to GPS, the risks of GPS navigating and the explosive growth in confident technology-equipped cruisers.  David met the famous sailor 'Bernard Moitessier' in the early eighties at a boat yard in Northern California, when was building his new steel yacht 'Joshua'. David shares some of Bernard's advice about handling storms and various sea states, along with staying well off the coast in onshore gales.  David yacht was ship wrecked off the northern coast of San Francisco in a bad gale after rolling through 360 degrees and losing his mast. Bernard Moitessier new yacht 'Joshua' was also beached and wrecked in a subsequent Cabo San Lucas storm with 30-40 other yachts a few years later. Visit Ocean Sailing Podcast for offshore sailing opportunities and podcast extras and follow us on Facebook.