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Slow Boat Sailing Podcast
by Linus Wilson
The Slow Boat Sailing Podcast discusses the latest sailing adventures of Linus Wilson. Guests of interest to long-distance sailboat cruisers are interviewed. Show notes are under the "blog" tab at www.slowboatsailing.com
Episodes
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We Are Selling the Slow Boat in Indonesia (1987 Island Packet 31') Make an Offer
We are selling our beloved 1987 Island Packet 31', CONTANGO, which sailed from New Orleans, USA, through the Panama Canal, across the South Pacific to Australia and Lombok, Indonesia. It is loaded with redundant gear and spares. The engine was in good working order the last time we were on it in...
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Slow Boat to Cuba, Chs. 13, 14, 15, & 16 Ep. 70 hosted by Linus Wilson
Linus reads chapters 13, 14, 15, and 16 of his audiobook of SLOW BOAT TO CUBA and reflects on his sailing plans to Indonesia for May and June of 2023. He tells of his experience in the mangroves of Darwin, Australia and climbing the highest peak in the Australian continent in July 2022. Captain...
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Ep. 69: Sailing the Arafura Sea, Torres Straight to Darwin, Australia, Offshore in the Indian Ocean
Linus tells about his first offshore passage in the Indian Ocean. It did not go great as Linus solo-sailed across the Gulf of Carpentaria, the Van Diemen Gulf, and the Beagle Gulf dodging whirlpools, sea snakes, and wild currents. Captain Linus Wilson is the author of the travel narratives SLOW...
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Ep. 68: Over the Top of Australia, Crossing the Pacific & Entering the Indian Ocean, More on Australian Xenophobia
Linus completed his crossing of the ENTIRE Pacific Ocean and entered the Indian Ocean. He reflects on the deserted county of Australia, the Great Barrier Reef, and the government targeting of foreign tourists in Australia. Captain Linus Wilson is the author of the travel narratives SLOW BOAT TO…
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Ep. 67: Australia’s War of Cruising Sailors, the Abuses of the Australian Border Force (ABF) New Caledonia to Cairns
Linus talks about his 11 day offshore passage from Noumea, New Caledonia to Cairns, Australia. The Australian Border Force engages in abusive tactics to harass cruising sailboat owners. If you are on a cruise ship or a plane you are treated like a tourist. If you are on a sailboat you will be...
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Ep. 66: Part 3, Audiobook of Slow Boat to Cuba by Linus Wilson Chapters 9, 10, 11, and 12
This continues the reading of the audiobook of Slow Boat to Cuba (c) 2016 by Linus Wilson chapters 9, 10, 11, and 12. The first four chapters were featured in episode 28, and part 2 with chapters 5, 6, 7, and 8 was in episode 66. Captain Linus Wilson is the author of the travel narratives SLOW…
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Ep. 65: Part 2 of SLOW BOAT TO CUBA, Chs. 5, 6, 7, 8
This continues the reading of the audiobook of Slow Boat to Cuba (c) 2016 by Linus Wilson. The first four chapters were featured in episode 28. Captain Linus Wilson is the author of the travel narratives SLOW BOAT TO THE BAHAMAS, HOW TO SAIL AROUND THE WORLD PART-TIME, and SLOW BOAT TO CUBA. He…
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Australia is Open! COVID Road Trip (part 2 of 2) An RV Adventure by Linus Wilson Ep. 64
Linus Wilson updates us on the Slow Boat's summer plans with Australia's reopening to international tourism starting on February 21, 2022. He also reads the second half of his audiobook of COVID Road Trip: An RV Adventure Kindle Edition...
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COVID Road Trip: An RV Adventure (Part 1 of 2) Audiobook by Linus Wilson Ep. 63
COVID Road Trip: An RV Adventure Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/COVID-Road-Trip-RV-Adventure-ebook/dp/B098LX79QN One man was tired of stay at home orders and government regulation of every aspect of life during the COVID-19 pandemic. He bought a small RV, a teardrop travel trailer, and...
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How To Sail Around the World Part Time Chs. 2, 5-10, by Linus Wilson Ep. 62
How to Sail Around the World Part-Time, by Linus Wilson. Chapters 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, & 10 read by the author. Kindle Version at https://www.amazon.com/How-Sail-Around-World-Part-Time-ebook/dp/B01B0OFYNW "Do you dream of sailing around the world in a sailboat? Do you have a business or career you...
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Around the World in 3 Days, I LOST BIG $$$ & my sailboat in a COVID-19 visa scam in New Caledonia Ep. 61
I wanted to rescue my stranded sailboat in New Caledonia. Falling victim to a COVID-19 visa scam I circumnavigated the globe in 3 expensive days on the fake promises of the New Caledonia government, the airline AirCalin, a greedy official quarantine Hotel Godwana, and my sailboat is still...
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The Cruise of the Amaryllis (Annotated) Ch. 1 by GHP Muhlhauser ed. Linus Wilson Ep. 60
G.H.P. Muhlhauser was the first yachtsman to take a small sailboat around the world via the Panama and Suez Canals. Oxriver Publishing is producing the annotated edition of this sailing classic The Cruise of the Amaryllis first written in 1924. The current edition is edited and read by Linus...
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Ep. 59: Sailing offshore from Vava’u, Tonga to Fiji, Vanuatu, & New Caledonia with Linus Wilson, Season 4 of Slow Boat Sailing’s Part-Time Around the World Trip
Linus Wilson talks about season 4 of his part-time around the world trip where he sails his 31-foot Island Packet from Vava'u, Tonga to Suva, Viti Levu, Fiji. Then he and his volunteer crew member sail to the home of the active volcano Mt. Yasur, Port Resolution, Tanna. Finally, the Slow Boat...
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Ep. 58: John Martin Crosses the Ocean in a Walker Bay 8, Uku and Istavan finish the GGR 2018, and the Viking Sky Almost Sinks Hosted by Linus Wilson
John Martin III sailed across the frigid Bering Sea in a 8-foot Walker Bay sailing dinghy. He landed in Siberia after 14 days at sea when wild currents pushed him wildly off course. He planned to sneak into China after sailing down the Yukon River. First he sailed the Tanana River. He departed…
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Ep. 57: Van Den Heede speaks about his pitchpole and win in the 2018 GGR Golden Globe Sailing Race to Linus Wilson + the future for the podcast & YouTube channel
Jean Luc Van Den Heede shatters Sir Robin Knox-Johnston's Sunday Time's 1968 Golden Globe Race record by 100 days finishing first in the 2018 Golden Globe Race. Hear his story of his broken rig in the Southern Ocean. Linus Wilson talks about the plans for year 4 of the Slow Boat Sailing Podcast…
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Ep. 56: Sailing the OGRE, the log of a woman wanderer (annotated) by Mable Stock read by Linus Wilson
Mabel Stock, her brother Ralph, and their friend buy a 47-foot, gaff-rigged sailboat after World War I and from 1919 to 1920 sail it half-way across the world. They are one of the first cruising yachts to transit the Panama Canal in the Ogre sailboat. They go on to sail the South Pacific. This is...
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Ep. 55: Acorn to Arabella and Susie Goodall Pitchpoled in the GGR; Hosted by Linus Wilson
We hear from Alix Kreder and Stephan Denette who are wooden boat builders and the creators of the YouTube Channel Acorn to Arabella. After almost three years, these college buddies they have built the frame of their 38-foot gaff-rigged ketch made mostly of trees on Stephan's farm in western...
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Ep. 54: Capt. Voss, Sailing to Treasure Island: The Cruise of the Xora read by Linus Wilson
Linus Wilson reads the first four chapters of Sailing to Treasure Island by Captain John C. Voss. You can get the full audiobook at www.Patreon.com/slowboatsailing The paperback at...
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Ep. 53: Paul Trammell Reads Becoming a Sailor A Singlehand Sailing Adventure; Sailing Kittiwake Questions if Vlogging is a Goldmine; Another Rescue and Dismasting in the Golden Globe Race
In this episode, we feature Paul Trammell reading chapter 1 of Becoming a Sailor, A Singlehand Sailing Adventure. Linus Wilson talks about the latest dismasting (number four) of the solo-nonstop 2018 Golden Globe Race of French sailor Loic Lepage's yacht. Elana from Sailing Kittiwake reads her…
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Ep. 52: Abandon Ship, Dismasted in the GGR, the ADRIFT Movie, & Hurricane Florence Sinks Sailboats: Featuring Joy & Jim Carey and Sailing Banjo Interviewed by Linus Wilson
Joy and Jim Carey were 150 miles from their home port in Bellingham Washington when they were struck by violent storm. A rogue wave filled their boat with water, knocked out the electronics, and nearly washed Jim overboard. Getting hypothermic with no other forms of communication, they pulled…
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Ep. 51: Sunk by Hurricane Irma and Stranded by Maria, Sailing Mischeif’s Ariana Czaia Interviewed by Linus Wilson
Ariana Czaia and Christian Hightower just bought and outfitted the perfect cruising boat Mischief in Grenada. They were just getting the hang of sailing it when engine problems forced them to put into St. Martin. A few days later the category 5 Hurricane Irma destroyed St. Martin and sunk their...
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Ep. 50: Chapters 3-4 of HOW TO SAIL AROUND THE WORLD PART-TIME and Tonga Update with Linus Wilson
Linus Wilson reads his former Amazon sailing bestseller’s chapters 3 and 4 of HOW TO SAIL AROUND THE WORLD PART-TIME. Geography and Hurricane Seasons The Round-Trip Problem He gives his tips for bleeding injectors in diesel engines from his research and the school of hard knocks and talks about…
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Ep. 49: Adventures of An Old Seadog’s Barry Perrins and Sailing from Aitutaki to Tonga with Linus Wilson
Linus Wilson interviews solo-sailor and creator of Adventures of an Old Seadog sailing vlog on YouTube Barry Perrins. Barry Perrins sailed from England accross the Atlantic and beyond in his sailboat. He talks about his cruise of Portugal, Spain, the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, and Curacao. He…
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Ep. 48: Gone with the Wynns’ Jason and Nikki Trade Their RV for a Sailboat Interviewed by Linus Wilson
Jason and Nikki Wynn of the Gone with The Wynns YouTube Channel and Blog speak to Linus Wilson about their transition from travel by RV to sailing catamaran. They talk about outfitting their 10-year old boat, sailing offshore, and exploring the Bahamas, Panama, and Ecuador in a sailboat. They...
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Ep. 47: Part 2 of Abandoned, 119 Days Adrift with John Glennie Interviewed by Linus Wilson
This is part 2 of my discussion with John Glennie. John Glennie's boat was adrift for 119 days upside-down before he and three other men landed on Great Barrier Island in New Zealand. This is the record for the most days adrift in a cold climate and is likely the record for the most days adrift…
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Ep. 46: Sailboat Sunk 2 Days Into Dream Cruise when Its Keel Falls Off, Nikki Walsh and Tanner Broadwell Speak to Linus Wilson
Nikki Walsh and Tanner Broadwell bought at $5,000 1969 Columbia 28-foot sailboat to sail around the world. Their trip lasted 2 days. In the end the boat sunk to the bottom of the ocean. They departed Tarpon Springs, Florida. By 9PM on Wednesday, February 7, 2018, their boat was at the bottom of…
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Ep. 45: Crowhurst Movie Director Simon Rumley Talks about the Greatest Fraud in Sailing History
Simon Rumley directed the Crowhurst movie about Donald Crowhurst, who pretended to sail around the world in the 1968 Sunday Times Golden Globe Race. In that race roughly a dozen men competed for two prizes to be the first man to circumnavigate the globe solo and non-stop and the fastest man to…
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Ep. 44: Muscular Dystrophy Cannot Stop Ryan Levinson of Two Afloat Sailing Interviewed by Linus Wilson
Ryan and Nicole Levinson left San Diego threw off the dock lines in San Diego and sailed to Mexico and French Polynesia. Ryan is an accomplished athlete and trained for the special olympics in sailing. Despite being in his mid forties his FSH Muscular Dystrophy is eating away at his muscle mass…
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Ep. 43: Cruising the Society Islands with Author Nadine Slavinski Interviewed by Linus Wilson
We talk to Pacific Crossing Notes author about cruising the Society Islands of French Polynesia. We talk about the paradise islands of Maupiti, Bora Bora, Tahaa, Raiatea, and Huahine. The Slow Boat crew plans to cruise these Islands in May 2018....
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Ep. 42: Rescued Hawaii Sailor Jennifer Appel Talks About Cruising in Her Two Doomed Boats with Linus Wilson
Jennifer Appel talks about her ten years of sailing prior to her rescue by the USS Ashland on October 25, 2017, about 900 miles from Japan. She confirms that her boat was a Charlie Morgan designed Starratt and Jenks 45 sailboat despite her assertions to the media it was 50 feet long. She talks...
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Ep. 41: HOAX? Sailboat Rescue Story Has Many Problems Hosted by Linus Wilson
Two Hawaiian sailors rescued off Japan by the US Navy told some tall tales about their ordeal at sea in stories covered by all the major news networks. The youtube video of this discussion is at https://youtu.be/vYQLT4jxAcM They said they sailed through a force 11 storm and saw 50-foot sharks in...
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Ep. 40: 5 Months Adrift! The Curious Case of SV Sea Nymph Hosted by Linus Wilson
This story of disaster at sea has a lot of unanswered questions. You’ll see extensive interviews of the two women rescued 5 months at sea on a 50-foot sailboat adrift in the Pacific Ocean. On May 23, 2017, Jennifer Appel and Natasha Fuiva and the dogs Valentine and Zues departed Oahu, Hawaii in…
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Ep. 39: Wrecked in Key West, Capt. Mark J. Reinhardt, Speaks After Hurricane Irma to Linus Wilson
Capt. Mark J. Reinhardt lost his moored boat in Key West to Hurricane Irma. Capt. Mark J. Reinhardt estimated that 80 percent of the boats in the mooring field of Garrison Bite of Key West were wrecked in his interview on the Slow Boat Sailing podcast episode 39. The Slow Boat was moored in that...
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Ep. 38: Houston Boat Show Talk of How to Sail Around the World Part-Time by Linus Wilson
Linus Wilson talks about his book How to Sail Around the World Part-Time in a seminar at the Southwestern International Boat Show in League City, Texas in April 2017. This show too place at the South Shore Marina off of Clear Lake near the Kemah Boardwalk area. Linus, Janna, and Sophie visited…
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Ep. 37: Mayday! Shipwrecked on a reef in the South Pacific. Dan Govatos of www.adventuresofatribe.com interviewed by Linus Wilson on the Slow Boat Sailing Podcast
A few weeks ago the crew of the Tanda Malaika crashed onto a reef near the southern tip of Huahine in the Society Islands of French Polynesia. The family of six was rescued by helicopter and their 46-foot Leopard sailing catamaran was a total loss. Indeed, they are required to pay to tow their...
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Ep. 36: Sailing Zatara, Sailing Around the World with Teens, Slow Boat Sailing Podcast Hosted by Linus Wilson
The crew Sailing Zatara, Mom, Dad, and four kids bought their first sailboat in 2016 and left the dock in November 2016. Now they have sailed past Tahiti headed west around the world. Check out their YouTube channel! Linus speaks with Dad, Keith, skipper of SV Zatara. Linus Wilson, podcasting…
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Ep. 35: Greg Kutsen of Mantus Anchors Sails to the Galapagos and Cruising Hiva Oa and Fatu Hiva Hosted by Linus Wilson
Greg Kutsen of Mantus Anchors tells about his cruising in his Ericson sailboat that took him from the shallows of Texas to Mexico, Colombia, Panama and the Galapagos. Along the way he decided he could build a better anchor and started testing prototypes of what would become the Mantus Anchor. We...
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Ep. 34: Sailing Doodles Sails with Labradoodles from Texas to the Bahamas and Virgin Islands
Bobby White creator of the Sailing Doodles YouTube Channel talks about how he lost his career as a pilot and bought a boat for $24,000 to sail the seven seas with his two 90 pound labradoodles and his friend Megan. Check out his channel at...
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Ep 33: Sailing SV Delos Sails the Indian Ocean; Talks Crew and Rounding the Great Capes
Brian, Brady, and Karin speak to the Slow Boat Sailing Podcast host Linus Wilson about their Indian Ocean sailing adventures. They are between seasons in Cape Town South Africa. They talk about crew changes and future sailing plans. Brady, Brian, and Karin talk about the temptation to sail around...
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Ep. 32: SY Zero Loses Its Rudder and Sailing to Hiva Oa Interview by Linus Wilson
Christian from the SY Zero YouTube channel and blog talks about doing the north Pacific circle from Mexico, to Hawaii, to Alaska, sailing the inside passage, and back to San Diego California. He talks about how he survived a busted rudder and used sails and motor to get back to port under his own...
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Ep. 31: Struck by a Whale and Sailing Baby Blue Interviewed by Linus Wilson
Subscribe to the Slow Boat Sailing podcast for free on iTunes and Stitcher! The Slow Boat was struck by a whale 1,700 nautical miles from its next port and 1,800 nautical miles from its last port of call. The host Linus Wilson tells the tale. He also interviews the creators of Sailing Baby Blue....
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Ep. 30: Resolute Sets Sail cruises Mexico, Hawaii, and sails to Alaska with audio sample by Linus Wilson of Navigation Rules Captains’ Exam prep album
Subscribe to the Slow Boat Sailing podcast for free on iTunes and Stitcher! Native Alaskans Erik and Meagan bought a boat in the San Fransisco Bay area and sailed it down the often unforgiving California coast to the warm waters of Mexico. It may be a surprise to the followers of their…
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Ep. 29: Chase the Story’s Tasha Hacker and Ryan Horsnail Speak to Linus Wilson about Sailing French Polynesia
Tasha Hacker and Ryan Horsnail of the Chase the Story YouTube channel and Turf to Surf blog speak to us about cruising French Polynesia. In the bonus episode available to Patrons, they talk about touring the Galapagos, cruising with pets in the South Pacific, and downwind sailing techniques. My...
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Ep. 28: SLOW BOAT TO CUBA (audiobook sample) by Linus Wilson
Get the Slow Boat Sailing Podcast on Stitcher and iTunes! Your podcast host has been hard at work on his third book over the last couple months and is ready to share part of it with you. Slow Boat to Cuba does not go up for sale in print and Kindle versions until the end of November, but you can...
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Ep. 27: Sailing Vessel Prism Cruises the Pacific Coast of Mexico and Central America Interviewed by Linus Wilson
In this episode we talk to the John and Shannon from Sailing Vessel Prism. Prism is a 33-foot Hans Christian sailboat. They had sailed from Berkeley, California to Costa Rica when I caught up with them in June 2016. (The Slow Boat was in Panama and the internet was not the best for this…
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Ep. 26: Abandoned, 119 Days Adrift with John Glennie Interviewed by Linus Wilson
John Glennie's boat was adrift for 119 days upside-down before he and three other men landed on Great Barrier Island in New Zealand. This is the record for the most days adrift in a cold climate and is likely the record for the most days adrift by a sailing yacht crew. His boat the Rose-Noelle...
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Ep. 25: More Hands on Deck’s Tyler Rowland Interviewed by Linus Wilson
Our guest Tyler Rowland of the More Hands on Deck YouTube channel talks about his season 3 trying to sail from Louisiana to Panama with Vagabond Phil. The trip did not go as well as he hoped. He also talks about his new gig at Antlos in Venice, Italy. Antlos is a new “ArirBNB for boats.” In the...
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Ep. 24: Sailing Miss Lone Star and the Slow Boat’s Trip Across the Equator
This week I talk about Janna, Sophie, Daly (dog), and my long and winding offshore trip from Panama City to Salinas, Ecuador. We also talk to the Aubrey and Robb Hamic from the Sailing Miss Lone Star YouTube channel and blog about sailing with two young kids and a big dog. They tell about their…
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Ep. 23: Annie Author and Blogger at HaveWindWillTravel.com Interviewed by Linus Wilson
Annie Dike author of Keys to the Kingdom: A rising young lawyer who found the key by losing the lock, Salt of a Sailor: The true origins of a durable, but not-so-dainty sailor, and None Such Like It: An enlightening voyage through the nine stages of boat-buying grief visited the Slow Boat and…
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Ep. 22: Trey Benefield of Blue Moon Adventures Sails Through a Gale with His Daughter from St. Martin to Panama
Trey Benefield of Blue Moon Adventures talks about how he wanted to finance his big cruise by buying a boat in the Eastern Caribbean and selling it in Australia for a profit. He talks about the first part of his trip in this episode from buying the boat in St. Martin and his transit of the Panama...
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The Slow Boat Sailing Podcast discusses the latest sailing adventures of Linus Wilson. Guests of interest to long-distance sailboat cruisers are interviewed. Show notes are under the "blog" tab at www.slowboatsailing.com
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