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The Mariner
by Chris Stanmore-Major
The Mariner is a sailing podcast for sailors of all ages and skill levels. The show covers all aspects of seamanship & safety at sea and features deep dives into topics like; Anchoring, Sail Trim & MOB as well as interviews, on-deck reports and Q & A sessions.The Mariner is filled with light-hearted asides and critical observations from host Chris Stanmore-Major who has over 325,000Nm of sailing experience commanding vessels from 15 -150-ft, worldwide.CSM has raced twice around the world and is the 182nd person ever to circumnavigate solo.
Episodes
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137 | Eric Hiscock | Cruising Under Sail | Part 2
This is the second installment in my reading of Cruising Under Sail by Eric Hiscock, from the 1987 edition. This book has been enormously important in my own sailing development. I first started using it to build my knowledge in 1996, when I was 18 years old, in Hong Kong, working on my first…
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136 | Cruising Under Sail | Eric Hiscock | Part 1
This is the first installment in my reading of Cruising Under Sail by Eric Hiscock, from the 1987 edition. This book has been enormously important in my own sailing development. I first started using it to build my knowledge in 1996, when I was 18 years old, in Hong Kong, working on my first tall...
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134 | Mid-Atlantic Update - All Well!
Join me 250 Nm west of Madeira as I negotiate my way through the Azores high on my qualifying passage on board the 80 ft yacht Osprey for the 2027 Global solo challenge round the world yacht race If you would like to join me for many more deep dives on topic's like: MOB recovery, heavy weather...
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133 | Good Things Ahead 😀
It’s been a while since I last recorded an episode. A friend put it perfectly the other night — I’ve been “down below, sheltering.” There’s been a lot to deal with, but I’ve come through it. Right now I’m lying alongside in Cherbourg, France, aboard Osprey — our 85-foot maxi — with a brand-new...
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132 | Entering the Needles Channel at 15 knots.
In this episode you join me on deck as we enter the Needles Channel, en route to Southampton, to pick up the crew for the Fastnet Expedition 2025. This comes at the end of a 3500Nm solo transatlantic voyage, on the 80 foot maxi, Osprey. 94 days before, in Nova Scotia, sick and stuck on the…
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131 | The Mainsail That Would Not Die
This episode tells the full story of the sail that’s been with me through it all — my old Open 60 mainsail, which, although it has impossibly high mileage (100,000nm!), has proven indefatigable, indestructable and faithful right through to the end. But, it’s about more than gear. It’s about the...
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130 | 5 Years of The Mariner Podcast - Now I Need a Little Support From You
Thank you to everyone who’s already signed up to receive a piece of Osprey’s mainsail—the same sail that’s carrying me toward the UK right now. Your $100 pledges at the 'solo' tier on Patreon, are going straight to my beautiful tnew 197 sqm /2150 sqft mainsail that was just finished, that we will...
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129 | The Mariner Returns
Join me today on deck, onboard Osprey, my 85ft Maxi, as I complete my 33rd Transat, headed to England, to join the Centenary Fastnet Race and everything that lies beyond. You are not going to want to miss this one. The Mariner is BACK! Follow the story with DAILY videos over on the Mariner…
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128 | Accident Investigation | MOB & Injury | Round the Island Race 2024
In this episode we look at an MOB incident in the 2024 Round the Island Race in which a crew of five were inundated by a following sea off St. Catherine's Point, UK resulting in one tethered MOB, one MOB clear of the vessel with only a short distance to a lee shore... Oh and the skipper broke his...
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127 | Accident Investigation | Roaring Meg of Cowes | Crash Gybes & Serious Injuries
Today, we're diving into the Marine Accident Investigation Bureau's (MAIB) report on the 2006 Roaring Meg of Cowes incident, where two crew were seriously injured in two crash gybes that happened within minutes of each other. I'll be sharing insights as a professional sailor, examining what went...
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126 | Advanced Seamanship Notes | Capt. Illingworth | Headsail Trim
Join us in this episode as we delve into the nuanced art of headsail trimming, guided by the wisdom of Captain W.H. Illingworth's 'Offshore' (1948). We explore often overlooked aspects of headsail trim, including car positioning, halyard tension, forestay sag and more. Discover how these…
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125 | Preventers - Widely Misunderstood & Absolutely Essential.
Spinnaker poles have three bits of rigging holding them in place we all know that, but it often comes as a shock when sailors realize they have been missing the third (and arguably the most important) piece of rigging on their main boom. Preventers save lives- it's just that simple. Please take...
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124 | Advanced Seamanship Notes | Capt. Illingworth | Heavy Weather
This episode we learn key elements the skipper of a vessel in heavy weather should keep in mind, to keep his vessel sound & her crew safe. Capt. Illingworth was a submarine commander in WWII as well as a racing skipper, and therefore had a better measure than most as to the thoughts uppermost in…
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123 | Advanced Seamanship Notes | Capt. Illingworth | Beating to Windward
I started this series of Advanced Seamanship Notes (Episodes 115-117) to bring to light specific areas of sailing knowledge which are A. difficult to locate in sailing resources on-line or off, and B. provided by a Mariner who is recognizably a 'Master' - in the true sense of the word. Captain J…
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122 | Advanced Seamanship Notes | Capt. Illingworth | Ocean Racing Strategy
I started this series of Advanced Seamanship Notes (Episodes 115-117) to bring to light specific areas of sailing knowledge which are A. difficult to locate in sailing resources on-line or off, and B. provided by a Mariner who is recognizably a 'Master' - in the true sense of the word. Captain J…
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121 | Advanced Seamanship Notes | Capt. Illingworth | Waves & Wave Riding
I started this series of Advanced Seamanship Notes (Episodes 115-117) to bring to light specific areas of sailing knowledge which are A. difficult to locate in sailing resources on-line or off, and B. provided by a Mariner who is recognizably a 'Master' - in the true sense of the word. Captain J…
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120 | The ABC of Sailing | L is for Leaks
L is for many things at sea, but as always, I wanted to find something that would make us stop & think maybe and see things afloat from a new angle. This episode gives us the opportunity to discuss things as divergent as structural delamination and emotional overload, excessive crankcase oil...
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119 | Questions & Tangents | PTSD & Shouting | Seasickness | Autopilots
Another Questions and Tangents Episode, this time we look at emails sent regarding, PTSD and shouting, sea sickness & the function of the ear, buying old race boats (and the fun they can be!) and much more. PLUS loads of me rambling on..... To support the production of this material please…
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118 | Marine Insurance | Who I Use & My Research
Marine insurance is a massive heartache for many sailors who are doing slightly 'non-standard' things in sailing, whether it is crossing oceans, sailing solo or cruising with your family- often times it is very difficult to get a policy that will cover you. I have faced this problem for years…
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117 | Advanced Seamanship Notes | Capt. Voss | Heavy Weather in Small Vessels | Part 3
Sometimes we get the opportunity to sit at the hand of the master and hear first hand what is the best way to do something. This is the third part of one of those moments. This episode I read the last section of the Appendix of Capt. Voss' book 'Venturesome Voyages' and if that leaves you feeling…
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116 | Advanced Seamanship Notes | Capt. Voss | Heavy Weather in Small Vessels | Part 2
Sometimes we get the opportunity to sit at the hand of the master and hear first hand what is the best way to do something. This is the second part of one of those moments. This episode I read the second section of the Appendix of Capt. Voss' book 'Venturesome Voyages' and if that leaves you...
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115 | Advanced Seamanship Notes | Capt. Voss | Heavy Weather in Small Vessels | Part 1
Sometimes we get the opportunity to sit at the hand of the master and hear first hand what is the best way to do something. This is one of those moments. This episode I read the Appendix of Capt. Voss' book 'Venturesome Voyages' and if that leaves you feeling a little less than interested, don't...
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#114 | Questions & Tangents | So, You Bought an Old Race Boat Anyway.
Questions and Tangents #14 and this episode we continue down the rabbit hole regarding buying a used race boat. Recap Last time we discussed this I said, 'Don't do it - unless you REALLY want/ need to do it.' But as you did it anyway... (which I knew you would...) This time I'm saying- 'Since you...
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#113 | Safety at Sea | Easy MOB Recovery & Other Fantastic Myths
So, after all your best efforts to prevent a Man Overboard Situation now your crew are in the water, and they are relying solely on you to not only come and find them; but also to do it in heavy seas, high winds and at night. Shit. Let's explore the options when all hope appears lost, when only...
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#112 | Safety at Sea | How to AVOID MOB Situations
We've all done it, taken a quick nip onto the foredeck just do ' that thing' and suddenly we find ourselves realizing one wrong move and we are toast. This episode looks to try to reconcile that kind of risk-taking to the garbage can and promote instead a deep instinctual suspicion that the sea...
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#111 | Deep Dives | Solar Eclipse = Wolf Eating the Sun
Today is the day of the solar eclipse across North America, the only one that will touch the continent until 2024 (when only three states will experience totality) therefore: Happy Solar Eclipse Day! I thought I would put a few thoughts down relating to the historical and scientific history of...
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#110 | Dogwatch | Autopliots V's Wind Vanes | US West Coast Deliveries | Curved.Traveler Tracks
Another Dogwatch, to relieve the anxiety I am starting to feel doing these safety at sea episodes back to back- my dreams have started to become very weird and threatening when i spend my days talking at length about everything that can or might go wrong at sea! This time we discuss autopilots…
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#109 | Safety at Sea | Dismasting, Lost Steering & Other Sailing Nightmares
Losing the mast, rudder or even a single hatch cover at sea in heavy weather can be catastrophic, unless you have been playing the 'what if' game for a while and already have the equipment, procedures and mental capacity developed to deal with the problem, concisely & precisely. If you would like...
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#108 | Safety at Sea | Heavy Weather Tactics
Whenever anyone meets me and hears I am a sailor, the first question is always 'have you been in a big storm?' Well, the answer unsurprisingly is yes, so here in concert with Keith Colwell's excellent 'RYA Sea Survival Handbook', let me lay out some of the ways to avoid becoming a statistic, when...
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#107 | The ABC of Sailing | K is for Ketches, Yawls & Schooners
This episode we discuss ketches, yawls and schooners as part of the ABC of sailing, and I explore what are the pitfalls and joys of owning and operating such vessels, through the lens of my own experiences, running open ketch expeditions in Asia. If you would like to listen to fantastic stories…
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#106 | Safety at Sea | What to do BEFORE Heavy Weather Hits
Another instalment of my review & expansion of the RYA Sea Survival Handbook, by Keith Colwell. This episode I spend an hour just going through all the things to prep onboard, before heavy weather comes in. An hour! As I point out in the podcast- whatever it is that you need to do on your boat is...
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#105 | Safety at Sea | The Most Boring Safety Information Possible | Made Tolerable
This episode I continue this series, following the excellent RYA Sea Survival Handbook, by Keith Colwell. Today we look at interpreting the specifics of incoming weather forecasts & the importance of 'aids to navigation' in fog. Jeepers... that reads bad, no wonder Robert Redford died in that...
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#104 | Questions & Tangents | Maybe Don't Buy an Old Race Boat
This time I answer the one burning question every sailor needs to know the answer to: Is there some way buying an old race boat is a good idea. My take? It can be.... BUT ... like getting a tattoo on your face.. you need to be REALLY certain before you commit. If you would like to listen to...
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#103 | Dog Watch | BS about Bellropes & AI Advice on Surviving the Apocalypse Afloat
AI wrote this description. It added the word 'hypothetical' FYI. Embrace the unexpected as Chris jests about how sailboats can serve as ideal bug-out vehicles, taking on an interesting twist as he discusses fleeing a hypothetical AI-backed zombie apocalypse. Hear his personal accounts of...
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#102 | Safety at Sea | Surviving Your Rescue
This episode dives once more into the seldom-explored realm of life rafts, highlighting the importance of visibility, stability, and utility in survival scenarios. The discussion includes a thorough examination of rescue measures, the practical usage of survival tools, and alternatives to...
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#101 | Safety at Sea | Rustling up a Meal in a Liferaft & Rescue Comms with Aircraft.
This episode we wrap up our look at surviving in a life raft. What is plainly apparent from this six episode deep dive on the life raft is that there is LOADS of information to know, to give yourself and your crew mates a decent chance of survival. If you would like to listen to serialized…
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#100 | Dogwatch | Did Josh Slocum Die at Sea? | Heaving-to in a Race Boat | Sail Boats as Bug Out Vehicles
Episode 100 and a new bight-sized (!) format to increase the subjects I can get too and allw me to speak about things that maybe somewhat off topic in a pure sailing show... This week: 1. Did Josh Slocum die when they said he did? 2. Heaving-to in a race boat. 3. Connecting with sailors from...
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#99 | Safety at Sea | Abandoning Ship 5 | Fresh Water- the Liferaft Survivors' Nemesis
Water, water everywhere: and not a drop to drink. When there are only a few pints of water to drink in the life raft and no indication of immediate rescue, it is essential for the life raft leader (who is not also necessarily the captain of the lost vessel) to immediately become extremely smart...
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#98 | Safety at Sea | Part 11 | Abandoning Ship 4
This episode we continue our in-depth look at chapter 7 of Keith Colwell's Sea Survival Handbook, specifically entering a liferaft and the vast amount of actions there are to remember and take to make the most out of the meagre opportunity such a craft offers survivors. If you would like to…
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#97 | The ABC of Sailing | J is for Jargon
In this episode I continue the ABC of sailing, with the letter J. and 'J is for Jargon' This time I look at the history, benefits and disadvantages of all the jargon used in sailing and take a look at the entries in the J section of the 1952 volume, 'Mariner's Dictionary' that help to underline...
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#96 | Questions & Tangents 12 | Over-riding Turns, Poor Winch Placememt & Finding Warm Gloves for Sailing
In this episode we discuss Youtube viewer questions relating to: 1. Over rides on winches, how do they happen, how to avoid them and how to deal with them when they appear anyways. 2. Operating winches on boats with awkwardly mounted equipment (Swans!) 3. Finding gloves that keep you warm and…
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#95 | Safety at Sea | Part 10 | Abandoning Ship 3
Continuing with the lunchtime recording sessions (while my two year old is having his nap (!), this time we are looking at what happens after you have made the decision to leave the vessel due to fire, sinking, collision etc. This begins with getting into the liferaft of course, but quickly...
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#94 | Safety at Sea | Part 9 | Abandoning Ship 2
In this episode we continue the brilliant RYA Sea Survival Handbook by Keith Colwell This time we are looking at Abandoning Ship!, words that should drive an icy spear into any good skippers heart! This section of the book will take a few days to cover and I am doing this while snowed in (with a...
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#93 | Safety at Sea | Stepping UP into the Life Raft
This time we are looking at Abandoning Ship!, words that should drive an icy spear into any good skippers heart! This section of the book will take a few days to cover and I am doing this while snowed in (with a two year old) during the worst winter storm in Nova Scotia in 20 years .. So…
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#92 | Questions & Tangents 11 | The 1974 'Orgy of Destruction on Barnstaple Beach'
Questions and Tangents ! As always I get to talk about kinda whatever I want in these episodes, and this week it's a newspaper article from 1974 that's got me excited- I think when you hear about 'The Orgy of Destruction outside Barnstaple' you too will be excited. A little shorter this week as…
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#91 | Safety at Sea | Part 7 | The Psychology of Survival
This episode we continue reviewing the excellent, RYA Sea Survival Handbook by Keith Colwell with a look at the psychological tactics that must be employed to get you past circumstances that may be life and death in the very real meaning of the phrase. If you would like to hear more exclusive...
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#90 | ABC of Sailing | I is for Information Availability at Sea
Continuing the ABC of basic sailing concepts series, I take a look in this episode at the modern revolution in information collection, exchange and processing on board the modern yacht. So, step away from your Scrimshaw, put down your sextant and lend me your shell-like because you are not going…
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#89 | Global Solo Challenge | Intro to the racers already on the water.
This episode is the first I am going to do about the Global Solo Challenge Race that I intend to join in early December. I'm still a little way off on the last funding to get the project over the start line but I figure its best to throw myself in completely and go for broke rather than tippy toe...
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#88 | Don’t Pay the Ransom, I Escaped!
It's been a long time since I published a podcast and I finally I found after many, many attempts that the only way to get back on the horse was to just record whatever came out of my mouth for an hour and we can pick the bones out of it later. In this episode I talk about what has been happening...
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#87 | Interview | Offshore Sailing & Cruising with Paul Trammell
This episode I thought I would share with you an interview I did month or so ago with Paul Trammell on his wonderful podcast 'Offshore Sailing and Cruising '. It was great to chat to Paul and learn about his sailing to date, but as this was an interview I was doing for him introducing myself to…
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The Mariner is a sailing podcast for sailors of all ages and skill levels. The show covers all aspects of seamanship & safety at sea and features deep dives into topics like; Anchoring, Sail Trim & MOB as well as interviews, on-deck reports and Q & A sessions.The Mariner is filled with light-hearted asides and critical observations from host Chris Stanmore-Major who has over 325,000Nm of sailing experience commanding vessels from 15 -150-ft, worldwide.CSM has raced twice around the world and is the 182nd person ever to circumnavigate solo.
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