https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BFTSWDBQ The first time boat buyer will meet a maritime professional for the first time in the form of a surveyor. Why? How to use it? And the reasons to follow the surveyor closely and take notes. Maritime regula

Repo Man

Jul 28th, 2021 1h 2m

Repo Man. I never liked taking a boat from someone. I would be devastated if it happened to me. Banks just want their money. They don't care. I share a story on how I got into the business. Driving for Vessel Assist made me familiar with what b

The Eastern Mediterranean, Part 2

Feb 24th, 2021 45m 42s

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Master and Commander

Jan 27th, 2021 52m 16s

The American Mariner owes a great debt to the English maritime industry and the royal navy. To begin understanding the influence I would suggest reading the Patrick O’Brian books. In this podcast, Scott discovers how a series of very well writt

Becoming A Sailor

Jan 20th, 2021 54m 22s

I choose some of the topics from discussions I have with other sailors. I find in general sailors to be pretty sophisticated in their self-awareness and thoughtfulness. I strive to open up areas and notions that will make the sailor better info

Symi, Greece: The Importance Of Place, A Fresh Perspective

May 13th, 2020 58m 35s

Consider this mental experiment for a moment. When you stand outside in your own town, histories, incidents, observations, all rush through your mind creating a feeling of nostalgia, romance, anger, indifference, or maybe sadness. Combined with

Tommy Twang!

May 6th, 2020 42m 46s

Tommy “Twang” Ivicevich is my friend. Saying that really means something. He is beloved by all, even the ex-wife. Tommy’s spirit is best described as the boy who rode his bike down the biggest hill into cross traffic and nothing happened. He’s

Write Your Own Story

Apr 29th, 2020 56m 58s

For me not to mention the virus racing through humanity causing hundreds of thousands of deaths and untold economic and emotional misery would be shortsighted and unfair to the reader. I have known many tragedies in my lifetime, some personal a

Don't Yell At Me!

Apr 22nd, 2020 58m 37s

Let me be clear, people who yell at me on a boat will be thrown overboard and allowed to swim home. If they can’t swim, then they should drown with a proper sense of decorum and shame! There is no room on any vessel for yelling! Be sure to subs

The Casket Salesman

Apr 15th, 2020 49m 16s

Marilyn Monroe, dead bodies, and pickles, what do they have in common? A 12 year old Scott spends a summer with his grandfather, The Casket Salesman. He was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania in 1922. He was a coal miner's son. He lost his parents

A Sailor's Point Of View

Mar 1st, 2023 20m 18s

https://mainstreetragbookstore.com/product/a-sailors-point-of-view-scott-dodgson/ A Sailor’s Point of ViewForewordOceanic travel by passenger ship began ending when the airline Pan Am announced regular transatlantic flights in 1945. Travel by

Not a Moment to Lose

Feb 17th, 2023 25m 53s

Scott Dodgson is a very captivating storyteller indeed, an easy read. I am a serious fan of his podcast, Offshore Explorer, so I decided to buy one of his books. Not A Moment To Lose was too good to put down. He takes you on an adventure of a l

Sex and Sailing Redux

Dec 22nd, 2021 55m 7s

Let me couch these stories into this atmosphere. Pretend you have come over to my boat one evening and we are sharing dinner and maybe a drink or two. The sun has set, and the stars just blanket the sky. The temperature is a balmy 80 or 27 Cels

Training Stories

Dec 8th, 2021 1h 6m

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American Maritime Pilot: The Robert Smalls Story

Nov 17th, 2021 39m 59s

Robert Smalls (April 5, 1839 – February 23, 1915) was an American politician, publisher, businessman, and maritime pilot. Born into slavery in Beaufort, South Carolina, he freed himself, his crew, and their families during the American Civil Wa

Cooking On The Boat

Nov 3rd, 2021 57m

Next to sailing, sex, cooking and eating/drinking is the most important activity on a boat. General Tips: Planning, Make meals in advance, space management, The right kit, expectations be realistic or not! I cover all the systems for cooking as

Portrait of an American Mariner Phineas Banning

Oct 20th, 2021 42m 52s

Father of the Port of Los AngelesThe American mariner does not exist in a vacuum. Commerce and war are the two key principles of purpose for the sailor. The third principle of purpose, exploration, is a distant third. If the American mariner wa

Mate Wanted

Sep 29th, 2021 55m 57s

I have hired or invited hundreds of crew onto my boats of the years. I have learned some difficult lessons, but I have found a couple of key elements to allowing someone on your boat who will be with you 24/7 for an extended time: Kindness and

Sake' Barrel Divers

Sep 22nd, 2021 35m 55s

Saké Barrel Divers The mariner brings a spirit of work and focus to any job. A fisherman brings faith. Together, these traits form a citizen of the oceans. In the middle chapters of world nautical history, specific characteristics from the tena

Check Lists

Sep 15th, 2021 54m 50s

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Fugitives

Sep 1st, 2021 54m 12s

FugitivesI have found over fifty years of sailing around the world that fugitives of all sorts gravitate to boats as a way of hiding from authorities. I would know. I was a fugitive from myself yet not wanted by the law but so emotionally disco

Tinker Toys

Aug 25th, 2021 1h 3m

I offer advice on sailing in the Caribbean during hurricane season. There are plenty of bad pieces of water like the Bay of Biscay, Bay of Lyon, the Mona Passage and more. How to prepare you boat to sail away from the weather event and what to

Death in Cairo

Aug 4th, 2021 1h 4m

A love story. Knowing the truth about yourself may be the hardest insight to discover. Human beings have a natural ability to deceive themselves about the most important and sometimes the most critical aspects of their mental machinations. Bein

My First Crossing

Jul 21st, 2021 38m 4s

Turbulent is how I would describe my teen years. I started down one path, going to college with all the uncertainty and trepidation leaving home trying to figure out what I wanted to do with my life unaware I would do a lot of different things

A Sailor's Point of View

Jul 14th, 2021 14m 25s

Oceanic travel by passenger ship began ending when Airlines Pan Am announced regular transatlantic flights in 1945. Travel by plane changed the very essence of the traveler’s psychology and the fundamental experience of a different place. We tr