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

Survey

Jan 5th, 2022 41m 31s

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

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

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

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

Bohemian Sailors

Jun 30th, 2021 42m 18s

Bohemian SailorsCoral Bay St. John USVIFor a moment in time Coral Bay was the home of sailors who are visionaries and hippies and drug smugglers. I have never come across a group of sailors with this level of mad sailing skills unless I was at

The Charter Business Part 3

Jun 23rd, 2021 57m 40s

The voyage that never ends. I was asked by charterers over my years generally the same question but in different forms, “Are we one of the best charter groups you have ever had?” or “We weren’t the worst charter, were we?” In other words, “who

The Charter Business Part 2

Jun 16th, 2021 51m 40s

To be successful in the charter boat business you need the right personality, sailing skill set, fix-it skill set, vast amount of energy, and the commitment to building the business. I set out three different levels of the charter business. Bro

The Charter Business

Jun 9th, 2021 1h 7m

I can see several points where my life voyage has made important turns. Certainly, learning to sail as a young boy with my grandfather set me on the sailor’s way. Buying my first boat, Steppenwolf, which I’ve documented in the Casket Salesman E

Your Flag

Jun 2nd, 2021 27m 3s

The nautical tradition of flags and pennants are an important communication tool is in use today as much as it was a thousand years ago. Every country in the world has regulations on the size and method of national flags and how theyare flown.

Kastellorizo

May 26th, 2021 34m 18s

ITALIANI BRAVA GENTE is a myth fostered by the 1991 academy award winning film Mediterraneo. The decent Italian. I talk about the complexity of the Mediterranean character, one face one place. Diving into the history and the nuances of life on