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If you're dreaming of travel and you want inspiration and motivation to try something new on the ocean – this is the place to be! Hosted by Tara Cooney from Saltwater Journal, we talk to people who've created a life they love on the water. From dinghy sailing and cruising, to ocean racing, paddleboarding and travelling the world on superyachts – people like us are out there having all kinds of epic adventures.
Find out how they do it, what makes them tick, challenges they’ve overcome and how you can dip your toes in and try it too!
See more at www.saltwaterjournal.life/podcast
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Closer to Nature with Marybeth, Paddle Adventurer
Marybeth is a Canadian Youtube and content creator taking us on outdoor, travel and paddle “advenchas”.
I'm stoked to catch up with Marybeth to chat about her love of paddling, travel, wildlife encounters, and her super entertaining videos to motivate us to get outdoors.
Listen in for beginner advice on how to choose the right paddleboard for stability, tips for balance, and staying safe on the water. And if you’re hesitant to try a SUP or you’re embarrassed to fall in – we’ve got some encouragement for you!
Marybeth shares about her life by the Great Lakes in Ontario and going on backcountry adventures. We chat about paddling with huge ‘gators, and the joy of stalking beavers in her hometown backyard known as Coote’s paradise.
She also gives insights into her journey as a Youtube creator and her mission to encourage more play in life.
Connect via Instagram @paddleadventurer
and watch Paddle Adventurer on YouTube
Connect with Saltwater Journal @saltwater_journal
Website: Saltwater Journal
EPISODE NOTES | Marybeth
1:06 Hometown
1:34 Journey into paddling
3:52 Choosing the best paddle board
5:53 Size and stability
6:57 Do it your way
8:32 Backcountry portaging
14:00 Pumping inflatables
16:46 Florida alligators
18:41 Marybeth’s mission
20:27 Backyard paddling
22:09 Beavers
23:56 Life in the outdoors
25:42 YouTube journey
29:00 Beginner advice
31:32 Winter paddling
35:00 Tips for balance
38:07 Moose
39:00 Future adventures
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Adventure Meets Luxury: Inside the New Zealand Superyacht Academy with Alice Baker and Courtney Te Whiu
In this episode I talk to Alice Baker and Courtney Te Whiu - two great Kiwi mates who worked their way into the world of boat crew and luxury superyachts having the time of their life in dream destinations.
With 12+ years of combined experience, and all the what to-do’s and what not-to do’s, they founded the New Zealand Superyacht Academy with internationally recognised courses to kick-start graduate’s superyacht careers.
Listen in to get all the goss on what it takes to find work onboard, perks of the job, what a captain’s looking for in crew, and how much it’s really like ‘Below Deck’.
Travel, fun, money and a whole lot of hard work – find out how it started for these two, and what you’ll get from joining the superyacht academy.
If you’re keen to link in with a network of incredible supportive boaties exploring the world on superyachts – get in contact with Alice and Courtney
Connect via Instagram @nzsuperyachtacademy
and visit New Zealand Superyacht Academy
Connect with Saltwater Journal @saltwater_journal
Website: Saltwater Journal
EPISODE NOTES | New Zealand Superyacht Academy
1:10 Early days
2:35 Starting out as crew
5:41 Dockwalking
7:40 The allure of boating
9:30 Surprises of the industry
13:20 Guest & owner experiences
16:40 Prepared for any scenario
17:15 Crew culture
17:50 Below Deck
18:56 Personality & skills
21:00 Perks of the job
23:50 Opportunities
24:11 Age & career
27:15 Roles onboard
27:08 The Academy
31:00 Community support
32:23 Internationally recognised courses
33:30 Specialist industry leaders
36:44 STCW
38:41 Student success
41:00 Caviar
43:21 Wealth management
46:32 Yachting & parenthood
48:51 Where to sign up -
Healing Through Freediving: Renee Taylor from Salt Aotearoa
In this episode I talk to Renee Taylor, a speech-language therapist and freedive instructor who founded Salt Aotearoa in Aotearoa, New Zealand.
Renee shares her personal journey to experiencing freediving as rongoā Māori and its role as a healing practice; with the ocean supporting a deep level of mind, body and spiritual well-being. If you’re stressed and burnt out, keep listening!
We chat about the kaupapa of Salt Aotearoa and creating a safe space for wāhine to transform their lives by learning to freedive, spearfish, and collect kaimoana.Today we’ll find out just how easy it is to get into freediving, and how good it is for us.
And you’ll hear Renee’s beautiful baby during this episode, who wanted a wee chat too!
Join a freediving or spearfishing course with Salt Aotearoa and experience more life underwater.
Connect with Renee on Instagram @saltaotearoa
Connect with Saltwater Journal @saltwater_journal
Website: Saltwater Journal
EPISODE NOTES | Renee Taylor
01:00 Family and motherhood
2:06 Speech therapy and the toll of death in daily life
04:06 Unsafe cultural spaces and journey into freediving
05:50 Being wāhine in the freediving world
11:26 Joy of the beginner experience
14:09 Being underwater: scuba and freediving
14:43 Benefits of freediving
16:21 Supporting reconnection
20:20 Dangers of freediving
23:50 Collecting kai
25:12 Addiction of spearfishing
26:00 Shore diving
27:30 CPR
33:00 How to get involved
35:10 Freediving and pregnancy
Te Reo Māori
Aotearoa - New Zealand
Hauora - health
Kai - food
Kaimoana - seafood
Kaupapa - purpose
Kōrero - conversation
Moana - sea, ocean
Māoritanga - Māori way of life
Taiao - natural world
Wānanga - meeting to share learning and knowledge
Wāhine - women
Whānau - family -
Ice Maiden: Surviving in the Southern Ocean with Lisa Blair
Lisa Blair is an Australian solo-sailor, world multi-record holder, climate activist and lover of the Southern Ocean.
In this episode Lisa talks with us about her new feature documentary Ice Maiden – the story of her epic 2017 voyage to set a record-breaking circumnavigation of Antarctica.
She shares her insights into the terror and beauty of surviving multiple near-death experiences; how she faces fear, her resilience and mental preparation, and the impact of documenting her adventure in her new feature documentary.
Lisa was a joy to talk to – with so much enthusiasm given she was recovering from setting a new solo-sailing record from Australia to New Zealand! I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I did – and look forward to seeing the film.
Ice Maiden premiers at the Doc Edge Film Festival in Otāutahi Christchurch 19 June 2024.
Get tickets to the DocEdge Film Festival
Follow Lisa’s journey at upcoming solo-sailing record attempts at Lisa Blair Sails the World
Episode Notes | Lisa Blair
01:30 Ice Maiden the film
3:38 Facing fear
6:00 Leaving Cape Town for winter conditions in Antarctica
7:14 Trauma in the southern ocean
8:50 Resilience and reframing thoughts when shit hits the fan
10:35 Visualising worst case scenarios
12:11 A love of the southern ocean
14:14 What solo sailing is really about
15:18 Breaking down assumptions
16:00 The approach of solo-sailing for a record
18:54 Self-steering and self-preservation
19:58 Electrical issues and bailing for life
20:44 Is there any comfort onboard
Read more on Lisa Blair at Saltwater Journal
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Ice Maiden: The Making Of with Nathaniel C.T. Jackson
Nathaniel C.T. Jackson is an award winning film Director and Producer at Jackson Speed.
In this episode we talk with Nathaniel about the making of Jackson Speed’s upcoming feature film called Ice Maiden, which documents the story of Lisa Blair’s harrowing 2017 Antarctic circumnavigation.
We talk about the epic resilience of Lisa facing near-death experiences; challenges of recreating de-masting scenes from the southern ocean, cinematic style, music, film-making decisions with co-director James Blannin-Ferguson and the endeavour of producing a feature documentary.
I really enjoyed Nathaniel's insights into the world of filmmaking, and behind-the-scenes candour which gives so much extra depth to watching Ice Maiden. New Zealand listeners - I’m sure you’ll agree with us staking a claim on his Kiwi talent!
See more of Nathaniel’s work at Jackson Speed
Ice Maiden premiers at the Doc Edge Film Festival in Otāutahi Christchurch 19 June 2024.
Get tickets to the DocEdge Film Festival
Follow Lisa’s journey at upcoming solo-sailing record attempts at Lisa Blair Sails the World -
Saltwater Journal Trailer
Listen in to wholesome convos with inspiring people getting out on the water for great adventures and loving it. Whether it's sailing, freediving, paddleboarding or floating on a pink flamingo - if it brings you adventure, travel and freedom on the water - we'll talk about it.
Follow along and dip your toes in!