Offshore Sailing and Cruising with Paul Trammell

Paul Trammell
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Interviews with offshore sailors and those in the industry sharing exciting stories and useful information so we can better enjoy and better prepare for our own adventures.

  1. 3D AGO

    Cruising the Greek Islands, Sailing with a Baby, Eddie and Kelli of The Vanabond Tales

    Eddie and Kelli were in Corfu, Greece, when I spoke to them. They were sailing a 1986 Beneteau First 29, had just sold it, and were buying a Moody 422.  We talk about sailing with a new baby, kids on boats, their Beneteau First 29 and how they chose it, buying a boat remotely, in-mast furling, the Moody 422, sailing in Croatia, buying a boat in Croatia, registering a boat in Poland, staying in the EU - leaving and returning to renew visas, digital nomad visas, Montenegro, sea mines and the danger of anchoring, Tunisia, cruising Greece, ancient ruins, the food, making decisions as a couple, other couple dynamics, drinking water, worries that never happened, lightning strikes, thunderstorms, rain, comparing van life to sailing life, Odysseus, difficult situations, beautiflul moments, anchoring, dragging anchor, and more. Photos and links are on the podcast shownotes page Support the show through Patreon Browse sailboats or list yours for sale at sailboatsforsale.com Shop taknless dive systems from Blu3

    1h 11m

  2. NOV 3

    Emergency Steering in the South Pacific, Red Seas 2

    Iain and Brioni are two Scottish sailors casually circumnavigating on a Leopard 47 Catamaran. As we spoke, they were in the South Pacific.  We talk about dealing with a broken steering cable, using an emergency tiller, repairing the steel cable with dyneema, their route across the South Pacific, hurricanes, staying warm, whales, cameras and drones and the logistics of making a YouTube channel, INav4U, how to know when to reef a catamaran, watch and sleep schedules, sailing to an uncharted atoll, fish and their level of intelligence, sharks, making decisions as a couple without conflict, division of boat chores or not, sailing goals, tacking angles of their catamaran and my monohull, and more. Photos and links are on the podcast shownotes page Support the show through Patreon

    1h 33m

  3. OCT 27

    Sailing the Solomon Islands, Brett and Tess from The Seafaring Project

    Brett and Tess were in the Solomon Islands when I spoke to them. They sail a Corbin 39, surf, spearfish, explore, and interact with the local cultures. We talk all about the Solomon Islands, their boat, colliding with a floating tree and dealing with a damaged skeg and a pernicious leak, hauling out and and fixing the skeg, living on a boat vs living in a house, crocodiles, crocodile safety, ciguatera, dealing with passports and visas, Papua New Guinea, surfing, the people and the culture of the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea, sharks, spearfishing, stern-tying to shore, anchoring in deep water, squalls at anchor, dragging, anchor alarms, watermakers, what we love about sailing, making friends, and much more.  Photos and links are on the podcast shownotes page Support the podcast through Patreon List or shop for sailboats at https://sailboatsforsale.com/ Shop for tankless dive systems at https://www.diveblu3.com/

    1h 34m

  4. OCT 20

    Jazz Turner, Project Fear, Circumnavigating Britain and Ireland

    Jaz races in the Hanse 303 and RS Venture Connect SCS classes, and sails an Albin Vega 27, in which she recently became the first wheelchair user to sail solo and unassisted around Great Britain and Ireland, and doing so confronted and overcame great difficulties. She lives with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome,  which means her connective tissue does not function properly, and this also effects her internal organs, and her condition is terminal. Regardless, Jaz is now preparing to compete in the 2026 Worldstar, in which she will attempt to sail solo nonstop unassisted around the world. We talk about her introduction to sailing on a cold wet day in the Cornish Harbor, her obsession with the ocean, growing up with a difficult home situation, being homeless as a child and living on the street, then sleeping in the boats at the sailing club, dealing with fear, living on a shorter time line, finding a new family, comparing the Albin Vega to performance boats, heaving-to, sleeping while solo, hallucinations, breakages, preventers, Project Fear, how the circumnavigation of Britain and Ireland changed her, the extents of her mobility, foul-weather gear, beautiful moments, wildlife, running aground 50 nm from the finish and kedging off, the WorldStar 2026, and more. Photos and links are on the podcast shownotes page Support the show through Patreon

    1h 1m
  5. Tapio Lehtinen, Sailing his 1972 Swan 55 Yawl, Galiana

    OCT 13

    Tapio Lehtinen, Sailing his 1972 Swan 55 Yawl, Galiana

    Tapio Lehtinen sailed his boat Galiana, a 1972 Swan 55 yawl, in the 2023 Ocean Globe Race. He is now taking paying crew on ocean training passages and offshore races. If interested, send an email to paulwtrammell@hotmail.com and put "Sailing" in the subject line. In this episode, we talk about sailing in the Finnish Archipelago, Galiana and her latest refit, electric winches, autopilots, raising the main with electric winches, varnishing technique and products, sailing around Cape Horn in the 2023 OGR, sailing in heavy weather, how the crew changed during the circumnavigation in the OGR, Galiana's sailing schedule for the coming year, and more.  Links and photos are on the podcast shownotes page Support the show through Patreon

    1h 13m

  6. OCT 6

    Adam Desrosiers, Sailing a Cape George 36 in Alaska

    Adam Desrosiers lives in the Alaska panhandle and sails a Cape George 36.  We talk about sailing in the Alaska panhandle (the south), fjords and inlets, weather, currents, storms, dealing with the cold, katabatic winds, Patagonia, anchoring in Alaska, 25' tides, using two anchors, his boat, making the boat more cruiser-friendly, bears on the beach, black bears vs brown bears, bear safety, benefits of a full keel, bottom jobs on the grid, the Pelagic tiller pilot, magnetic disturbances, sailing with kids, hauling out, the love of sailing, and more. photos and links are on the podcast shownotes page Support the show through Patreon

    1h 27m
  7. Sailing the Viking Route, Brian Russell

    SEP 29

    Sailing the Viking Route, Brian Russell

    Brian and Helen Russell sail an aluminum Dudley Dix 43 that Brian built. This past summer, they sailed the Viking Route from London to Halifax, Nova Scotia via the Scilly Isles, Scotland, The Faroes, Iceland, Greenland, Labrador, and Newfoundland.  We talk about all the places they visited, the pasages in between, the wildlife, difficult situations, sea ice, icebergs, radar, broaching, autopilots, foulweather gear, weather forecasting, making friends while cruising, the benefits of a cockpit enclosure, and more. Photos and links are on the podcast shownotes page Support the show through Patreon List your sailboat for sale at sailboatsforsale.com Shop tankless dive systems at diveblu3.com

    1h 36m

  8. SEP 22

    Norbert Sedlecek Koch, Ant Arctic Lab

    Norbert Sedlecek Koch is the founder of Innovation Yachts. In July 2026, he will attempt to sail nonstop unassisted solo around the world passing through all the world's oceans, and becoming the first person to do so. He has already circumnavigated in a boat he built and in the Vendee Globe, and he has circumnavigated Antarctica. Innovation Yachts designs and builds custom yachts with attention to detail and sustainability in mind. They also make their own epoxy matrix using volcanic stone. His yacht is an Innovation Yachts Open 60, Ant Arctic Lab.  We talk about the Ant Arctic Lab Challenge, Innovation Yachts' bio based epoxy matrix, boats made at Innovation Yachts, how the boats are built, building a prototype, using balsa core and Airex, negative bows, what it's like to sail his open 60, sailing into older age, circumnavigating Antarctica in an aluminum boat, the benefit of a lifting keel while surfing downwind in heavy conditions, hand-steering vs using the autopilot in heavy conditions, ice and icebergs, staying warm while sailing in cold conditions, arriving in Martinique after the Transat without a rudder, whales, the Vendee Globe, fear, and more. Photos and links are on the podcast shownotes page Support the show through Patreon SailboatsForSale.com Meridian Marine Electrical Dinghy Navigation Lights https://showmeyourdinghy.com/

    1h 6m
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