Offshore Sailing and Cruising with Paul Trammell

Paul Trammell
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Offshore Sailing and Cruising with Paul Trammell

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. 6 DAYS AGO

    Andrew Cassels, Around the Americas through the NW Passage and Patagonia

    Andrew recently completed a three-year journey around the Americas including the Faroe Islands, Greenland, through the Northwest Passage, Alaska, Costa Rica, Patagonia, Brazil, and Svalbard, in a JFA 45, an aluminum expedition yacht. We talk about highlights of the trip, as well as difficulties, favorite places, sailing in heavy weather, anchoring in Patagonia and tying ashore, the importance of having a properly prepared sailboat in the high latitudes, foul-weather gear, his boat, electronics, navigation, elephant seals and other wildlife, navigating through ice, a grizzly-bear threat, pros and cons of aluminum boats, properly isolating steel bolts from aluminum, dragging anchor, and more. Shownotes and links are here https://www.paultrammell.com/podcast-season-7 Support through Patreon here patreon.com/paultrammell

    1h 10m

  2. OCT 14

    Before and After Hurricane Milton, Anchored in St Augustine with Aaron Erwine and Doug Jackson

    Aaron and Doug were anchored in the Intracoastal Waterway just north of St Augustine, Florida, during hurricane Milton (and Helene). I interviewed them before and then after Hurricane Milton.  We talk about anchoring; setting a tandem anchor; using multiple anchors; selecting a spot to sit out a hurricane; we get interuppted by a food delivery to my boat in San Blas, Panama; using two anchors in a tidal current; preparing the boat for the storm; alligators and sharks in the anchorage in Florida; crocodiles in the anchorage in Panama; after the hurricane; insurance; a boat that went aground during the storm; and more. Shownotes are here https://www.paultrammell.com/podcast-season-7 Support through Patreon here patreon.com/paultrammell

    1h 2m
  3. Sailing Solo from The Netherlands to New Zealand, Jacqueline Evers

    OCT 7

    Sailing Solo from The Netherlands to New Zealand, Jacqueline Evers

    Jacqueline Evers set off from The Netherlands in July 2023 and is now in New Zealand. She sails a 1977 Grinde 27 called Loveworkx, designed by Peter Bruun and built in Denmark.  We talk about New Zealand, clearing into various countries and expenses, sailing solo with family visiting, her boat, the inner forestay, why she is sailing solo around the world, favorite places, what we learn about ourselves through solo sailing, bird visitations, fishing while sailing (or not), sharks, fear, big wind and waves in the Caribbean Sea, creative anchoring, anchors and chain, a beautiful moment, landfalls, the wonder of living on a sailboat, and more.  You can follow Jacqueline on her Youtube Channel Sailing Loveworkx  https://www.youtube.com/@sailingloveworkx Shownotes are here https://www.paultrammell.com/podcast-season-7 Support through Patreon here patreon.com/paultrammell

    1h 6m

  4. SEP 30

    Panama Update, Bocas del Toro and San Blas

    Recorded at Esnasdup island in San Blas, aka Guna Yala, I discuss my year and a half in Panama. I talk about navigating here, places I've been, anchorages, marinas, the weather, wildlife, crime, clearing in and out, surfing, spearfishing, tropical disaeses, getting proper exercise when living on a boat, and much more. Shownotes are here https://www.paultrammell.com/podcast-season-7 Support through Patreon here patreon.com/paultrammell

    1h 1m

  5. SEP 26

    Transatlantic on a Hans Christian 34, Gunnar Christensen

    Gunnar Christensen is an entrant in the 2026 Golden Globe Race, and he recently bought a Hans Christian 34 in Trinidad and sailed it, solo, home to the UK. We talk about the boat, the voyage, his self-steering, Hydrovanes, Watt&Sea, trailing warps in heavy weather, sailing with hank-on headsails, jacklines and tethers, emergency ways to climb back onboard, symmetrical vs asymmetrical spinnakers, storm trysails, heavy weather, sailing a full-keel vs a fin-keel boat, sailing with a windvane, whales, reefing, PLB's, modifications needed, dodgers, Tapio's book "On a Belt of Foaming Seas," Southerly Yachts, the mental aspect of long-distance solo sailing, and more.  Shownotes are here https://www.paultrammell.com/podcast-season-7 Support through Patreon here patreon.com/paultrammell

    1h 18m

  6. SEP 16

    Tom Fisher, Sailing in Newfoundland

    Tom Fisher sails a Biscay 36. He was inspired to go to Newfoundland after readingthe book "Sailing to Newfoundland," and visited many of the places I went in 2022. We talk about growing up sailing in the UK, sailing barges, folkboats, comparing traditional full-keel boats to modern charter boats, his Biscay 36, radar, Starlink, AIS, St. Martin to Bermuda to Nova Scotia to Newfoundland, hiking to the top of the mountain at Deadman's Cove, waterfalls, outports, hiking around Francois, bears, blueberries, Hare Bay, Isle aux Mortes, and more. Podcast show notes are here https://www.paultrammell.com/podcast-season-7 Support the show here patreon.com/paultrammell

    1h 24m
  7. Nathan Zahrt,

    SEP 9

    Nathan Zahrt,

    Nathan and his wife Vivian run Ocean Passages, offering training passages aboard their Compass 47. We also talk about Tahiti and the Society Islands, dealing with cyclone season, Nova Scotia, dealing with heavy weather, electronics, anchoring, his association with John Kretschmer, training passages, heaving-to, different boats, different rigs, using preventers, accidental jibes, sailing to a schedule, lessons learned from John Kretschmer, and more. Podcast shownotes are here https://www.paultrammell.com/podcast-season-7 Support through Patreon here patreon.com/paultrammell

    1h 29m

  8. SEP 2

    Porter Fox, Category Five

    Porter Fox grew up on the coast of Maine sailing small boats. His father designed and built Whistler sailboats and founded Able Marine. Porter has written three books and also writes stories for The New York Times and other journals.  His latest book is Category Five, which we talk about.  We also talk about sailing around New York City, sailing a Whistler that his father built, sailing a cat ketch, cruising the New Jersey coast, sailing canoes in The Bahamas, sailing with John Kretschmer, climate change, the amplification of storms, sea-level rise, why we love the ocean, the importance of keeping a calm mind, defeating trauma, John Kretschmer's books, freeboard, net zero, and more. Shownotes are at https://www.paultrammell.com/podcast-season-7 Support through Patreon here patreon.com/paultrammell

    1h 11m
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