The Mike Is Yours

Mike Mainier

Each episode, host Mike Mainier brings on guests from all walks of life for an in-depth interview.

Episodes

  1. How to Live Your Life on a Sailboat - An Interview with Angela Smith Covey

    06/06/2019

    How to Live Your Life on a Sailboat - An Interview with Angela Smith Covey

    Greetings from Marsh Harbor, Abaco!  Piano performance major / entrepreneur turned sailing enthusiast Angela Smith Covey dials into the podcast remote from the BAHAMAS! Angela shares how her passion for the open water turned into a decision to 'sell it all' and live full-time on a boat in the Caribbean with her husband Perry. Born in the mid-west with no prior experience in sailing, Angela explains how her dream of living on the ocean took shape over the course of 30 years. After running a family owned cookie business, leading corporate training events, as well as attending culinary school, Angela settled down to live life on the S/V Lily Belle (a 43’ Catalina sailboat). No matter if you are a boater or a land lover, her journey will surely inspire a life of travel, adventure, and most importantly to always live your best life!  Angela and Perry’s sailing blog ‘Happy Sails’ can be found at https://happysails.wordpress.com.    In This Episode You Will Learn:  Buying a boat and preparing to set sail (7:12) Life after selling everything and leaving for the Bahamas (13:00) How many days/weeks can a boat be on the open water? (15:30) Specs on the S/V Lily Belle (18:13) Life before the water, traveling to 41 countries and the journey (21:02) Love of the culinary world AKA a love of FOOD (26:44) Angela’s tips for cooking on a boat (30:02) Preparing for the variables on the open water (31:13) Blue water sailing 8,000ft deep (33:00) Tales from the ‘Happy Sails’ Blog (35:13) Staying alive through the most dangerous channel in the Bahamas (36:27) Boating Communication 101…with your spouse (39:45) The difference between a boating vacation and committing to boating life. (43:00) Naming your boat and the ‘Happy Sails’ blog (47:35) Measuring sea sickness using the DEFCON scale (49:00)   Follow Mike Mainier on: Website:  https://www.MikeMainier.com    Facebook:  @mmainier   YouTube: The Mike Is Yours Channel Twitter: @mmainier  Instagram: @mmainier LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelmainier/

    55 min

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Each episode, host Mike Mainier brings on guests from all walks of life for an in-depth interview.