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After our first Atlanta How Not To Sail meetup (a month after losing the vessel), I get a voicemail that changes everything.
And Big News...
I've just launched The How Not To Sail Minute, a daily (weekdays) dose of How Not To Sail. Let me know what you think!
Join me in Annapolis at Davis' Pub on Friday, Oct. 10 at 5pm! More info at HowNotToSail.com
In which I finally decide to abandon ship prior to Hurricane Milton's arrival.
Show Notes: HowNotToSail.com/67
Thank You, USCG!
I want to thank the United States Coast Guard—particularly USCG Sector Key West and Station Key West.
Thanks to BM2 Anthony Diggle and BM2 Ethan Kast for sitting down for a thorough interview in the hot sun amongst the roosters, bikers, tourists and children. (Apparently, Bosun's Mate 2 is a rating and Petty Officer is a rank…so I hope I didn't do any disservice by going with whichever appelation sounded best on the voiceover.)
And of course, Major Thanks to the rest of the crew on the RBM45 who came out to get me:
BM3 Billy Stone (Coxswain)
BM3 Gianna Bracone (Boarding Officer/ Navigator)
FN Reilly McCarthy (Engineer)
Also, a hearty shout out to Petty Officer Nicholas Strasburg in Public Relations for letting me interview Anthony and Ethan.
And to Ensign Jack Agar and OS3 Zachary Aparo over at SECTOR Key West...for reasons we can't disclose in this episode.
Please remember, the Coast Guard is not out there to ruin your fun. They're out there to save your ass…which with proper seamanship and preparedness, you can hopefully avoid them having to do!
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Want to enjoy your boat, visit awesome destinations, and skip the stress? Then be sure NOT to use any of the "handy tips" mentioned here.
Author, sailor, and host of the How Not To Sail Podcast Bradford Rogers shares with you some of his easily-won but hard to forget advice with equal measures of wide-eyed befuddlement and extra-dry humor. (Shaken AND stirred.)
Buy How Not To Sail at HowNotToSail.com/book
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What Shall We Do With A Drunken Sailor? (Traditional) - performed by Bradford Rogers and Peter Suarez
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Wherein I engage in a pre-Milton Diesel Scavenger Hunt™, suffer an unpleasant evening, and finally run out of a critical item.
I don't really have many—okay, any—photos from this episode, since I was, first of all, running around Venice and Sarasota like a madman, trying to find diesel and something to put it in; and after that it was as very long night and following morning.
Just FYI, I am now adding another perk for Patrons: Scripts from my wacky and detailed episode prep. (Okay, fine. Maybe it's more like sadism. But hey, some folks seem to like it. The scripts, I mean.)
Episode 66 involved many iterations, so I decided I should upload the salient bits to Patreon. Where I noticed there's now a "Collections" area. So I thought to my alleged self, "Self, we should make a Scripts collection here!"
And that's exactly what I'm doing. I also uploaded scripts for Eps. 1, 5, and 6 (they will bubble up over the next few days), and aim to upload as many of the prior scripts as are available..as well as future ones…along with my various scribblings, comments, and edit/mix notes.
If you wanna join the Patreon Crew, HERE'S THE LINK.
In case yer not into the Patreon thing, I'll also be making the "Scripts" collection available separately for purchase by curious HowNotToSailers for about the price of an adult beverage, once I get enough of 'em in the Collection. (Hey, it ain't cheap owning a floating saltwater collector!)
What could possibly go wrong?
I mean, in a good way. LOL. No, seriously…Jimmy and Sondra have been doing exactly what I want to be doing—namely, cruising!
You may remember the Lees and s/v Utopia from Episode 34, "Not Always Utopia"…which is actually still one of the best podcast episodes.
They have been "well seasoned" and have planned, prepared and sacrificed to get to this point, and I couldn't be happier for them. Well played!!!
If you want to see what awesome things they're up to (or returning from) now (think "Bahamas") just check out their blog, In The Lee. 🙂
So…we finally get a little more familiar with our Coastie friends in this episode, particularly BM2 Anthony Diggle. And there's more to come in the next episode, as you can tell from the teaser at the end.
I was tickled stinkless to get official permission to interview Anthony, and also BM2 Ethan Kast, while I was in Key West…and, um, also rather chagrined that as of yet, I haven't been able to include any of Ethan's audio in the podcast. :-/
But, well, first of all… I hope we can bring in some of Ethan's audio a couple of episodes from now. (After all, he was an integral part of events you're about to hear.)
But also, I'm going to make all of Ethan (and Anthony)'s interview audio available for the Patreon Crew. Minus, perhaps, some of the shuffling around we did to avoid audio contamination from roosters, children, and/or airplanes. (You wouldn't believe how many roosters there are in Key West, unless you've been there.)
Special thanks to Our Friend Jim, who…well, since we're still in the "Losing Jacie Sails" part of the program, has been doing important things for How Not To Sail.
Patreon
Yes, you can join the Patreon crew and help keep How Not To Sail afloat (plus get way cool perks) for as little as $3 a month.
Help Spread The Word!
Looking for a way to help spread the gospel of How Not To Sail? (First of all, THANK YOU!)
You can find a number of easy ways to help spread the word—many of them 100% free—at HowNotToSail.com/help
How Not To Sail Email Newsletter
Join the How Not To Sail email list and get the almost-sorta-biweekly newsletter at HowNotToSail.com/email
Get The Book
Want to enjoy your boat, visit awesome destinations, and skip the stress? Then be sure NOT to use any of the "handy tips" mentioned here.
Author, sailor, and host of the How Not To Sail Podcast Bradford Rogers shares with you some of his easily-won but hard to forget advice with equal measures of wide-eyed befuddlement and extra-dry humor. (Shaken AND stirred.)
Buy How Not To Sail at HowNotToSail.com/book
Music
What Shall We Do With A Drunken Sailor? (Traditional) - performed by Bradford Rogers and Peter Suarez
⚓️
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