It’s been a long time since I published a podcast and I finally I found after many, many attempts that the only way to get back on the horse was to just record whatever came out of my mouth for an hour and we can pick the bones out of it later. In this episode I talk about what has been happening for me in 2023, I talk about the Global Solo Challenge Race coming up in December and answer a great question that was sent to me earlier this year about being the skipper of a vessel at a young age. Regular programming will commence forthwith. If yo have any ideas about my mixing elbow for a Yanmar 3JH2-TE engine or anything else that might help get Falcon to the start of the Global Solo Challenge, please email me at [email protected] If you want to access more content and show support for this podcast please join me at www.patreon.com/themariner  If you want to hear me reading sailing stories that I have chosen as being beneficial to developing seamanship skills, please look for The Mariner’s Library wherever you get your podcasts.