This week on The Ocean Cruisers podcast we are speaking with John Kretschmer, Delivery Skipper, Passage Instructor and Author. John is one of the most experienced sailors in the world, clocking close to 400,000 Nautical miles sailed in a variety of boats, all over the planet.  He has spent 42 years in the sailing industry and given over 150 offshore training passages and lectured on passage making in some of sailings most prestigious venues. His company also now offers online offshore passage training and  John has authored 7 books and is a contributing editor for Sailing Magazine. His books include some of the sailing industries best sellers and go to reads for cruisers all over the world. His vessel is a 1987 Kaufman 47, Built in Taiwan and a well respected time proven blue water cruiser and is currently sailing in the Arctic If you want to follow John’s journeys around the planet you can visit his website Johnkretschmersailing.com https://www.johnkretshcmersailing.com You can support the Podcast on Patreon and follow us on Instagram, Facebook, watch the interviews on Youtube and download the audio on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can follow our social media pages and interact with us by checking out the link below: https://linktr.ee/OceanCruisersPodcast Energetic Rock | Hiking Free Music by Efficsounds & Alex-Productions | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx0_... https://www.efficsounds.co.uk Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Smells Like HumansLike spending time with funny friends talking about curious human behavior. Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify