This week on the podcast I had the opportunity to chat with Glenn about his cruising life and some of the boats he has owned over the years. We met in Spain earlier on this year and have some great talks about boat systems and cruising, we both have Jeanneau DS models. We also have a discussion about being a super yacht captain and his career, super interesting. For information on sailing with Glenn at the Festival visit www.theoceancruisers.com/odyssey If you want to join the water force...

Me and Chris from  @SailHub are having a chat aboard Voyager about some of the work we have been doing on the blue beast! Look for Sailhub Channel to see more of Chris If you want to join the water force join our Patreon community https://www.patreon.com/OceanCruisers Support the show

Yo As we start to travel around I will be recording some podcasts with cool people we meet in Voyager's Saloon. This week aboard Voyager we welcomed  @ElenaundBen for drinks, a couple from Germany I met whilst feeding some stray cats by the boatyard trashcans. They have a brilliant story of how they met and started their life together on the water. Also Chris from  @SailHub provided entertainment and technical assistance, we did another podcast which will be on Chris's channel soon also...

Check out Liz and Jamie's Youtube Channel  @followtheboat and also take a look at their podcast which you can access by visiting their website which is www.followtheboat.com If you want to support the podcast and get the content early visit the ocean cruisers Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/OceanCruisers Energetic Rock | Hiking Free Music by Efficsounds & Alex-Productions | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx0_... https://www.efficsounds.co.uk Music promoted by...

I had a lovely chat with Sara this week, she is from Australia and has been cruising with her family since 2014. They have just moved aboard their new boat in California and are getting ready to cruise south and into the Caribbean Check them out at  @SailingCatalpa   If you want to support the podcast and get the content early visit the ocean cruisers Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/OceanCruisers Energetic Rock | Hiking Free Music by Efficsounds & Alex-Productions |...

If you want to join James on one of his passages go to www.sailingzingaro.com to book, tell him Andy sent you and he will give you a discount too! If you want to support the podcast and view the full video versions of each episode visit the ocean cruisers Patreon. 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...

This week im having a chat with Nate Porter from the Youtube channel Expedition Drenched.  Nate is a professional diver and underwater filmography and is the owner of not one but two massive steel expedition sailing boats. His first vessel Sylfia is a 23 meter ketch rigged adventure ship, that caries at at time between 10 and 16 crew on board and right now Nate is in Langkawi refitting his second boat complete with a shark dive cage. If you want to follow Nate and his crews journey heck out...

This week im having a chat with Matt Rutherford. A solo sailor who holds the title of being the first person to single handed non stop circumnavigate the continent of America. Rounding the infamous Cape Horn in the Southern Ocean and dodging icebergs of the North West passage in Arctic. In recent years Matt had developed an expedition project working with scientists, nasa and other private and government entities researching the tie caps and mapping new parts of the ocean in the northern...

This week im having a chat with Kristin & Fabio from the YouTube sailing channel Harbors Unknown Kristin and Fabio are cruising around on a new Seawind 1600, an offshore cruising catamaran built in Vietnam by an Australian company Fabio is from Italy and Kristin is  from Rhode Island, they previously owned a Dragonfly folding trimaran and also cruised on a Oceanis 473 before going big with an ocean crossing catamaran. Since taking ownership of their boat they have cruised up and...

This week im having a chat with Hannah Goldberg from the popular TikTok profile of Hannah Sailing Hannah was brought up between Holland and the United States and began sailing at a young age at summer camps and by the time she became an adult had a bunch of experience on the water. After spending time in Los Angeles with her family, working multiple jobs and seeing little left after all the bills had gone out to save up for her cruising boat he decided to sack off the routine and begin...

This week im having a chat with Laura Dekker from the Laura Dekker World Sailing Foundation Laura made the history books back in 2010 when at the age of 14 she became the youngest person ever to attempt to sail around the world. It took place after a long fought battle with the Dutch government and became international headlines sparking a global debate, surrounding parental rights. Laura was born and grew up on the water and her father being a cruiser himself taught her how to manage and...

This week Andy is speaking with Sascha and Raff from the YouTube sailing channel Spear It Animal. Sascha has been cruising the waters of the USA since being a small girl on lake Eerie and also spending time with her family in Florida,  Raff is from central Florida and spent time  hunting and fishing before getting a taste of ocean life and purchasing his first catamaran. They met each other cruising the Caribbean and decided to buy a boat together and sail around the world.  They bought a...

It has been a year and a half since we did the first podcast with Ryan and Sophie and a lot has changed for them, They have done some more ocean crossings with a full Atlantic circuit, performed a bunch of upgrades to their boat and Ryan has completed a pretty dramatic solo Atlantic crossing east to west from the canaries to Cape Verde then to the Caribbean.  They are now in the process of planning a refit on their boat to sail north for next season through to the Great Lakes.  Most notably...

This week im having a chat with Lauren and Chris from the YouTube sailing channel sailing Indiana Lauren and Chris are both from the UK, They met in Thailand after taking a break out of the corporate do some travelling.  Chris achieved his sea legs as a sea cadet at a young age and Lauren learned how to sail on dinghies.  Wanting to travel the world they decided to buy a sailboat which is a Gibsea 372. They have spent the past 2 years adapting their life for long term cruising, changing...

This week on The Ocean Cruisers podcast Andy is having a chat with Dan from the Youtube Channel Adventureman Dan. Dan has been a career Nomad, he has spent years travelling in his van and now his sailboat, searching out for places to spend time and learn how to live from the land, hunting and fishing, gathering sun for energy and growing his own food Dan has recently been cruising the East coast of the States and the Bahamas and is now preparing his boat and his seamanship skills to take...

This week on The Ocean Cruisers podcast im having a chat with Caroline, Logan and Brian the founders of The Young Cruisers Association. They set up the YCA in 2017 to start gathering like minded folk who were living free on the water and wanted to become part of a global community for cruisers. Since then they have built a massive network of cruisers flying YCA burgee’s all over the world, bringing together voices from thousands of anchorages and marinas to help live aboards and land...

This week on The Ocean Cruisers podcast Andy is having a conversation with Kate & Iain from the Youtube sailing channel Follow Intrepid Bear Kate & Iain are from the UK and both HAD a career as police officers before they turned into full time cruisers, they are currently in Montenegro and have been cruising the mediterranean since the start of the 2022 season.  Their journey started in the UK last year, they sailed across the channel then south to cross the bay of biscay and due...

This week on The Ocean Cruisers podcast I’m having a chat with David Shih David was cruising around the USA living van life when him and his wife decided to buy a boat. They chose to go with the Lagoon 450 and unfortunately were the victim of the bulkhead and structural beam situation. David decided to take the boat to Panama to meet up with his friend who was already fixing up his boat with the same issues. He then spent over a year on the hard in Panama re-building his boat back to...

This week on The Ocean Cruisers podcast I’m having a chat with  @Lauren Landers   Lauren is currently living in the Bahamas on her 51ft 1993 Beneteau Oceanis She sails her boat Soul De La Mar single handed and she operates a charter business offering sailing experiences, free diving, spear fishing and also works with a partner delivery yoga retreats aboard. Lauren studied and trained as a marine biologist, she is also an ocean conservationist and has strong passion for educating children...

This week on The Ocean Cruisers podcast I’m having a chat with Erica and Warren from the Sailing Youtube Channel -  @WEsail They have been cruising full time for 3 years and are currently sailing a new to them boat which is a Fontaine Pajot Helia 44 Catamaran. Erica and Warren both come from the States and previously worked in aviation and the hospitality sector before they decided to start cruising. In their first boat they cruised the Caribbean, Bahamas, Central America and through to...

This week on The Ocean Cruisers podcast I’m having a chat with Pascale and Troy from the Sailing Youtube Channel - Freerange sailing and Freerange Homestead They have been cruising round Australia on their Clansman 30, a sloop rigged Australian monohull built in 1969 Troy has spent a life on an in the water as a diver and a commercial mariner. Pascale met Troy in 2014 and has since been spending time sailing and in 2017 they became full time liveabord cruisers. Last year they performed an...

This week on The Ocean Cruisers podcast I’m having a chat with Luke and Adam from the Sailing Youtube Channel - The Sailing Brothers Luke and Adam are two brothers from Wales in the UK. Before they started their cruising journey they both worked in Logistics for Supermarkets. They had both been living on boats before they started cruising and gained experience by circumnavigating the UK before they set off on their current trip. Prior to setting off on a longer voyage they decided to...

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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...

This week on The Ocean Cruisers podcast we are speaking with Roberta & Duca from the Youtube Sailing & DIY Channel, Odd Life Crafting Roberta & Duca are from Brazil and have been living an alternative lifestyle for nearly 10 years, travelling the world and creating living spaces and documentaries. They started producing videos of their container home build before purchasing their first floating home. They recently bought a neglected 12 meter steel sailboat that had been on the...