http://FurledSails.com Sailing, news, information, and stories en-us Code by Noel Davis http://FurledSails.com/article.php3?article=765 Chief from Watertribe continues his talk with us about the Everglades Challenge, Ultimate Florida Challenge, and his Tridarka Raider. See you on the water! Call and leave your comments or stories toll free at 1-866-235-2786. Email us at podcast@furledsails.com Download: FurledSails Podcast #134 Chief Part 2 in MP3 format Sign up for the podcast: Listen using our podcast rss feed: Play / stream the Podcast: http://FurledSails.com/article.php3?article=764 Chief from Watertribe talks to about the Everglades Challenge, Ultimate Florida Challenge, and his Tridarka Raider. See you on the water! Call and leave your comments or stories toll free at 1-866-235-2786. Email us at podcast@furledsails.com Download: FurledSails Podcast #133 Chief Part 1 in MP3 format Sign up for the podcast: Listen using our podcast rss feed: Play / stream the Podcast: http://FurledSails.com/article.php3?article=763 Dave and Anke tell us about their next project building a triloboat. They share with us how they cruise Alaska on a shoestring budget. Also hear about their encounter with an elephant seal. See you on the water! http://FurledSails.com/article.php3?article=762 Dave and Anke share with us their experience building their first boat Zune. Luna is the boat they currently live on and sail in Alaska. Luna 31-foot "Bolgeresque" boat similar to the Advanced Sharpie. Their cruising in Alaska makes for some good stories. See you on the water! http://FurledSails.com/article.php3?article=761 Michael tells us all about lug sails, as well as sharing with us what cruising he has done. He also regals us with tales about naming boats and how not to do it. See you on the water! http://FurledSails.com/article.php3?article=760 Michael Storer who builds some wonderful boats and sells plans from Australia talks with us about sailing, building and design. Michael designed the Goat Island Skiff, the OZ PDRacer, and many more boats. We hope you enjoy the interview. See you on the water! http://FurledSails.com/article.php3?article=759 Serge Testa is still holding the world record for circumnavigating in the smallest boat. Need we say more? From 1984 through 1987 Serge circumnavigated in S/V Acrohc Australis. Serge tells all about his boat, and even how he almost accidentally caught a whale. He also tells us what he has done after 1987. See you on the water! http://FurledSails.com/article.php3?article=758 Kyle and Kathy Harris sailed from the US to Papua, New Guinea where they work as bible translators. Their stories from PNG are fascinating, and when they decided to pair it with sailing Kyle said it was the best of both worlds. See you on the water! http://FurledSails.com/article.php3?article=757 Imagine your boat being stuck in ice and getting out on the ice to walk to another boat, then finding your boat gone the next morning! This is exactly what happened to Phil and Liz of the boat Fine Tolerance. Fear not, they did find the boat and the story continues. See you on the water or perhaps ice! http://FurledSails.com/article.php3?article=756 Phil and Liz took s/v Fine Tolerance further north than almost any cruising sailors have gone. They sailed the North West Passage through the Arctic passing above Canada from the Pacific through to the Atlantic. In this part we talk to them about their trip and their winter layover in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, Canada. See you on the water! http://FurledSails.com/article.php3?article=755 Gary and Connie Hoffman had a wonderful adventure voyaging down the Mississippi river and other waterways to the Gulf of Mexico in their Norseboat. In their own words they did the trip because: "A life-long love of adventure coupled with a fascination with Mark Twain and Huckleberry Finn going back to childhood; we also shared a desire to have a small sailboat that would allow us to expand beyond sailing on our local Idaho mountain lakes." See you on the water! http://FurledSails.com/article.php3?article=754 Gary and Noel both participate in this second part, talking about their adventures in EC27. They set sail in Oaracle from Tampa bay to Key Largo which is 3nm. They managed to come into the finish in 2nd place among the sailboats and 4th place overall. See you on the water! http://FurledSails.com/article.php3?article=753 Our friend, Gary Blankenship a.k.a. Lugnut tells us about his boat building addiction or as Noel calls him the pied piper of boat building. We also learn why he is called Lugnut among the Watertribe group. See you on the water! http://FurledSails.com/article.php3?article=752 Captain Smith reveals how he received the name "Captain Nasty". He also tells us about the treasure he helped find off of Jupiter Beach and his experience afterwards. See you on the water! http://FurledSails.com/article.php3?article=751 Capt. Smith started his sea adventures by running away as a teen in a leaky pram,since then you can't keep him out of the water. He was dismasted by the Coast Guard. Capsized a boat and almost went with it and much more. He gives you a sense of being there with him in his stories. Please enjoy them as much as we did, see you on the water! http://FurledSails.com/article.php3?article=750 Dear Listeners, Due to some sickness and the holidays, we have taken a short vacation. We will put up a new podcast on January 6th. We would like to wish all our listeners Merry Christmas and fair winds for the New Year. http://FurledSails.com/article.php3?article=749 John Otterbacher, author of Sailing Grace, set sail after having 8 heart surgeries within 8 months on Grace with his wife and two young children an adventure that ended 31 months and 4 thousand miles later. What an inspirational story this is for anyone. See you on the water! http://FurledSails.com/article.php3?article=748 Sailing Legend Jimmy Cornell revels us with tales of his many circumnavigations with his family. He also has sailed to the Antarctic and is the author of numerous books. His new book "Passion for the Sea" is now available. His website is a must see for world cruisers. See you on the water! http://FurledSails.com/article.php3?article=747 Webb Chiles set the record at the time for the longest voyage in an open boat in his circumnavigation attempt in Chidiock Tichbourne I and II. He may still hold the record for the longest passage in an open boat. In this interview Webb tells us about his open boat voyage, his voyages in his next boat Resurgam, the sinking of Resurgam, his current boat The Hawke of Tuonela, and his future plans. See you on the water! http://FurledSails.com/article.php3?article=746 Webb Chiles was the first American to round Cape Horn solo. He is the author of five books, has circumnavigated by sail four times, and has set numerous world records. In this first part of a two part interview Webb tells us about going around Cape Horn and circumnavigating in Egregious. See you on the water! http://FurledSails.com/article.php3?article=745 John tells us about designing the boat "Walkabout" and some of his other designs. He also talks with us about his new book "Backyard Boat Building". He shares with us how to rate a large boat properly using the "poodle method." See you on the water! http://FurledSails.com/article.php3?article=744 Boat designer, John Wellsford, shares his philosophies on small boat design. He tells us how his designs have changed over time to fit the person who wants the boat. Smaller boats make for great cruising adventures as you will hear when John tells of one of his boats. The Pathfinder pictured in this podcast is Steve Earley's "Spartina". She is at Watts Island on Chesapeake Bay. What a beautiful boat! See you on the water! http://FurledSails.com/article.php3?article=743 Chuck Leinweber owner of Duckworks online magazine and store shares with us his long sailing career and boat building experiences. The website which is co-owned with his wife Sandra has many interesting things you can buy and there is usually a new article every day for the magazine. Chuck is also starting a new sailboat raid called the Texas 2 in June which sounds like a great deal of fun. See you on the water! http://FurledSails.com/article.php3?article=742 Shane tells us how he transitioned from his small boats to the 71 ft. catamaran "Canvasback" doing humanitarian health aid. He also had adventures captaining "Stanhaven" while it was used in a television show. Shane now runs his own business doing charters in the northwest. See you on the water! http://FurledSails.com/article.php3?article=741 Shane tells us about his epic 5 mile "Voyage through America" which he did in a Sea Pearl 21, a boat that is near and dear to our hearts. He also tells us about his other adventures sailing to Hawaii and to Cabo San Lucas in small boats. More to come next week. See you on the water! http://FurledSails.com/article.php3?article=740 Captain Dave Kyser tells us about his cruising experience and all about the North Florida Cruising Club. Dave is a past commodore of the club and this club has some great adventures and activities. He also tells us about some charity work the club does including "Hand on the helm for Hubbard House" and "First Coast Offshore Challenge" See you on the water! http://FurledSails.com/article.php3?article=739 Hugh Horton, sailor and builder of sailing canoes shares with us how he got started sailing in canoes. We also hear about trips he has taken and what it takes to build a sailing canoe and also a bit of history about these boats. See you on the water! http://FurledSails.com/article.php3?article=738 We have the first ever interview sent in by a listener! Jerry, who went on a Windjammer Cruise, was nice enough to interview Captain John Foss of the schooner American Eagle. He tells how he became a sailor and then a captain and shares with us a bit about sailing with Windjammer. Noel also has a review of the Freeplay FreeCharge 12v, which is a hand crank powered 12v charger for cell phones and other small devices. The hand crank is very easy to use. A very cool little must have for e http://FurledSails.com/article.php3?article=737 John Guzzwell tells us about his trip in Trekka around the world. He shares with us his boat building skills with cold molding and his classes that he teaches at the Wooden Boat School, and we also hear about him falling in love. See you on the water! http://FurledSails.com/article.php3?article=736 John Guzzwell of Trekka around the world fame, tells us about learning to sail and use celestial navigation as a boy. He tells of building Trekka, which he never intended to sail around the world, and setting off on his big adventure in 1954. He had much excitement with the Smeetons on their ship Tzu Hang including pitch poling off of Cape Horn. This interview is one of the best we have had! See you on the water! http://FurledSails.com/article.php3?article=735 The America's Great Loop Cruisers Association is an organization that is focused on cruisers' circumnavigation of the Eastern portion of North America. Steve and Janice share with us stories from their cruise as well as tell us about the AGLCA and what they have to offer. See you on the Water! http://FurledSails.com/article.php3?article=734 Christina Moore, author of Black Swan revels us with tales about her sailing career as a cook and general seawoman. She tells us how the book is patterned after her trip to Alaska. Her book is about a cook on a schooner that finds mystery and murder along the way. We also learn about "the Aleutian Solution" and some smuggling. See you on the water! http://FurledSails.com/article.php3?article=733 Alex from Project Bluesphere tells us about his trip across the Pacific Ocean and all the excitement that came with it. He is currently in Tahiti. He is also thinking about upgrading to a Force 5 to do some humanitarian work. We wish him well. See you on the water! http://FurledSails.com/article.php3?article=732 Mark Przedwojewski aka ManitouCruiser of Watertribe tells us about his adventurous times during the Missouri River Race and Watertribe challenges. He also shares with us his diet secrets while your racing to maximize your performance. See you on the water! http://FurledSails.com/article.php3?article=731 Mark Przedwojewski aka ManitouCruiser of Watertribe shares with us the life of Verlen Kruger the father of Kruger Canoes. We hear of Verlen's adventures that happened through an amazing lifetime on the water, and how he came to create his canoes. See you on the water! Part two http://FurledSails.com/article.php3?article=730 David "Shorty" Routh gives us all the details on PD racers. Our motto is "cheap, creative, and having fun on the water". The PDRacer is a one design racing sailboat that is basically a plywood box with a curved bottom, and is the easiest boat in the world to build. He also tells about building a boat from of all things a hot tub shell, interesting to say the least. See you on the Water!