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STBSP, Ep 184, Cross podcast with Bela Musits and new sailor Gene Martel
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10/10/24 • -1 min
Welcome to this episode of The Shooting The Breeze Sailing Podcast (STBSP) which is a Cross Podcast with Bela Musits from the Sailing the East Coast Of the USA podcast whereby we interview a fan of both of our podcasts, Gene Martel, who started sailing recently after getting interested a few years back. He searched around for Sailing Podcasts, and found ours, among a few others. I met Gene back a few years ago at the Annapolis Sailboat Show, and he reached out to Bela as well, asking about what sort of boat he should look into buying.
Now a few years gone by, Gene has a year of sailing under his belt and he wants to tell his story so it might inspire others to learn how to sail and make it happen. He reached out to both Bela and I and we decided to do a group chat a release it across both of our platforms.
Also in this episode I talk a bit about the Upper Chesapeake Bay Sailing Group on Facebook meetup we had last weekend, a sail in event at Lighthouse Point Marina in Baltimore called the Boat Show and Tell. It was a fun event, and planning has already begun for next years event.
And I also talk about the upcoming Annapolis Sailboat show, my slots at the podcast booth, and other plans for the show.
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https://traffic.libsyn.com/shootingthebreezesailing/Shooting_E0184.mp3Intro Music by yours truly and Greg Young, of The Incoherents, a band I managed in college. The song is called Never Tell and is available via email. Find the other songs they did at The Incoherents. The Lean Years Volume 2, on Itunes.
Break music, “Wild Winds of Misfortune” by Leo Disanto of The Vinegar Creek Constituency, and “The Wild Rover” as performed by The Ogham Stones
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STBSP, Ep 182, Predicting Wind with Jon Bilger
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08/17/24 • -1 min
Welcome to this episode of The Shooting The Breeze Sailing Podcast (STBSP) with our guest, Sailor, Olympian, America’s Cup winning team member, and founder of PredictWind, Jon Bilger!
With the Olympics fresh on our minds and weather creeping into our daily lives with Tropical Systems in our news feeds, it is a great time to talk to Jon about the Olympics, his time as a member of Team Alinghi, and how he took all that sailing experience and the technology used by his weather forecasting team out into the public space as PredictWind.
If you are even half serious about sailing you probably have used PredictWind, or at least have heard about it. It began creeping into my consciousness back around 2015 as it showed up in various YouTube channels as part of their passage planning. The graphics make the program very easy to visualize how the weather is going to impact the area’s where you are planning on sailing.
It comes down to a safety at sea issue at times, as you do not want to be stuck in the middle of a deepening low pressure system at sea. With Predict wind you can get real time and historical data from sailing grounds all over the world. You can install a data hub on your boat that sends live data to the grid via recently available tools like StarLink.
You can run virtual regatta’s, you can plan a passage, you can do all sorts of things on Predict Wind. Many of the features are free, but you can also upgrade to make use of the advanced features available.
Jon has such a great sailing venue over there in New Zealand, and takes advantage of it as much as possible with his family, a special memory of which he talks about where his father is helping his daughter wrangle a boat ashore that was built for him when he was a kid by his dad. He also talks about high tech and very adventurous Foiling boats taking us into the next phase of sailing.
You can listen to Episode 182 of the STBSP, by right clicking and downloading here,
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Intro Music by yours truly and Greg Young, of The Incoherents, a band I managed in college. The song is called Never Tell and is available via email. Find the other songs they did at The Incoherents. The Lean Years Volume 2, on Itunes.
Break music, “Wild Winds of Misfortune” by Leo Disanto of The Vinegar Creek Constituency, and “The Wild Rover” as performed by The Ogham Stones
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STBSP, EP, 179, Chat with Olympic Sailor Lara Dallman-Weiss
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05/13/24 • -1 min
Welcome to episode 179 of the Shooting The Breeze Sailing Podcast with our guest Olympic Sailor Lara Dallman-Weiss who is representing the US Sailing Team in the 470 class with sailing partner Stuart McNay.
I was honored to be considered to interview Lara on our little Sailing Podcast. I must say I had a little bit of imposter syndrome beforehand as I thought about the questions I might ask a world class athlete and sailor. I am fascinated by the level of dedication you must have to reach this level and how to physically and mentally prepare to compete in such an environment, with all the hurdles you have to manage along the way. I was also very interested in whether she considered herself an Athlete first or Sailor first and what plans she may have after her Olympic campaign is over.
A big part of the journey is finding the support along the way, so if you are so inclined you can donate to the team over at Lara’s Website, www.larasails.com where you can find updated information, buy some merch and support the team. You can also find her on Instagram. US Sailing is the umbrella organization under which the Olympic sailing teams operate and who gives support to the teams at this level.
The Olympics start in late July with Lara starting sailing on August 2nd. Not sure on the Television schedule in the US, but NBC Sports will be covering the summer olympics.
You can listen to Episode 179 of the STBSP, by right clicking and downloading here,
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Intro Music by yours truly and Greg Young, of The Incoherents, a band I managed in college. The song is called Never Tell and is available via email. Find the other songs they did at The Incoherents. The Lean Years Volume 2, on Itunes.
Break music, “Wild Winds of Misfortune” by Leo Disanto of The Vinegar Creek Constituency, and “The Wild Rover” as performed by The Ogham Stones
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STBSP, Ep. 178, Rummin and Beerin with Stevie Reeves, Capt. Boomies, and the Bear, Part 2
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04/16/24 • -1 min
Welcome to this episode of The Shooting The Breeze Sailing Podcast (STBSP) in which we spend a rainy Saturday in Annapolis at Bacon Sails with Stevie Reeves, in his podcast studio, with alcohol, and Captain Boomies and the Bear crash the Party. This is part two of what ended up being almost a three hour tour. If you want to watch it on Stevie’s YouTube Channel, the link is here. It gets kinda crazy, but it was a fun time and there’s some good stuff in here. Check out Unfurled with Stevie Reeves on Insta and Youtube.
This is Part 2, if you missed part 1, go back and check out episode 177.
Started Cleaning the boat up a bit, got some bottom paint, waiting on some good weather next few weekends to get the boat ready for the season!
You can listen to Episode 178 of the STBSP, by right clicking and downloading here,
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Intro Music by yours truly and Greg Young, of The Incoherents, a band I managed in college. The song is called Never Tell and is available via email. Find the other songs they did at The Incoherents. The Lean Years Volume 2, on Itunes.
Break music, “Wild Winds of Misfortune” by Leo Disanto of The Vinegar Creek Constituency, and “The Wild Rover” as performed by The Ogham Stones
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STBSP, Ep, 177, Pod Party with Unfurled W/Stevie Reeves, Capt. Boomies, and the Bear, Pt 1.
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03/30/24 • -1 min
Welcome to this episode of The Shooting The Breeze Sailing Podcast (STBSP) in which we spend a rainy Saturday in Annapolis at Bacon Sails with Stevie Reeves, in his podcast studio, with alcohol, and Captain Boomies and the Bear crash the Party. This is part one of what ended up being almost a three hour tour. It gets kinda crazy, but it was a fun time and there’s some good stuff in here. Check out Unfurled with Stevie Reeves on Insta and Youtube.
This is also a terrible time in the Chesapeake Bay/Baltimore area as the day before I recorded the intro for this, the Frances Scott Key Bridge collapsed due to being struck by a large container ship. Some details have emerged since then that maybe differ from my take on it, but it is a catastrophic situation for this area, and we hope for a speedy resolution to the situation and feel for the families of the victims.
Looking forward to the start of the season in these parts, hope to get the boat ready in April, and launch sometime before middle of May!
You can listen to Episode 177 of the STBSP, by right clicking and downloading here,
You can find it on all your favorite Podcast Apps and Aggregators
or push play on the embedded link below.
Intro Music by yours truly and Greg Young, of The Incoherents, a band I managed in college. The song is called Never Tell and is available via email. Find the other songs they did at The Incoherents. The Lean Years Volume 2, on Itunes.
Break music, “Wild Winds of Misfortune” by Leo Disanto of The Vinegar Creek Constituency, and “The Wild Rover” as performed by The Ogham Stones
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STBSP, Ep, 176, Her Helm Photographer Kristin Rutkowski
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02/20/24 • -1 min
Welcome to Episode 176 of The Shooting The Breeze Sailing Podcast (STBSP)! This episode we chat with Photographer and Portrait Artist Kristin Rutkowski about her Chesapeake Bay Based project called Her Helm.
The Her Helm project got started during the Summer of Covid, and culminated last year with the release of the book, Her Helm Chesapeake Bay. In it, Rutkowski, showcases 51 women that make their own way on the waters of the Chesapeake Bay as captains of their own ships, whether licensed or not, large and small, sail or power. The book also contains art, poetry, and stories from invited guests.
We talk about how she came to the project, how she went out and found all those amazing women, how you set up the shots and subjects to be able to tell their story in one photographic snapshot, what it takes to wrangle everything together into a cohesive, tangible object such as a book. We also talk about how this goes on to affect the folks involved, the artist, and the culture as a whole.
You can find out more about the Her Helm project with the following links:
Her Helm: https://www.herhelm.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HerHelmPortrait/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/herhelm/
Kristin’s portrait business: https://www.kristinrutkowskiphotography.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kristinrutkowskiphotography/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kristinrutkowskiphotography/
This month, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum will host a forum of women from the Her Helm project. Thursday, Feb. 29, 5:30pm Register at: (virtual and in person)
https://cbmm.org/event/her-helm-a-panel-discussion-about-women-making-their-own-way-on-the-water/
The Her Helm project is in a special exhibit at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum https://cbmm.org/her-helm-portraits-of-women-on-the-chesapeake/
“Women of Oak Harbor”The book is available from the Her Helm website (https://www.herhelm.com/book-2023)
and in local stores on the Eastern Shore: Local-ISH Art in Cape Charles, VA (https://www.livelocal-ish.com/about-the-gallery)
The Book Bin in Onley, VA (http://bookbinva.com/)
Kristin’s next event will be a talk about Her Helm at Ker Place in Onancock, VA https://visitesva.com/events/listings/her-helm-chesapeake-bay-book-signing-lecture-with-kristin-rutkowski/
You can listen to Episode 176 of the STBSP, by right clicking and downloading here,
You can find it on all your favorite Podcast Apps and Aggregators
or push play on the embedded link below.
Intro Music by yours truly and Greg Young, of The Incoherents, a band I managed in college. The song is called Never Tell and is available via email. Find the other songs they did at The Incoherents. The Lean Years Volume 2, on Itunes.
Break music, “Wild Winds of Misfortune” by Leo Disanto of The Vinegar Creek Constituency, and “The Wild Rover” as performed by
STBSP, Ep, 174, A fun chat with John Schafer of Ministry of Sailing
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12/16/23 • -1 min
Welcome to Episode 174 of The Shooting the Breeze Sailing Podcast (STBSP) with our guest, Annapolis based Sail Racer John Schafer, who with a bunch of military buddies started ministryofsailing.com and also runs a Sailing Rescue Swimmer training program for offshore sailors.
When you sit down to watch a big time sailing race on the interwebs or on television, say The Americas Cup, The Ocean Race, SailGP, the Caribbean 600, or Sydney/Hobart, you don’t generally first think of the Annapolis area sailing scene as a part of things, but it is. There are folks local to the Chesapeake Bay like John that are out there on some of these race crews, whether it be actually manning a spot on the boats or shore teams, or in the wings helping these sailors prepare for safe competition.
John spent his youth lake sailing in the midwest, spent time in Hawaii in the military doing lots of sailing, found himself in the middle of some high end race crews, then ended up in the Washington, D.C. area, and the Chesapeake Bay. His job found him traveling all around the world, and doing lots of sailing in the process.
John SchaferWhen the Pandemic hit, the sailing world came to a screeching halt, and he and some friends started Ministry of Sailing, and through that process began running a Sailing Rescue Swimmer training program.
Now he spends his time still sailing and training and having an all around good time preaching the good word of sailing through the following links.
Insta https://instagram.com/ministryofsailing?igshid=YTQwZjQ0NmI0OA%3D%3D&utm_source=qr
And https://instagram.com/445velocity?igshid=YTQwZjQ0NmI0OA%3D%3D&utm_source=qr
You tube https://youtube.com/@ministryofsailing?si=nae-nQreRtFbBQwe
Sailing Chesapeake and Racers Facebook Group.
You can listen to Episode 174 of the STBSP, by right clicking and downloading here,
You can find it on all your favorite Podcast Apps and Aggregators
or push play on the embedded link below.
Intro Music by yours truly and Greg Young, of The Incoherents, a band I managed in college. The song is called Never Tell and is available via email. Find the other songs they did at The Incoherents. The Lean Years Volume 2, on Itunes.
Break music, “Wild Winds of Misfortune” by Leo Disanto of The Vinegar Creek Constituency, and “The Wild Rover” as performed by The Ogham Stones
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STBSP, Ep, 173, 2023 Annapolis Sailboat Show Wrap Up, Part 2
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11/18/23 • -1 min
Welcome to this episode of The Shooting The Breeze Sailing Podcast (STBSP), which is part 2 of our 2023 Annapolis Sailboat Show Wrap up. In this episode we have 6 interviews with vendors and friends at the Sailboat show. The interviews and time stamps are as follows
Marcus Asante and Alex Caslow from Redbeard Sailing – 16:37
Brian from Sperry Boat Shoes – 25:24
Alex from Tremate Boat Maintenance App – 30:28
Craig from Dakota Lithium Batteries – 33:59
Chris Kreitlein, Author of Simple Celestial at the Celestaire Booth – 37:20
Stevie Reeves from Bacon Sails – 46:29
In addition to those links, during the intro I speak about Mary Haverstick and her new book, Woman I Know, which I encourage you to check out. It has nothing to do with sailing, but she IRL has been checking out sailing opportunities in the local area the past couple of years. It is a spy story with ties to the Kennedy assassination.
You can listen to Episode 173 of the STBSP, by right clicking and downloading here,
You can find it on all your favorite Podcast Apps and Aggregators
or push play on the embedded link below.
Intro Music by yours truly and Greg Young, of The Incoherents, a band I managed in college. The song is called Never Tell and is available via email. Find the other songs they did at The Incoherents. The Lean Years Volume 2, on Itunes.
Break music, “Wild Winds of Misfortune” by Leo Disanto of The Vinegar Creek Constituency, and “The Wild Rover” as performed by
STBSP, Ep, 172, 2023 Annapolis Sailboat Show Experience!
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10/28/23 • -1 min
Welcome to Episode 172 of The Shooting The Breeze Sailing Podcast (STBSP) whereby we attend the 2023 edition of the Annapolis Sailboat Show, hang out with friends, old and new, check out some great vendors, look at a boat or two, and be as much social butterfly’s as we can muster. Three Days, Two parties, some interesting vendors, a new tradition beginning, some great weather, some crappy weather, and a few boats to boot.
Nora joins me for the intro, where we try to recap the experience, which honestly was such a blur at times, it is hard to remember all that we experienced. In many ways three days is not nearly enough time to get to do all the things I’d love to do when the sailboat show is in town, but in other ways, it gets to be too much and the possibility of burning out on the whole thing becomes very real.
Last year I was pretty jaded on the whole “Sailebrity” thing, with Delos, Parley, and La Vagabond and others in town, chasing them around the show seemed utterly pointless, and found solace in the fact that I could meet up with Sailors and Youtubers that I had interacted with in the Online Universe or in person previously, like Beau and Brandy. This year was a bit lower key in general, the weather on Saturday kept the crowds down a bit, and a bit of preplanning and.... Frankly, an invite to one of the YouTube Parties offered by someone who is already a friend offline, and by buying tickets to the awards show made it such a better experience. I guess it’s nice to be included, especially when you put yourself out there and you want to mingle to grow your endeavor.
We did catch up with and meet new folks like Chris and Kell from Sailing Adrift, Chase from Below Deck and Chasing Grace, Mads and Ava from Sail Life, and Cole from the Adventure Crews.
Sadly we missed out on the Ocean ...
STBSP, Ep, 171, Cross Podcast with Bela Musits from Sailing and Cruising the East Coast of the USA sailing podcast.
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09/15/23 • -1 min
Welcome to this episode of the Shooting the Breeze Sailing Podcast (STBSP) featuring a cross podcast with Bela Musits of the Sailing and Cruising the East Coast of the USA Sailing Podcast.
I’ve listened to many of his podcasts over the years, and we have had many of the same guests on from time to time. We compare notes on our home sailing grounds and tell stories from our sailing and podcasting adventures. You’ve probably heard some of my stories before, but we do get into a great conversation, and he and his co host Mike do some cool commentary before and after on his podcast version of this, so please go download his episode as well!
Before the intro we listen to a snippet of “Lets all Go Insane” performed by Tony Baltimore and friends at McGerks Pub in Belair, MD. Tony plays normally in the Key West bars, but took time to tour the country a bit this summer. Sailing buddies of mine ran came across him last year and ribbed me about it for weeks before they showed me his video for “Lets all go Insane.” Turns out we have a similar appearance and they accused me of Moonlighting as a Rock Star in Key West.
You can listen to Episode 171 of the STBSP, by right clicking and downloading here,
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https://traffic.libsyn.com/shootingthebreezesailing/Shooting_E0171.mp3Intro Music by yours truly and Greg Young, of The Incoherents, a band I managed in college. The song is called Never Tell and is available via email. Find the other songs they did at The Incoherents. The Lean Years Volume 2, on Itunes.
Break music, “Wild Winds of Misfortune” by Leo Disanto of The Vinegar Creek Constituency, and “The Wild Rover” as performed by The Ogham Stones
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