STBSP, Ep, 174, A fun chat with John Schafer of Ministry of Sailing

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12/16/23 • -1 min

Annapolis Sailor John Schafer from Ministry of Sailing and the Sailing Rescue Swimmer training program.

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 Schafer

When 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.

Www.ministryofsailing.com

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.

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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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Annapolis Sailor John Schafer from Ministry of Sailing and the Sailing Rescue Swimmer training program.

John Schafer

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.

Www.ministryofsailing.com

Sailing Chesapeake and Racers Facebook Group.

You can listen to Episode 17 4 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.

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

The sticker I was handing out at the Annapolis Sailboat Show This past October.

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.

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Break music, “Wild Winds of Misfortune” by Leo Disanto of The Vinegar Creek Constituency, and “The Wild Rover” as performed by

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STBSP, Ep, 175, Josh Davidson of Anchors and Oars

Josh Davidson from Anchors and Oars.

This episode, representing our 10th Anniversary of the start of the Podcast, we sit down and chat with Josh Davidson of Sailboatparts Dot Com on the Interwebs and Anchors and Oars, a Nautical gift shop and Sailboat parts outlet physically located on the Eastern Shore of the Bay, in Graysonville, MD.

Josh had sort of become a Mythic or Legendary character in my online sailingverse. I started hearing about this great reuse-it shop that had almost anything you ever needed to outfit your good old boat. I started seeing photo’s of his Barn covered in Halyards, Piles of Block and Tackle, Oars stacked to the gills, with all sorts of Knick Knacks and Paddywhacks in between. I knew I had to check it out, and finally did back in the spring of last year, eventually buying a new to me Spinnaker Halyard, after spending a few hours wandering the premises, including the bard, the gift shop, and a few out buildings, not to mention the sprawl towards the parking lot.

Josh Davidson from Anchors and Oars

Not having much to do with Messing About with Boats until meeting his wife about 10 years ago, Josh is now steeped in the business of turning others peoples discarded and abandoned Sailboats into a full time career. He and his wife actually have a few businesses in the Marine Space. He does boat photography and drone work, while she, after working as an event specialist for the Annapolis Sailboat Show for many years, has started her own boat show in Washington D.C. while still working at other boat shows.

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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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