STBSP, Ep 184, Cross podcast with Bela Musits and new sailor Gene Martel

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10/10/24 • -1 min

Sunfish sailing on the Lake.

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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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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Sunfish sailing on the Lake.

And I also talk about the upcoming Annapolis Sailboat show, my slots at the podcast booth, and other plans for the show.

You can listen to Episode 184 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.

https://traffic.libsyn.com/shootingthebreezesailing/Shooting_E0184.mp3

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, 183, Boat Show and Tell with Bryant Gorrell

Welcome to episode 183 of The Shooting The Breeze Sailing Podcast (STBSP). This episode we are talking Upper Chesapeake Sailing with Facebook group founder Bryant Gorrell, and we chat about his upcoming Upper Chesapeake Boat Show and Tell, being held on the weekend of October 4-6 at Lighthouse Point Marina in Baltimore. It is a boat show for the rest of us, where you can show off your boat, look at other folks boats, talk about projects, experiences, modifications, et al.

We started talking about doing something like this years ago, thinking maybe it would be a good idea to do it at a yacht club with lots of space, maybe include a car show or motorcycle show, food trucks, and what not. This year he came across newly renovated Lighthouse Point marina, just up from Canton in Baltimore, MD and started to set things up. Then the Dali hit and collapsed the Frances Scott Key bridge, essentially closing Baltimore Harbor indefinitely, so plans were put on hold. Once the harbor opened, he set up the show for October 2024, and here we are.

The show will be a sail in event for those showing off their boats, and a come as you are for the rest of us, with happy hour events, best in show awards and lots of fun activities, set in the hip and happening neighborhood of Canton.

Check out the flyer, go over to the Upper Chesapeake Sailing group over on Facebook, and come have a great time!

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Shooting The Breeze Sailing Podcast (STBSP) Episode 183.

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STBSP, EP, 185, 2024 Annapolis Sailboat Show Extravaganza!

2024 Annapolis Sailboat Show

Welcome to The Shooting the Breeze Sailing Podcast (STBSP) Episode 185, which is our 2024 Annapolis Sailboat Show extravaganza!

The boat show was a blur of runnin and gunnin, hanging out, doing interviews, a party or two, meetups, and all sorts of fun sailing related stuff.

This Episode will be a series of shorter interviews done on the fly with vendors and sailing friends.

I did run into a few that I did not interview that I want to highlight here in the show notes. One being The Boat Galley, with our friends John Herlig and Carolyn Shearlock. They have the best cruising tools and guides around.

I was able to speak to Lin Pardey for hot second and buy her new book “Cape Horn and Beyond”, which I was able to get autographed. It is so awesome seeing her out there doing it, and she got some recognition from the International Cruisers Awards! Check out the Livestream, you’ll see her and others win awards, and you might catch someone you know being interviewed on the Red Carpet!

The Time Stamps for this episode are as follows:

Darren and Amanda Seltzer from Outer Passages – 30:52

Roam Devices – 37:47

Portland Pudgy – 40:00

Sailors for the Sea – 51:48

Sea People – 58:12

Crab – 1:03:32

Peter Gibbons Neff – 1:10:41

Sail Beyond Cancer – 1:17:51

Chasing Bubbles/Rust – 1:20:45

Sailing Avocet – 1:27:13

You can listen to Episode 185 of the STBSP, by right clicking and downloading here,

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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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