Salty Podcast: Sailing Stories

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• From Blackhawk Pilot to Island Packet 44 Sailor | SV Validated | Salty Podcast #96 22.05.2026 53min

  Send us Fan Mail The romantic version of sailing is easy to sell. The real version is what Suzy and Sput live every day aboard their 1992 Island Packet 44, SV Validated It, as they pause in Tortola in the British Virgin Islands and prepare to push south toward Grenada for hurricane season. They started in Washington, DC, met online, and turned a brand-new partnership into a full-time cruising plan with very real consequences: weather windows, expensive clear-in fees, and the relentless “thorn...
• Growing Up at Sea: 12-Year-Old Sailor Atticus from @BoyMeetsOcean | Salty Podcast #95 04.05.2026 51min

  Send us Fan Mail Sorry for the music overlap of the audio at 34:40 til 34:57. I inadvertently failed to mute the b-roll video and noticed it after I uploaded it. It last 17 seconds but is a very good song so enjoy! A 12-year-old on night watch, clipped in, steering a 46-foot catamaran through real offshore conditions while his friends back home are doing homework on the couch. That’s Atticus, the voice behind Boy Meets Ocean, and he joins us from the Bahamas to explain what full-t...
• Sailing to Luperon Dominican Republic Safely | Salty Podcast #94 01.05.2026 1h 2min

  Send us Fan Mail This is an update to Salty Podcast #91. The sea can be glassy at sunrise and still hand you a monster at 10:30 p.m. We’re calling in from two different corners of paradise and chaos as Bill and Catherine share a boots-on-deck update from their Bahamas to Dominican Republic crossing and their new home base in Luperon Harbor, one of the best-known hurricane holes in the Caribbean. We walk through what changed after leaving Georgetown: an engine overheating detour, a roug...
• Sailing The Crooked Anchor | No Sailing Experience to Life in the Bahamas | Salty Podcast #93 25.04.2026 57min

  Send us Fan Mail They bought the dream with zero sailing experience, then paid for it with patience, sweat, and a willingness to live with less. I sit down with Captain Ken and Miss Kelly from The Crooked Anchor, liveaboards on a 1990 Gemini catamaran, to unpack how two Florida landlubbers sold the house, refit a fixer-upper boat, and turned “we could never do that” into seven years of cruising the Keys and the Bahamas. We get specific about what actually makes the liveaboard sailing lifesty...
• Catching up with Sailing Jeep in Georgetown, Bahamas! | Salty Podcast #92 21.04.2026 24min

  Send us Fan Mail Georgetown, Exuma has a reputation among sailors and cruisers, but the real story is how it feels when you drop anchor and start meeting people. From Stocking Island, we sit down with Kurt Allmeyer of the 46-foot catamaran “Sailing Jeep” for a candid update on day-to-day life in Georgetown, why the anchorage can feel unusually safe, and how a tight cruising community changes everything. If you’re planning an Exumas sailing trip, this is the kind of on-the-water perspective yo...
• Met on SAILOR DATING SITE to Cruising Full-Time | Salty Podcast #91 05.04.2026 56min

  Send us Fan Mail In Salty Podcast #91, I sit down with Bill and Katherine of Mi Salida Sailing in Black Point Settlement, Exumas, Bahamas. They share how they met on a dating site for sailors, bought an Island Packet 465, and made the leap into full-time cruising. We talk about their origin story, why they chose this boat, what it’s really like cruising full-time as a couple, and the balance between caution, experience, and learning as you go. Katherine brings decades of sailing experie...
• Talking with Full-Time Liveaboards from Cruisers Beach in Big Majors, Exumas Bahamas | Salty Podcast #90 30.03.2026 37min

  Send us Fan Mail The Bahamas looks effortless on Instagram until you’re the one staring at a forecast that says 25 knots and realizing your entire plan depends on a weather window. From a sandy hangout at Big Majors Cay, we sit down with Roger and Kristen, liveaboards on their 1995 Island Packet 40 Shamala, to talk through the real decisions that shape a cruising day: when to stay put, who to trust for weather, and how to move south without turning a passage into a grind. Their path to full-...
• Bahamas Update from Capt Tinsley aboard @SaltyAbandon! 24.03.2026

  Send us Fan Mail I haven't had a chance to do any interviews lately but I DO appreciate the feedback from the audio podcast followers as well as the social media followers...asking for more interviews! I should be in Georgetown by this weekend and there will be all kinds of sailors to interview there! I'm looking forward to it. In the meantime, please follow Salty Abandon on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and Tiktok and see my clips of my journey. Thank you! Capt Tinsley Supp...
• WIDOWED & SAILING: Sailing After Loss - Tinsley's Story | Salty Podcast #89 15.02.2026 57min

  Send us Fan Mail Salty Podcast Sailor Shirts: https://saltypodcast.myshopify.com The wind doesn’t just move a boat; it moves a life. Captain Tinsley sits down with her longtime friend Mark to chart the real story behind her voyages—from Atlanta freeways to the Gulf’s passes, from small-boat frustrations to bluewater confidence, and from a hurricane’s chaos to the quiet, stubborn act of healing after losing Salty Scotty. What unfolds is a clear-eyed look at seamanship and the inner weath...
• Bahamas Weather Check… and UFOs Offshore?! (Sailing Jeep in Georgetown) | Salty Podcast #88 06.02.2026 1h 2min

  Send us Fan Mail Forty-knot gusts, nine-foot swell, and a mooring field packed with boats waiting out yet another front—welcome to a real-time snapshot of Georgetown, Exumas. We bring on Curt from Sailing Jeep, currently anchored in the thick of it, to share hard-earned lessons on reading models, picking safe anchorages for relentless north winds, and staying sane when the forecast keeps slipping. If you’re staging a Florida–Bahamas crossing or planning the Exumas, this is your field guide to...
• Salty Podcast #87⛵When Sailing Turns Serious | Sailing the Oceanaire ⛵ 14.01.2026 59min

  Send us Fan Mail A quiet dinner at anchor turned into the kind of emergency every cruiser dreads. Within hours, pain escalated into a misdiagnosed crisis, a midnight dash to a small clinic, and a fight to secure an air ambulance before pilots timed out and the airport closed at dark. What followed was necrotizing pancreatitis, weeks in U.S. ICUs, and a hard lesson in how evacuation insurance really works when you’re far from home and the paperwork clock is ticking. We walk through the chain ...
• Salty Podcast #86⛵ They Sailed to the Sea of Cortez | Catching Up with 2 Brits 1 Box 09.01.2026 57min

  Send us Fan Mail A seven-hour U-turn at the border, a raw water pump that turned engine oil to gray sludge, and a squall that flipped the wind from 15 knots to 35 in minutes—this catch-up with Lizzie and Billy is the kind of salty storytelling that turns lessons into confidence. We reconnect in La Paz to trace their route from Drake’s Bay down the California coast, through the Channel Islands’ magic mix of breeze and flat water, and along Baja’s remote anchorages where AA batteries can buy yo...
• Salty Podcast #85 ⛵ How Long Do Marine Diesel Engines Really Last? How to Make Yours Last Longer 03.01.2026 1h 30min

  Send us Fan Mail What if your diesel’s lifespan is mostly in your control? We sit down with sailor and mechanic Vanessa Lindsley—who has hand‑cranked everything from classic Yanmars to race‑ready engines—to unpack the habits that keep a marine diesel reliable for thousands of hours. No fluff, just the precise routines that prevent glazing, carbon buildup, overheating, and charging headaches. We compare diesel and gas under real cruising loads, then map out a practical RPM strategy: run low a...
• Salty Podcast #84⛵She Sailed the Indian Ocean Alone for 26 Days | Storms, Pirates & What it Takes⛵ 17.12.2025 1h 19min

  Send us Fan Mail The sky stayed gray for most of 26 days and the wind rarely dropped below 30 knots. That’s the stage for Olivia Wyatt’s non-stop crossing straight from Sumatra to northern Madagascar—3,400 nautical miles on a 34-foot full-keel cutter, riding the edges of tropical depressions and threading the risk lines of the Mozambique Channel. We invited Olivia back to unpack the tactics, the fear, and the strange, luminous moments that carried her across the Indian Ocean. We talk route d...
• Salty Podcast #83 🚨 LIVE from FL KEYS! 🚨 Can a sailboat really be a tour bus? ⛵🎸 12.12.2025 1h 3min

  Send us Fan Mail Salt air, guitar strings, and a catamaran that doubles as a tour bus—this conversation sails straight into the heart of Gulf Coast life. We sit down with Captain Matt, a charter captain turned songwriter who chose six knots over forty and found his voice again between sunrise watches and storm-tossed nights. From a generous offer on a 2002 Gemini 105MC to dockside concerts after Hurricane Helene upended plans, he shows how a boat can be both home and headline. The journey is...
• Salty Podcast #82 ⛵ Experience Offshore Sailing… BEFORE Buying a Boat! 🌊 with #SailLibra 03.12.2025 1h 56min

  Send us Fan Mail Scroll below description for Chapter Markers Tonight’s episode of The Salty Podcast is tailor-made for two types of sailors: The Dreamers—the ones scrolling YachtWorld at midnight imagining bluewater passages… and The Salty Veterans—those who’ve owned boats, love the lifestyle, but don’t necessarily want the responsibility of ownership again. Captain Ryan of Sail Libra joins Cap’n Tinsley live from Marathon, Florida aboard Salty Abandon to share the REAL offshore experience...
• Salty Podcast #81 ⛵SV Fresh2Salty Returns | Sailing Family of 5 19.11.2025 1h 35min

  Send us Fan Mail A quiet walk to the store turned into a life-changing moment—and a complete rethink of how we cruise. When Stephen was hit by a car during a shoreside errand, our family of five had to answer hard questions: How do we keep the dream alive without setting back his recovery? What gets upgraded, what gets cut, and what truly matters when health, teens, and time all collide? We share the plan we landed on: stretch out our Bahamas months, then spend hurricane season still in one ...
• Salty Podcast #80 ⛵ Bahamas Rewind: Weather & Routing for Sailing 12.11.2025 1h 13min

  Send us Fan Mail Planning to sail from Miami to Georgetown without a single overnight? We lay out a proven, day-only route that respects winter weather, leverages the best anchorages, and removes guesswork from every leg. Think Biscayne Bay as your patient launchpad, South Bimini for an easy check-in, a smart pause on the Banks before Northwest Channel, and short, joyful hops all the way down the Exumas. We start with a simple truth: the Gulf Stream rewards those who wait. Hawk Channel beats...
• Salty Podcast #79⛵ From Disaster to Innovation: the Storm that Inspired PredictWind 05.11.2025 1h 10min

  Send us Fan Mail A thousand miles from Hawaii, the chainplate ripped out and the mast went over the side. That sleepless night in the Transpac didn’t just test seamanship—it planted the seed for a weather platform that now helps a million sailors make safer choices at sea. Olympian and two‑time America’s Cup winner John Bilger joins us to share how a jury rig, a weatherfax, and a hard-earned finish turned into PredictWind’s mission to bring pro-grade forecasting to everyone. We dig into what...
• Salty Podcast #78 ⛵ Bahamas Bound: Repairs, Route, Weather⛵Live from Sea Hag Marina 25.10.2025 34min

  Send us Fan Mail A single upgrade can change the way you move through the water. We just installed a below-deck autopilot and walk through what it means for safety, stamina, and real backup when steering cables or hydraulics fail. From the bypass pin to the rudder feedback sensor, we get hands-on with the hardware and talk about keeping linkages clean, joints aligned, and fuses easy to reach when the sea is bouncing and decisions need to be quick. We also demystify how a Garmin marine networ...