Show Notes
Just for giggles, I added some images and video to this one to make a YouTube version. If you’re not driving or something, you can watch that version HERE.
Haven’t heard Season One yet?
As I mentioned in the podcast, you can enjoy any episode ya like, but I highly recommend starting with Episode 1.
You can listen to every episode HERE.
Favorite Books
As promised, here are some of my favorite sailing books.
(And if you want to check out How Not To Sail, I won’t be mad at that, either…)
So here links to the books I mentioned in the video. I’m linking to the paperback or hardcovers since this video is about gifts, but you can always choose “Kindle” if you like that better!
- How Not To Sail – https://amzn.to/361J02K
- The Long Way / Bernard Moitessier – https://amzn.to/33VgBdo
- Biker To Sailor / Bob Bitchin – https://amzn.to/2DShQPX (and here’s a link to Latitudes & Attitudes magazine: http://www.hownottosail.com/latsatts )
- The Ashley Book of Knots / Clifford Ashley – https://amzn.to/2rmtwHQ
- Close to the Wind / Pete Goss – https://amzn.to/2DMI1HE
- Bumfuzzle / Patrick Schulte – https://amzn.to/34Widoi (and here’s a link to the Bumfuzzle YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8lfdI9u8TScPQ3iLnSnqxQ )
- Sailing A Serious Ocean / John Kretschmer – https://amzn.to/33WSomS (BTW, Check out http://johnkretschmersailing.com/ for offshore sailing opportunities and seminars!)
- First You Have To Row A Little Boat / Richard Bode – https://amzn.to/2qtVRf6
And if you like Action/Adventure fiction with a salty twist, check these out!
- Fallen Out / Wayne Stinnett – https://amzn.to/387iXch (First of the Jesse McDermitt series)
- The Opening Chase / Cap Daniels – https://amzn.to/2OWjc2y (First of the Chase Fulton series)
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Virtual Skipper
Well, given that is says the PC requirements are “Windows 2000/XP/Vista” and the homepage says “©2011,” I’m not sure this simulator/game is up to date. And I don’t have Windows handy at the moment to see if it works…but it was a really cool sailing sim and game back when I was using it.
[UPDATE: I do see what looks like some YouTube activity with this game as recently as 2019, so I hope it’s still alive.]
So if you get it to work (especially on a recent version of Windows), let me know in the comments below! (Ditto if you have any news why it doesn’t seem to have been updated.)
The download is an .exe, so obviously scan it with an antivirus before installing…the site still seems legit to me and has an https certificate, but a sailor should always be prudent!
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I highly recommend esail as a game to learn to sail virtually. Extremely realistic
Thanks, Sven! I used Virtual Skipper a lot, back in the day. Will have to check out eSail…
We are on dock J at Sunrise Cove Marina as we speak and your podcast intreged us.
Whoa!!! That’s awesome! Thanks so much for letting me know. It’s beautiful up there this time of year–albeit a little chilly today! Hi to English David if you see him. I believe I was originally in J-28…(which you might recognize from the end of this vid…) 🙂