Wherein I engage in a pre-Milton Diesel Scavenger Hunt™, suffer an unpleasant evening, and finally run out of a critical item.
Show Notes
I don’t really have many—okay, any—photos from this episode, since I was, first of all, running around Venice and Sarasota like a madman, trying to find diesel and something to put it in; and after that it was as very long night and following morning.
But here’s a map of my track during this episode… (130 uncomfortable miles.)
Thanks to the United States Coast Guard
So…we finally get a little more familiar with our Coast Guard friends in this episode, particularly BM2 Anthony Diggle. And there’s more to come in the next episode, as you can tell from the teaser at the end.
I was tickled stinkless to get official permission to interview Anthony, and also BM2 Ethan Kast, while I was in Key West…and, um, also rather chagrined that as of yet, I haven’t been able to include any of Ethan’s audio in this episode. :-/
But, well, first of all… I hope we can bring in some of Ethan’s audio a couple of episodes from now. (After all, he was an integral part of events you’re about to hear.) We DID get plenty of Ethan’s audio in Episode 67…! 🙂
And of course, Major Thanks to the rest of the crew on the RBM45 who came out to get me:
BM3 Billy Stone (Coxswain)
BM3 Gianna Bracone (Boarding Officer/ Navigator)
FN Reilly McCarthy (Engineer)
A hearty shout out to Petty Officer Nicholas Strasburg in Public Relations for letting me interview Anthony and Ethan.
And to Ensign Jack Agar and OS3 Zachary Aparo over at SECTOR Key West…for reasons we can’t disclose in this episode.
Please remember, the Coast Guard is not out there to ruin your fun. They’re out there to save your ass…which with proper seamanship and preparedness, you can hopefully avoid them having to do!
New for Patrons: Original Episode Scripts and Notes!
Just FYI, I am now adding another perk for Patrons: Scripts from my wacky and detailed episode prep. (Okay, fine. Maybe it’s more like sadism. But hey, some folks seem to like it. The scripts, I mean.)
Episode 66 involved many iterations, so I decided I should upload the salient bits to Patreon. Where I noticed there’s now a “Collections” area. So I thought to my alleged self, “Self, we should make a Scripts collection here!”
And that’s exactly what I’m doing. I also uploaded scripts for Eps. 1, 5, and 6 (they will bubble up over the next few days), and aim to upload as many of the prior scripts as are available..as well as future ones…along with my various scribblings, comments, and edit/mix notes.
If you wanna join the Patreon Crew, HERE’S THE LINK.
In case yer not into the Patreon thing, I’ll also be making the “Scripts” collection available separately for purchase by curious HowNotToSailers for about the price of an adult beverage, once I get enough of ’em in the Collection. (Hey, it ain’t cheap owning a floating saltwater collector!)
What could possibly go wrong?
The Lees Are Killing Me (Check out Sondra’s blog!)
I mean, in a good way. LOL. No, seriously…Jimmy and Sondra have been doing exactly what I want to be doing—namely, cruising!
You may remember the Lees and s/v Utopia from Episode 34, “Not Always Utopia”…which is actually still one of the best podcast episodes.
They have been “well seasoned” and have planned, prepared and sacrificed to get to this point, and I couldn’t be happier for them. Well played!!!
If you want to see what awesome things they’re up to (or returning from) now (think “Bahamas”) just check out their blog, In The Lee. 🙂
Thanks, Jim!
Special thanks to Our Friend Jim, who…well, since we’re still in the “Losing Jacie Sails” part of the program, has been doing important things for How Not To Sail.
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