Cast Off with Confidence: Recent Episodes
Jackie Parry
We never stop learning - especially on boats! As a circumnavigator and maritime trainer I chat to a variety of sailors - boaties - yachties... people who love anything boating.... choose whichever noun you prefer. We find out what makes people on water tick and how they do it - from personal skills, juggling other aspects of life, to making it work financially. The achievements are big, whether they are making their cruising life a success or simply navigating their way through the troughs and peaks of everyday life.
Jeanne Socrates (at the time of writing) is back on her boat in Canada after an extended (land) stay in Australia (Covid). She is busy prepping her boat to sail to Australia. What drives Jeanne to keep sailing and traversing the long distances...?
Jeanne started her love of the water with surfing and dinghysailing. Soon she found out that although sailing is simple there is a lot to learn, Navigation, Col Regs, Passage Planning, weather.
Hear about her first sailing experiences, her loves and losses.
This is part one - part, two and three to follow
Jeanne is a powerhouse of energy and smart thinking.
“I am small I needed to think of the location of everything!”
She has manuals for everything and has no problem repairing her engine while at sea.
San Francisco and Alaska help her plan for single-handing, and upside down fixing the autopilot.
Boat confidence is important as is taking charge of a vessel at every opportunity (not relying on someone else).
Jeanne explains what drives her to go for records, the psychology of the why AND the psychology of losing her boat and almost her life!
What would you want to eat on approaching 40 days at sea? Lisa is Vegan and has found great sources for food to suit her diet. She talks about all the work that took place on Climate Action Now in preparation and how that is paying off. We delve into how to keep sane on board being alone for so long, and what is really important when she makes landfall!
Inspirational and brave. Listen to part one (head over to www.sistershiptraining.com and click on Media if you'd like to see Lisa chatting to us - we did this chat via Zoom link, so you can watch as she talks about her preparation, staying sane, food, safety, balancing speed with setting a record and safety. )
Not only do you learn about what makes Lisa tick, but you can also learn some great safety tips as well.
Liesbet loves animals, nature, and the promise of adventure. A nomad since 2003, she calls herself a world citizen and currently lives “on the road” in North America with her husband and rescue dog. Find her stories and photos at www.itsirie.com and www.roamingabout.com. Plunge is her first book.
Liesbet Collaert is a bilingual freelance writer, translator, editor, and photographer from Belgium who has been writing and traveling her entire life. Her work is published internationally in anthologies and magazines, including Cruising World, Blue Water Sailing, Ocean Navigator, Eldridge Tide and Pilot Book, Islands, Yachting World, Sailing Today, All At Sea, Caribbean Compass, and Zeilen. She also created walking tours for Marigot and Philipsburg in St. Martin.
Traci has achieved many extraordinary things - including fulfilling her dream - but she also, on occasion, has a six-mojito mindset. She's been known to leaping off tour boats for a swim and she can smooth talk herself into first-class resorts under the guise of being a travel writer – I confess to doing this myself on occasion.
And Two decades ago she set a goal to sail on each of the Seven Seas. Only one, the Arctic Ocean, remains to be tackled.
When she’s not working you’ll most likely find her on a yacht somewhere, following her Bluewater Gypsy dreams – as we do right now - join us in a fun conversation and learn some great tips on how to get going with cruising and survive it!
Boats glorious boats - from the Sydney to Hobart race, to cruising, Ivan has vast experience and qualifications. Join us as we discuss racing and cruising. We share advice and tips for those dreaming of sailing off into the sunset and for those underway already.
We are both maritime trainers with kindred spirits - it's about constant learning from our experiences and from those we teach.
Here's a woman currently planning to take off into the sunset, singlehanded on a boat she doesn't have yet! Her grounded son has his own adventures and his own path to follow, so it is Viki that will be 'leaving home' when the time is right. That time will come when she has replaced her current boat (the gorgeous and fast Wildwood (a Young 88 - one of the few timber builds), with an ocean cruiser. And Covid has settled down sufficiently.
In the meantime Viki has grown her achievements to a list the rivals a novel, earning the nickname 'nerd' (affectionately) upon recently passing her Offshore Yachtmasters with flying colours. "It's not just about gaining experience on the boat, we learn the rules of the road in a car, we must learn them on a boat!"
She has a mindset that is envious, turning heartbreaking challenges into determination to keep going. You will love this woman! She's extraordinary and I am proud to call her my friend.