Category: Sailing
YouTube Channels, parasocial relationships, and navigating the sea of content
I’ve been having an interesting discussion with a few people in the media personality and influencer business. What follows is some of the meat and potatoes of that discussion. In the sailing and cruising niche, there are a lot of…
Sailing and Cruising YouTube Creators and Affiliate Networking
Creator affiliate networks are platforms or networks that connect content creators, such as bloggers, vloggers, social media influencers, and other digital content creators, with brands or companies that offer affiliate programs. These networks act as intermediaries, facilitating partnerships between creators…
StarLink and Cruisers
Here is something to think about. A non sequitur to be sure. A whale sinks a sailboat (Raindancer) in March. It is highly reported in major media how StarLink made finding and coordinating rescue possible. Other reports float in of…
I live on a yacht, and you can too
I’m not going to even get into the argument of what is a yacht versus a boat versus a vessel versus a ship. I live on a 50-foot sailboat full time. It’s not the biggest boat in most marinas but…
Response: What SIZE SAILBOAT should you buy? HOW BIG is TOO BIG?
I use the following to determine the size of a monohull boat I think is good enough and the rules for evaluating other boats. Let’s say I pick a 45-foot boat, then I’d expect the beam to be 15 feet…
Response: REFIT an old boat or buy NEW?
This is a response to a podcast (it’s in the comments of the video.) I don’t think Adam really knows some of those costs. They may be a wee bit more expensive than he thinks. Why you buy a new…
Response: Lagoon BULKHEAD Issue – What you DIDN’T KNOW
We chartered a 2018 Lagoon 450F to sail around the Bahamas earlier this year. We really enjoyed the company, the sailing was amazing, but I kept finding horrific issues. The door frame was not aligned, cabinets had weird gaps,…
Tools and Spares. What we carry most of the time.
This post was suggested by my sons a long time ago. Then again some friends were talking about the tools they carried on board and I was like.. Let me pull some things out of the tool chest and see…
Response: Garcia EXPLOCAT 52 | A NEW Frontier for CATAMARANS?
I know they likely realize this but many of the technologies that are used for going north will actually help in the Caribbean. The insulation along with hydronic heating and chilling all make the aluminum cat a superior comfy space…
The 2022 Annapolis Sailboat Show edition of “YouTube sailing channels by the numbers”
Prior to the 2022 Annapolis Sailboat Show I wanted to get out an update on Sailing YouTube channels by the numbers. You can find lots of information about how we got the data on the original post. Sorry for any…
Response: Can you REALLY OUTRUN the Weather?!?!
I’m full in the haters camp of people who say “you can outrun the weather”. A particularly large sailing YouTube influencer has stated on his channel multiple times about being able and capable of outrunning the weather. It’s unmitigated craziness.…
Update 2: Hurricane Ian (2022 Sept 29, 2000)
Today we had all kinds of issues but nothing horrendous like the significant loss of life and property damage on the other coast. Our time in the beat down chamber will be tonight through tomorrow evening. We have had some…
Update 1: Hurricane Ian (2022 Sept 29, 1000)
Tropical Storm Ian is going to thankfully move off the coast but the wind field is humongous. We’re not counting our chickens before they’re hatched but the storm track looks a lot better now than it did a few days…
Response: 6 TIPS for NEW Boat Owners – By 3 Sailors
Tips? You can’t get these kind of tips past the YouTube censors. Truly when you get to #6 you’ll understand. These are things I discovered that I wish I’d known. Have you ever thought about stuff breaking in remote locations?…