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Tidal ports to challenge the engineless sailor | Ep. 162
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Tidal ports to challenge the engineless sailor | Ep. 162
The entrance to Fernandina Beach is wide, and the anchorage is spacious. But the skipper of a sailboat sans auxiliary must me mindful of the strong tidal currents that run through there. HOW TO SAIL OCEANS TEE SHIRT: https://maritimetees.net/search?q=ho...
  • Apr 29, 2022
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:11:29
Dolphin Social | Ep. 161
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Dolphin Social | Ep. 161
There was no dodging the thunderstorms and squalls this time around, which preceded the passage of a cold front. Behind the front was moderate northerlies and crisp, cool conditions. Apart from the headwinds, it was pleasant sailing. Then the winds fell...
  • Apr 18, 2022
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:11:23
In the Big Blue Rocket Chair | Ep. 160
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In the Big Blue Rocket Chair | Ep. 160
A so-so weather window to begin my trek north from Miami, but after two weeks of waiting I decide it's a go. Once out in the Gulf Stream we are just bombing along with over 3 knots of favorable current and near perfect sailing conditions. Those near perf...
  • Apr 10, 2022
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:14:17
Winter is not over yet | Ep. 159
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Winter is not over yet | Ep. 159
Up at first light to begin the 45-mile sail to Key Biscayne from Key Largo, and I am rewarded with near perfect sailing conditions. One would never guess that a strong cold front is less than 24 hours away, putting me under some pressure to locate a dece...
  • Mar 30, 2022
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:11:43
The patient sailor gets a fair wind | Ep. 158
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The patient sailor gets a fair wind | Ep. 158
Moderate to fresh easterlies persist while my next destinations all lay to the east and north. So my anchor remains buried in the mud of Newfound Harbor for over a week. But the patience pays off and I am rewarded with a pleasant sail to Marathon, FL, ...
  • Mar 22, 2022
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:14:58
What Scares a Sailor | Ep. 157
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What Scares a Sailor | Ep. 157
Five miles from the entrance to Newfound Harbor and I am hit with a ferocious squall. I decide to temporarily drop anchor to ride it out, but that turns out to be a mistake and I nearly lose my ground tackle. Some days later when the winds subside I retu...
  • Mar 13, 2022
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:12:18
Smooth sailing from the Dry Tortugas … mostly | Ep. 156
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Smooth sailing from the Dry Tortugas … mostly | Ep. 156
Would have liked to spend another day or two in the Dry Tortugas, but alas the weather gods do abide sailors' wishes. As it was I had about 24 hours to return to civilization before the next cold front. While the cold front was not forecast to be particu...
  • Mar 05, 2022
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:11:29
The Dry Tortugas (finally!)
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The Dry Tortugas (finally!)
I return to Key West for provisions and fresh water. Following the passage of another cold front, I finally set off for the Dry Tortugas during the late afternoon, planning to do the 60-mile run overnight. As the Dry Tortugas do not offer much shelter fo...
  • Feb 24, 2022
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:11:40
When the weather rules your life
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When the weather rules your life
Off to the Dry Tortugas! However, an imminent strong cold front obliges me to stop in Boca Grande Key, where I set out two anchors and hang on. The trailing winds behind the front have me waylaid there for several days, as it turns out, so I decide to r...
  • Feb 15, 2022
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:13:36
Key West and Beyond
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Key West and Beyond
I finally return to civilization upon reaching Key West, Florida. This will be the staging place for my trip out to the Dry Tortugas. However, on the weather maps is (yet another) very strong cold front, which I decide to weather in Boca Grande Key. Fr...
  • Feb 05, 2022
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:11:04
Fun in the Florida Keys
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Fun in the Florida Keys
An approaching strong cold front obliges me to depart Marathon in search of a more sheltered spot, which turns out to be Newfound Harbor. The front does not disappoint. Under more clement conditions I attempt to land my dinghy in the mangroves and walk t...
  • Jan 25, 2022
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:13:38
To the Florida Keys!
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To the Florida Keys!
I wanted to get an early start for the 80-mile trip from Miami to Marathon, but was awakened much earlier than desired by a drifting sailboat which happened to drift down on top of me around 0400. Then much time was spent tacking out of the Old Florida Ch...
  • Jan 17, 2022
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:12:16
Baby Ruth is in sick bay
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Baby Ruth is in sick bay
After weathering the passage of a cold front, I take a short sail across Biscayne Bay to get to a water tap. Then it's back to Key Biscayne to tackle a repair job on Baby Ruth, my 8' Fatty Knees dinghy. HOW TO SAIL OCEANS TEE SHIRT: https://maritimetee...
  • Jan 09, 2022
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:11:31
Virginia to Florida in one go, December 2021, passage conclusion
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Virginia to Florida in one go, December 2021, passage conclusion
Well no one else is posting content over the holidays, so you may as well tune in here ... the passage over the Bahama Bank and then back across the Gulf Stream offers much variety to offset the tedium of a typical ocean passage. On the other hand, and es...
  • Dec 30, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:13:17
Thunderstorms, calms, headwinds, the sailor’s life
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Thunderstorms, calms, headwinds, the sailor’s life
Breathing a sigh of relief to be southeast of the Gulf Stream and in warmer waters, the hard part of the passage should be over. But the sea gods never seem to like sailors living lives of ease, so they throw in things like cloud-to-sea lightning strikes ...
  • Dec 23, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:13:45
It’s nearly December, time to head south
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It’s nearly December, time to head south
Nighttime temperatures are falling below freezing here on the Chesapeake Bay, making life uncomfortable for a small boat sailor. Even with a diesel heater. But then we live on ocean sailing craft precisely because we can migrate to warmer waters ... HO...
  • Dec 16, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:10:31
Rig test; Iridium GO; finding a southbound lane
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Rig test; Iridium GO; finding a southbound lane
While strong winds and cold temperatures descend upon the Chesapeake Bay, I am still testing out my new Dynice Dux rigging. This involves a sail up to Cartegena Creek on the Potomac river and then back to Deltaville, a trip of approximately 90 miles. In ...
  • Nov 28, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:23:46
Tuning the Rig
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Tuning the Rig
I decide to replace my lower shrouds with Dynice Dux before heading south, not wishing to push my luck with the 30+ year-old wire shrouds. Of course it's never so simple. Progress is hampered by inclement weather, and the fact that the Colligo thimbles f...
  • Nov 20, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:12:58
Never Trust a Cold Front in October
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Never Trust a Cold Front in October
Yeow! The cold front passes over me and is rather more ferocious than it looked on the weather maps. As the wind backs more westerly I am obliged to set some mainsail, otherwise I cannot steer close enough to the wind to keep to the rhumb line. So a lon...
  • Nov 06, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:12:29
The Many Faces of the Sea
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The Many Faces of the Sea
Very variable conditions persist for my passage south from Padanaram, MA to the Chesapeake Bay. HOW TO SAIL OCEANS TEE SHIRT: https://maritimetees.net/search?q=how+to+sail+oceans WEBSITE: https://www.kevinboothbysailing.com TIP JAR: https://www.paypa...
  • Oct 29, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:11:56
Nothing like a gaffer off the wind … when there is wind
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Nothing like a gaffer off the wind … when there is wind
Not wanting to miss the wonderful Hadleys Harbor (MA), I pass up a weather window to head south to the Chesapeake Bay. This also affords another Ruth Avery vs. Charis race across Buzzards Bay on a near perfect sailing day. Another weather window arrive...
  • Oct 23, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:14:37
Carburetor Blues and the Eth Lab
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Carburetor Blues and the Eth Lab
Race day! Ruth Avery of Brunswick and Charis of Boston weigh anchor from Tarpaulin Cove, and their skippers make sail for the 15-mile run to Padanaram, South Dartmouth. The race begins with a fierce 4-mile beat to windward, followed by a reach across B...
  • Oct 11, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:13:20
Let the Bulgine Run
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Let the Bulgine Run
An autumnal chill descending upon Maine prompts me to complete the installation of the diesel heater I began back in May. And then it is time to turn her snout south before the onset of winter ... HOW TO SAIL OCEANS TEE SHIRT: https://maritimetees.net/s...
  • Oct 04, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:13:29
Frankenstein’s Secret (an essay)
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Frankenstein’s Secret (an essay)
Could a computer become conscious? Could a future Dr. Frankenstein unleash a technologically created living being upon the world? Or do living things have some particular essence of which man-made machines are necessarily bereft? For a full transcript v...
  • Sep 26, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:33:49

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