In 2014, I delivered a Beneteau First 47.7 from the Bahamas to Cartagena. Somewhere in the Caribbean, 150 miles offshore, I found myself ankle-deep in water, ...
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Up to this point, we’ve focused on planning and interpretation. But once you’re actually offshore, your job as Captain changes. It moves from "making a plan" ...
Modern weather routing has become the most significant advancement in offshore sailing this century. Click the video to see how to use this ridiculously ...
The ocean doesn't care about your plans. But it does respond to physics. After 85,000 miles at sea and a career as a Navy Submariner, I’ve learned that ...
Nigel Calder has kept more sailors safe than perhaps anyone alive. But his path to becoming the world's foremost marine engineering expert was anything but ...
I was in the middle of a delivery on a Farr 47.7, when the bilge pump went off... What followed was an insane story that nearly killed me. I'll NEVER take ...
You'd better tether in for this one! We're discussing what actually happens when the wind exceeds 50 knots offshore, and what real options you have when it ...
Get the full offshore field manual here: https://www.bethecaptain.com The Little Harbor 59 is a serious bluewater yacht. Designed for real offshore miles, not ...
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Most people think a cheap boat is a good deal. That’s usually where the real cost starts. This is how experienced sailors actually think about value—and why ...
Learn what makes a great offshore boat, Chapter 2 of my book breaks this down in detail: 📘 Be The Captain — A Field Manual for Offshore Sailing ...
Stop trying to buy a "circumnavigation boat." Buy an "education" boat. I recently received an email from Simon, an 18-year-old sailor with a tight budget and ...
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Last chance for the first printing of Be The Captain → https://bethecaptain.com I want to set expectations for this video, because this isn’t a review and ...
Most people don’t give up on cruising because of weather, boats, or seamanship. They give up because they can’t figure out the money. In this episode, I ...
This video took me three years to make. Two sailors lost their lives aboard S/V Escape, and this is a careful, experience-based breakdown of what went wrong to ...
Want more info? Check out my book - https://bethecaptain.com/ Most people don’t buy a bad boat. They buy the wrong boat for the life they’re actually going to ...
Most people think surviving storms offshore is about having a strong boat. Heavier. Tougher. Overbuilt. It’s not. Offshore seamanship is the art of keeping a ...
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FULL TOUR: ➡️ https://patreon.com/svzingaro (Uploading... Give it 60 minutes...) Every boat has a story… but this one is on another level. This is the MCP ...
A Benetti yacht… for twenty-five thousand dollars?! This 61' Benetti steel sailing yacht, designed by Laurent Giles, is heading to auction — and on paper, it ...