In October 1955, the Joyita, a 69-foot motor yacht chartered for a routine supply run, set sail from Samoa for the Tokelau Islands with 25 people aboard. She ...
Sailing Zingaro
Orcas have been ramming rudders and sinking sailboats off Spain, Portugal, and Gibraltar — and tonight we roll the tape. This is a Captain's Breakdown: I pause ...
After 10 years and 90,000 nautical miles, this is the last video under the Sailing Zingaro name. In 2016 I bought a catamaran, pointed a camera at myself, and ...
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📕 GET THE BOOK: Be The Captain. Winner of the 2026 Eric Hoffer Award. 25 years of offshore decisions in one book → https://bethecaptain.com 🔓 FREE: The ...
📕 GET THE BOOK: Be The Captain. Winner of the 2026 Eric Hoffer Award. 25 years of offshore decisions in one book → https://bethecaptain.com 🔓 FREE: The ...
👉 Shape this book and get the free first chapter: https://bethecaptain.com/pages/crew-field-research A guy learns to sail, earns his certifications, and signs ...
📕 GET THE BOOK: Be The Captain. Winner of the 2026 Eric Hoffer Award. 25 years of offshore decisions in one book → https://bethecaptain.com 🔓 FREE: The ...
⚓ Sailing Truth Show — live every Saturday @ 3:00PM EST⚓ 📘 Get Be The Captain → https://bethecaptain.com📘 90,000 miles offshore. An award-finalist sailing ...
1,800 miles from the nearest road, my autopilot exploded into pieces on my lap. Three and a half days into an 18-day crossing from Ecuador to Easter Island, on ...
Most boats never make it to Mai'O. You can't just sail in... the island decides who comes ashore. Years ago, my girlfriend and I were anchored in Moorea when ...
Since you’re leaning into the "Sailing Truth Show" angle, the description needs to feel less like a "vlog" and more like a masterclass. You want to hook the ...
Is Robert Perry actually the greatest cruising boat designer of all time, or is the "Perry Legend" just clever marketing from the Taiwan boat era? Today, I am ...
🏆 AWARD NEWS: Be The Captain is officially a finalist for the Eric Hoffer First Horizon and Foreword INDIES Awards! Grab your award-nominated copy here: ...
Most people searching for the perfect bluewater sailboat will never see one like this. My book is about EXACTLY this kind of decision-making: 👉 ...
Motion breaks things. Fatigue makes you stupid. Stupidity feeds fear. Fear feeds panic. Offshore failures don't come in ones. They compound. Recognize the ...
This is the introduction and first chapter of the Be The Captain audiobook, read by the author. Chapter 1 is called Think Like a Captain. It's not about ...
CELEBRATION: "Be The Captain" is officially a finalist for the Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards! ...
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" ...
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 ...
Buy "Be The Captain" and get 20% off ANY PredicWind membership: https://bethecaptain.com/ Most sailors open a weather app and wait for "perfect" conditions ...
"If you can't tie knots, tie lots" is terrible advice offshore. 🚫 This is your last chance to grab the first edition of my new book Be The Captain → ...
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 ...