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What REALLY Sank the Bayesian? | LIVE
Get my award-winning offshore manual📘 Be The Captain: bethecaptain.com MAIB REPORT: Two years after the superyacht Bayesian capsized at anchor off Porticello, Sicily, taking the lives of seven people—including Mike Lynch and his daughter Hannah—the maritime world is still waiting for official cl...
My Catamaran Broke Apart 100 Miles From Hawaii
About 100 miles off Kona, pounding waves broke my catamaran’s rear main beam, leaving the starboard hull hanging from the deck. Keeping the boat together meant repeated trips into the black water beneath it, using rope and winches to lash a broken home back together. Full Catamaran Video: Excerpt...
Foiling Monohulls: Future of Cruising? | Tech Breakdown (LIVE)
Grab a copy of Be The Captain, 10% off Defender + 20% off PredictWind: Boat shows are notorious for pushing shiny new solutions to problems we didn't know we had, but hidden among the gimmicks are a few pieces of tech that genuinely move the needle for shorthanded cruisers. This year at the C...
Are Modern Keels Actually Dangerous? Real Stories vs. Marketing Hype | Be The Captain Podcast Ep. 3
We’re live from the Cannes Yachting Festival! Recent conversations across the cruising community have put keel safety, hull construction, and structural integrity under the microscope. Between high-profile incidents like the Oyster 825 keel loss and aggressive marketing campaigns claiming modern fi...
25 People Abandoned an UNSINKABLE Boat. It Came Back Without Them | The Joyita
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 was an incredibly sturdy, oak and cedar ship packed with five inches of solid cork insulation—making her physically incapable of sinking. Whe...
Why Is the Rudder in Front of the Propeller?
Moving the engines aft creates more interior space, but it also places the rudders ahead of the propellers. I would test low-speed maneuvering on each engine separately because two engines are not true redundancy if one failure leaves the boat circling. Full Stream: 📗 Get My Book:
When Grenada Stopped Being Safe
For decades, cruisers gathered in Grenada because it sat just below the hurricane box that shaped many marine insurance policies. In July 2024, Hurricane Beryl flattened Carriacou and turned Tyrell Bay into a boat graveyard, shattering the industry's faith in that safe zone. Full Video: 📗 Ge...
Can a Wave Snap a Ship in Half?
A ship's hull behaves like one enormous beam, bending through hogging and sagging as wave crests and troughs support different sections. Push that steel beyond what it can bear and the hull can fracture, a failure that overwhelmingly strikes long, heavily loaded tankers and freighters. Full Vi...
The 282-Foot Yacht With an Incredible Past
Finished in an Italian warship yard in 1927, this 282-foot yacht began as "Flying Cloud". She then passed from an English duke, to a Guinness heir, and Aristotle Onassis before Windjammer finally made her its flagship in 1969. Full Video: 📗 Get My Book:
The Hurricane You Cannot Dodge
A hurricane does not steer itself; larger wind patterns high above it, called steering currents, carry it like a cork in a river. When those currents weaken, the storm can stall or wander, making its path dangerously unpredictable. Full Video: 📗 Get My Book:
Could YOU Escape Hurricane Mitch? — Be The Captain LIVE | Be The Captain Podcast Ep. 2
📖 English ("Be The Captain"): 🇪🇸 Español ("Sé el Capitán"): Tonight, you sit in the captain's chair. October 26th, 1998. You command the S/V Fantome. 282 feet of riveted steel, 31 crew, 7 knots on her best day, drawing 13 feet. A Category 5 hurricane is stalled over the ...
A Great Deal or a $200,000 Disaster?
This 60 year old Sparkman & Stephens yacht has an incredible pedigree, a valuable mast, and a recently reduced asking price. The aluminum hull could still be viable or require a $200,000 replating job, making a complete hull-thickness survey essential before buying it. Full Stream: 📗 Get My B...
The Window Design That Made These Boats Leak
Cooper sailboats can be good performers, but their large acrylic windows were not always engineered with enough frame overlap. Once the adhesive begins to fail, water can quickly enter the boat and damage the surrounding interior. It does not necessarily make the boat a bad purchase, but it creates ...
A Great Bluewater Boat With a Leaky Reputation
This Robert Harris design was built by Ta Yang in Taiwan and earned a reputation as a stout bluewater cruiser. Unfortunately, the original teak decks also earned these boats the nickname “Leaky Tikis.” This example has lost its teak deck and received several interior repairs, but a buyer still needs...
119 Days Lost at Sea – How it Began
John Glennie named the Rose-Noëlle after a young woman he met in Tahiti and lost in a tragic plane crash. Sixteen years later, the boat capsized, beginning an extraordinary 119-day survival story. Full Video: 📗 Get My Book:
Stranded at Sea: How to Survive When ALL IS LOST | Be The Captain Podcast Ep. 1
The Rose-Noëlle video hit different — 119 days on an upturned trimaran, and a quarter million of you watched it in a week. Tonight we go deeper. I've been corresponding with John Glennie himself, and I'm bringing what he sent me: the letter he wrote his FIRST NIGHT ashore, the obituary the...
Broken Rudders, Sunken Boats: The Orcas Are Winning | Sailing Truth Show
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 the footage, judge the crew's decisions in real time, and give the verdict — seamanship, panic, or pure luck. Then I'll tell ...
My Final Video as Sailing Zingaro
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 made a promise: I'll go, and I'll take you with me. The good, the bad, the ugly. You watched me sail to Ecuador, Easter Island, an...
🚩 RED FLAGS: How I Spot the Lemon Boats on Yacht World 🚩
Vetting a boat on Yacht World isn't just about finding something in your budget; it's about knowing how to spot the hidden warning signs before you lose your shirt. In this video, I’m breaking down 9 very different boats currently listed online to show you exactly how I analyze them thro...
How He Survived a Tropical Storm at Sea
How to survive a tropical storm at sea: A true sailing survival story. If you’ve ever wanted to sail offshore, you NEED TO WATCH THIS. It may save your life. For deeper training on how to handle the ocean, get your copy of Be The Captain: Johnny was 20 years old and eager for his first Atlantic c...
The Best Canadian Sailboat You’ve Never Heard Of | Sailing Truth Show
📕 GET THE BOOK: Be The Captain. Winner of the 2026 Eric Hoffer Award. 25 years of offshore decisions in one book → 🔓 FREE: The Captain's Locker. Printable watch schedules, pre-departure checklists, delivery tools → She's a 1996 Gozzard 44, built by one family in a small Ontario shop th...
A Near-New Catamaran for €100K. I’d Still Walk Away. | Sailing Truth Show
📕 GET THE BOOK: Be The Captain. Winner of the 2026 Eric Hoffer Award. 25 years of offshore decisions in one book → 🔓 FREE: The Captain's Locker. Printable watch schedules, pre-departure checklists, delivery tools → She's a 2023 Lagoon 42, almost zero hours on the engines, loaded with wa...
He Did Everything Right. His Captain Still Blamed Him.
👉 Shape this book and get the free first chapter: A guy learns to sail, earns his certifications, and signs on to crew a delivery to San Diego with two strangers who talked a big game about their offshore miles. On his watch the autopilot quits. The wind builds, the seas build, and when he calls f...