Passages From The Heart Podcast

Boat Building with Shipwright Steve Cormack

Shipmates! I’ve got lots of updates to share with you on top of a FANTASTIC show featuring shipwright Steve Cormack! Steve has been building boats for forty years! He goes over some of the ins-and-outs of boat building; what kinds of boats he’s built over the years; advice for how to get started with boat building; the mental challenges of building boats, plus lots more! ***** All FOOTAGE OF STEVE CORMACK COURTESY OF STEVE CORMACK. ***** PLEASE BE KIND -- I'm no expert -- I'm just a regular gal learning as I go! Also, I don't have a huge budget dedicated to equipment and/or other resources for recording audio -- but, I put lots of love and time into creating these podcasts in the hopes that sharing what I learn might help you! Did you know that I blog regularly/create videos about adventures out on the water and other life-happenings? Come raft up with me at https://passagesfromtheheart.wordpress.com [https://passagesfromtheheart.wordpress.com]! LINKS: Steve Cormack on YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/@UCkSr6bAwHQg_v3GFvRXFbgw [https://www.youtube.com/@UCkSr6bAwHQg_v3GFvRXFbgw] Steve Cormack via email | whitestar031@gmail.com [whitestar031@gmail.com] Susan Conrad | https://www.susanmarieconrad.com [https://www.susanmarieconrad.com] Wooden Boat Magazine & Wooden Boat School | https://www.woodenboatstore.com [https://www.woodenboatstore.com] Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival | https://woodenboat.org [https://woodenboat.org] Gig Harbor Boat Works | https://ghboats.com [https://ghboats.com] SCAMP sailboat | https://www.scampsailboat.com/ [https://www.scampsailboat.com/] CPYOA website/forums | https://cpyoa.com/forum/ [https://cpyoa.com/forum/] MUSIC CREDITS: *** Intro theme by Anthony Cuozzo of Double Down Sailing: / @quazzo *** Music used for welcome sequence in video is ‘Love in Mexico’ by Carmen María and Edu Espinal. *** Music used for outro in video is 'Silver Waves' by TrackTribe.

Restro Thunder Road: Big Adventures - Small Sailboat

I’ve got an absolutely rad show for you all today — my guest features sailor, machine restorer, and adventurer Brandon Fetterman of the popular YouTube sailing channel Restro Thunder Road! In our conversation, Brandon and I take a look back to how he fell in love with the water while growing up, and then ultimately discovered his passion for sailing. We also dig into how he set his sights on adventuring with small, trailerable sailboats, specifically, Thunder Road, his 1964 O’Day Mariner. Brandon also shares an in-depth experience of participating in the Texas 200 RAID/mess-about the past four years and how this summer, in 2026, he’ll be undertaking the event as a solo sailor for the very first time! PLEASE BE KIND -- I'm no expert -- I'm just a regular gal learning as I go! Also, I don't have a huge budget dedicated to equipment and/or other resources for recording audio -- but, I put lots of love and time into creating these podcasts in the hopes that sharing what I learn might help you! Did you know that I blog regularly/create videos about adventures out on the water and other life-happenings? Come raft up with me at https://passagesfromtheheart.wordpress.com/ [https://passagesfromtheheart.wordpress.com/] and https://www.youtube.com/@passagesfromtheheart [https://www.youtube.com/@passagesfromtheheart] LINKS: Restro Thunder Road on YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/@restrothunderroad [https://www.youtube.com/@restrothunderroad] Restro Thunder Road on Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/svthunderroad [https://www.facebook.com/svthunderroad] Restro Thunder Road on Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/restrothunderroad/ [https://www.instagram.com/restrothunderroad/] Sailing Zingaro on YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/@BeTheCaptain [https://www.youtube.com/@BeTheCaptain] Ziggy Lavengood on YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/@ZiggyLavengood [https://www.youtube.com/@ZiggyLavengood] Texas 200 | https://texas200.com/home [https://texas200.com/home] O’day Mariner | https://goodoldboat.com/saildata/boat/mariner-oday-mariner/ [https://goodoldboat.com/saildata/boat/mariner-oday-mariner/] and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariner_19 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariner_19] Mariner Class Association | https://www.usmariner.org [https://www.usmariner.org] Jerome Rand of Sailing Into Oblivion | https://www.sailingintooblivion.com [https://www.sailingintooblivion.com] Skipper D Adventures | https://www.youtube.com/@SkipperDAdventures [https://www.youtube.com/@SkipperDAdventures] Florida 120 | https://www.facebook.com/groups/fl120/ [https://www.facebook.com/groups/fl120/] MUSIC CREDITS: *** Intro theme by Anthony Cuozzo of Double Down Sailing: / @quazzo *** Music used for welcome sequence in video is ‘Love in Mexico’ by Carmen María and Edu Espinal. *** Music used for outro in video is 'Silver Waves' by TrackTribe.

Susan Marie Conrad - Sea Kayaker & Adventurer

I’ve got another spectacular interview for you today featuring my guest, Susan Marie Conrad, a solo paddler/kayaker, adventurer, speaker, and author. Susan shares how she fell in love with the sport of sea kayaking despite growing up with parents who forbade her to be anywhere near a body of water. We also cover key kayaking basics, for example, the different kinds of kayaks and what each is designed for as well as best practices to dive into the world of paddling/kayaking. Our conversation then shifts to Susan’s memoir, INSIDE: One Woman’s Journey Through the Inside Passage, which chronicles her 2010 66 day, 1200 mile solo paddle in her 18 ft sea kayak up the coastal waters of Washington state, British Columbia, Canada, and the Alaskan panhandle — a water route collectively known as the Inside Passage. Twelve years after her 2010 adventure, at the tender age of 62, Susan repeated the voyage! Stay tuned to learn more about Susan’s adventures out on the water and how they’ve shaped her life! Now, onto the show! Special notes from Susan: I'd love to offer listeners a 30% discount on Wildly Inside: A Visual Journey Through the Inside Passage. Please select the "buy from Author" option (vs Amazon or a bookstore) and use the coupon code PODCAST30 on my website. Raft up with Chelle at https://passagesfromtheheart.wordpress.com [https://passagesfromtheheart.wordpress.com/] LINKS: Susan Marie Conrad | https://www.susanmarieconrad.com [https://www.susanmarieconrad.com] Susan Marie Conrad on Facebook | Susan Marie Conrad on Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/susanmarieconrad/ [https://www.instagram.com/susanmarieconrad/] Susan's Inside Passage Expedition Gear List | https://www.susanmarieconrad.com/_files/ugd/d25451_6e4b90a346054e4596d6d33fb2d4f2a7.pdf [https://www.susanmarieconrad.com/_files/ugd/d25451_6e4b90a346054e4596d6d33fb2d4f2a7.pdf] Books about the Inside Passage, by Susan | https://www.susanmarieconrad.com/books [https://www.susanmarieconrad.com/books] Alone in the Passage: An Explorer's Guide to Sea Kayaking the Inside Passage by Denis Dwyer | https://www.amazon.com/Alone-Passage-Explorers-Kayaking-Inside/dp/1482586452 [https://www.amazon.com/Alone-Passage-Explorers-Kayaking-Inside/dp/1482586452] Paddling North by Audrey Sutherland | https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/670707/paddling-north-by-audrey-sutherland/ [https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/670707/paddling-north-by-audrey-sutherland/] West coast kayak coaching | https://www.bodyboatblade.com/ [https://www.bodyboatblade.com/] British Columbia kayak coaching | https://skils.ca/ [https://skils.ca/] Wisconsin kayak "everything" | https://www.rutabagashop.com/ [https://www.rutabagashop.com/] American Canoe Association (a wealth of info on ALL paddlesports) | https://americancanoe.org/ [https://americancanoe.org/] MUSIC CREDITS: *** Intro theme by Anthony Cuozzo of Double Down Sailing: / @quazzo *** Music used for welcome sequence in video is ‘Love in Mexico’ by Carmen María and Edu Espinal. *** Music used for outro in video is 'Silver Waves' by TrackTribe.

Skipper D Adventures on Learning to Sail, Small Sailboats, & Coastal Rallies

Imagine setting out to learn to sail and then less than two years later, you’re gearing up to sail solo in the Florida 120 aboard a 14’ open boat! That’s exactly what Darren, aka Skipper D of Skipper D Adventures, has set out to do! In this episode, we travel back in time to September 2024 when Skipper D embarks upon a course of study with the American Sailing Association and he shares how he discovered an amazing and supportive sailing community. With 261 hours of sail time, a total of 835 nm sailed (with 436 of those being coastal and ocean nm), with five American Sailing Association certifications as well as an ASA docking endorsement, Skipper D has built up a substantial sailing resume in less than two years time after setting out to learn to sail. Skipper D has enjoyed sailing on both larger and smaller vessels and when it came time to find his match for sharing adventures out on the water, he surprised himself by deciding to purchase a 14’ Com-Pac Picnic Cat boat. The Com-Pac Picnic Cat boat is gaff-rigged and though perhaps small, the boat is built with big adventures in mind! Skipper D has been documenting his journey with his incredible YouTube channel called Skipper D Adventures — be sure to check it out as well as his website, www. skipperd.com [http://skipperd.com]. PLEASE BE KIND - I'm no expert - I'm just a regular gal learning as I go! Also, I don't have a huge budget dedicated to equipment and/or other resources for recording audio -- but, I put lots of love and time into creating these podcasts in the hopes that sharing what I learn might help you! Did you know that I blog regularly/create videos about adventures out on the water and other life-happenings? Come raft up with me at https://passagesfromtheheart.wordpress.com/ [https://passagesfromtheheart.wordpress.com/] and https://www.youtube.com/@passagesfromtheheart [https://www.youtube.com/@passagesfromtheheart] LINKS: Skipper D Adventures Website | https://www.skipperd.com [https://www.skipperd.com] Skipper D Adventures on YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/@SkipperDAdventures [https://www.youtube.com/@SkipperDAdventures] Restro Thunder Road | https://www.youtube.com/@restrothunderroad [https://www.youtube.com/@restrothunderroad] Ziggy Lavengood | https://www.youtube.com/@ZiggyLavengood [https://www.youtube.com/@ZiggyLavengood] Roger Barnes | https://www.youtube.com/@RogerRoving [https://www.youtube.com/@RogerRoving] American Sailing Association | https://americansailing.com/ [https://americansailing.com/] Com-Pac Picnic Cat | https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/picnic-cat-com-pac/ [https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/picnic-cat-com-pac/] CPYOA Forum | https://cpyoa.com/forum/ [https://cpyoa.com/forum/] Picnic Cat PDF Capsize thread (read reply #1) | https://cpyoa.com/forum/index.php?topic=12942.0 [https://cpyoa.com/forum/index.php?topic=12942.0] MUSIC CREDITS: Intro theme by Anthony Cuozzo of Double Down Sailing: / @quazzo Music used for welcome sequence in video is ‘Love in Mexico’ by Carmen María and Edu Espinal. Music used for outro in video is 'Silver Waves' by TrackTribe.

The Com-Pac Eclipse & the Com-Pac Horizon Cat with Skipper Al Santini

For decades, Com-Pac Yachts provided sailors with a phenomenal line-up of sailing yachts — many of which were designed for trailer sailing. In this episode, I’m joined by veteran sailor and author Skipper Al Santini; Al has been sailing since 1973! Al has owned nine sailboats over his lifetime, but he particularly fell in love with Com-Pac sailboats and shares his thoughts — as well as some adventure sailing stories — about having owned both a Com-Pac Eclipse sloop and a Com-Pac Horizon Cat gaff-rigged sailboat. Skipper Al is also an accomplished author having published several technical books, and he’s also written a sailing fiction book series focusing on the adventures of his character, Captain Pete. This episode is packed with plenty of helpful Com-Pac golden nuggets, but it will also appeal to all sailors alike with Al sharing his wealth of knowledge and experience learned from years of adventuring out on the water! PLEASE BE KIND -- I'm no expert -- I'm just a regular gal learning as I go! Also, I don't have a huge budget dedicated to equipment and/or other resources for recording audio -- but, I put lots of love and time into creating these podcasts in the hopes that sharing what I learn might help you! Did you know that I blog regularly/create videos about adventures out on the water and other life-happenings? Come raft up with me at https://passagesfromtheheart.wordpress.com/ [https://passagesfromtheheart.wordpress.com/] and https://www.youtube.com/@passagesfromtheheart [https://www.youtube.com/@passagesfromtheheart] * PICTURES COURTESY OF SKIPPER AL SANTINI. * LINKS: Al Santini Keynote on YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_e2qRvjs00 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_e2qRvjs00] Al Santini books | https://www.amazon.com/stores/Al-Santini/author/B001K8Z8JE [https://www.amazon.com/stores/Al-Santini/author/B001K8Z8JE]? [https://www.amazon.com/stores/Al-Santini/author/B001K8Z8JE?] Com-Pac Yacht Owners Association (CPYOA) | https://cpyoa.com/forum/ [https://cpyoa.com/forum/] Com-Pac Eclipse | https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/com-pac-eclipse/ [https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/com-pac-eclipse/] Com-Pac Horizon | https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/horizon-cat-20-com-pac/ [https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/horizon-cat-20-com-pac/] Com-Pac Horizon Day Cat | https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/horizon-day-cat-20-com-pac/ [https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/horizon-day-cat-20-com-pac/] Herreshoff America | https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/herreshoff-america/ [https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/herreshoff-america/] Robert Hall YouTube channel for Com-Pac Horizon Day Cat | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AzWtGlsyv4 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AzWtGlsyv4] MUSIC CREDITS: * Intro theme by Anthony Cuozzo of Double Down Sailing: / @quazzo * Music used for welcome sequence in video is ‘Love in Mexico’ by Carmen María and Edu Espinal. * Music used for outro in video is 'Silver Waves' by TrackTribe.