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Slow Boat Sailing Podcast

Linus Wilson

We talk to the most interesting cruising sailors in the world and the adventures of the Slow Boat as it sails around the world part-time.

Episodes

20 of 71 episodes

We Are Selling the Slow Boat in Indonesia (1987 Island Packet 31') Make an Offer

We are selling our beloved 1987 Island Packet 31', CONTANGO, which sailed from New Orleans, USA, through the Panama Canal, across the South...

6:34Sep 23, 2024

Slow Boat to Cuba, Chs. 13, 14, 15, & 16 Ep. 70 hosted by Linus Wilson

Linus reads chapters 13, 14, 15, and 16 of his audiobook of SLOW BOAT TO CUBA and reflects on his sailing plans to Indonesia for May and Jun...

55:22Aug 31, 2022

Ep. 69: Sailing the Arafura Sea, Torres Straight to Darwin, Australia, Offshore in the Indian Ocean

Linus tells about his first offshore passage in the Indian Ocean. It did not go great as Linus solo-sailed across the Gulf of Carpentaria, t...

47:10Jul 15, 2022

Ep. 68: Over the Top of Australia, Crossing the Pacific & Entering the Indian Ocean, More on Australian Xenophobia

Linus completed his crossing of the ENTIRE Pacific Ocean and entered the Indian Ocean. He reflects on the deserted county of Australia, the...

36:34Jun 24, 2022

Ep. 67: Australia’s War of Cruising Sailors, the Abuses of the Australian Border Force (ABF) New Caledonia to Cairns

Linus talks about his 11 day offshore passage from Noumea, New Caledonia to Cairns, Australia. The Australian Border Force engages in abusiv...

30:39May 28, 2022

Ep. 66: Part 3, Audiobook of Slow Boat to Cuba by Linus Wilson Chapters 9, 10, 11, and 12

This continues the reading of the audiobook of Slow Boat to Cuba (c) 2016 by Linus Wilson chapters 9, 10, 11, and 12. The first four chapter...

55:50May 1, 2022

Ep. 65: Part 2 of SLOW BOAT TO CUBA, Chs. 5, 6, 7, 8

This continues the reading of the audiobook of Slow Boat to Cuba (c) 2016 by Linus Wilson. The first four chapters were featured in episode...

54:16Apr 11, 2022

Australia is Open! COVID Road Trip (part 2 of 2) An RV Adventure by Linus Wilson Ep. 64

Linus Wilson updates us on the Slow Boat's summer plans with Australia's reopening to international tourism starting on February 21, 2022. H...

49:45Feb 7, 2022

COVID Road Trip: An RV Adventure (Part 1 of 2) Audiobook by Linus Wilson Ep. 63

COVID Road Trip: An RV Adventure Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/COVID-Road-Trip-RV-Adventure-ebook/dp/B098LX79QN One man was tired of...

53:51Jan 1, 2022

How To Sail Around the World Part Time Chs. 2, 5-10, by Linus Wilson Ep. 62

How to Sail Around the World Part-Time, by Linus Wilson. Chapters 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, & 10 read by the author. Kindle Version at https://www.a...

51:22Dec 28, 2021

Around the World in 3 Days, I LOST BIG $$$ & my sailboat in a COVID-19 visa scam in New Caledonia Ep. 61

I wanted to rescue my stranded sailboat in New Caledonia. Falling victim to a COVID-19 visa scam I circumnavigated the globe in 3 expensive...

59:04May 10, 2021

The Cruise of the Amaryllis (Annotated) Ch. 1 by GHP Muhlhauser ed. Linus Wilson Ep. 60

G.H.P. Muhlhauser was the first yachtsman to take a small sailboat around the world via the Panama and Suez Canals. Oxriver Publishing is pr...

57:00Feb 29, 2020

Ep. 59: Sailing offshore from Vava’u, Tonga to Fiji, Vanuatu, & New Caledonia with Linus Wilson, Season 4 of Slow Boat Sailing’s Part-Time Around the World Trip

Linus Wilson talks about season 4 of his part-time around the world trip where he sails his 31-foot Island Packet from Vava'u, Tonga to Suva...

56:06Jun 24, 2019

Ep. 58: John Martin Crosses the Ocean in a Walker Bay 8, Uku and Istavan finish the GGR 2018, and the Viking Sky Almost Sinks Hosted by Linus Wilson

John Martin III sailed across the frigid Bering Sea in a 8-foot Walker Bay sailing dinghy. He landed in Siberia after 14 days at sea when wi...

30:02Mar 30, 2019

Ep. 57: Van Den Heede speaks about his pitchpole and win in the 2018 GGR Golden Globe Sailing Race to Linus Wilson + the future for the podcast & YouTube channel

Jean Luc Van Den Heede shatters Sir Robin Knox-Johnston's Sunday Time's 1968 Golden Globe Race record by 100 days finishing first in the 201...

59:17Feb 2, 2019

Ep. 56: Sailing the OGRE, the log of a woman wanderer (annotated) by Mable Stock read by Linus Wilson

Mabel Stock, her brother Ralph, and their friend buy a 47-foot, gaff-rigged sailboat after World War I and from 1919 to 1920 sail it half-wa...

58:45Jan 2, 2019

Ep. 55: Acorn to Arabella and Susie Goodall Pitchpoled in the GGR; Hosted by Linus Wilson

We hear from Alix Kreder and Stephan Denette who are wooden boat builders and the creators of the YouTube Channel Acorn to Arabella. After a...

45:59Dec 14, 2018

Ep. 54: Capt. Voss, Sailing to Treasure Island: The Cruise of the Xora read by Linus Wilson

Linus Wilson reads the first four chapters of Sailing to Treasure Island by Captain John C. Voss. You can get the full audiobook at www.Patr...

51:43Nov 26, 2018

Ep. 53: Paul Trammell Reads Becoming a Sailor A Singlehand Sailing Adventure; Sailing Kittiwake Questions if Vlogging is a Goldmine; Another Rescue and Dismasting in the Golden Globe Race

In this episode, we feature Paul Trammell reading chapter 1 of Becoming a Sailor, A Singlehand Sailing Adventure. Linus Wilson talks about t...

56:15Oct 27, 2018

Ep. 52: Abandon Ship, Dismasted in the GGR, the ADRIFT Movie, & Hurricane Florence Sinks Sailboats: Featuring Joy & Jim Carey and Sailing Banjo Interviewed by Linus Wilson

Joy and Jim Carey were 150 miles from their home port in Bellingham Washington when they were struck by violent storm. A rogue wave filled t...

56:13Sep 26, 2018