Category: Podcast

004 Battling Bugs while Cruising Caladesi Island – Clearwater Florida

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In episode 004, our featured topic is Battling Bugs while Cruising.  We discuss strategies to deal with insects on you and on your boat

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Rainbow over Caladesi Island

Rainbow over Caladesi Island

We had a great sailing trip to Caladesi Island State park over the Labor Day weekend.  The videos below cover all the places we visited.   The video also shows our process to

003 Comparing Trailer Sailors – MacGregor 25 & 26M

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On episode three of The Sailing Rode Podcast:

  • Our featured topic is trailer sailors.  We review the two boats we have owned the 1985 MacGregor 25 and the 2010 MacGregor 26M.  Pictures of the boats can be on our boat page.
  • We discuss the pros and cons of trailer sailor vs. a slip based boat

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The Sailing Rode Sailing Podcast

002 Ponce Inlet – Disappearing Island Trip Report

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On this episode of The Sailing Rode Podcast our featured topic is our recent weekend trip sailing the Ponce Inlet area of Florida.

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Ponce Inlet Trip – Disappearing Island Trip report

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UPDATE: We did a TSR Podcast about this trip.  Click here to listen.

We rarely plan the location of our sailing trips more than a few days in advance as this allows us to adjust between various Florida cruising grounds depending on the weather. On this trip, we did not have an option as we planned to attend a work picnic for one of Brandy’s contracting agencies.  When we learned they were planning to have their party at New Smyrna Dunes Park, the first thing that popped into our mind is