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Salty Podcast: Sailing Stories

Salty Podcast: Sailing Stories

Captain Tinsley 104 episodes Latest May 22, 2026

The Salty Podcast shares real sailing stories and adventures — expert tips, ocean crossings, storm tales, heartwarming stories, and the quirks of life at sea. Each week, Cap'n Tinsley brings you voices from the water: sailors who've crossed oceans, lived aboard, and chased horizons. Join for adventures in storm survival, cruising life, and the joy of sailing. No fluff — just salty conversations, heartfelt moments, and lessons from sailors worldwide.

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Unfiltered Sailboat Buying Advice with James Evenson, author of "Be The Captain" | Salty Podcast #97 Jun 4, 2026 4204 Send us Fan MailTo buy James' book: https://bethecaptain.com/A keel leak that grows the harder you sail is the kind of story that rewires how you think about “good boats.” We sit down with James from Sailing Zingaro, a longtime delivery captain and former Navy submariner with roughly 90,000 miles at sea, to talk about what holds up offshore and what quietly fails until it’s suddenly your emer
From Blackhawk Pilot to Island Packet 44 Sailor | SV Validated | Salty Podcast #96 May 22, 2026 3217 Send us Fan MailThe romantic version of sailing is easy to sell. The real version is what Suzy and Sput live every day aboard their 1992 Island Packet 44, SV Validated It, as they pause in Tortola in the British Virgin Islands and prepare to push south toward Grenada for hurricane season. They started in Washington, DC, met online, and turned a brand-new partnership into a full-time cruising plan
Growing Up at Sea: 12-Year-Old Sailor Atticus from @BoyMeetsOcean | Salty Podcast #95 May 4, 2026 3088 Send us Fan MailSorry for the music overlap of the audio at 34:40 til 34:57.  I inadvertently failed to mute the b-roll video and noticed it after I uploaded it.  It last 17 seconds but is a very good song so enjoy!A 12-year-old on night watch, clipped in, steering a 46-foot catamaran through real offshore conditions while his friends back home are doing homework on the couch. That’s Atticus, the
Sailing to Luperon Dominican Republic Safely | Salty Podcast #94 May 2, 2026 3724 Send us Fan MailThis is an update to Salty Podcast #91.  The sea can be glassy at sunrise and still hand you a monster at 10:30 p.m. We’re calling in from two different corners of paradise and chaos as Bill and Catherine share a boots-on-deck update from their Bahamas to Dominican Republic crossing and their new home base in Luperon Harbor, one of the best-known hurricane holes in the Caribbean.We
Sailing The Crooked Anchor | No Sailing Experience to Life in the Bahamas | Salty Podcast #93 Apr 25, 2026 3479 Send us Fan MailThey bought the dream with zero sailing experience, then paid for it with patience, sweat, and a willingness to live with less. I sit down with Captain Ken and Miss Kelly from The Crooked Anchor, liveaboards on a 1990 Gemini catamaran, to unpack how two Florida landlubbers sold the house, refit a fixer-upper boat, and turned “we could never do that” into seven years of cruising the
Catching up with Sailing Jeep in Georgetown, Bahamas! | Salty Podcast #92 Apr 21, 2026 1464 Send us Fan MailGeorgetown, Exuma has a reputation among sailors and cruisers, but the real story is how it feels when you drop anchor and start meeting people. From Stocking Island, we sit down with Kurt Allmeyer of the 46-foot catamaran “Sailing Jeep” for a candid update on day-to-day life in Georgetown, why the anchorage can feel unusually safe, and how a tight cruising community changes everyt
Met on SAILOR DATING SITE to Cruising Full-Time | Salty Podcast #91 Apr 5, 2026 3393 Send us Fan MailIn Salty Podcast #91, I sit down with Bill and Katherine of Mi Salida Sailing in Black Point Settlement, Exumas, Bahamas. They share how they met on a dating site for sailors, bought an Island Packet 465, and made the leap into full-time cruising. We talk about their origin story, why they chose this boat, what it’s really like cruising full-time as a couple, and the balance betwee
Talking with Full-Time Liveaboards from Cruisers Beach in Big Majors, Exumas Bahamas | Salty Podcast #90 Mar 30, 2026 2221 Send us Fan MailThe Bahamas looks effortless on Instagram until you’re the one staring at a forecast that says 25 knots and realizing your entire plan depends on a weather window. From a sandy hangout at Big Majors Cay, we sit down with Roger and Kristen, liveaboards on their 1995 Island Packet 40 Shamala, to talk through the real decisions that shape a cruising day: when to stay put, who to trust
Bahamas Update from Capt Tinsley aboard @SaltyAbandon! Mar 24, 2026 43 Send us Fan MailI haven't had a chance to do any interviews lately but I DO appreciate the feedback from the audio podcast followers as well as the social media followers...asking for more interviews!  I should be in Georgetown by this weekend and there will be all kinds of sailors to interview there!  I'm looking forward to it.In the meantime, please follow Salty Abandon on Facebook, In
WIDOWED & SAILING: Sailing After Loss - Tinsley's Story | Salty Podcast #89 Feb 16, 2026 3432 Send us Fan MailSalty Podcast Sailor Shirts:  https://saltypodcast.myshopify.comThe wind doesn’t just move a boat; it moves a life. Captain Tinsley sits down with her longtime friend Mark to chart the real story behind her voyages—from Atlanta freeways to the Gulf’s passes, from small-boat frustrations to bluewater confidence, and from a hurricane’s chaos to the quiet, stubborn act of healing afte
Bahamas Weather Check… and UFOs Offshore?! (Sailing Jeep in Georgetown) | Salty Podcast #88 Feb 7, 2026 3746 Send us Fan MailForty-knot gusts, nine-foot swell, and a mooring field packed with boats waiting out yet another front—welcome to a real-time snapshot of Georgetown, Exumas. We bring on Curt from Sailing Jeep, currently anchored in the thick of it, to share hard-earned lessons on reading models, picking safe anchorages for relentless north winds, and staying sane when the forecast keeps slipping.
Salty Podcast #87⛵When Sailing Turns Serious | Sailing the Oceanaire ⛵ Jan 15, 2026 3562 Send us Fan MailA quiet dinner at anchor turned into the kind of emergency every cruiser dreads. Within hours, pain escalated into a misdiagnosed crisis, a midnight dash to a small clinic, and a fight to secure an air ambulance before pilots timed out and the airport closed at dark. What followed was necrotizing pancreatitis, weeks in U.S. ICUs, and a hard lesson in how evacuation insurance really

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