NauticEd Podcast

Join us as we talk with the folks at Predict Wind, the world-leading weather prediction app. We discuss how the app works, what makes them the best, the weather models they use to calculate and determine the weather, weather routing, departure planning, and other technical terms like CAPE. We also discuss how to get a free subscription to the professional version of Predict Wind through your NauticEd student membership.

Join Kristi and Jim Query, owners of Virgin Islands Yacht Charters, as they take us for a tour around the USVI. We talk about what it's like to own a yacht charter company, a great USVI itinerary, places not miss, what they require in terms of a sailing resume to charter with them, and in general, why the USVI is such a great place to charter a yacht on a sailing vacation.

Join us with Andrew Hodgdon, a top-selling sailboat broker with The Multihull Yacht Broker Agency and Technical Director for Balance Catamarans. The topic today is how to buy and sell a boat - what to watch out for - the overall process - the survey - and more. Andrew specializes in Catamaran sales and more specifically performance Cats. There is quite a few boat buying and selling gems to pick up here.

With BoatyBall.com you make reservations for mooring balls in the BVI. The guys who run BoatyBall, Ty and Bob, are hilarious so we decided to do a dual topic show. Massive Dinghy fails and BVI buoy reservations. Come have a blast with us as we describe crazy dinghy fail stories on vacation while at the same time tell you about how to easily make a buoy reservation in the BVI. "There was this one time that an evil spirit took over our dinghy and..."

Come join Scott Mayer and Tyler Martin from Bluesail Vacation Yachts and Sailing Academy as they describe how awesome sailing out of Key West can be. From sailing and snorkelling to Key West itself, they describe it all. If you've ever thought about sailing the Key West area, listen in to this captivating description. Here's their facebook page full of great photos - https://www.facebook.com/bluesailcharters

Join the organizer of the Panama Posse rally, Dietmar Petutschnig, who describes the fantastic sailing voyage from San Diego down through Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, through the Panama canal, then up through the Caribbean to the Florida Keys. This rally happens every year and hundreds of boats join in. Listen to this and decide for yourself if you should join next year. Careful, this will change your life forever.

Listen to Carrie Wright of VI Plastics Recycling and how she and her company are helping the British Virgin Islands get their plastic recycling program going. If you ever want to take a sailing vacation in the BVI, then you need to know how to reduce your impact on this sensitive ocean nation environment. Visit http://www.viplasticsrecycling.com to learn more about what they are doing and see some of the products they are making out of recycled plastics in the British Virgin Islands.

Come join Amy and David Alton the creators of Out Chasing Stars. How'd they create that? Simple, they sailed around the world, literally chasing stars and exploring all the world has to offer over a 4 year period, all the while documenting as much as they could from costs to videoing the experience. They post their videos on their youtube channel outchasingstars. They can also be seen on their blog, outchasingstars.com. Listen and enjoy to their buoyant attitude as they fill us in on some of the details and wonder.

Listen to Ayme Sinclair's amazing story of how she has influenced the sailing industry in such a positive way. She is the CEO of Women-Who-Sail and the current VP of the National Women's Sailing Association. Drawing from her sailing stories and experience, she leads the way for diversity in sailing. She shares how sailing has changed her own life and lead her to be the empowered woman she is today. Visit Ayme Sinclair at http://www.sinclairsocial.com but listen to her story first.

Join us with a fantastic interview with Dawn Riley; 4-time America's Cup participant and 2-time Whitbread around the world race. Dawn is now the executive director of Oakcliff Sailing in New York and she has a huge mission. Come discover with us what she intends for the world of sailing.

We call Tino Prosenik the Poseidon of the Mediterranean. He knows everyone and everyone knows and loves Tino. Today Tino gives us the greatest tour around the Mediterranean and describes the yacht charter scene all over. If you've never been to the Med or only just a few times, you should join Tino and NauticEd on this fantastic journey.