All posts tagged "sailing"

Sail Loot Podcast 063: Sailing With FIRE on Luna Sea with Mark and Jennifer
The financial “movement” being dubbed FIRE – Financial Independence Retire Early – was an acronym that was unknown to Mark, Jennifer, and yes, even budding financial zealots such as myself. Somehow, over the last few years, we’ve...
- Posted September 28, 2018
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Sail Loot Podcast 051: Delivering Asante
In the last episode of the Sail Loot Podcast you learned the purchase price of Asante and the whirlwind of activity that was necessary to prep her for sailing her from St. Thomas to the Fort Lauderdale,...
- Posted June 22, 2017
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Sail Loot Podcast 050: Asante Delivery Part 1
I now… Officially… Own a sailboat!!!!!! You may know by now that I purchased S/V Asante from Scott and Brittany Meyers at Windtraveler. They needed a little bigger boat and an extra cabin for...
- Posted June 17, 2017
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Sail Loot Podcast 047: Nica Waters, Go Simple, Go Now
I met Nica Watters at the 2016 U.S. Sailboat Show in Annapolis, MD. I was walking around looking for people that I knew, and I figured that I would find Jamie and Behan at the Lin and...
- Posted March 17, 2017
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Sail Loot Podcast 046: Captain Randy Smith With Sail Libra and Orange Beach Sailing Adventures
I want to be back on the water sailing Libra wherever she’s going. Captain Randy’s prediction was correct. As soon as we pulled into the dock at the Strictly Sail Miami Boat show, I wanted to get...
- Posted February 24, 2017
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Sail Loot Podcast 044: Sail Libra with Captain Ryan
Captain Ryan found a way to make money by offering sailing charters in Orange Beach, AL 9.5 years ago on his Irwin 37, SailOB, and by forming Orange Beach Sailing Adventures. Prior to that he was working behind...
- Posted January 13, 2017
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Sail Loot Podcast 042: Wiley Sharp, Part 2 – Owning and Operating a Virgin Islands Sailing Charter
I have now met Wiley Sharp and he’s a great guy. We flew into St. Thomas to start our week long sailing vacation on Saturday and decided to stay overnight before jumping on a Ferry to Tortola...
- Posted November 11, 2016
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Sail Loot Podcast 041: The Money Side of a Virgin Islands Sailing Charter with Wiley Sharp
I’ve had several people email me and ask about owning and operating a sailboat charter. I found Steve and Chrissy Solonynko via their Knot Anchored blog and realized that they owned and operated a 2010, 46 ft,...
- Posted November 4, 2016
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Sail Loot Podcast 040: Avoiding Mondays by Setting Sail with Monday Never
Will and Cat share a story that has never been dull. On the one hand, you can make it sound like they were the typical couple with masters degrees and consulting jobs. On the other hand, Cat...
- Posted September 8, 2016
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Sail Loot Podcast 039: Kamau Iandiataiyero Saving Sailing Money by Building a Sailboat
It’s possible that Kamau Iandiataiyero missed his calling and should have been an NFL lineman. However, Kamau is a smart man (so are NFL lineman) and probably figured out that playing for the NFL would’ve torn up...
- Posted July 6, 2016
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