The Mariner

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Light hearted & filled with personal anecdotes and amusing tangents, the Mariner Podcast shares the wealth of knowledge & experience accumulated by a sailor who has covered more miles on the world‘s oceans, than the distance from the Earth to the Moon. Each episode, solo circumnavigator Chris Stanmore-Major, talks about all things sailing from how to flake a line and prepare a meal on a family cruising voyage to how to race through the Southern Ocean on an Open 60.

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#114 | Questions & Tangents | So, You Bought an Old Race Boat Anyway.

Apr 23 2024 108 mins

Questions and Tangents #14 and this episode we continue down the rabbit hole regarding buying a used race boat. Recap Last time we discussed this I said, ’Don’t do it - unless you REALLY want/ need to do it.’ But as you did it anyway... (which I knew you would...) This time I’m saying- ’Since you can’t take simple advice-;) here’s 2 further hours of things to bear in

#113 | Safety at Sea | Easy MOB Recovery & Other Fantastic Myths

Apr 15 2024 76 mins

So, after all your best efforts to prevent a Man Overboard Situation now your crew are in the water, and they are relying solely on you to not only come and find them; but also to do it in heavy seas, high winds and at night. Shit. Let’s explore the options when all hope appears lost, when only brute strength and the spark of ingenuity may be all you have to get the job done.

#112 | Safety at Sea | How to AVOID MOB Situations

Apr 10 2024 70 mins

We’ve all done it, taken a quick nip onto the foredeck just do ’ that thing’ and suddenly we find ourselves realizing one wrong move and we are toast. This episode looks to try to reconcile that kind of risk-taking to the garbage can and promote instead a deep instinctual suspicion that the sea does not actually care about you, is in no way impressed or ’wow’d’ by your

#111 | Deep Dives | Solar Eclipse = Wolf Eating the Sun

Apr 08 2024 29 mins

Today is the day of the solar eclipse across North America, the only one that will touch the continent until 2024 (when only three states will experience totality) therefore: Happy Solar Eclipse Day! I thought I would put a few thoughts down relating to the historical and scientific history of solar eclipses to give you Dad’s EVEN more to amaze and thrill your kids with.... as yo

#110 | Dogwatch | Autopliots V's Wind Vanes | US West Coast Deliveries | Curved.Traveler Tracks

Apr 05 2024 61 mins

If you would like to listen to fantastic stories of sailors in small vessels taking on the ocean in the last 150 years, all selected & read by Chris, check out the ’Mariner’s Library’. https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-mariners-library/id1710666955 If you would like to check out The Mariner Youtube Channel - we have gear reviews, how to videos, seamanship training vid

#109 | Safety at Sea | Dismasting, Lost Steering & Other Sailing Nightmares

Apr 03 2024 77 mins

Losing the mast, rudder or even a single hatch cover at sea in heavy weather can be catastrophic, unless you have been playing the ’what if’ game for a while and already have the equipment, procedures and mental capacity developed to deal with the problem, concisely & precisely. If you would like to listen to fantastic stories of sailors in small vessels taking on the ocean in

#108 | Safety at Sea | Heavy Weather Tactics

Mar 28 2024 77 mins

Whenever anyone meets me and hears I am a sailor, the first question is always ’have you been in a big storm?’ Well, the answer unsurprisingly is yes, so here in concert with Keith Colwell’s excellent ’RYA Sea Survival Handbook’, let me lay out some of the ways to avoid becoming a statistic, when the volume on the weather gets cranked to eleven.

#107 | The ABC of Sailing | K is for Ketches, Yawls & Schooners

Mar 26 2024 65 mins

This episode we discuss ketches, yawls and schooners as part of the ABC of sailing, and I explore what are the pitfalls and joys of owning and operating such vessels, through the lens of my own experiences, running open ketch expeditions in Asia. If you would like to listen to fantastic stories of sailors in small vessels taking on the ocean in the last 150 years, all selected & re

#106 | Safety at Sea | What to do BEFORE Heavy Weather Hits

Mar 13 2024 62 mins

Another instalment of my review & expansion of the RYA Sea Survival Handbook, by Keith Colwell. This episode I spend an hour just going through all the things to prep onboard, before heavy weather comes in. An hour! As I point out in the podcast- whatever it is that you need to do on your boat is realistically going to take you longer than that, so FYI maybe best to listen in and f

#105 | Safety at Sea | The Most Boring Safety Information Possible | Made Tolerable

Mar 08 2024 61 mins

This episode I continue this series, following the excellent RYA Sea Survival Handbook, by Keith Colwell. Today we look at interpreting the specifics of incoming weather forecasts & the importance of ’aids to navigation’ in fog. Jeepers... that reads bad, no wonder Robert Redford died in that movie. Look it’s not bad- It’s interesting.. I tell stories & stuff. Honestly, if