Alan Block // Sailing Anarchy
On the Wind Sailing
Andy Schell
4.8 • 593 Ratings
🗓️ 7 March 2017
⏱️ 102 minutes
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Summary
#182. Alan Block, aka Mr. Clean, is one of the driving forces behind the hugely popular - and sometimes controversial - Sailing Anarchy website. He's a staple on the racing scene, traveling far and wide to cover events from the Volvo to the Vendee and lots in between. Alan's story is a fascinating and circuitous one, and during our 90-minute conversation, we covered the whole thing, from his early days as a lawyer, to his dreams to set off sailing, and ultimately to his serendipitous opportunity to work with Sailing Anarchy. Alan is also the founder and host of the Sailing Anarchy podcast, free on iTunes.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey team, me and I are back on East Bjorn. By the time this comes out, we'll be somewhere down in the Grenadines, I think, and heading back towards BVI. |
| 0:10.1 | You can join us on East Bjorn for a taste of ocean sailing. Go to 59-north.com slash offshore to see our full passage calendar. |
| 0:18.0 | We've only got three places left for all of 2017, all of which are on our |
| 0:21.9 | final passage of the year in the Baltic in August. Then options are open for our Arctic passages |
| 0:27.8 | in 2018. Hope to see you on the high seas. And don't forget, if you want to support the podcast, |
| 0:34.6 | contribute directly to us at on the wind.co. Just click the big blue fund button. Or if you want to support the podcast, contribute directly to us at on the wind.co. |
| 0:40.2 | Just click the big blue fund button. |
| 0:46.0 | Or if you're a member of Patreon, go to patreon.com slash on the wind and subscribe to us there. |
| 0:49.7 | Huge thanks to those of you who continue to support us. |
| 0:58.1 | Last but not least, don't miss our new podcast Sailing Stories, hosted by Lee Cumberland and narrated by Duncan Hood. |
| 1:01.3 | I'm super excited to say that the show's been a hit from day one. |
| 1:07.6 | Season one, which will run for a total of 12 weeks, features the audio rendition of the book Brave or Stupid, |
| 1:12.1 | a story of two Swedes who set out to circumnavigate on a whim and a wine-fuelled handshake. If you haven't discovered sailing stories yet, make sure to start from episode one. |
| 1:17.8 | Tales from the High Seas told week by week. |
| 1:21.6 | On the Wind is presented by Weems and Plath, makers of fine nautical and weather instruments |
| 1:26.1 | since 1928. I spoke to Peter |
| 1:28.6 | Troggden about the new revolutionary SOS distress light, which can actually replace traditional |
| 1:33.6 | pyrotechnic flares on recreational boats in the U.S. |
| 1:37.3 | There's really nothing like it because of the way it meets the Coast Guard requirements. So a little backstory on this thing, |
| 1:47.0 | the Coast Guard put in their regulations in the 70s, |
| 1:51.0 | an electric light that could be used for night distress signal, |
| 1:56.0 | and it could be an electric light that has all these requirements, |
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