Ben Doerr // "Hose it or Lose it!"
On the Wind Sailing
Andy Schell
4.8 • 593 Ratings
🗓️ 19 May 2026
⏱️ 85 minutes
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Summary
Ben Doerr, friend of the pod, of Sail Bainbridge out in Seattle, returns to the show to talk about a near-miss he and his friends had recently in Alaska. On what should have been Day 1 of their latest Sail 2 Ski adventure, a mile or so outside the harbor the boat caught fire in the engine room. Thanks to some quick-thinking and a lot of good luck, they managed to save the boat, did no harm to the crew, and even managed to get in some skiing later in the week. This is the story.
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| 0:00.0 | I put the hose in there at some point. Doc was in there at some point for way too long. I was like, dude, you got to get out of there. And we couldn't get it to go out. And everyone's on the boat on the leeward side. And it's like choking everybody out. And the guy's like, we got to go. Like, you can't, this isn't happening. Get off the boat. This episode is sponsored by Schooner Woodwind sailing cruises. |
| 0:21.5 | If you missed the memo last fall, we bought the business. |
| 0:24.7 | I started my sailing career at Woodwin in 2006, working as an intern and deckhand, |
| 0:29.1 | and 20 years later, 59 North and me and some friends are now the new owners, |
| 0:34.1 | carrying on the 30-plus year legacy of an iconic Annapolis business. Woodwind sails |
| 0:39.7 | two 74-foot stasel schooners on the bay, offering two-hour public sales and private charters for |
| 0:44.7 | corporate outings, weddings, and special events. These are real sailboats. They're 10,000 pounds lighter |
| 0:50.0 | than Falcon designed purposely for light air sailing on the Chesapeake Bay and you'll |
| 0:54.6 | turn the engine off as soon as you leave the dock. My favorite charter when I worked there was |
| 0:59.0 | the two-boat team building where we'd teach a bunch of folks how to sail, then match race |
| 1:03.0 | Woodwind and Woodwind 2 against one another. It was awesome. One of the things we've implemented |
| 1:08.0 | as new owners is that you can now book tickets for any public cruise for the entire season. |
| 1:12.6 | You can use the code Hold Fast. That's all caps, no spaces. Hold fast when you buy tickets online or at the dock office to get $10 off any public sale ticket. |
| 1:22.3 | That's good for a beer and a half on us. Or contact the business office at schoonerwoodwin.com for private charter options. Tell them we sent you for special treatment. 59 North is also running two woodwind trips this year, the great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race and the return adventure cruise up the bay, both in late October, which can be booked on 59-north.com slash bunks or just get in touch and we'll help you with that. |
| 1:45.3 | Check out schoonerwoodwin.com to buy tickets. Use that coupon code, hold fast. When you go sailing, |
| 1:50.8 | say hi to Captain Delaney and Jake, both of whom have sailed on Falcon. Thanks again to |
| 1:55.2 | Schooner Woodwind. Well, that's thanking myself for sponsoring this episode of the show. |
| 1:59.8 | On the Wind is supported by BVI yacht Sales, our friends down in the Virgin Islands. |
| 2:05.1 | I'm just doing a look at their listings on BVI YotSales.com. |
| 2:09.6 | That's exactly like it says. |
| 2:10.8 | And they've got a handful of really interesting boats for sale at the moment. |
| 2:13.6 | They've got a 1989, Highless 47 S&S design, kind of an all-time boat. |
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