Billy Cullen's Offshore Gadgets // Seminar
On the Wind Sailing
Andy Schell
4.8 • 593 Ratings
🗓️ 11 November 2014
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
#70. Bill Cullen, accomplished offshore sailor and crewmember aboard Serenity in this year's Caribbean 1500, guest-hosts the podcast to discuss his favorite gadgets for offshore sailing and down-island cruising. These are far from your 'mission critical' items that Andy is constantly harping on, but they're fun, clever ideas for making the best of your time at sea.
Bill has sailed in most parts of the world, and has a website called thebookofsail.com, where you can find examples to most of the gadgets he talks about today. This episode was recorded LIVE at the Caribbean 1500 seminar program in Portsmouth, VA. Check out Bill at thebookofsail.com/
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, this is Anna Viner's live from Sweden. Welcome back to the 59 North Sailing podcast with your host, |
| 0:06.2 | Andy Schell. Enjoy the show. Good morning and welcome back to the 59 North Sailing podcast. I'm your host, |
| 0:13.6 | Andy Schell. I'm recording this intro in Nanny Key Marina on Tortola in the BVI. Mia, Lyle, Jake and and I, the Caribbean 1500 Yellow Shirt team, flew down today to get ready |
| 0:25.1 | for the landfall part of the rally. |
| 0:27.5 | We'll be working shifts and greeting each boat as they come into the dock 24 hours a day |
| 0:32.1 | with an ice cold rum punch and a hearty welcome. |
| 0:35.0 | Undoubtedly, some of the crews will be so excited that they'll forget their dock lines and fenders when they come into the dock, but we'll forgive them. At the moment, |
| 0:42.6 | I'm recording this on a Friday, by the way. It looks like the 80-foot falcon will be the first to |
| 0:47.2 | arrive. But by the time this is released on Tuesday, you'll know. Check out caref15.com to follow the rest of the rally as we finish the week |
| 0:55.6 | here in Tortola. Special thanks to our returning sponsor, Caligo Marine. I've been good friends |
| 1:01.5 | with Caligo's proprietor John Franta since 2009, and he's without a doubt one of the best |
| 1:06.8 | people to work with in the industry. Mia and I rigged Arcturists with Caligo Ducks, synthetic rigging, |
| 1:12.8 | and John's own patented hardware, and were the first monahole to cross an ocean with the stuff. |
| 1:18.5 | It's stronger than wire and much lighter. The boat sails better for it, I sleep better for it, |
| 1:23.4 | and our annual decommissioning in Sweden is infinitely easier now that we're able to hold the |
| 1:28.1 | entire rig in one hand. Caligo also makes some very simple and robust spinnaker and genicor |
| 1:34.4 | furling gear as well as ducts lifeline kits, soft shackles, static blocks, pad eyes, and other nifty |
| 1:40.4 | items at home on any proper ocean-going boat. Check them out at caligomarine.com. |
| 1:45.7 | And thanks again to John and Coligo for sponsoring the show. |
| 1:49.5 | Before we get into it, just a reminder that we have a few spots left for January's |
| 1:53.3 | Celestial Navigation Workshop at the National Sailing Hall of Fame in Annapolis. |
| 1:57.7 | Join me and some sailing friends, including the legendary Matt Rutherford on the weekend of |
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