Bob & Jody Bitchin' // From Bikers to Sailors
On the Wind Sailing
Andy Schell
4.8 • 593 Ratings
🗓️ 29 April 2025
⏱️ 93 minutes
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Summary
Bob and his wife Jody spent most of their life as live-aboards and at sea. Their marital dynamic and life long friendship is infectious. Bob dives into his younger years as a Hells Angel, his entrepreneurial mindset, and how sailing literally saved his life. Bob has owned and operated more businesses than he can barely count, and has written and self-published eleven books on the side. We discuss some of the darker times in Bob's life, and how attitude towards adventure has been his most valuable asset. Jody shares some insight about her fears in taking off to sea with Bob and how she gained confidence. She highlights how their differences have complimented one another over the years and also discusses how their mindset on adventure and life helped them navigate the loss of their entire home in a 2020 wildfire.
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| 0:00.0 | Just be yourself. |
| 0:01.9 | Yeah. |
| 0:03.0 | No, do it. |
| 0:03.5 | Be yourself being me. |
| 0:05.2 | Okay. |
| 0:05.6 | In an American accent. |
| 0:07.4 | Okay. |
| 0:08.4 | This is your host, Andy Shell, coming to you from the salon of Nordic Falcon, currently in Nuku Hiva. |
| 0:15.9 | Just about to take out the trash. |
| 0:19.2 | Where's the aluminum? |
| 0:20.5 | Okay. out the trash. Where's the aluminum? |
| 0:27.6 | Okay, welcome to On the Wind. |
| 0:31.5 | I'm your host, Andy Schell, coming to you from the salon of Nordic Falcon. |
| 0:39.3 | Currently in Nukuheba, the Marquesas, having done a 17-day passage from the Galapagos. Holy shit. They're actually pretty good. |
| 0:43.3 | Hello, friends. I'm Andy. That was Emily Caruso. |
| 0:49.3 | Hilariously, during our debrief yesterday, we've been making fun of each other's accents for the |
| 0:54.7 | whole trip. She's my mate on this Pacific crossing and one of our skippers. And now I'll never be |
| 1:00.8 | able to do another podcast intro without feeling extremely self-conscious. So I'm hiding on the bow |
| 1:05.3 | of Falcon right now, anchored in Nukuhiva, recording this. And I've got nothing to say. Emily |
| 1:10.7 | did a wonderful job of impersonating me |
| 1:12.5 | and introducing the show. I'm not actually sure who the episode even is today, but I'm sure |
| 1:17.2 | it's going to be a good one. And if you haven't seen it, it feels weird. I'm here in the South |
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