Ep. 046: Jim Parsons: Sailboat Cruising Freedom
Adventure Sports Podcast
Curt Linville
4.6 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 10 June 2015
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Ever want to drop it all and take up the cruising life? Jim and Kay Parsons took the leap and it proved to be one of the best things they ever did. Jim Parsons is the voice of experience who not only tells great stories of living on board, but offers amazing advice about how to get started. Whether recalling outrunning water spouts or wintering in the Bahamas, Jim's clever story telling is entertaining and insightful.
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| 0:00.0 | The anchorages in the Bahamas, you would come back from a hot dog roast on the beach and you're dingy. |
| 0:06.8 | And by the light of the stars, you would see starfish on the bottom and 20 foot of water. |
| 0:33.4 | I'm going to be. This is the adventure sports podcast. |
| 0:36.0 | Brought to you by 180 Tack. |
| 0:37.6 | Get out there and have some fun. |
| 0:45.6 | Episode 46, Jim Parsons, The Cruising Life. |
| 0:54.3 | Hello and welcome to the Adventure Sports podcast. This is your host, Kurt Linville. |
| 0:56.1 | We have a fun show today with a very experienced sailor, Jim Parsons. |
| 1:01.7 | Jim had a career in the Navy, and after leaving the Navy and having a civilian career for a few years, he took up cruising, and today he is here to tell us all about cruising and sailing. |
| 1:13.5 | So, Jim, welcome to the program. |
| 1:15.2 | Thank you, Curtis. Glad to be here. |
| 1:17.1 | So Jim cruised with his wife, Kay, for six years. |
| 1:21.1 | They tried a variety of boats. |
| 1:22.9 | They had a 30-foot Catalina. |
| 1:24.6 | They had a 43-foot Endeavour 43, a catch. |
| 1:28.1 | They did the intercoastal waterways up the east coast of the United States, out to the Bahamas, |
| 1:33.4 | and they took some trips to some other places. |
| 1:35.8 | Jim, take a few minutes to tell our listeners about yourself and about cruising. |
| 1:40.8 | Well, you might say we got into this idea germinated back in the mid-60s with me, |
| 1:49.3 | being a young petty officer in the Navy making a whole $220 a month, |
| 1:54.8 | I needed some recreation that didn't cost me an arm and a leg. |
| 1:58.8 | So a ship made of mine, and I took sailing lessons at Hickham Air Force Base in Hawaii |
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