And they said that it was, like a shanty was worth 10 man at the rope, and the shanty man was worth his weight in gold.

It was so important. And they said also singing ship was a happy ship.

Oh, never seen like since I've been born, a big buck man with a cheeber son when Johnny comes down to high-low, poor old man.

Awaker, a shake her, awake that girl who root a son when Johnny comes down to high-low, poor old man. So singing ship was a happy ship.

Hey guys, welcome back to the show and welcome to 2019.

It's not quite new year yet as I record this, but by the time you hear it, it will be.

So happy New Year.

Mia and I are back aboard East Bjorn in Portugal and getting ready to cross the Atlantic.

2019 is a big year for us. In a few days, we'll depart on what will be Mia's fifth Atlantic crossing,

my fourth. The trade wind run from Las Palmas to Antigua will be a welcome respite from the cold

and sometimes gnarly weather that we had up north in 2018.

Then in about six weeks, once we make landfall in Antigua, we'll be getting aboard the Swan

59 Ice Bear and a new chapter in our little business story will begin.

So I can't wait for that.

But at the risk of tempting fate, let's not get ahead of ourselves.

For the podcast, I've made it a goal of 2019

to try to do as many interviews as possible in person this year. They're more fun to do,

the audio quality is better, and I enjoy interacting with people face to face. So additionally,

we're going to start filming the interviews. So those of you watching this on YouTube, you're

going to see me recording at the Nav station on East Bjorn, a place that I think will become awfully familiar over the course

of this year, as I'll be doing a lot of these intros from right here. Longtime fans of the show

have said that listening to them feels like being a fly on the wall and overhearing our conversations

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