Lauren Topchik // Chasing Cruising Dreams
On the Wind Sailing
Andy Schell
4.8 • 593 Ratings
🗓️ 21 November 2024
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Lauren Topchik grew up in Maine and on boats. She was introduced to cruising as a high schooler driving the launch boat at her local yacht club. Word got out in the community that a young sailor was looking for her first boat, and soon Lauren was the proud owner of Cita. Lauren dove into living aboard, exploring the islands in Maine, and learning everything she could about being a sailboat owner. She now owns a bigger boat and works in the marine industry as the Community Manager at Dockwa. Her cruising dreams are very alive and ever evolving.
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ON THE WIND is presented by Forbes Yachts, the yacht sales professionals. Forbes Yachts sell the boats that allow you to effortlessly connect your passion for yachting to the sea, bringing your world one step closer to perfection. Visit forbesyachts.com to get in touch.
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ON THE WIND is also supported by SailTies, a free app that makes it easy to record all your sailing experience in one place. A digital record of all your voyages, certificates, crew, vessels and clubs. To find out more about SailTies, go to sailties.net.
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| 0:00.0 | This season of On the Wind is presented by our friends at Forbes Yachts. |
| 0:04.8 | They can help you buy your dream boat or sell your current one, two of the happiest days in any boat owner's life. |
| 0:11.6 | And Forbes and his wife, Jamie, have also been guests on this very podcast. |
| 0:16.1 | Check out episode 332 to hear about them cruising the Bahamas in a lobster boat with their two kids. |
| 0:22.8 | Forbes has given many of us at 59 North advice on buying our own boats. |
| 0:27.3 | He helped me scope out my Navy 44 and is a great resource for all things boat market. |
| 0:34.1 | He's a buyer's broker for any boat that you have your eye on so you can get in touch with him about buying a boat even if it's not his listing. Go to Forbesyots.com to browse their current and past yacht listings and to find your dream boat. That's Forbesyots.com. |
| 0:53.0 | This season of On the Wind is also presented by sail ties. |
| 0:57.3 | Sail ties is a free app that makes it easy to record all your sailing experience in one place, |
| 1:03.3 | a digital record of all your voyages, certificates, crew, vessels, and clubs. |
| 1:07.9 | No more adding up miles in a paper book that can be easily lost, or in my case, |
| 1:13.1 | several different notes in the notes app on my phone. With just two taps, sale ties also generates |
| 1:19.2 | a beautiful memory of each trip that is fun to share with family and friends. The app runs in the |
| 1:24.6 | background without internet connection and uses very little battery. |
| 1:29.0 | Sale Ties is free to use with an optional Sale Ties Plus subscription to unlock even more from your voyages, |
| 1:35.3 | including automatic historic weather data and grouping your voyages into collections. |
| 1:41.0 | You can go to SailTies.net or look up sale ties in the app store on your phone. |
| 1:47.8 | That's S-A-I-L-T-I-E-S, sale ties. |
| 1:56.0 | You're listening to On the Wind, the podcast about sailing. |
| 2:00.8 | I'm your host, Emma Garshaghan. I'm your host, Emma Garshaghan. |
| 2:06.5 | Lauren Topchick is a sailor who I met when I moved to Portland, Maine. |
| 2:10.8 | She's an experienced boat owner, and she works in the marine industry as the community manager at Daqwa. |
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