BMF Adventure Club

A few weeks ago, a podcaster, and now a friend, asked if I would sit down with him and share some of my stories. His name is Eric and he’s a real podcasting pro. His studio and production are topnotch. Eric also owns a coffee company called Got Your Six Coffee. He makes seriously good coffee.

I’ve done a few podcasts in the past where I’ve shared some of my stories. I used to enjoy doing this kind of thing, but a few years ago I had a change of heart. Now, it feels weird when I tell my stories. I talk about that weird or embarrassed feeling as I get towards the end of this podcast. Anyway, we covered a lot of ground in the podcast and not just the adventures I’ve had over the years.

Speaking of adventures, tomorrow at 2pm myself and three other guys are going to compete in an offshore sailboat race from Galveston to Port Aransas. If you are in the Galveston area tomorrow , you should head down to Pleasure Pier around noon. Once there, you’ll be able to see around one-hundred sailboats gathered to race. Seeing all of those huge sails gathered in one place will make you say WOW! In fact, it was this exact sight that inspired me to take sailing lessons a few years back. We will be out on the water for about twenty to twenty-five hours or so. The part I’ll enjoy the most is being out there in that ocean in the middle of the night. Watching the moon reflect off of a dark and vast sea is indescribable. So open and yet so empty at the same time. It’s incredible. I wish everyone could see and feel something like this once in their life.

Okay, enough of my psychobabble.

If you listen to the podcast, I hope you find it interesting. Also, if you’re the praying type, there’s going to be a lot of sailors out there in the Gulf racing on Thursday and Friday, and then heading back to our home ports on Sunday and Monday. Maybe you could keep them in your thoughts. We all want to make it back home safe. Right now the weather and wind looks favorable, but all it takes is one slip or miscalculation and things could go bad quickly.

All right, I’ll end as I always used to back when shared my stories by saying I hope that you Find Your Adventure and Live Your Life.

PS-Got Your Six Coffee’s mission is as amazing as their coffee. You should check it out.

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While Eleonor was in town, we worked on her sailing skills. I now have no doubt that she could handle a sailboat on her own.

One of the things I enjoy most about sailing is introducing others to the sport. I like watching their fear fade as they become more confident. What’s most fun is hearing them say something like, “I just sailed this big-ass boat in the ocean!”

My boat is in the slip about 80% of the time. I want to change that. I want all of my friends and family to learn how to sail my boat. If I’m not sailing it then somebody should. That said, I’m making a series of videos showing step by step how to sail the SV Peggy Lou. In this video, Ellie shows you how to prepare and rig the boat. The next video will be on raising and lowering the sails. After that will be actually sailing the boat and coming back in to port. I’ll make some other videos on things like the safety briefing and how to handle emergencies. If you want to learn to sail my boat on your own just let me know.

If you want to get all official and take a real sailing class, I know an outstanding school in Watergate where I keep my boat.

One more thing, awesome job Ellie! I’m sorry, Captain Pruitt.

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