EP#373 Life on the Road
October 6, 2025 · 42 min · 138 views · Georgia
What this video covers
Jerome Rand, host of the Sailing Into Oblivion podcast, details upcoming maintenance and offshore training plans while traveling from Northern Michigan to St. Petersburg, Florida.1:12 Maintenance tasks for his Westsail 32, Sparrow, include addressing deck blistering, replacing chain plates, and applying two coats of barrier coat and anti-fouling paint from Total Boat.23:37 Rand also plans to assist with repairs on a 1976 vessel, Caprice 2, which requires dismasting using a gin pole.19:28 Following these projects, he will conduct a seven-day offshore training passage on a Hallberg-Rassy from the Chesapeake Bay to a destination south of Cape Hatteras.26:35 This training focuses on coastal and offshore skills, emphasizing the necessity of waiting for favorable weather windows to navigate around the Cape Hatteras hazard.28:13 Rand intends to use the trip to demonstrate heavy weather techniques, such as heaving to and deploying a drogue, if conditions require.30:46 He notes that the route allows for offshore experience without the commitment of crossing the Gulf Stream.31:53
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