In this episode, we interview Harriett and TL Linskey who run a non-profit that brings books to schools and students in the Caribbean. They cruise through the islands yearly on their 46 ft. catamaran and during the interview Harriett shares stories from their cruising history that goes back to the 1980’s when they cruised their self-built Bristol Channel Cutter from Mexico to Japan. We also have a great discussion about their move from monohulls to a catamaran.
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Intro Chat
- We have had a busy summer with sailing cruising trips to Dunnedin and Tarpon Springs, the Adult Summer Games event on Lake Toho, Cocoa Beach and Labor Day weekend at Ponce inlet / Disappearing Island, met some young sailor buying boats for very low cost and living on the water. And couple with 38ft meadowlark w/ lee boards, 8 1/2ft beam and draft 1 ½ ft. designed by Herreshoff. Here are some pictures of the boats.
- It is that time of year when the northerners have to pull and winterize the boats. Bummer. We are finally getting some boat projects done – waxed our blue hull, using a new ceramic coating – Hydro Silex
It was really easy to apply and we will see how it performs to keep the oxidation from coming back. We also replaced our fuel filter that was leaking. Replacing the fuel lines and tank pickups is next. - My canoe build is almost done, but the final steps seem hardest to keep moving. Just need to install the seats, paint and varnish. It is a Michael Storer Quick Canoe.
- We have a trip planned to visit Salt Lake City, Utah in Mid-October and drive up to Jackson Hole Wyoming, maybe Yellowstone national park in Montana, then back down to Park City, Utah. Let us know if any listeners live in that area and want to meet.
Interview
Please join us in supporting a great cause to help the students get great books in the beautiful Caribbean Islands.
http://www.handsacrossthesea.net/
The ASA / Hands Across the Sea Sweepstakes – win a one-week, four-person bareboat charter in St. Vincent and the Grenadines and the Tobago Cays courtesy of ASA Affiliate Horizon Yacht Charters. Or you could win a luxurious seven-night stay for four (two rooms) at The Verandah Resort & Spa in Antigua or at the St. James’s Club, Morgan Bay, St. Lucia, courtesy of Elite Island Resorts.
Here are the bios for Harriett and TL Linskey:
Executive Director • Hands Co-Founder
Harriet’s responsibilities include developing relationships in the Eastern Caribbean, fundraising, overseeing the CLASS program, setting up the logistics infrastructure, managing finances and working with donors, recipients, volunteers and board members. She is a trained secondary education teacher with five years of experience teaching English, Journalism, and Art History in New Zealand and Japan. At a rural secondary school in New Zealand, Harriet led the refurbishment of a dismal library and saw firsthand how the addition of new and relevant books can inspire all levels of readers. Before co-founding Hands Across the Sea, Harriet was for 18 years a marketing and sales executive. Harriet has a B. A. from Yale and a Diploma of Teaching from the Auckland College of Education, New Zealand.
Marketing Director • Hands Co-Founder
Tom Linskey uses his 30 years of writing, editing, and photography experience to design and update the Hands website and create print and video materials for Hands. Back in 1986 T.L. built his own sailboat and sailed it, with Harriet, from California to Mexico, the South Pacific, New Zealand, Australia, and Japan. T.L. also raced sailboats; he was a three-time world champion crewman in the Olympic 470 class and a member of the 1984 U.S. Olympic Yachting team.
TL’s great article in Cruising World about cruising catamarans : https://www.cruisingworld.com/why-cruise-catamaran
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Unbearable. I have just read where you said you usually put those blankets up before you take off cruising well how are you going to say I love you have a blanket draped over the mast and one over the boom on the alftand are you going to get a head sail up and how you going to get your mainsail up and how you going to shy or gym hold you what are you going to do you just drape blankets all over your boat and then say okay well I’m in the after Captain seat and now we’re cruising on his sailboat thank God you’re brought to f****** 12 gallon fuel tanks I used to sail all summer on 1-1/2 gallon fuel tank… Unbelievable