> From: Sailingdream <[email protected]> >> My iPod has become my best friend on watch, particularly overnight. I >> have a lot of music and a few books but podcasts--all free--are great. >> I get stuff from BBC, NPR, PRI, and various obscure sources including >> some cruisers.
> Post those sailing casts please. I had a few but all seemed to go dead. Boat/US has a podcast, not updated often H2O Show - Sailing Life is a very good BBC show with Sir Robin Knox-Johnston L&A has a sporadic podcast The UK MCA has a very good podcast Messing About in Ships is good, but hasn't been updated recently My Boat is from Classic Yachts magazine Podcastaway - a catamaran cruising the South Pacific Raymarine has a podcast mostly targeted at fisherman Sailing Magazine has a podcast UKSA Yachting podcast is good World of Boating has its moments Yachting TV is interesting but not updated often > From: Philip <philip@> > We once had "crew" who stood watch with ear buds and music so > loud I could hear it below. One can not hear a flapping halyard, subtle > changes in wind small noises that could be the heralds of a problem. > > Watch standing means having all your senses engaged. To do otherwise is > simply courting danger and putting the ship and her cargo of souls at > risk. I agree. Too loud is simply too loud. In my experience one can keep an iPod at reasonable volume to hear without distracting from or overwhelming important sounds from the boat. I also turn it off when I do a horizon scan. If you can stay on full alert for a four hour watch without any entertainment that is great. Podcasts and music help me stay engaged and alert, particularly in the wee hours of the morning. sail fast and eat well, dave S/V Auspicious _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
