Holly Martin, Wind Hippie Sailing - Sailing - The Ocean Cruisers Podcast - Chat 32

[@sailingsolo5290]

I met holly in fiji when she was a few months old. Her parents were on ther circumnavigation on there cal 25 foot custom . Very cool family

[@OceanCruisers]

Oh no way, that's so cool, does she know that?

[@sailingsolo5290]

@@OceanCruisers I have said so on her channel. We had bbqs at the beach many times. I think holly was just 3 or 4 months old, just brand new,her parents said there passage from newzealand to fiji was rough and they figure they were under water as much as above. I think holly was born into the sea. No doubt its in her .

[@OceanCruisers]

@@sailingsolo5290 that is so cool, what a small world we live in. Meeting people on remote islands in the Pacific and 30 years later seeing them online sailing the world!

[@Str4ng3F0lk]

Holly is a warrior

[@OceanCruisers]

agreed mate!

[@geoffstrebel2808]

@4:51 Thanks Holly for that perspective. Andy, thanks for bringing these discussions to my attention! Time to get a boat and homeschool!

[@OceanCruisers]

cheers mate!

[@peterstarkey1360]

I luv everything about your pod casts....everything....there real & there honest....too good....cheers

[@OceanCruisers]

Cheers Peter. Thanks for the supportive comments. Much appreciated ✌️

[@BrittneyBritt17]

She is my favorite ❤

[@OceanCruisers]

👍

[@oceanwoods]

I grew up living/sailing on a small boat in the 70s/80s. As a parent, I am perplexed by their choice.

[@OceanCruisers]

which choice mate?

[@oceanwoods]

33 ft of space, a million way to fall overboard, always potential for catastrophe, insane storms and seas, pirates and drug runners (we ran into multiple times), sketch situations. Nowadays things are way different. Navigation, weather predictions, commercialization and tourism, internet, satellite and cell. Fancy boats and savings accounts.... It was the wild west on the seas as a kid.

[@WarrenAbrey]

Love this - Holly is about as real a person as I've seen on a sailing channel, her work is not produced to please any particular audience, just to show people who she is, and how she's accomplishing her day to day life.

[@OceanCruisers]

You're right Warren, really awesome Cruiser!

[@jyzilvz]

Thoroughly enjoying these. Thank you

[@OceanCruisers]

Most welcome!

[@murphmurph2124]

Holly is so cool 😎

[@OceanCruisers]

cool sailor

[@johncooper5293]

Couldn't listen to more than 5 mins as poor Holly answered your question before you asked it but you still asked the question afterwards. She is a superb sailor with such a zest for adventure.

[@OceanCruisers]

you should listen to the whole thing, she talks about her story and it is fascinating

[@geoffstrebel2808]

@37:20 Andy, try having Hiba do a voice-over for you. That would be quite ear opening! You have what it takes. You ask interesting questions and then let your guest spill the beans. You are great at this. Please don't stop.

[@geoffstrebel2808]

I'd add to this that we'll never really ever hear yourselves since our skulls are like a snare drum, or something. We're just used to the rattle and the duration of hearing our own voice internally so recording it, then playing it back through speakers can't really override that life long and constant experience, can it? I think I sound silly in videos. Way higher pitched than what I hear when I speak. Right? Still, Hiba doing a voice over would be gold! :)

[@OceanCruisers]

thanks mate! i prefer to listen than talk

[@anthonyvespia6662]

Holly this is awsome, I just found this! I'm watching episode by episode. But the way you solo sail. Safely, and live your dream, fix and I love watching youu install new toy's on her. You learned from your dad, who is kick-ass awsome and he's a true mastermind. I love your family, and how you are all yourselves. I'm from New England, in Rhode Island. We are the smallest state in the usa, and we are called the ocean state. But I also learned how to navigate my dad's 36ft center console boat, at 10 years old did, learning markings, lights, shallow, deep, etc. I purchased my 1st cuddy cabin 24ft cruiser. I still have that boat today. I'm 48, and restored her at 23 year's old. And now I won't sell it, because of all I've done to her. Electronics, DIY'S, motor rebuilds, lots of cosmetic work, added a outside freshwater shower. My cabin does have just a a head, sink, added counter space, very small fridge, microwave, solar panels, but most important every piece of safety gear I'd ever need etc. But it's enough to go out 3 to 4 day's, or alone with friends, or family. She's not a sail boat, but just a cruising boat for fun, fishing, catch and release, boat. Anyway stay safe, love the vids. I wish you will someday atleast put a 30 lb thrust minnkota trolling motor on your sail dinghy,, which would move you atleast 4 to 5 mph. Just in-case you ever needed to get off your vessel in a emergency with no wind. They're $100 in just abou any store with boat, fishing etc. 🙏 ⛵ ⛵

[@OceanCruisers]

very inspiring eh!

[@peterk7377]

Wow to be honest I have been listening on Spotify for so long on my long trips around Australia. Thought you were a older guy... 🤔 love the podcasts and the guests you have on. I've found alot of them before and great the info you get out of them.

[@OceanCruisers]

Some days I feel 90 mate

[@Grandmaster-G]

Lovely chat, thanks very much. This is a great format perfectly complementing the ''usual'' YT-Sailing-channel content. So much background info about these fine folks to go with the visuals on their respective channels. (I could also see this going more ''Rogan''-style sometimes, with a few drinks and crazy/silly/hilarious stories from the past for a few hours. ;) )

[@OceanCruisers]

Cheers mate, I appreciate the feedback. I did one with Ryan and Britni from SV Sunday which was basicly a big drinking session and that was awesome. We crossed the Atlantic as their buddy boat and had some drinks in the Caribbean when we arrived. All the best mate!

[@geoffstrebel2808]

Also, Holly has some of the best sailing one liners on plantet earth!

[@OceanCruisers]

👍

[@drwebstercivet5540]

Cette jeune femme est juste craquante. Je l'adore !

[@OceanCruisers]

cheers mate

[@geoffstrebel2808]

@53:43 This discussion is giving me a sensory deprivation kinda vibe but I'm super interested in tuning those modern day inputs out. We can all call ourselves "sailors" but not really if we're all modern day psychics through Predict Wind... Please understand I'm not knocking Predict Wind at all, but... I'm going to have a sextant aboard. I'm going to have a telescope aboard. Think of it this way... Either run a marathon or take a bus. Climb a mountain or take a helicopter. Be a Captain or play a video game...

[@OceanCruisers]

i wonder if people who still ride horses say this about drivers 😂

[@briandale8386]

I wish I would’ve followed my desires of sailing when full of youth. . I remember when young I put a price tag in my mind that a sailboat wouldn’t be attainable . she’s a badass . Sailing Sv Bohemian

[@OceanCruisers]

Hi mate, you're as old as you feel! I'm 36 and I feel 70 some morning hahaha, I've watched some of your videos, how the work coming along?

[@briandale8386]

@@OceanCruisers The only time a talked to Brian from Delos . He said the hardest thing to do is getting off the dock . I’m starting to believe him now . The last thing I have to do is a exhaust elbow on the motor and she’s ready to sail . I had to buy a new custom heat exchanger kit from Trans Atlantic diesel. Wasn’t cheap. But this summer I’m going to remove the teak and paint the deck. With the goal of a leak proof boat . Best podcast around.

[@OceanCruisers]

@@briandale8386 thanks mate! Sounds like there isn't much holding you back now! There is always a project to keep you tried up, and it is hard to get to that point of leaving! I'm dealing with a major house renovation now that we need to sell and it's a lot of bloody hard work!

[@geoffstrebel2808]

@2:53 “Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, and weak men create hard times.” -G. Michael Hopf

[@OceanCruisers]

thats the one

[@geoffstrebel2808]

@30:00 He couldn't have been a Dad without you! Don't forget that!

[@OceanCruisers]

i think she has a sister though 😂

[@geoffstrebel2808]

@4:!3 Yes I do know what they say about the size of your boat... Its really character driven! Holly you're an ass kicker for sure!

[@OceanCruisers]

👍

[@geoffstrebel2808]

@51:07 Holly, do you realize how freaking cool that is? I'm trying to move aboard and figure out all the gadgets I can bring aboard and you're happy with a 15 foot pole for a depth sounder?!?! Fucking A mate! Cheers to you!

[@OceanCruisers]

does the job though!

[@geoffstrebel2808]

@ 58:23 Andy I'd really appreciate that situation some day but wouldn't everyone also appreciate radio silence for 10 days unless its a real emergency? Can we really experience sailing with Starlink or is aloneness and being an introvert a thing of the past? I miss you guys a ton but on a passage...

[@OceanCruisers]

i think it depends what you have going on in your life mate, at the moment i have to stay online. perhaps one day!

[@geoffstrebel2808]

@54:50 My cockpit can drain two hoses! Nautical Pickup Lines!!!!! kzbin.info4SzdBlV-1Ow

[@OceanCruisers]

😂

[@gustavocutillas3238]

Old salt sailor.....

[@OceanCruisers]

She's great eh