This week I interview Tania Aebi This is from her website "In May 1985, when Tania Aebi was 18 years old, she cast off from the docks of South Street Seaport in lower Manhattan and sailed 27,000 miles around the world—alone—on her Contessa 26, Varuna. Concerned about her lack of ambition, her father offered her this opportunity as an alternative to a college education, and she took him up on it. With just a cat for company, she crossed the Caribbean, the South Pacific and Indian Oceans, the Red Sea, the Mediterranean, and the North Atlantic, stopping in 23 countries along the way. In November 1987, at 21, Tania Aebi returned to New York City, a solo-circumnavigator. She spent the following year reliving the trip in words, writing her bestselling book, Maiden Voyage, a personal account describing her coming of age odyssey and dramatic childhood. Nowadays, as her boys turn into young men, she continues to write, runs her businesses, and is working on her next book—in between keeping the paths shoveled and wood fires stoked in the winter, the gardens planted, weeded and productive in the summers."   If you have ideas for future podcasts or comments please drop me a note! and PLEASE rate my podcast in iTunes and perhaps write a note. link https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sailing-in-the-mediterranean/id566678892?mt=2 Sailing! Learn To Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam Exam over 7 hours of Audio Instruction to help you get ready to take the written exam. If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com Past Podcast Download Links (you can still get them for free her but this may be easier) Links to Past Podcast available through Gumroad as MP3 Downloads This 180 bundle is $99.99 Episodes 1-180 of the Sailing in the Mediterranean and Beyond podcast. Sailing in the Mediterranean and Beyond podcast is the oldest continuously running sailing podcast. It was started in 2012. https://gum.co/BoFlT These 20 podcast bundles are $9.99 for each bundle Episodes 1-20 of Sailing in the Mediterranean and Beyond Podcast https://gum.co/DnULw Episodes 21-40 of Sailing in the Mediterranean and Beyond Podcast https://gum.co/WhrVr Episodes 41-60 of Sailing in the Mediterranean and Beyond Podcast https://gum.co/clpkp Episodes 61-80 of Sailing in the Mediterranean and Beyond Podcast https://gum.co/tLWHN Episodes 81-100 of Sailing in the Mediterranean and Beyond Podcast https://gum.co/oCOZT Episodes 101-120 of Sailing in the Mediterranean and Beyond Podcast https://gum.co/FQQkD Episodes 121-140 of Sailing in the Mediterranean and Beyond Podcast https://gum.co/XyzWF Episodes 141-160 of Sailing in the Mediterranean and Beyond Podcast https://gum.co/MFxnt Episodes 161-180 of Sailing in the Mediterranean and Beyond Podcast https://gum.co/lhhGT   If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2019 Franz Amussen all rights reserved