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What is it about freezing cold water that draws people in? Throughout history, humans have gravitated to cold water swimming and celebrated its healing properties, calling it the secret to good health and serenity. Today, cold water swimmers gather in groups from Galway to Georgian Bay to jump into frigid waters for fun, competition, and even as a form of activism and protest.

Totally free of hyperbole and exaggeration, A Drop in the Ocean is an honest and genuine account of what it is really like to cross a very big ocean on a very small sailboat for the very first time.

Welcome to the official Total Waterpolo Podcast with our host James Spencer-Boyce. Every week we have the biggest names in world water polo on the show to discuss anything and everything water polo.

Two retired American high school teachers, former Peace Corps Volunteers, have sailed their 35 foot Nauticat sailboat from the US to the Caribbean, across the Atlantic, through the Mediterranean to Turkey. We begin this third book of the trilogy in 2008, with again launching our 35 foot sailboat Tapestry. We, along with 80 other boats, explore the Turkish Coast, Cyprus, and Syria, before the storm. Imagine Le Krak des Cehvaliers, a huge crusader castle, and the oasis of Palmyra, before the uprising and before they were vandalized, nearly destroyed.

本書で紹介するのは、とにかく地味で、華のない知識。でも、これだけは⾃信をもって⾔えます。『“PFCバランス”こそ、王道にして⼀⽣モノの知識！』PFCとは、タンパク質・脂質・炭⽔化物のこと。

Dive into the intricate and fascinating world of knotting with "Knots of the Deep: A Comprehensive Guide to Natural Knotting." This authoritative guide is the ultimate resource for sailors, scouts, climbers, and hobbyists who seek to master the ancient and essential art of knot tying.

Tourists visit popular islands of the Caribbean by the planeload. What they don't see from their resort hotels are the hundreds of out-of-the-way, uninhabited islands sprinkled along the West Indies, from Florida to South America. This alluring archipelago, strung with beaches accessible only by boat but spaced temptingly close together, led Mississippi adventurer Scott B. Williams to embark upon an open-ended quest to see how far south he could go in a 17-foot sea kayak.

Helen Olson and her husband, Elmer, retired in their late forties to sail the Pacific Ocean and Oceania from 1979-1989 on a fifty-foot yacht they built themselves. "Sailing Elysium" is a personal account of that ten-year adventure, as they immersed themselves in the cultures and traditions of the local people, venturing to twenty-seven major stay-overs in twenty-one countries.

,After Old Bloke went running and took a tumble he had to rethink his fitness and fun regime. This little book dives deep into the stuff and nonsense of swimming. If you have a go, have a laugh or even learn something...job done! Could I take the plunge and make a splash by finding a new way of burning the calories? Could I swim my way back to running and, ultimately, a more balanced lifestyle?

Oly Bennet dives into water polo, the Olympic sport where athletes tread water while wrestling, sprinting, and launching balls at blistering speeds. From Victorian origins to underwater tactics and superhuman fitness demands, discover why this aquatic battlefield produces the toughest athletes on Earth. For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.aiThis show includes AI-generated content.

Join Oly Bennet as he dives into ice swimming, where brave athletes race through bone-chilling waters in swimsuits. From frozen lake competitions to the grueling Ice Mile challenge, discover why thousands embrace this beautifully unhinged sport that's equal parts madness and triumph. For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.ai This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.

Globe-trotting sports fanatic Oly Bennet dives into synchronized swimming, exploring Olympic drama, underwater artistry, and absurd analogies. Expect bonkers choreography and rants about smiling while drowning. For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.ai This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.

Dive into extreme international ice swimming, where athletes brave sub-zero waters in swimsuits. Oly Bennet explores death-defying challenges like the Ice Mile, cold-water immersion science, and globe-trotting competitions pushing human endurance to frozen limits. For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.aiThis show includes AI-generated content.

Two Years Before the Mast is an 1840 memoir by the author Richard Henry Dana. A Harvard graduate, he spent the years 1834 to 1836 as a sailor on a merchant ship on a voyage from Boston to California. The journey took them past Cape Horn on the Tierra del Fuego archipelago where the Pacific and Atlantic oceans meet. Dana provides detailed descriptions of ship life and the technical aspects of sailing. A chapter on California and its inhabitants offers valuable historical insights on the state which was then a foreign land.

From Poop to Booze to Bikinis, he covers the funnier side of the issues encountered by boaters all of types. With chapters like Signs You Live on a Boat, Stupid People on Rental Equipment, and Zombies Can't Swim, you'll find plenty of laughs. There's even a chapter for Tim Dorsey fans. If you are a liveaboard, cruiser, weekender, wannabe boater, have boating friends, or are just a fan of Ed Robinson's wit, you will enjoy this light hearted romp through many maritime topics.

Mia thinks she has escaped her controlling ex-husband, Rob. She's found herself a new home, a new boyfriend and a new life. But when the police arrive to tell her that Rob has been found dead on his boat, things quickly fall apart. Mia is terrified she'll be suspected, however the police are keeping all options open. They know Mia had reason to hate her ex-husband, but she's not the only one. Plenty of people wanted Rob Creavy dead, not least his new wife, Rachel. 

We all have those now or never moments when we are faced with a making a decision that we know will change our lives forever. Join me on my sailing adventure after I overcame my fear, kicked off my high heels, and gained my sea legs. Follow my journey aboard a 41-foot sailboat after I found the courage to leave my glossy corporate lifestyle to live a dream. Years from now, when I look back to the time in my life when I threw off the bowlines, and set sails to explore, dream and discover, I will have realized a treasure worth more than money can ever buy.

In June 2023, writer Dan Rubinstein lashed camping gear to his stand-up paddle board and embarked on an improbable solo voyage from Ottawa to Montreal, New York City, Toronto, and back to Ottawa along the rivers, lakes, and canals of a landlocked region. Over 1,200 miles and ten weeks, he explored the healing potential of "blue space"—the aquatic equivalent of green space—and sought out others drawn to their local waters.

Juggling work, training and life.... it can be tricky. This is the place where people who manage to achieve this, tell you how it is done. @workhardtriharder

Alex Sutton and an array of guests from within and outside of the swimming world to discuss life between the lanes.With expert analysis and unrivalled insight this is your place to get your swimming scoop.Support the show here:https://www.patreon.com/TheWeeklyFreestyle?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator