Saturday, March 24, 2012

Jim Brown Talks About Sailing a Seaclipper 20 Trimaran in Florida

This sample audio clip comes from the series entitled, "Multihull Conversations with Jim Brown."

In this segment interview, Jim shares about the performance of a newly built Seaclipper 20 trimaran, which he got to sail recently during a trip to Florida

This short mp3 is just a portion of the entire interview, where Jim also talks about updates to his old Searunner Construction Manual and also the work of sailor/engineer Sam Bradfield, who has accomplished some incredible results with hydrofoils on multihulls.

You can find out more about this historic multihull audio series at http://www.outrigmedia.com/digitalmedia/multihull-conversations-with-jim-brown.html

Click here to download or just listen to this audio clip featuring Jim Brown talk about sailing the Seaclipper 20 trimaran.

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Multihull Pioneer Jim Brown Interviews Catamaran Sailor About Surviving a Terrible Storm at Sea

In this sample audio clip, Jim Brown again speaks to catamaran sailor Fred Yeats. This short mp3 is taken from a much more extensive interview, where Fred shares his tale of being caught in the worst storm he ever encountered, which was in the notorious “Gulf of Tehuantepec.”

Click here to listen to Jim Brown Interview Fred Yeats about how Fred got caught in a fierce storm at sea.

This audio clip is taken from the series entitled, Multihull Conversations with Jim Brown.

Multihull Pioneer Jim Brown Interviews Sailor Fred Yeats about his Searunner 44 Catamaran

Welcome to this sample audio clip, which comes from the series entitled, Multihull Conversations with Jim Brown. In this segment, Jim speaks to catamaran sailor Fred Yeats about his Searunner 44 Catamaran.

 In the complete 2-hour audio (which is featured in 2 parts), we discover, among other things:
– How Fred got into multihulls, along with a few stories of his cruising life in a self-built Searunner 44 Catamaran
– what it was like to participate in the once-yearly “Trade Winds Race” (put on by the late multihull designer, Peter Spronk) in the Caribbean
– How Fred first heard about (and then eventually built with a friend) a brand-new Searunner 44 Catamaran (this includes the story of how Jim Brown came to become very impressed with large sailing cats)

Click here to listen to Jim Brown interview Fred about his Searunner 44 Catamaran.