Power and Motoryacht Podcast
Welcome to the best boating stories on the water from the editors of Power and Motoryacht magazine. Power and Motoryacht is the world’s leading boating magazine. We’re your source for honest boat tests, expert how-to advice and award-winning story telling. A true media company, our offerings include immersive video, podcasts, social media and buyer’s guides.
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April 24, 2024 • 38 mins
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Venturing the Great Loop as a family creates an everlasting bond dry land never could. It was a journey filled with teamwork, home schooling, and helping hands along the way. We talk to the intrepid boaters for the inside scoop on their adventure.
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April 9, 2024 • 25 mins
This episode was recorded in an interesting location; it was recorded in a little-known town called Decatur, Indiana, the longtime home of Formula boats. After an incredible tour, and before that an impressive sea trial of the builder’s new 457 CC, we had the opportunity to sit down with Josh Porter, a member of the engineering team and third generation of the family that owns Formula and made it the brand it is today.
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March 27, 2024 • 52 mins
On this episode of the Power & Motoryacht Podcast, Senior Editor Chris Dixon sits down with Ross Mery, owner of RCM Maritime School in Charleston, South Carolina. Chris took the coursework for his OUPV/6Pack Captain’s license with RCM, and learned far more than he expected in the process. Tune in for our chat with Ross, and learn why, even if you’re not going to use it commercially, earning your own captain’s license might still be...
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February 28, 2024 • 42 mins
The Most Famous Inventor You Never Heard Of
We sit down with best-selling author Doug Brunt and discuss his fascinating new book about the life and legacy of Rudolph Diesel, the inventor of the engine that bears his name. Learn more about the man that time forgot.
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February 7, 2024 • 21 mins
Danish fishing boat becomes a vessel of hope at the Florida Holocaust Museum.
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January 10, 2024 • 40 mins
Kevin Fitzke’s obsession with the 1920s makes for a modern twist on the Gentleman racer.
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November 15, 2023 • 56 mins
“The military was my whole life.” When Combat Divers and Special Operations Veterans Blake Sufferling and Peter Glaeser transitioned out of long and intense active-duty careers that regularly saw deployments to spots from Ramadi to Mosul and Kabul, they needed a new mission. So why in the world would they choose to row across two oceans? “It started out with a couple of guys wanting to do something epic and it turned into a mission...
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October 18, 2023 • 52 mins
On this episode of the Power & Motoryacht Podcast, Senior Editor Chris Dixon sits down with Jesse Hofmeister, aka “Captain Retriever”. Hofmeister, a longtime captain with TowBoatUS has gone viral with videos of his harrowing rescues of boats during fires, storms and runaway episodes. Stay safe by tuning in.
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October 3, 2023 • 31 mins
The Man Behind Some of the World's Most Beautiful Boats. For many, becoming the owner of a boat-building company is the culmination of a life's work. But for Radenko Milakovich, the path towards owning J Craft was as unconventional as he is. Learn how a chance encounter in Port Hercules spawned love at first sight and a whole new adventure.
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September 19, 2023 • 40 mins
Power and Motoryacht Senior Editor Chris Dixon travels down to Pompano Beach for a wide-ranging conversation with Roy Merritt on building boats, the family legacy of a hundred-year-old business and a just a few famous clients.
This episode is sponsored by Imtra (www.imtra.com).
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September 7, 2023 • 43 mins
Editor-in-Chief Dan Harding flips the mic on Senior Editor Chris Dixon who recounts his unorthodox path to working with Jimmy Buffett and the lasting legacy his friend leaves behind.
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August 15, 2023 • 44 mins
Captain Chrissy Lovitt, a local and seasoned mariner out of Lahaina Harbor, and her story of how she saved two 5- and 6-year-old children has spread all across the news. However, in this podcast, we wanted to go deeper and really understand what happened at the harbor and the rest of the town that day. This way, we can truly grasp an idea of what Lahaina is going through and how they are picking up the pieces today. Captain Chrissy...
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August 1, 2023 • 76 mins
In 1998, while out on a 56-foot Jim Smith sportfisherman called the Aningha, Johnny Savage and his Capt. Eric Bingham faced a massive rogue wave on the Gulf Stream that wrecked their ship and left them floating alone with nothing but ocean in any direction. This is the story of what might be only the second rogue wave ever documented and how two men fought to survive its aftermath.
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July 17, 2023 • 34 mins
This episode is sponsored by Imtra (www.imtra.com).
The last decade has ushered in countless innovations and trends that have changed our pastime as we know it. Dan sits down with one of boating's biggest pioneers, President of Volvo Penta Marine Johan Inden. They discuss everything from hybrid propulsion to swimming manta ray-shaped robots that will swim up and charge your boat using underwater current and so much more.
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May 31, 2023 • 29 mins
At Freeman Boatworks, marketing director Scott Cothran spins yarns to Chris Dixon on building for Jimmy Buffett, a new 28-footer and how internet trolling led to a dream job.
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May 16, 2023 • 68 mins
Sitting in his Florida boatyard we discuss how the Rybovich family business got started with a humble Austro-Hungary immigrant and grew to become one of the most coveted names in sportfishermen.
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May 2, 2023 • 9 mins
Dan decides to mix things up this year and recruit some help with spring boat chores. On the day in question, he ended up with more than he bargained for: 5 employees between the ages of 10 and 16. As expected, calamity ensues, and lessons were learned.
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April 12, 2023 • 63 mins
When it comes to chasing the hundred-foot wave, no one stands taller than Rob Brown. Head out to Cortes Bank with Chris Dixon to meet the photographer who pioneered shooting world records during crazy missions aboard his boats.
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March 30, 2023 • 91 mins
Dan sits down with boat restoring tour de force Mike Borrelli, owner of Metan Marine, at his Massachusetts facility. Borrelli sounds off on his wide-spanning career, building a boat for Jimmy Fallon and his advice for those considering a boat refit or restoration of their own.
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March 14, 2023 • 48 mins
Editor-in-Chief Dan Harding sits down with his friend and mentor, Bill Sisson, to talk about his new book, Seasons of the Striper, and his life-long pursuit of trying to balance a career in magazine making with his passion for chasing bass.
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