Episode 4 of “Messing About In Ships“, our joint-venture podcast with Sea-Fever, has been posted to iTunes. This week’s topics include;
Captain Kelly Sweeney, master mariner, monthly contributor to Professional Mariner magazine and author of From the Bridge: Authentic Modern Sea Stories; discusses the importance of new media tools like blogs and podcasts to the professional mariner.
John – Report on Empress of the North grounding.
Peter – Discoverer News “Winged ships exempt from speed restrictions” submitted by wb6nah (Captain Richard Rodriguez)
Peter’s recommendation: The Bitter End blog – http://captrichardrodriguez.blogspot.com/
John’s recommendation: NowPublic – http://www.nowpublic.com/
The New Year by Love = Action (Jacoby Jennings) from the Podsafe Music Network
Also be sure to check out our fellow maritime podcasters Bob Couttie of Maritime Accident Casebook and Raina Clark of Great Lakes Maritime Issues.
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