{"id":3642,"date":"2026-05-23T20:48:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T20:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/?page_id=3642"},"modified":"2026-09-17T17:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T17:24:08","slug":"time-for-a-beer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/time-for-a-beer\/","title":{"rendered":"Buy me a coffee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3643 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b32955a4-000d-40c8-9f56-068afe19dce4-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b32955a4-000d-40c8-9f56-068afe19dce4-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b32955a4-000d-40c8-9f56-068afe19dce4-600x450.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b32955a4-000d-40c8-9f56-068afe19dce4-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b32955a4-000d-40c8-9f56-068afe19dce4-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b32955a4-000d-40c8-9f56-068afe19dce4-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b32955a4-000d-40c8-9f56-068afe19dce4-810x608.jpeg 810w, https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b32955a4-000d-40c8-9f56-068afe19dce4-1230x923.jpeg 1230w, https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b32955a4-000d-40c8-9f56-068afe19dce4-192x144.jpeg 192w, https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b32955a4-000d-40c8-9f56-068afe19dce4.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Yes, I know there&#8217;s no sign of coffee, but this was is Banedup in the San Blas Islands &#8211; and I look forward to meeting you for a beer in some similar palm-fringed anchorage somewhere.<\/p>\n<p>Or a coffee.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, I have teamed up with the platform Buy Me A Coffee to offer exclusive content to people who would like The Full Ocean Experience.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, you could buy me just one coffee because something I wrote there made you smile. But if you want that to be an everyday experience, you can set up a regular subscription. Then, here&#8217;s what you will get:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Daily reports of between 600 words and 1,800 words every day when I am at sea (it is these instant memories that get edited into the voyage books). In port, you will hear from me most days.<\/li>\n<li>The alternative of listening to me read it to you.<\/li>\n<li>A once-a-week Zoom call of between 20 minutes and half an hour for questions and discussion.<\/li>\n<li>Discounts on oldmansailing merchandise.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If, one day, you should see <em>Samsara <\/em>anchored not too far away, (look for <em>oldmansailing.com\u00a0<\/em>on the sailcover), please do come and say hello. I always keep an extra couple of cold ones in the fridge.<\/p>\n<p>Until then, if this blog has made you smile and you would like to buy me one to be going on with, here&#8217;s your chance to do that, and if you scroll down, you can &#8220;Become a Member&#8221;\u00a0 for The Full Ocean Experience: <a href=\"https:\/\/buymeacoffee.com\/oldmansailing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/buymeacoffee.com\/oldmansailing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, I know there&#8217;s no sign of coffee, but this was is Banedup in the San Blas Islands &#8211; and I look forward to meeting you for a beer in some similar palm-fringed anchorage somewhere. Or a coffee. In fact, I have teamed up with the platform Buy Me A Coffee to offer exclusive content &#8230; <a title=\"Buy me a coffee\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/time-for-a-beer\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Buy me a coffee\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3642","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3642"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3642\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3942,"href":"https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3642\/revisions\/3942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}