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The John Poelstra Show


110: Boats and FIRE with Seth Vore

December 31, 2021
picture of Seth Vore in his wooden boat

Seth Vore shares about his local boat tour company, being debt free, retirement and the year-long adventure his family is looking forward to next year on a boat.



Conversation Highlights
  • You never know how following your inklings can inform you–I would have never met Seth a couple of years ago if I hadn’t gone to a podcasting conference several years before that
  • Stephen Warley

  • Seth’s background as a chemical engineer and how he got into wooden boats
  • How an unfortunate accident with his first wooden boat yielded and even better boat
  • Willamette River downtown Portland
  • The appeal and experience of old wooden boats
  • The magical peacefulness that comes from being on water
  • Woodworking in Seth’s background and his enjoyment of working with his hands
  • The sailboat Seth bought off of Craigslist in college and learning to sail it with his wife (their marriage surived)
  • Navigating and leaping into the unknown
  • How Seth and his family got “debt free” fifteen years ago and were on the Dave Ramsey Show
  • All the benefits Seth’s family has experienced from being debt free
  • Experiencing Stage 4 cancer and how it changed Seth and what he wanted for his future
  • The Great Loop is a 6,000 mile, year-long boating trip Seth and his family are going on
  • “You can always make more money, but you can’t make more time and you can’t buy yourself better health”
  • Seth & his wife spend each Friday nights on YouTube recording their conversation as they look for a boat
  • The FIRE movement–Financially Independent Retire Early
  • The myths around why you “need a job”
  • Getting health insurance if you don’t work for an employer or “retire early”

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