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I watch most of the sailing videos on You Tube and for most part I like them all. I started thinking about all the enjoyment I was getting but was not giving back anything in return. So I started paying attention to the patrons and did a bit of research. I soon realised that I could not be a patron to each sailing group and decided that I would pick one and make a sizeable contribution each month. But how do you decide which one is best for you. My thoughts were to select a group that I felt needed me. Not a group that already had a large group of patrons and could spend their money on most anything that they wanted but I would choose a group that I felt needed my help and that I could connect to. I chose Sailing Merawether because she met the criteria that I was looking for. Two young people from two different countries coming together and enjoying each other and working together to just have fun. They had a nice boat, nothing fancy but they were able to make it work. They were aware that they had a budget and were going to live within it. They were not struggling but were frugal with what they had. Kerine seems to have a good working knowledge of the boat and he uses Isabelle in such a way that helps him and gives her the information that she needs to be a better first mate. There were their work ethics, quality of video’s and other factors I won’t go into. And not one of my requirements but Isabelle is not hard to look at. :)

Steve Shippy and his paranormal associates are the very best in the business! Every investigation is handled with the upmost respect and care for not only the owners but also the spirits. Steve Shippy and Co-investigators capture the most activity/evidence without exploiting the spirits or the ppl; which, is highly different than some of the other individuals in the paranormal industry. Haunted Saginaw and similar paranormal investigation groups need to be more celebrated and appreciated for the respect and honor they bring to an industry that sometimes can feel void of compassion and care for all parties involved. Steve and crew prove that there is no need for investigations to poke,prod, and exploit the spirits in the space to get the very best evidence that there is a realm behind the vail. To some it all up, Haunted Saginaw captures the very best evidence while using the most caring concern and compassion I have ever had the honor of watching. One last thing, Shippy and co-investigators truly care about learning and hearing every person and spirits story; which I think is truly the only way to find the answers and solutions to actually bring piece,closure, and the ability for spirits and the people to co exist in the locations.

I’m so happy to be a patron of the podcasts I love, but accessing their content is so difficult. 1. There’s no way (that I’ve been able to find) to separate feeds of the podcasts I patronize by individual podcast without going first to my membership tab. 2. Can only sort by “posts” and “audio,” no option to sort oldest to newest, newest to oldest, etc. 3. When I’m playing an episode, the progress bar in the feed does some crazy skipping around, changing the total time of the episode from 10 minutes to 25 hours to 4 hours (?!) 4. Can’t adjust time to skip ahead/go back, they’re both only 15 seconds. 5. When iPhone is locked, I’m unable to play from Lock Screen. I have to unlock phone, navigate to app, and play from there. 6. When I’m listening to an older episode and I open the app, it automatically goes to the newest posts so I have to navigate down almost every time I want to listen to the next episode in the list. 6. No option to go to next episode when on an audio post. 7. No search function on the main feed, have to browse to find what I’m looking for.

I realize in the grand scheme of things these aren’t a huge deal, but this is a professional app and I expect professional quality. Certainly there are enough developers working for Patreon to fix these minor kinks and make the user experience infinitely better.