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Things are looking up! – Sailing Ep 197
Things are looking up here on followtheboat. The rules are relaxing, the pontoon "pubs" are open (bring your own beer) and Jamie's in the kitchen. But when the excitement has dipped on your sailboat project and you're stuck in a rut, how do you motivate yo...
What is the best sailboat to sail around the world? – Sailing Ep196
In a cruising world dominated by catamarans and light-displacement boats, the ketch rig seems almost antiquated among the YouTube generation. But if you’re serious about off-shore sailing, the ketch rig has proven its worth time and time again, even by t...
Is isolation easier on a sailboat? – Real-time Sailing Update Ep195
👉 World Health Organisation Mythbusting: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/myth-busters We have been hearing stories from cruisers in far-flung places about how they are coping with living in isolation....
How to avoid fishing nets on a sailboat – Sailing Ep 192
👉 Filmed before the worldwide emergency. World Health Organisation busts the myths 👈 https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/myth-busters 04:56 How to avoid fishing nets and lines One of the biggest headac...
Would you have surgery in Asia? + How to tie an eye splice – Sailing Ep 191
👉This episode was filmed before the worldwide emergency👈 Would you have surgery in Asia? Undergoing surgery in Malaysia or anywhere in the world you happen to be sailing is daunting. If it's not your own country, finding a hospital or a doctor, trus...
Why should every sailboat have a bicycle? – Sailing Q&A 40
Should every sailboat have a bicycle? Maybe not if it's a racing yacht or if your superyacht already has its own helicopter, but for cruisers, we reckon a bicycle on a sailboat does amazing things. Filmed before the lockdown and Movement Restriction Order ...
Going out during lockdown without getting arrested? – Stranded04
👉 World Health Organisation Mythbusting: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/myth-busters If you flout the Movement Restriction Order in Malaysia you could end up in jail for six months or receive a $250 f...
Nowhere to run: living in total lockdown on a sailboat – Stranded03
👉 World Health Organisation Mythbusting: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/myth-busters With nowhere to run, we are living in total lockdown here in the marina on our sailboat. Each day there are more re...
24 hours before lockdown: borders closing around us – Stranded02
👉 World Health Organisation Mythbusting: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/myth-busters What do you do when your visa is about to run out as countries around you are closing their borders? To renew a vis...
A new country, a new project – Sailing Ep 188
Another 100 miles to go before arriving in a new country to start a new project. But first we need to navigate for the next 22 hours through oil and gas rigs. And we need to time our entrance into Miri Marina perfectly because the sand bar along the coast...
Why sailors and cruisers are concerned right now – Stranded01
👉 World Health Organisation Mythbusting: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/myth-busters There are a few reasons why sailors and cruisers are concerned right now about the current situation just as much a...