Are We Tourists? Are YOU a Tourist? | Casting Off with Followtheboat 02
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Join Jamie and Liz of followtheboat as they document their high-authority transition from a 20-year ocean odyssey to the 'Slow Living' of the UK canal system.
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Casting Off is a no-frills podcast from the cockpit of our sailboat, SY Esper. We talk about what’s happening in real-time, and we answer our favourite comments about the most recent followtheboat episodes. Or anything else that takes our fancy.
So, what do YOU think? Are we tourists?
🥂 PATREON | FTBMates | Rum Fund – https://followtheboat.com/pub/ 🍻
This week’s meandering chat:
00:00 Intro – Liz has been shirking her responsibilities
01:09 Three days of admin applying for a visa to sail to Indonesia
04:10 We went out to anchor to check our boat systems
05:24 Jamie’s generator woes
06:08 Chinese New Year’s nearly here – will everything close?
07:59 Jamie’s generator woes Pt 2
08:59 What’s this podcast supposed to be about?
09:25 Jamie loves Liz
09:39 Our ugly mugs – syndicating the podcast
10:19 Everything you said was cr@p – “Casting Off”
12:10 Jamie sounds off all the time
12:26 Sipadan adventure – has lockdown made the wildlife less scared?
14:41 Rubbing shoulders with sharks
15:32 Why haven’t you watched Ep 286 yet?
16:48 Encounters with wildlife float Liz’s boat most of all
18:06 Jamie’s underwater gear
20:04 Last week’s podcast
20:27 Two tw@ts talking bollix
20:55 If you’re listening, send us a comment to @followtheboat via Twitter
21:37 Explaining why you’re hearing background noise
23:00 Who are YOU? Reading your comments
25:28 Who races their home?
26:20 Are we tourists?
29:35 Can you eat a kelapa under a palapa?
30:09 The mythical Table of Knowledge, Bullshit or Bollocks?
31:33 More comments
32:15 What’s the No 1 quality in any cruiser?
34:00 More comments
34:24 Comments about giving up alcohol
35:41 Do you go into “holiday mode” as a cruiser?
36:45 Leave a comment here or tweet “@followtheboat”
37:13 Jamie tells us what he’s doing next…
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Episodes referred to in this video podcast:
▶️ Ep 286 “SHARK encounters, diving alone at Sipadan” – https://youtu.be/RkCTXaAfJY8
▶️ Casting Off 001 “We’re Leaving!” – https://youtu.be/97dmo-lSdF8
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Liz and Jamie
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🎣 Liz’s Top 3 Fishing Tips – https://youtu.be/4x3KDBDBUyE
▶️ 5 Reasons NOT to Buy a Sailboat – https://youtu.be/H7bCn58-_GU
▶️ TOTAL REFIT – A YEAR IN A BOAT YARD – https://youtu.be/9RiC2bsE9TY
▶️ How Much Does it Cost to Sail Around the World? – https://youtu.be/p35rfFOTqio
▶️ Are You Too Old to Sail? – https://youtu.be/iivHjZYJHCc
▶️ How to Buy a Sailboat – https://youtu.be/PQyn02VT1jY
▶️ The Best Sailboat to Sail Around the World? – https://youtu.be/atYZTniOI04
▶️ 5 Reasons Why You Should Buy a Sailboat – https://youtu.be/NF4dvGuEip8
▶️ How We Started Sailing – https://youtu.be/lIUB0O5bqRI
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OUR SAILBOAT
Built in 1989, SY Esper is an Oyster435 cutter-rigged ketch
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