FAST SAILING - HOW CLOSE TO THE WIND CAN WE GET? Ep 53
March 16, 2017 by followtheboat | Language: EN Play Time: 00:14:59 | SAILING YOUTUBERS
We make a pre-dawn start on a 45 mile sail south from Chalong Bay. As we head clear of Phuket, the Indian Ocean swell is met by strong easterlies, giving us a fast and wet sail to Koh Rok Nok, yet another of our favourite islands in Thailand.
Those easterlies build as we head for an even faster sail south east to the Butang archipelago, a stunning group of islands which forms part of the Tarutao National Park.
Millie has the best freshy-fishy supper in ages!
But Liz has a flight to catch, so as time slips away we plan the best angle of attack to avoid heading straight into 3 metre waves.
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We've been blogging, vlogging and podcasting about living on our boat since 2005. If you love travel, sailing, fishing, diving and photography this might be the channel for you... Each week we post a 15-20 minute snapshot of what we did. It might cover anything from sailing, travelling, meeting people, fishing, cooking, shopping in exotic markets or hanging out on a tropical beach, to boat maintenance (there's a lot of that when you live on a boat) and tackling challenges or bureaucratic conundrums. There's also a fair bit of photography and diving. Even though the world continues to throw spanners at us, we love being perpetual travellers. And we've never regretted making the big leap into this alternative lifestyle for even a nanosecond. If we make you laugh or inspire you, then these videos haven't been a total waste of time. Pop round to the pub and share a drink with us... https://followtheboat.com/pub/ Jamie and Liz xx
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