How we started sailing (the story so far) - Sailing Ep200

This is the story so far of how we started sailing. With extra footage and images of us you won’t have seen before from way back in 2006 when we were getting to grips with our first sailboat. Watch us read our HORRIBLE comments at 21:21

From Turkey, the eastern Mediterranean, east Africa, through Pirate Alley, three years in India to sailing the Maldives, Malaysia, sailing Thailand and sailing Indonesia. (Jamie had hair! Liz wore a bikini!).

Thousands of miles, 100s of islands, 3 countries: we celebrate the last five years of sailing in our 200th episode. And we have a giggle about some of the worst comments we’ve received…

• Red Sea Podcasts – https://followtheboat.com/podcasts/
• FTB Blog – https://followtheboat.com/blog/
• Millie swimming – https://youtu.be/iLOLWY9RDxE

Links to episodes:
Episode 1 – https://youtu.be/_TOGsvYL31U
Episode 26 (James Bond Island) – https://youtu.be/FPqpkA52QAI
Episode 33 (American McGee’s birthday) – https://youtu.be/VU-TAsrV6IY
Episode 39 (Engine installation) – https://youtu.be/Yyc512NUeEk
Episode 86 (Naughty swearing boys) – https://youtu.be/6vZ2vD9d1Ls
Episode 87 (New communities) – https://youtu.be/Cu7ASlxMVYc
Episode 95 (Wayne Rooney) – https://youtu.be/U-V7SVASrqw
Episode 143 (Cooking with Liz) – https://youtu.be/bae3nTAsyqQ
Episode 157 (Mentawai Islands) – https://youtu.be/YU0tC8tMyGY
Episode 159 (Storms) – https://youtu.be/iI8QKLKlU2w
Episode 186 (Lightning Storms) – https://youtu.be/Q4JcfqBvCJA
Episode 161 (Krakatoa Pt 1) – https://youtu.be/A9pxb8NS3LM
Episode 162 (Krakatoa Pt 2) – https://youtu.be/_SGpxxBsQ7s
Episode 184 (Anambas snorkeling) – https://youtu.be/vtnsBjWDgI0

If you have any burning questions you’d like us to tackle on camera, please pop them in the comments.

Peace, fair winds and stay safe!

Liz, Jamie and Millie

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