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AIS & VHF Radio Maintenance | Preparing to Cast Off 1 | Sailing Ep 288
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AIS & VHF Radio Maintenance | Preparing to Cast Off 1 | Sailing Ep 288
Every cruiser has niggling boat maintenance jobs which you can live with, but when you're about to make 1,000 nautical mile passage you need to attend to. Yes, you heard correctly, the countdown has begun towards our next destination... 🤙 PATREON | FTB...
Are YOU FIT ENOUGH (to Live on a Sailboat)? | Casting Off with Followtheboat 03
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Are YOU FIT ENOUGH (to Live on a Sailboat)? | Casting Off with Followtheboat 03
Our "Casting Off" video podcasts are a no-holds-barred and unedited look at sailing and travel. They are our way of keeping up with YOU in as close to real-time as possible. This week we continue with more boating banter and balderdash. We talk about wha...
Accidents & Injuries Abroad (Hiking with a Broken Foot) | Travel & Sailing Ep 287
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Accidents & Injuries Abroad (Hiking with a Broken Foot) | Travel & Sailing Ep 287
What happens if you are sailing outside your country and you get injured or have an accident on your boat? Does your boat insurance cover you? Or should you take out foreign health insurance? Hiking Kamunsu Hill at the Sabah Tea Resort through an etherea...
Are We Tourists? Are YOU a Tourist? | Casting Off with Followtheboat 02
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Are We Tourists? Are YOU a Tourist? | Casting Off with Followtheboat 02
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...
SIPADAN | ALONE at the BEST DIVE Spot in the World | Travel Ep 286
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SIPADAN | ALONE at the BEST DIVE Spot in the World | Travel Ep 286
Alone at Sipadan with the whole island reef-system to ourselves, we are grateful to experience the best diving in the world. We had close encounters with sharks, turtles, schooling jacks, bumphead parrotfish, as well as thousands of reef fish and macro cre...
We’re Leaving! | Casting Off with Followtheboat 01
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We’re Leaving! | Casting Off with Followtheboat 01
Welcome to Casting Off, the new video podcast series from followtheboat! Each week we will be chatting in the cockpit about what's happened that week in real-time. And we'll answer our favourite comments about the most recent followtheboat episode, this we...
Driving across Borneo to Sipadan | Travel & Scuba Ep 285
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Driving across Borneo to Sipadan | Travel & Scuba Ep 285
Fed up with being dicked around by hotels... With Malaysia's state borders and Sabah's district borders open again, we set off with joyful hearts on a road trip across Borneo. But finding hotels that were ready for us or staff who gave a toss turned out ...
2021 Year in Review | Sailing & Travel Ep 284
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2021 Year in Review | Sailing & Travel Ep 284
Q. Was 2021 a good year? A. On the whole, no. BUT it did give us some of the highlights of our cruising career. Now it's coming to a close, we discuss plans for 2022... 🥂 PATREON | FTBMates | Rum Fund - https://followtheboat.com/pub/ 🍻 00:00 ...
Photowalk | Legacy Lenses (Nikon Olympus Pentax Takumar) | Sabah Ep 283
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Photowalk | Legacy Lenses (Nikon Olympus Pentax Takumar) | Sabah Ep 283
Armed with two legacy lenses, the Olympus Zuiko 24mm f/2.8 and Nikon Nikkor 85mm f2, we set off for a trek through Kinabalu Park, Borneo. Then into the valley where Jamie tested two more lenses, the SMC Takumar 28mm and f2.8 Pentax 135mm f3.5. This stunnin...
Is it bad to burn plastic? | Discover Sabah, Borneo | Sailing in trash Ep 282
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Is it bad to burn plastic? | Discover Sabah, Borneo | Sailing in trash Ep 282
What should be done with plastic rubbish? Is it OK to burn it? We discover the most plastic bottles on one beach we've probably ever seen. Since heading east from the Mediterranean and arriving in India back in 2010, we've become used to the smell of burni...
How I Became An Advanced Open Water Diver | Discover Sabah, Borneo | Sailing & Diving Ep 281
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How I Became An Advanced Open Water Diver | Discover Sabah, Borneo | Sailing & Diving Ep 281
A last minute cancellation at the dive school meant Jamie could take the PADI Open Water Dive course with Big Fin Divers at Kota Belud. Oh yeah... 🥂 PATREON | FTBMates | Rum Fund - https://followtheboat.com/pub/ 🍻 00:00 A new dawn, a new day 0...
The storm hit us | Predicting weather | Sailing | Discover Sabah, Borneo Ep 280
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The storm hit us | Predicting weather | Sailing | Discover Sabah, Borneo Ep 280
The waves were hitting two metres and a big, heavy front was making its way along the coast towards our cosy anchorage. Wind isn't the problem, it's the swell whipping around the headland you have to worry about. Jamie explains why he did not predict this ...
Who BOMBED the reef? | The sea went orange! | Sailing | Discover Sabah, Borneo Ep 279
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Who BOMBED the reef? | The sea went orange! | Sailing | Discover Sabah, Borneo Ep 279
Why did the sea go orange, and is it safe to sail there? While we're diving, someone bombed the reef... 🥂 PATREON | FTBMates | Rum Fund - https://followtheboat.com/pub/ 🍻 00:00 Out of the marina after the storm 03:50 Scary orange water 05:56 ...
Sailboat failures | Termites, leaks and corrosion – Sailing Ep 278
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Sailboat failures | Termites, leaks and corrosion – Sailing Ep 278
One of the biggest issues with living on a sailboat is equipment failure. And it's not just video equipment like cameras and laptops which succumb to the pressure of living in a harsh marine environment, everything on your boat will fail. Add termites, tr...
Did we ruin our sailboat? | Sailing Ep 277
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Did we ruin our sailboat? | Sailing Ep 277
Don't ever put davits on your boat, they'll ruin the beautiful lines! So why did we? 00:00 The reason why we have davits 01:09 Our davits set-up 05:52 Dinghy exploring around Dinawan island 🥂 PATREON | FTBMates | Rum Fund - https://followtheboat.c...
We catch a thief stealing from our boat – Sailing Ep 276
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We catch a thief stealing from our boat – Sailing Ep 276
Theft is uncommon here, so when we catch a thief taking stuff through one of our portholes, we are shocked. Poverty and desperate times endured by many people here since lockdown in March 2020 has taken its toll... 🥂 PATREON | FTBMates | Rum Fund ...
How to sail – Sailing Ep 275
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How to sail – Sailing Ep 275
This is how we sail SY Esper, our Oyster 435 cutter-rigged ketch. The principles apply equally to most sail plans... 🥂 PATREON | FTBMates | Rum Fund - https://followtheboat.com/pub/ 🍻 00:00 Sailing basics 00:43 Stowing, planning, weighing 02:0...
Sailing days (in Borneo!) | Discover Sabah, Borneo Ep 274
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Sailing days (in Borneo!) | Discover Sabah, Borneo Ep 274
The sails are out and we are sailing! It's been a while since we had any sailing days out... 🥂 PATREON | FTBMates | Rum Fund - https://followtheboat.com/pub/ 🍻 00:00 Sailing - day 1 03:54 Sailing - day 2 05:06 Submarine surfaces in front of u...
It’s never easy saying goodbye – Sailing Ep 273
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It’s never easy saying goodbye – Sailing Ep 273
We've been sailing on SY Esper since 2006, thousands of miles and lots of places. But after all these years it's never easy to say goodbye 🥂 PATREON | FTBMates | Rum Fund - https://followtheboat.com/pub/ 🍻 03:38 Gaya Island - fishing platforms...
Six things YOU do WRONG (on a boat) – Sailing Ep 272
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Six things YOU do WRONG (on a boat) – Sailing Ep 272
Six things that annoy us about living together on our sailboat: declared, shared, compared and repaired. The court is now in session, but who won and did we learn any lessons? In our most intimate insight yet into life aboard SY Esper, we undergo self-ther...
How to barbecue fish (without a BBQ!) | Sailing & Cooking | Discover Sabah, Borneo Ep 271
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How to barbecue fish (without a BBQ!) | Sailing & Cooking | Discover Sabah, Borneo Ep 271
You've had some luck and caught a tasty fish, in our case a Spanish mackerel. The weather is far too bad for a barbecue, but you want that BBQ flavour. So Liz came up with a method that really works. Follow along and print the recipe below... 🥂 P...
Are you really living off-grid on a sailboat? – Sailing Ep 270
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Are you really living off-grid on a sailboat? – Sailing Ep 270
Do you really live off-grid if you are sailing and living on a sailboat? Sailing channel cruisers, swanning around in their smart sailboats, "living the dream", telling everyone in their videos how "awesome" it all is, or crying about their latest "disaste...
Avoid politics and follow the rules – Sailing & Travel Ep 269
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Avoid politics and follow the rules – Sailing & Travel Ep 269
How far do you get involved in local politics? Follow the rules and make friends in the country where you are a guest can mean a smoother sailing and travel experience. 🥂 PATREON | FTBMates | Rum Fund - https://followtheboat.com/pub/ 🍻 00:00 ...
Underwater photography for beginners (on a budget) – Scuba and Sailing Ep 268
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Underwater photography for beginners (on a budget) – Scuba and Sailing Ep 268
Jamie's underwater photography advice for beginners on a budget comes from first-hand experience and practice. Look for his THREE TOP RECOMMENDATIONS for successful photography coming up... 🥂 PATREON | FTBMates | Rum Fund - https://followtheboat.c...

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