Storm sailing: squall and lightning tactics
00:00 Gale force winds
00:32 Sailing from Tambisan
02:41 Storm sailing: squall and lightning tactics
07:28 Jamie's foul-weather sponsorship deal with @MustoClothing
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Would YOU join a sailboat rally? Who won the Sabah rally? Today's DAILY EPISODE is all about sailing: no music, just spinnakers and our mizzen staysail. And we talk about those pesky mid roll ads...
00:00 Intro
00:27 Just sailing, no music
01:03 Light-w...
We explain why we are back with DAILY VIDEOS!
00:00 We are back and going daily (This is the first of 12 DAILY EPISODES!)
00:52 Where are we sailing?
02:41 What does being a liveaboard mean?
03:12 Why are we making DAILY EPISODES?
04:23 Sailing east coast ...
Our first live chat of 2021 (and we have a little surprise in store)...
00:00 Intro
04:04 What have we been doing since the last video?
07:07 Thanks for all your comments, messages and suggestions
10:54 Your suggestions on how we can reduce our workload
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Apologies, but we hit a technical brick wall at the 11th hour - our mics stopped working! We are rescheduling this for Sunday. In the meantime, our sincerests apologies.
Welcome to our first to-camera live broadcast from the UK! We'll be discussing futur...
We explain why we're taking a break
00:00 Taking a BREAK (not just for Christmas)
00:33 We want your FEEDBACK
02:45 Can you TRUST Sailing Followtheboat?
04:48 Our followers are the BEST!
06:09 HOW Patreon and FTBMates help us
07:53 Liz's DAFT 'Ad'
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Sipadan is the best dive spot in the world. 'Discovered' by Jacques Cousteau, who made a quick two day stop in 1988 which turned into six weeks, Sipadan has more variety, more quantity and bigger fish then most places: turtles, sharks, jacks, barracuda and...
We get a ride on board an ESSCOM military RIB patrol in the pirate seas of Malaysia and meet two sea gypsies who are fishing outside the marine park. Then we go back in our dinghies to say hello to this sea nomad community (aka 'Bajau Laut') living on boat...
On our first day in the marine park we're told to avoid those potential pirates in paradise by staying within sight of our armed military escort. But before Jamie sets off for some Mabul Island diving (and Liz stays behind to sit around and do nothing all ...
We have 5 reasons to sail around the world, what are yours? It's not all sailing. Or even beaches, beer, bikinis and Bellinis. Is it time for you to to buy a sailboat and get sailing?
00:00 Start here, then hop to our 5 reasons to sail around the world.....
Tabin Wildlife Reserve and its muc volcano are spectacular. The pristine rainforest is alive with sounds, smells and textures, and yet remains quiet. But the deforestation of the rainforest by palm oil plantations is heart-breaking.
00:00 Let's get starte...
Sailing through pirates includes taking night watch at anchor in the danger zone. And that means being on full alert to wake up the other boats and inform the military patrol boats of any strange activity.
00:00 To come...
01:35 - Turtles, overfalls, curr...
Not one, but TWO boats run aground when fishing in pirate waters.
00:00 Coming up...
00:19 Up anchor at dawn
01:14 River cruising in Asia vs USA
02:05 Back into the PIRATE zone
02:32 Sailing footage
03:48 CATCHING THE BIGGEST FISH OF OUR LIVES!
05:57 Appr...
First we have one more day and night in the Kinabatangan River, exploring the tributaries and discovering an abandoned meander soon destined to become an oxbow lake. Jungle sailing through dangerous waters with boats hitting logs and running aground. And w...
We're sailing up river, on the hunt for pygmy elephants and proboscis monkeys! But first there's some climbing the mast to do...
00:00 Remotest jungle river
00:19 Rainforest vs palm oil
01:43 Up the mast for repairs in the jungle!
03:44 On the hunt...
We took our sailboat into the jungle, sailing up river, through rain forest and mangroves.
00:00 Intro
01:06 Leaving the fouled anchorage
01:58 Preparing to navigate the shallow entrance
03:29 Making way in the river (military escort)
05:51 Timelapse upr...
15:15 Death marches (Borneo) sequence.
The Sandakan Memorial Park commemorates the WW2 loss of 2400 prisoners of war from Australia and Britain, along with hundreds of local resistance fighters, in the death marches across Borneo.
Dirty diesel (diesel b...
The last thing you need is engine failure in a storm when you are sailing through pirate waters to Turtle Island. Nothing will stop you from seeing those turtles, but when a second squall blows through and your sailboat ends up dragging anchor in 2m of wat...
We are sailing through pirates in high risk waters off the coast of northern Borneo. Imagine how you would feel if you had a sailboat drive shaft failure and became sitting ducks...
Six boats are taking part in the only rally happening in the world right ...
The Sail Malaysia rally means sailing through pirates off the coast of north east Sabah. So does that also mean we need a faster sailboat?
We talk to the commanders of ESSCOM (Malaysia's combined security force) and learn about protocols for safety in dan...
We learn about the birds and bees in Borneo and where to put the lines when we remember how to Med moor for the first time in 10 years.
After too many cocktails the night before in the best beach bar in Sabah at ‘Secret Place’, it was an early start t...
As the Sail Malaysia Sabah Rally gets underway, we get lucky with the wind, Liz gets lucky with the fishing and Jamie tries to get lucky at a sexy beach party.
Man alive, it's good to be out again...
Peace and fair winds!
Liz and Jamie
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Yes this is the only sailboat rally in the world right now! With the world currently closed, we've been given the opportunity to sail with five other yachts around the most dangerous part of Borneo. We have a military escort, so we're not too worried about...
What does it cost to sail around the world? Are you planning a cruising budget? After more than 15 years living on our sailboat, we've come up with some pointers to help you think about all the costs involved in sailing around the world, and to formulate a...
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