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Total Sailboat Refit (deck and topsides, prep and painting) Part 2 – Sailing Ep199
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Total Sailboat Refit (deck and topsides, prep and painting) Part 2 – Sailing Ep199

The second in our total sailboat refit project revisited, covering jobs like deck and topsides, prep and painting... We used Awlcraft 2000 paint from Awlgrip in Snow White and Moon Dust. Then we had the mammoth task of re-stepping the masts. But before that we had to get all the deck fittings back i...
  • May 31, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:30:33
Total Sailboat Refit (Osmosis treatment, teak deck removal, planning) Part 1 – Sailing Ep198
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Total Sailboat Refit (Osmosis treatment, teak deck removal, planning) Part 1 – Sailing Ep198

We revisit our total sailboat refit project in a new four part series, covering jobs like osmosis treatment, teak deck removal, planning... Why? Because viewers are still asking us about it! With over 2,000 video clips across 51 episodes over 13 months, our Refit Playlist video diary is a big commit...
  • May 24, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:24:59
Things are looking up! – Sailing Ep 197
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Things are looking up! – Sailing Ep 197

Things are looking up here on followtheboat. The rules are relaxing, the pontoon "pubs" are open (bring your own beer) and Jamie's in the kitchen. But when the excitement has dipped on your sailboat project and you're stuck in a rut, how do you motivate yourself? We answer thre...
  • May 17, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:24:03
What is the best sailboat to sail around the world? – Sailing Ep196
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What is the best sailboat to sail around the world? – Sailing Ep196

In a cruising world dominated by catamarans and light-displacement boats, the ketch rig seems almost antiquated among the YouTube generation. But if you’re serious about off-shore sailing, the ketch rig has proven its worth time and time again, even by today’s standards. So, is the best sailboat to ...
  • May 10, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:20:46
Is isolation easier on a sailboat? – Real-time Sailing Update Ep195
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Is isolation easier on a sailboat? – Real-time Sailing Update Ep195

👉 World Health Organisation Mythbusting: We have been hearing stories from cruisers in far-flung places about how they are coping with living in isolation. So is isolation easier on a sailboat? In theory we should be well equipped and experienced enough to get through the measures currently in f...
  • May 03, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:17:34
Top 10 Tools Every Cruising Sailboat Needs: Real-time Sailing Update Ep 194
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Top 10 Tools Every Cruising Sailboat Needs: Real-time Sailing Update Ep 194

👉 World Health Organisation Mythbusting: What are the top 10 tools every cruising sailboat needs? In this real-time sailing update we answer your questions and try to restrict our top tools to 10. As you'll find out, it wasn't that easy. And we're just talking toolbox here, not all...
  • Apr 26, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:19:59
Isolated In Our New Home: Real-time Sailing Update Ep 193
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Isolated In Our New Home: Real-time Sailing Update Ep 193

👉 World Health Organisation Mythbusting: We are isolated in our new "home", locked in with the big boats at Sutera Harbour Marina, Borneo. To be honest we can't think of a better place to be right now: safe, friendly, beautiful and remote. But before we arrived here, there was one ...
  • Apr 19, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:16:57
Chill Out Music Mix 2020 🕊️ Epic 4k Drone Footage
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Chill Out Music Mix 2020 🕊️ Epic 4k Drone Footage

This chill out music mix is a journey into sound. And an epic 4k drone footage adventure through the Mentawai surf islands of Sumatra. For a free download of the audio version, click here: The project started as a simple music mix using some of the chill-out, ambient electro tunes we've sho...
  • Apr 16, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:55:31
How to avoid fishing nets on a sailboat – Sailing Ep 192
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How to avoid fishing nets on a sailboat – Sailing Ep 192

👉 Filmed before the worldwide emergency. World Health Organisation busts the myths 👈 04:56 How to avoid fishing nets and lines One of the biggest headaches for cruisers in SE Asia is the sheer number of fishing boats at work close to land and off-shore, anything from one-man canoes to smoking tr...
  • Apr 12, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:18:32
Would you have surgery in Asia? + How to tie an eye splice – Sailing Ep 191
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Would you have surgery in Asia? + How to tie an eye splice – Sailing Ep 191

👉This episode was filmed before the worldwide emergency👈 Would you have surgery in Asia? Undergoing surgery in Malaysia or anywhere in the world you happen to be sailing is daunting. If it's not your own country, finding a hospital or a doctor, trusting that person's judgement and going i...
  • Apr 05, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:20:13
How to make an ocean plait mat + boat cat Millie is very ill – Sailing Ep 190
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How to make an ocean plait mat + boat cat Millie is very ill – Sailing Ep 190

👉Filmed before the current worldwide emergency👈 While we waited for Millie's results and some improvement to her health, we got on with boat jobs and explored the area around the marina. 04:01 And Jamie had a demonstration from Roy of 'SV Seven Thunders' on how to make an ocean plai...
  • Mar 29, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:19:07
Why should every sailboat have a bicycle? – Sailing Q&A 40
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Why should every sailboat have a bicycle? – Sailing Q&A 40

Should every sailboat have a bicycle? Maybe not if it's a racing yacht or if your superyacht already has its own helicopter, but for cruisers, we reckon a bicycle on a sailboat does amazing things. Filmed before the lockdown and Movement Restriction Order came into effect on Borneo, having bike...
  • Mar 27, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:11:06
Going out during lockdown without getting arrested? – Stranded04
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Going out during lockdown without getting arrested? – Stranded04

👉 World Health Organisation Mythbusting: If you flout the Movement Restriction Order in Malaysia you could end up in jail for six months or receive a $250 fine. As the infection is spreading here, we do not leave the marina because shopping in lockdown can be unnerving. But occasionally we need f...
  • Mar 22, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:13:21
Jungle walking – Gunung Mulu National Park – Ep 189
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Jungle walking – Gunung Mulu National Park – Ep 189

We filmed this a couple of months ago before one thing and another bit us all in the arse. So take a break from all the bad news and enjoy going walkabout in the Borneo rainforest. xxx What's the opposite of sailing? Jungle walking! And Gunung Mulu National Park is just the place to do it. Wa...
  • Mar 22, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:33:31
Nowhere to run: living in total lockdown on a sailboat – Stranded03
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Nowhere to run: living in total lockdown on a sailboat – Stranded03

👉 World Health Organisation Mythbusting: With nowhere to run, we are living in total lockdown here in the marina on our sailboat. Each day there are more restrictions and countries nearby are closing their ports. And now it looks like Malaysia is about to stop all sailing vessels from cruising in...
  • Mar 19, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:13:12
24 hours before lockdown: borders closing around us – Stranded02
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24 hours before lockdown: borders closing around us – Stranded02

👉 World Health Organisation Mythbusting: What do you do when your visa is about to run out as countries around you are closing their borders? To renew a visa in Malaysia you have to do a 'border run', but what happens when the borders are closing? Sailing to the Philippines is no longer...
  • Mar 16, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:12:38
A new country, a new project – Sailing Ep 188
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A new country, a new project – Sailing Ep 188

Another 100 miles to go before arriving in a new country to start a new project. But first we need to navigate for the next 22 hours through oil and gas rigs. And we need to time our entrance into Miri Marina perfectly because the sand bar along the coast is treacherous to sail across in rough weat...
  • Mar 15, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:19:55
Lightning strike – how do you protect your boat? – Sailing Ep 187A
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Lightning strike – how do you protect your boat? – Sailing Ep 187A

How can you protect your sailboat against a lightning strike? After our recent 500 mile crossing where we encountered our worst lightning storms at sea, we talk about tactics for avoiding and sailing through lightning storms. In 'Lightning strike - can you protect your boat?' we come up wi...
  • Mar 08, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:13:44
Why sailors and cruisers are concerned right now – Stranded01
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Why sailors and cruisers are concerned right now – Stranded01

👉 World Health Organisation Mythbusting: There are a few reasons why sailors and cruisers are concerned right now about the current situation just as much as our landlubbing friends. Maybe the best thing for each of us to do is take our sailboat out to sea or to anchor off some remote, desert isl...
  • Mar 05, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:09:02
Our biggest lightning storm ever – sailing 500 miles Pt 2 – Ep 187
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Our biggest lightning storm ever – sailing 500 miles Pt 2 – Ep 187

We've sailed a lot of miles through many gales, but this was our biggest lightning storm ever. It was a relentless dirty, rotten storm. Lightning hit the sea every 10 seconds and lit up our sailboat for hours. The wind picked up to 35+kts so we made good speed, but man alive, that lightning jus...
  • Mar 01, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:18:14
Lightning storms all night – sailing 500 miles Pt 1 – Ep 186
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Lightning storms all night – sailing 500 miles Pt 1 – Ep 186

We show you how we sailed through lightning storms all night. After 100 miles into a 500 mile crossing in a small sailboat crossing in the open sea, we ran for shelter. A storm five-miles wide hung over the harbour as we navigated in 50m visibility through a narrow reef-lined channel. Boy, did we ne...
  • Feb 23, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:17:23
What would you do before a 500 mile sail? – Sailing Ep 185
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What would you do before a 500 mile sail? – Sailing Ep 185

We have checked out and have a long sail ahead of us. But there's no hurry and we still have stuff that we want to do. What would you do before a 500 mile sail? If you'd like to win stuff, get free gifts and talk directly to us anytime, or if you just watch regularly and like our work, Jo...
  • Feb 16, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:17:28
Sailing channels, sailing to Japan/Alaska/Canada, relationships on a sailboat…
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Sailing channels, sailing to Japan/Alaska/Canada, relationships on a sailboat…

We discussed sailing channels in general and talked about our own take on the situation in particular. We covered our sailing plans for 2020 and beyond (yes, Japan, Alaska and Canada!) We talked about relationships on a sailboat and also gave the latest update on Millie. Massive shout out to those...
  • Feb 09, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 01:05:17
Real sailors do not use marinas. So why do we? – Sailing Q&A 39
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Real sailors do not use marinas. So why do we? – Sailing Q&A 39

We get told time and again by viewers to get out of the marina and start sailing, that real sailors do not use marinas, that they are bored with watching episodes from sailing channels which are set in marinas. Shot on a Minolta MD Rokkor 50mm f/1.4 lens dating from 1974. So why do cruisers sometim...
  • Feb 09, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:10:03
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