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What happens when you're not there? We fixed our Olympus Tough TG5 to a rock using a Ram grip, then left the reef fish alone in their natural element in the open ocean. These videos are designed to put on in the background and let you chill while you work,...
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Goose wing, or wing on wing, what do you call it? We show you how we sail wing on wing using a polled-out genoa and prevented main (or mizzen). Just as we think this sailing life can't get any better a fierce squall hits as we sail into trouble inside a ro...
Sailing 180 miles from Belitung to Lingga in the Java Sea was a first, made more interesting by the anti-collision tactics we had to employ for the fishing platforms, floating debris and crazy tugs in the water.
We had checked out of Indonesia, but there ...
Just yer average life at anchor next to a tropical island: boat work, beach walking, beer drinking... using a hookah (that's hookah, not hooker!) for boat maintenance.
White beaches, gin-clear water and thriving coral fringe this green and lush island, wh...
Bluewater cruising on a sunny afternoon. Sit back and relax with us as we run with main and mizzen prevented in 12-15kts of wind and a slight rolling swell.
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▪️ No music, no talking heads, no commentary
▪️ Just ambient sound record...
Three or four metre waves hitting your sailboat beam-on doesn't always make for the most comfortable of overnight passages. But we were sailing, and that's what it's all about!
We left the comfort and shelter of Tiger Island (Pulau Macan) on a 180 nautica...
We sailed in for a night and stayed for a week! The only difference between this pristine tropical island and a boat is that it's permanently anchored. And it has trees. And monitor lizards. But let's not get too picky about it...
Pulau Macan (aka 'Tiger ...
Did Liz catch any fish?? Come along for an hour and a half of open ocean sailing at the start of a 5 day sail to Borneo from Anambas. Wind 12-15kts from the NE, giving a nicely balanced close reach.
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▪️ No music, just ambient sound re...
As we tried to leave Jakarta, something stopped us from being able to steer our sailboat, we couldn't move in reverse! What would YOU do?
Watch the video to find out what we did to discover the cause of the problem and how we sorted it.
Just a few miles ...
How do you choose and install a BOAT FRIDGE? Ozefridge provide an unparalleled service direct to boat owners. We just bought one and filmed the installation as it happened. But has it lived up to expectations and would we recommend Ozefridge?
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It's polluted, noisy, over-crowded, the traffic is appalling and it's sinking: is there anything to like about Jakarta? We think so!
Jakarta was always in the plan when we set off to sail from one end of Sumatra to the other. As much as we love isolated p...
What is going on in the Java Sea? Illegal fishing. A sloppy-choppy swell. Chattering-clattering coming from our prop. Something really horrible in the water! Leaving Krakatoa and heading towards Jakarta hurtles us slap bang into civilisation and all that m...
We anchored a mile from the smouldering remains of Anak Krakatoa. And one of us walked across the black sand to the lava flow of the recently decimated volcano.
In December 2018 Anak Krakatau, after erupting for months, boomed out one last explosion befo...
With palms sweating and adrenaline spewing through our veins, the sea flowed beneath us. The earth had shifted after the devastating landslide and tsunami of a few months backs - no charts or sat images were gonna help us here...
What's on YOUR sailing bu...
Have you been hit by lightning in a boat? We get cracking with "The Kraken", our Code 0, then get stuck in the middle of lightning storms in the sea at night. The beginning of our 200 nautical mile sail to Java and Krakatoa is turning out to be a test of s...
We have to make a 180 mile run across open ocean, but strong northwesterly winds are pummelling the coast, and are predicted to continue. Time is running out, we have to get to Jakarta to renew our visas. So there's only one thing for it...
Offshore crui...
Does sailing in foreign countries worry you? Are you scared of traveling far from home? Do you believe what you read online and see on the news, or do you want to find out for yourself? We bust some of the myths that are constantly being fed to us in the m...
It was time to make up our minds – steep, brutal waves bowling in from the west vs a long coastline with no bolt-holes. And impending storms. What would you do?
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The Mentawais are reckoned to have some of the best surfing in the world. With the spectacular Indian Ocean bowling waves at the beaches for thousands of miles, there are hundreds of breaks to choose from.
And there's plenty of action going on at the epic...
You have asked us now Millie copes with being on the boat when SY Esper is heeling. She's been doing it all her life, so here's your answer. Millie the cat swaying on a sailboat...set to music! Funny cat video 😺
Peace and fair winds, and remember to fo...
Are these the oldest tattoos in the world? What do you think? This is no tourist operation, it's the real deal. And a stormy night passage brings us to a spectacular anchorage between dreamy remote desert islands.
The indigenous Mentawai people of Pokai ...
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