We are planning to sail 7500 miles from Thailand to Alaska via Japan, and we have a whole lot of work to do!
How to heat a boat. There are various options, diesel vs hot-air? Hot-air heaters are efficient and good at the job, but do they use too much pow...
This is the story of our eleventh hour escape from Thailand to KL, Malaysia...
While the painters continued to make fast work of the hard dodger roof, Liz woke up remembering that it was about time to renew our visas in Thailand. For just 1900 THB we woul...
RABIES! A word guaranteed to strike terror into the hearts of everyone. So when Millie got bitten and fell ill, and in turn bit Jamie, it was off to the hospital for all of us...
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What will you do with the bird sh!t? Who cares what you call it, why not a boaty brolly? Why is the helmsman still not under cover? We answer your questions...
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Should we build a rain catcher, and is it wise to put solar panels on the bimini roof? Why not use polyester instead of epoxy? We answer your questions...
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All was going well until 'Big Boss' decided our design looked wrong. So off with the forward struts, and back to the drawing board.
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We've spent months trying to come up with a hard dodger design which is going to be practical for our passage to the PNW via Japan...
Building a hard dodger from scratch is no easy task, but finally crunch day arrived and we had to get started on our mini...
This one's all about the joy of sailing, with 200 miles of some of the best winds we've had from Malaysia to Thailand caught on camera! Sit back, enjoy the ride and take in the views, it was AWESOME!
Liz, Jamie and Millie x
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People will hate you! It will not make you rich! It's bloody hard work and will stop you sailing… 😄
BUT our message (which probably won't be heard by those who like to jump in with the negative comments the moment we open our mouths, or bother to re...
We were keen to get out of the marina, but when we started the engine our sailboat had different plans...
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Every year in Thailand, the important Buddhist festival of Thai Traditional New Year is celebrated with a water carnival known as สงกรานต์ (Songkran).
So, as befitting a water festival, we took a dinghy trip into Krabi town centre through...
In the last episode, Ep 103, we showed you our surveyor making an inspection of SY Esper. We go through the results of that valuation survey in more detail here. We also explain the difference between a pre-purchase condition survey and a valuation survey....
Sailboat survey day arrives, but it is only when the surveyor starts his work that we begin to wonder if there are things wrong with our home...
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After our turgid passage north through the Malacca Strait from Singapore, we headed another 150 miles north to Pangkor Marina along the Malaysian coast where we would be hauling out our sailboat.
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Q. How to prepare your boat for an ocean passage?
A. With care and attention to safety
Sailing a boat is dangerous, and when you're crossing an ocean those dangers are magnified. Minimising risk and taking precautions beforehand is essential to ensure you...
This passage north through the Malacca Strait was the most turgid and longest night sail of our lives. Ploughing directly into 4m waves and 20kts of wind on the nose is no fun.
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Q. How do you plan a passage through pirates and typhoons? A. Carefully! Liz rolls up her sleeves and gets down to some serious research while passage planning through pirates, monsoons and typhoons across 7000 miles...
CONSIDERATIONS FOR WORLD PASSAGE PL...
Tropical rainstorms that go on for days are no fun, so we hid in one of the prettiest marinas in Malaysia to escape, but the rain kept coming and the mould kept growing... Then the sun came up and we had some close encounters with containers in the Singap...
Sailing in storms and sailing through shipping lanes are not every cruiser's dream! But sometimes you have no choice...
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Thinking of buying a boat, or becoming a liveaboard cruiser? Here we take you through the 5 reasons why you SHOULD buy a boat...
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Is this what every cruiser dreams about? Are places like the Anambas why people give up normal life to become ocean nomads? Yes, apart from when that small scratch turns really bad in the tropics...
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Wow, can't believe that last December our friends on PATREON, YouTube and Facebook started to suggest Canada via Japan as a d...
If you have any other suggestions, please put them in the comments, we'd love to hear your tips and advice for navigating where the charts don't go.
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Reefs, rocks, shelves, shallows! Anambas doesn't make it easy...and we wonder if we can get through this crazy area!
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