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BEST Camera For Sailing Videos | Ep 74
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BEST Camera For Sailing Videos | Ep 74

What is the best camera on a sailboat? We are often asked about our camera equipment, and what camera for sailing people should use. Are there really best cameras for sailing videos? Is there really only one best camera for sailing videos, or should you ha...
What should you wear in Muslim countries? Sailing Q&A 14
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What should you wear in Muslim countries? Sailing Q&A 14

Travel tips for western women in Muslim countries. What you should wear in a Muslim country? Should you wear a scarf in Indonesia? What to wear in Malaysia? We also discuss how to behave in Muslim countries. We read all kinds of stories of how a western w...
DOES LIVING ON A BOAT GET OLD? Sailing Q&A 13
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DOES LIVING ON A BOAT GET OLD? Sailing Q&A 13

Is your sailing lifestyle becoming boring? What's life like on a boat - does it grow old? When should you stop sailing? How old are most liveaboards? Are they all young, or pensioners? Are there old liveaboards? When's the time to quit? Do people ever stop...
WE DISCOVER BUDDHIST HELL IN MALAYSIA Ep 73
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WE DISCOVER BUDDHIST HELL IN MALAYSIA Ep 73

We take the boat to Lumut town, anchor up and go on a little road trip through the countryside and end up at a rather strange temple. In it they walk through a large dragon and learn about the Buddhist 10 Chambers of Hell, which is not too dissimilar to s...
WHY WE LOVE LIVING ON A BOAT: PEOPLE & FOOD Ep72
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WHY WE LOVE LIVING ON A BOAT: PEOPLE & FOOD Ep72

Sailing isn't just about the high seas. The ability to move your home around offers additional benefits, like being able to take your kitchen with you and try all the wonderful food these countries have to offer. SE Asia has some of the best food in the wo...
GIVING T-SHIRTS TO FISHERMEN Ep 71
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GIVING T-SHIRTS TO FISHERMEN Ep 71

Our supporters through Patreon have agreed to donate their exclusive followtheboat t-shirts to local people as a gesture of good-will. In this episode we get the sails out and head to a little island where we meet some fishermen who agree to give us some f...
COMPLETE BOAT REFIT REVISITED! Ep 70
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COMPLETE BOAT REFIT REVISITED! Ep 70

Not content with spending 13 months in a boat yard doing a complete refit on our Oyster 435, we thought we'd spend some time with another couple doing exactly the same thing on exactly the same boat! Meet Ben and Belle of SY Samira, who are based in Lumut/...
AFTER PANGKOR’S BEACHES LIZ RETURNS HOME Ep 69
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AFTER PANGKOR’S BEACHES LIZ RETURNS HOME Ep 69

On July 2nd 2017 Liz's darling mum, Dorothy, passed away after a long battle with Parkinson's. Fortunately Liz made it to the UK in time to be by her side. We wanted this to be a positive episode for it to reflect the joy that Dorothy brought to Liz's lif...
HOW TO USE A ROLLING HITCH AS A SNUBBER Ep 68
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HOW TO USE A ROLLING HITCH AS A SNUBBER Ep 68

TWO broken snubbers in five minutes, is that a record? In this video we offer some advice on how to anchor, specifically on how to use a snubber with a rolling hitch. Also, if you have any questions about vlogging, video cameras and equipment, let us kno...
FROM TROPICAL PARADISE TO URBAN JUNGLE Ep 67
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FROM TROPICAL PARADISE TO URBAN JUNGLE Ep 67

The transition between the tropical island paradise in our last episode to the urban sprawling energy of Penang is a stark one. One minute we're hanging on an island with no one around, next we're surrounded by the multicultural centre of Asia. In this epi...
HOW TO LIVE LIKE ROBINSON CRUSOE Ep 66
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HOW TO LIVE LIKE ROBINSON CRUSOE Ep 66

We have found an idyllic, palm-fringed island where you can live like Robinson Crusoe. No, we are not making it up. Between Langkawi and Penang is an island where you can spend your time tending to plants, taking showers from the well and frolic on the go...
AVOIDING PIRATES IN THE MALACCA STRAITS: OUR PASSAGE PLAN Ep 65
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AVOIDING PIRATES IN THE MALACCA STRAITS: OUR PASSAGE PLAN Ep 65

We've done it! We've finally left Langkawi and we begin our new adventure! We say goodbye to our friends, the sunsets, the boat maintenance (hopefully) and start heading south. We get some sailing in on a remarkably calm June day and find a sweet little an...
STORM DESTROYS OUR ANCHOR BOW ROLLER! Ep 64
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STORM DESTROYS OUR ANCHOR BOW ROLLER! Ep 64

We do a visa run to Koh Lipe and on the way carry out a 'secret package drop' mid-ocean. The idea was to spend a few days chilling but we got hit by an almighty squall that did some damage to our bow roller. Well, this is followtheboat, what do you expect?...
WE TEST OUR NEW SAILS! Ep 63
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WE TEST OUR NEW SAILS! Ep 63

This action-packed episode sees us testing our new sails, albeit briefly, as well as sending the drone up to discover a new hong in among the geopark rainforest of Langkawi. So where does that leave us with our sailing plans? We have made the decision on w...
WE HAVE NEW CREW! Ep 62
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WE HAVE NEW CREW! Ep 62

Esper is joined by a new crew member! Kev is an accomplished skipper who has done much sailing in his life but the question is, does he get to go sailing? He joins us in Telaga as we prepare the boat for our departure to Sumatra but, being a wise sailor, k...
SHOULD WE SAIL INTO THE STORMS? Ep 61
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SHOULD WE SAIL INTO THE STORMS? Ep 61

We're so close to leaving for Indonesia now but the weather window is closing. The forecast is pretty bleak with the usual Sumatran storms and the beginning of the SW monsoon approaching. The question is, should we head off in that direction? Peace and fa...
YOU’RE NOT GOING TO BELIEVE OUR BOAT BATTERY WOES! Ep 60
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YOU’RE NOT GOING TO BELIEVE OUR BOAT BATTERY WOES! Ep 60

This is getting ridiculous! New batteries sitting at 11.79v? Over $200 to repair the outboard? Leaking toilet? But this is just boat maintenance in paradise, dear viewer. This is what owning a boat is all about, so just take a deep breath and deal with eac...
ABOUT OUR SAILS – HOW MUCH DID THEY COST?
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ABOUT OUR SAILS – HOW MUCH DID THEY COST?

This is an FTB Extra to accompany Vlog 059 (http://bit.ly/ftb_vlog059) We give you the low-down on how much our sails costs, and chat to Phil about the sail-making process and how he came up with our sail designs. As always this episode has been brought...
NEW SAILS UP! BATTERIES COOKED! Ep 59
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NEW SAILS UP! BATTERIES COOKED! Ep 59

We got new sails! We put them up and have a quick chat with Phil from Zoom sails about the process of making them. For the first time we've published two videos concurrently because the other episode is an FTB Extra, and it's all about our sails...and how ...
WINDLASS INSTALLED BUT MORE DISASTERS! Ep 58
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WINDLASS INSTALLED BUT MORE DISASTERS! Ep 58

We install our Lofrans Tigres windlass but you know for every positive achievement there's a whole bunch of dark clouds hanging over us. The outboard is buggered, the toilet is leaking and now we've cooked our batteries. Will we ever get to leave for Indon...
HOW TO CHOOSE AN ANCHOR WINDLASS. Ep 57
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HOW TO CHOOSE AN ANCHOR WINDLASS. Ep 57

How to choose a windlass. Or, what windlass should we buy to replace our mangled mess at the front of the boat? There's some technical boat maintenance stuff in this episode but there's also some rather splendid drone footage of the beautiful tropical isla...
DISASTER! OUR ANCHOR WINDLASS IS BROKEN! Ep 56
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DISASTER! OUR ANCHOR WINDLASS IS BROKEN! Ep 56

Imagine if this windlass malfunction happened on a remote Indonesian coast? In this episode Jamie reaches the end of his tether when the anchor windlass decides it has had enough. In order to diagnose the problem it has to be removed from the deck, and th...
WORLD’S BIGGEST YACHT, WORLD’S FIRST BAMBOO SCHOONER, AMERICA’S CUP ORIGINS. Ep 55
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WORLD’S BIGGEST YACHT, WORLD’S FIRST BAMBOO SCHOONER, AMERICA’S CUP ORIGINS. Ep 55

'Mirabella V' (M5), is the world's largest single-masted yacht, whilst 'Coracle' is the world's first bamboo schooner. And back in olde England Liz discovers where in 1583 Sir Walter Raleigh set off on his third expedition to 'The New World'! In this epis...
Are you a tourist? Are sailors tourists? Sailing Q&A 12
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Are you a tourist? Are sailors tourists? Sailing Q&A 12

As a long-term traveller, do you ever really cross the boundary as a tourist and become a local? Are you kidding yourself if you think you are? We know some people who have really assimilated, but they are few and far between. This is the last in our dail...
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