It's about time we talked about #Christmas? Maybe you don't want to think about it yet, but it's not too early to start some festive shopping for that #holidayswag. We have some great #holidayshopping ideas for sailors and cruisers over the holiday season...
Are you a drunken sailor? In the first of our daily vlogs, we address the emotive subject of drinking whilst sailing. Should you do it? Do you do it? Is it OK for passengers, but not crew?
Do you have any stories of drinking and sailing?
This is the fir...
Jamie has a secret. A big sailing secret. Find out what bothers him in this episode.
Also we get Phil Auger of Zoom Sails to come and measure Esper for some new sails. In doing so we discover the real state of our current sails, including wears, rips and ...
We make a pre-dawn start on a 45 mile sail south from Chalong Bay. As we head clear of Phuket, the Indian Ocean swell is met by strong easterlies, giving us a fast and wet sail to Koh Rok Nok, yet another of our favourite islands in Thailand.
Those easter...
"You're not a sailor unless you know your rum", according to an old nautical legend made up just now for this introduction.
We go hunting for a mythical white rum before we start to think about preparations for a long trip towards Indonesia. There's ripp...
We've been talking about it for a while, but now we are excited to announce that we have finally made a concrete decision (well, as concrete as you can be on a non-ferrocement sailboat) and we're off to Indonesia! The plan is to start with a circumnavigati...
Pirate game jammers and spectacular Mavic Pro drone footage! In this special episode we take six games developers from around the world on a trip around Ko Lanta and Ko Jum (Ko Pu), where they discover the delights of Thailand, from trekking to swimming to...
09:47 Mavic Pro
Boat maintenance in paradise and the Mavic Pro drone. You've heard the 'boat maintenance...' quote many times and this episode is testament to that . Cruising one of Thailand's hidden gems, Ko Chang (no, not that one), we rip a sail and ha...
Our diesel engine has lost torque! Could the problem be a slipping fan belt, loose morse cable, a bag round the prop, or something worse? We're still in beautiful but desolate Ko Chang, Thailand. If there's something wrong, it's really not the best place t...
From naughty girls in binikis to some local culture, this is the last of our episodes from beautiful Koh Phayam. We cover a lot of ground this week. Highlight is learning about the Moken, the original sea gypsies of Thailand. We also sail a 99ft schooner, ...
► We were asked: can Liz sail the boat on her own? Both of us reply to this question right here on the beach on beautiful Koh Phayam in this week's vlog, but do we come up with the same answer?
Filmed during our trip to Cheow Lan Lake in Khao Sok Nation...
What is the best blue water boat? If you won the lottery, what is the perfect boat you would buy as a liveaboard cruiser? Amel? Oyster? Catamaran or monohull?
What gear would you have on it? A/C, generator, film studio, big fridge, washing machine?
In th...
Being a family is full of trials and tribulations, so how much of a trial or tribulation is it at sea? What's it like living aboard as a family? How do young children cope with confined spaces, few toys and no McDonalds?
In this daily Q&A session we ...
A watermaker is one of the most useful bits of kit for anyone living on the sea. It provides independence and a supply of water that allows you to break the ties from land. This is the fourth in our series of daily questions and in this one we discuss wate...
Living on a boat means having less stuff. It means downsizing. In this chat we discuss how to downsize for living on a boat, and living in a small space.
Chucking out stuff, selling off possessions, ebaying your life away and downsizing. It's cathartic a...
Living on a boat isn't easy: relationships, arguments and faking it in YouTube sailing channels. This is the second in our daily Q&A sessions where we answer questions put to us by you. When watching a YouTube channel do you want to see a couple bicker...
How do you defend against pirates? And what weapons do we carry, if any? Is it OK to have guns on board? Piracy is one of the top subjects we get asked about.
In this clip we discuss piracy and our experience of it, and offer some advice on how to limit ...
In a follow-up to last week's update in which we described the miserable weather here, we show you some of the damage that this unprecedented storm has caused. Many thousands of people have been flooded and displaced, whilst a fair few boats have taken a b...
Become a hippy on the best island in the world. Bet you wish you were here! We've found the perfect paradise holiday island with no cars but lots of bars at Koh Phayam. Incredible sunsets and beautiful beaches. Have we sold it to you yet? No? Wait till you...
THE FTB 2016 YOUTUBE REWIND!
Our promises for 2017!
Who wants more naked sailing? Less nudity? More fishing? Fewer cock-ups? More tips?
Write your suggestions in the comments, and keep the questions coming!
Have a merry festive holiday!
Peace, and fair...
Don't be a wanchor! Move that sailboat! Anchoring close to other boats drives everybody crazy. "How to anchor a sailboat" should be something we all learn before we start living on a sailboat. Every liveaboard sailor has a tale to tell of bad anchoring, an...
THE CHANGES, FEARS, ANXIETY, HIGHS AND LOWS OF BEING A LIVEABOARD. FOR ANYONE THINKING OF TAKING ON THIS ALTERNATIVE LIFE, THIS IS ESSENTIAL VIEWING!
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DESERT ISLAND CASTAWAY FOR 229 DAYS! MORE NUDITY! GETTING LOST WHILE JUNGLE TREKKING...
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We finally take delivery of our new Beta engine. Hoorah!
BUT THERE'S ALSO NUDITY, THE STORY OF MILLIE-THE-CAT, SAILBOAT TIPS AND SOME GREAT DRONE FOOTAGE!
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