Sailing Across the Indian Ocean Nearly Broke Us (and Our Sailboat) | Casting Off Podcast 043
December 17, 2023 by followtheboat | Language: EN Play Time: 00:53:27 | SAILING YOUTUBERS
When we left the Maldives at the end of May 2013, we had no idea that sailing across the Indian Ocean would be the hardest thing we have ever done. It nearly broke us, and our sailboat. If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to cross an ocean on a sailboat, we let you in on the secrets and reality in this video podcast.
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In this retelling of the MOST DIFFICULT THING WE’VE EVER DONE in our lives, we cover:
⚈ Losing our autopilot
⚈ Hand-steering for 1000 miles
⚈ Losing our foresail
⚈ Rescuing turtles
⚈ Catching a booby
⚈ Piracy
⚈ Breaking the main outhaul
⚈ Sailing through vicious squalls for days
⚈ Sailing through lightning
⚈ Handling two-hour watches
⚈ Hallucinations
More information about the Indian Ocean crossing:
⚬ Original Footage of us sailing downwind in the Indian Ocean – https://youtu.be/5mw_okFkkF8?si=NTR_ct2bacjANFGf
⚬ Hand-steering 1350 miles from Maldives To Malaysia – https://followtheboat.com/maldives-to-malaysia/
⚬ Maldives Knockdown and Force 8 Storm: Worse Things Happen at Sea – https://followtheboat.com/worse-things-happen-at-sea/
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Peace and fair winds!
Liz and Jamie
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We've been blogging, vlogging and podcasting about living on our boat since 2005. If you love travel, sailing, fishing, diving and photography this might be the channel for you... Each week we post a 15-20 minute snapshot of what we did. It might cover anything from sailing, travelling, meeting people, fishing, cooking, shopping in exotic markets or hanging out on a tropical beach, to boat maintenance (there's a lot of that when you live on a boat) and tackling challenges or bureaucratic conundrums. There's also a fair bit of photography and diving. Even though the world continues to throw spanners at us, we love being perpetual travellers. And we've never regretted making the big leap into this alternative lifestyle for even a nanosecond. If we make you laugh or inspire you, then these videos haven't been a total waste of time. Pop round to the pub and share a drink with us... https://followtheboat.com/pub/ Jamie and Liz xx
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