All was going well until 'Big Boss' decided our design looked wrong. So off with the forward struts, and back to the drawing board. ❤️ Fancy spreading a ...
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 ...
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 ...
Excited to get moving after provisioning to sail North we have one more challenge coming our way. When then take our weather window turning our bow North, ...
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 ...
We were keen to get out of the marina, but when we started the engine our sailboat had different plans... --- If you enjoyed this video, please LIKE, COMMENT, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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... --- If you ...
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 ...
In this episode we find out the winter tent and Carl gets to work putting it up. It is a great piece of equipment as it allows us to use the cockpit the whole ...
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 ...
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 ...
At long last we get to relaunch our boat, a Bavaria 47 named Dream. A few nervous moments as the lift picks the boat up and carries it to the slipway. It's a ...
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 ...
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 ...
Sailing in storms and sailing through shipping lanes are not every cruiser's dream! But sometimes you have no choice... 👍 If you enjoyed this video, please ...
Thinking of buying a boat, or becoming a liveaboard cruiser? Here we take you through the 5 reasons why you SHOULD buy a boat... 👍 If you enjoyed this video, ...
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 ...
We are sailing to the Pacific NorthWest via the Philippines and Japan! Subscribe for more sailing videos: https://goo.gl/CxeBQ8 Wow, can't believe that last ...
This Friday, instead of a Fix it we are doing a Friends on Friday. We go aboard our friends, Stefan and Emma's boat, SV Pintail, a Moody 47 just before they ...
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. 👍 If you ...
Never miss a live stream! Text ATTICUS to 43506 to receive a text notification every time we go live! In last week's episode, we dragged anchor in Isla ...
▶ Check out my gear on Kit: https://kit.com/followtheboat Reefs, rocks, shelves, shallows! Anambas doesn't make it easy...and we wonder if we can get through ...