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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
'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 ...
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 ...
To paraphrase a famous general, "old sailors never die; they just fade away". Or maybe they just fall in love... Does the time arrive in every sailor's life ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
► 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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
Go to 6:41 for our discussion of what makes the best liveaboard cruiser boat. What is the best boat for crossing oceans? Should you buy a catamaran or a ...
For the record: Millie's had a ladder of one sort or another for the last 8 years, since she was a kitten, and we even have footage of her using it, have a ...
This could be our last sail together for a long time, so we needed to make it count... Just as we left Langkawi Liz had a call from her brother to say their ...
Finally, after a 10 year wait, Jamie gets to choose a new outboard motor. But what will he go for? We arrive in style at Langkawi's top 5 star resort and enjoy ...
"Just go where the wind takes us," we said. "Twenty, thirty, forty miles, let's see where we end up..." And it was a pretty good blow, coming from the east ...
In the next episode we have two days of excellent sailing, one unscheduled stop, a flopper stopper failure and Millie relaxes...oh, and the usual bit of boat ...