The gaps in Arabella's planking are getting much smaller... and soon they will be no more. We are pushing hard to close up the hull with Carolyn's help before ...

The bronze floors are done! It's a great feeling complete them and be able to move on to even more tasks that get us closer to launch. Steve keeps on with ...

A little snippit of our first adventure aboard! Location: British Columbia's gulf islands.

This video explains how to raise the mainsail on a cruising sailboat.

There's a buzz in the air, and this time it's not a plane. Land! We can smell it and, despite being a day away, the entire crew is excited! There's still much ...

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 ...

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 ...

This is a brief instructional video explaining how to properly flake the mainsail on a cruising sailboat.

This clip is to accompany our second blog post on our refit story (Part Two), which you can find here: http://followtheboat.com/2014/02/16/esper-refit-week-2/. ...