Man, we love New York! Its' the end of our season and the boat is tucked up and happy in Charleston, so it's time to fly home to see our families. As we are ...
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Not content with spending 13 months in a boat yard doing a complete refit on our Oyster 435, we thought we'd spend some time with another couple doing exactly ...
On July 2nd 2017 Liz's darling mum, Dorothy, passed away after a long battle with Parkinson's. Fortunately Liz made it to the UK in time to be by her side. We ...
The transition between the tropical island paradise in our last episode to the urban sprawling energy of Penang is a stark one. One minute we're hanging on an ...
We have found an idyllic, palm-fringed island where you can live like Robinson Crusoe. No, we are not making it up. Between Langkawi and Penang is an island ...
We've done it! We've finally left Langkawi and we begin our new adventure! We say goodbye to our friends, the sunsets, the boat maintenance (hopefully) and ...
We do a visa run to Koh Lipe and on the way carry out a 'secret package drop' mid-ocean. The idea was to spend a few days chilling but we got hit by an ...
This action-packed episode sees us testing our new sails, albeit briefly, as well as sending the drone up to discover a new hong in among the geopark ...
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 ...
We're so close to leaving for Indonesia now but the weather window is closing. The forecast is pretty bleak with the usual Sumatran storms and the beginning of ...
This is getting ridiculous! New batteries sitting at 11.79v? Over $200 to repair the outboard? Leaking toilet? But this is just boat maintenance in paradise, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
DESERT ISLAND CASTAWAY FOR 229 DAYS! MORE NUDITY! GETTING LOST WHILE JUNGLE TREKKING... --- PLEASE SUPPORT FTB ON PATREON! ...