We have been cruising around the world full time since 2006. But how long can we keep going? What would make us stop and give it all up? We ask why cruisers ...

The Sunda Arc is home to some of the world's most dangerous and explosive volcanoes, many of which are still very much active. 🫂 SUPPORT US! - PATREON | ...

With Jamie in the UK and Liz in Indonesia (and with 8000 miles between us) we discover the grass is always greener on the other side. And how important food is ...

We sail to the extraordinary Satonda volcano, complete with salt water lake said to have appeared after a monstrous tidal wave flooded it. But before that, we ...

We see these fishing platforms everywhere in this part of the world, but didn't know much about them until Jamie began this photo documentary. They drag their ...

Crossing borders on a sailboat is the same as travelling anywhere abroad. Except that with a boat, you need to times the bureaucracy by 10 in some countries… ...

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There are difficult anchoring scenarios we all have to face at some point: deep water, strong currents and winds. Add poor chart datum and a rocky bottom then ...

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Do you know the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (aka the Col Regs)? And did you know that if you crash your boat you could be liable ...

In “How to Buy Your First Boat: PART 2” we walk you through how to make a boat purchase. We show you where to start your search, how to inspect each boat you ...

Watch Part 2 NEXT: https://youtu.be/t_WTaS5hbv0 In "How to Buy Your First Boat: PART 1" we arm you with the knowledge you need BEFORE you start shopping for ...

Do sailing YouTubers need to think twice before filming the remote and secluded locations they visit and alerting the rest of the world to their existence? Is ...

A tropical cyclone developing off western Australia to the south of us, meant it was time to skedaddle. And what lay in front of us was a 30-mile passage ...

Watermakers are an essential piece of kit for remote cruising, so we take good care of our Schenker Zen 30. In this boat work episode, Jamie takes us through ...

This is it, we've reached The End. A few months and 2500 miles from Malaysia to Indonesia later, we arrived at our destination, Medana Bay It's been ...

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In the Flores Sea, we once again cranked up our code zero sail, aka 'The Kraken'! The conditions were perfect. In this video, we run through our setup and get ...

Cruising by sailboat is exhilarating, but absorbing new cultures and meeting new people is the real adventure. To make someone smile when you don't speak each ...

After what felt like months of bashing against wind and waves in the Banda Sea, we finally turned south-west into the south-easterly trade winds. After 120 ...

Finding diesel is always a challenge. But when all you have on offer is biofuel, how safe is biodiesel in a sailboat engine? Then there's the problem of ...

All cruisers are obsessed with weather forecasts, and the main phenomena we watch in forensic detail are the "lows" you'll hear them banging on about in the ...

We've been sailing in the tropics since 2013 and reckon the most significant hazard to cruising is the weather. Tropical storms, squalls, and unpredictable ...