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How We Repaired Our Steering System (Jamie Went Home) Sailboat Ep 372
This video from Follow the Boat shows how to diagnose and repair a stiff steering issue on a sailboat. The main problems are dirty, old grease in the rudder, and a mismatched bronze hole and pintle. The solution is to replace the steering cable and conduit...
Don’t Go Sailing Without These Apps (& Dump the Chart Plotter?) | Video Podcast 049
Do we really need chart plotters now there are so many apps available? We take a look at the apps we use on SY Esper, and discuss if we really need chart plotters these days... 👉SUPPORT US on PATREON, FTBMates or the Rum Fund - https://followtheboat.co...
Sailing Nearly Broke Us! #nevergiveup #bluewatersailing #oceancrossing
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Flesh-eating monsters DO exist!
See the full episode here: https://youtu.be/mO6O0dJlFDM?si=7Nzu8g0rMtdN5fop 👉SUPPORT US on PATREON, FTBMates or the Rum Fund - https://followtheboat.com/pub/ 👉JOIN OUR FOLLOWERS ON DISCORD (It's free!) - https://discord.gg/WGtsJubdkE If you enjoyed...
The First 17 Years of Sailing Were Epic (How Did We Get This Far?) | Casting Off Podcast 042
After 17 years cruising and travelling the world, where to next? It's been one, long, surprising adventure which often took us to places we weren't expecting. Here's to the next 17 years! ☝️ Let us know you liked this video with SUPER THANKS! ☝️ ...
Komodo National Park (Spectacular Sunsets) | Sailing Ep 359
In typical followtheboat fashion, it's taken us over a month to sail from Lombok to the Komodo National Park, a distance of just 400km as the crow flies! 🫖 SUPPORT US on PATREON, FTBMates or the Rum Fund - https://followtheboat.com/pub/ ☝️ Let us k...
Breathtaking Desert Island | Beach Perfect Banta | Sailing Ep 358
Pulau Banta is a spectacular cliché of deserted white sand beaches, kaleidoscope fish, fringing coral and turquoise sea-blue water. To be completely honest, its majesty stunned us into silence. Along the vast northern beach, there's just one tiny patch of...
Are YOU READY to START CRUISING ?⛵ | (Casting Off) Sailing Podcast 040
Do you want to be a cruiser? Are you planning to sail around the world? Stop thinking about it and JUST FLIPPING DO IT! 💪 👉SUPPORT US on PATREON, FTBMates or the Rum Fund - https://followtheboat.com/pub/ 👉JOIN OUR FOLLOWERS ON DISCORD (It's free!...
What’s Scary About Indonesia? | Bima, Sumbawa | Sailing and Travel Ep 357
Bima is the largest town on the island of Sumbawa, a place we were warned NOT to visit by a sailing friend of ours. He said “Sumbawa is lawless and helpless”. The Indonesia Cruising Guide isn't much more positive, warning, “Bima is the largest city i...
When Is the BEST TIME to STOP CRUISING? | Casting Off Sailing Podcast 039
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 stop sailing and wonder if it's time for a new adventure... 👉SUPPORT US on PATREON, FTBMates or...
Land of Volcanoes and Earthquakes (Searching for Shelter) Sailing Ep 356
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 | FTBMates | Rum Fund - https://followtheboat.com/pub/ 🫖 Continue the conversation ON DISCORD - h...
Sailboat life or land life? (The Grass Is Always Greener!) | Casting Off Podcast 038
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 to both of us... Just wanna listen? Search for Casting Off wherever you get your podcasts, or g...
Sailing to Indonesia’s Strangest Volcano | Satonda, Sumbawa | Ep 355
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 take one more look around the remote fishing village of Ijok where we get a surprising and unique...![Five Nights on a Fishing Platform | Photo Documentary 📷 | Ep 354 [4K]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/QiFtu0GJCK8/maxresdefault.webp)
Five Nights on a Fishing Platform | Photo Documentary 📷 | Ep 354 [4K]
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 concrete anchors with ease, so we had learned to be wary of them in anchorages. It was a while ...