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WE HAVE NEW CREW! Ep 62
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 joins us in Telaga as we prepare the boat for our departure to Sumatra but, being a wise sailor, knows how foolhardy it is to head straight in...
ABOUT OUR SAILS – HOW MUCH DID THEY COST?
This is an FTB Extra to accompany Vlog 059 ( We give you the low-down on how much our sails costs, and chat to Phil about the sail-making process and how he came up with our sail designs. As always this episode has been brought to you by the kind youtube viewers who support us through: Patreon - ...
NEW SAILS UP! BATTERIES COOKED! Ep 59
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 videos concurrently because the other episode is an FTB Extra, and it's all about our sails...and how much they cost! Find the accompany...
WINDLASS INSTALLED BUT MORE DISASTERS! Ep 58
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 buggered, the toilet is leaking and now we've cooked our batteries. Will we ever get to leave for Indonesia? As always this episode has ...
HOW TO CHOOSE AN ANCHOR WINDLASS. Ep 57
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 in this episode but there's also some rather splendid drone footage of the beautiful tropical island that is Langakwi. Make the most...
DISASTER! OUR ANCHOR WINDLASS IS BROKEN! Ep 56
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 decides it has had enough. In order to diagnose the problem it has to be removed from the deck, and that's where the issues begin. We take yo...
WORLD’S BIGGEST YACHT, WORLD’S FIRST BAMBOO SCHOONER, AMERICA’S CUP ORIGINS. Ep 55
'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 where in 1583 Sir Walter Raleigh set off on his third expedition to 'The New World'! In this episode ...
Are you a tourist? Are sailors tourists? Sailing Q&A 12
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 people who have really assimilated, but they are few and far between. This is the last in our daily episodes of our second 'daily Q&A...
“I’ve had enough of sailing. It’s time to quit!” Sailing Q&A 10
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 when slipping the lines becomes a chore and the spreading of roots becomes the goal? How do you know when to quit? Ralf is one...
Do you drink and sail? Is it OK? Do you? – Sailing Q&A 7
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 for passengers, but not crew? Do you have any stories of drinking and sailing? This is the first of our daily Q&A vlogs in which we an...
MY SAILING SECRET, NEW SAILS & STORM TACTICS… Ep 54
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 new sails. In doing so we discover the real state of our current sails, including wears, rips and a general embarrassment of problems. In our...
SEA GYPSIES, SCRUBBERS & SCHOONERS Ep 47
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 is learning about the Moken, the original sea gypsies of Thailand. We also sail a 99ft schooner, find a place for meditation, talk about wate...
CHEOW LAN LAKE + CAN WOMEN SAIL ON THEIR OWN? Ep 46
► 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 do we come up with the same answer? Filmed during our trip to Cheow Lan Lake in Khao Sok National Park last April and again a few weeks ...
How to downsize for life on a sailboat. Sailing Q&A 3
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. Chucking out stuff, selling off possessions, ebaying your life away and downsizing. It's cathartic and you won't miss a thing. But exp...
DON’T BE A WANCHOR! Living on a sailboat… Ep 42
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 before we start living on a sailboat. Every liveaboard sailor has a tale to tell of bad anchoring, and this was just one such tale...
SAILING THAILAND AND HOW TO CHOOSE A BOAT! Ep 35
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 monohull? What size sailboat for cruising? Should you buy a new or used sailboat? What is a blue water boat? We are still in Thailand for this epi...
OUR CAT GOES OVERBOARD!! Ep 34
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 look here: She hadn't fallen in for more than 5 years before this. We still don't know how it happened, but we suspect the curr...
LIZ LEAVES JAMIE + BUYING A NEW DINGHY! Ep 31
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 mum, who was diagnosed with Parkinsons ten years ago, wasn’t doing very well. So Liz helped Jamie take SY Esper a couple of hundred miles north...
WHICH OUTBOARD MOTOR SHOULD WE BUY? Ep 30
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 the high life before heading to anchor at Telaga. ****************************** Join in the conversation on Facebook! Say hello on...
FLOPPER STOPPER FAILURE! Ep 29
"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 on our beam. cont/... ****************************** Join in the conversation on Facebook! Say hello on Instagra...
TEASER #29
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 maintenance. ****************************** Come and continue the conversation on Facebook! Say hello on Instagram! Join our crew! Sub...
PARADISE TROPICAL ISLANDS ON A SAILBOAT. Ep 27
After a calm night at anchor just off Koh Naka Noi--and another attempt at drone flying--we woke up to a breeze, perfect weather for a sail towards Ao Chalong to check out of Thailand... cont/... ****************************** Continue the conversation on Facebook! Say hello on Instagram! Joi...
TEASER #27
In the next episode we sail the islands east of Phuket, do a little boat maintenance above and below the water and sit out a storm. ****************************** Continue the conversation on Facebook! Say hello on Instagram! Join our crew! Subscribe to our YouTube channel: Be the first t...