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We’re taking a break (not just for Christmas) – Sailing Ep 225
We explain why we're taking a break 00:00 Taking a BREAK (not just for Christmas) 00:33 We want your FEEDBACK 02:45 Can you TRUST Sailing Followtheboat? 04:48 Our followers are the BEST! 06:09 HOW Patreon and FTBMates help us 07:53 Liz's DAFT 'Ad' 08:57 WH...
Afloat at night in the jungle | Discover Sabah, Borneo Ep217
First we have one more day and night in the Kinabatangan River, exploring the tributaries and discovering an abandoned meander soon destined to become an oxbow lake. Jungle sailing through dangerous waters with boats hitting logs and running aground. And w...
How to find the last pygmy elephants | Discover Sabah, Borneo Ep 216
We're sailing up river, on the hunt for pygmy elephants and proboscis monkeys! But first there's some climbing the mast to do... 00:00 Remotest jungle river 00:19 Rainforest vs palm oil 01:43 Up the mast for repairs in the jungle! 03:44 On the hunt...
Sailing into the jungle | Discover Sabah, Borneo Ep 215
We took our sailboat into the jungle, sailing up river, through rain forest and mangroves. 00:00 Intro 01:06 Leaving the fouled anchorage 01:58 Preparing to navigate the shallow entrance 03:29 Making way in the river (military escort) 05:51 Timelapse upr...
Death marches of Sandakan | Discover Sabah, Borneo Ep 214
15:15 Death marches (Borneo) sequence. The Sandakan Memorial Park commemorates the WW2 loss of 2400 prisoners of war from Australia and Britain, along with hundreds of local resistance fighters, in the death marches across Borneo. Dirty diesel (diesel b...
Hundreds of turtles on Turtle island – Discover Sabah, Borneo Ep 213
The last thing you need is engine failure in a storm when you are sailing through pirate waters to Turtle Island. Nothing will stop you from seeing those turtles, but when a second squall blows through and your sailboat ends up dragging anchor in 2m of wat...
Sailing through pirates: drive shaft failure – Sailboat rally Pt 5 – Ep 212
We are sailing through pirates in high risk waters off the coast of northern Borneo. Imagine how you would feel if you had a sailboat drive shaft failure and became sitting ducks... Six boats are taking part in the only rally happening in the world right ...
Sailing through pirates: do we need a faster sailboat? Rally Pt 4 – Ep 211
The Sail Malaysia rally means sailing through pirates off the coast of north east Sabah. So does that also mean we need a faster sailboat? We talk to the commanders of ESSCOM (Malaysia's combined security force) and learn about protocols for safety in dan...
Ever handled wild bees? – Discover Sabah, Borneo Ep 210
We learn about the birds and bees in Borneo and where to put the lines when we remember how to Med moor for the first time in 10 years. After too many cocktails the night before in the best beach bar in Sabah at ‘Secret Place’, it was an early start t...
Sexy beach party with new friends – Discover Sabah, Borneo Ep 209
As the Sail Malaysia Sabah Rally gets underway, we get lucky with the wind, Liz gets lucky with the fishing and Jamie tries to get lucky at a sexy beach party. Man alive, it's good to be out again... Peace and fair winds! Liz and Jamie 💬 FTBMates ...
The ONLY sailboat rally in the world has started! – Sailing Ep 208
Yes this is the only sailboat rally in the world right now! With the world currently closed, we've been given the opportunity to sail with five other yachts around the most dangerous part of Borneo. We have a military escort, so we're not too worried about...
The Caribbean of the east | Discover Sabah, Borneo Ep 207
Is this SE Asia's answer to the Caribbean? Dinawan, a small island just 10km south of Kota Kinabalu has everything you need from a tropical island: coral sand beach, blue lagoon, wooden stilted houses, gentle lapping water. We took a breather here before...
Sailing safely through pirate waters? – Ep 206
Is sailing safely through pirate waters really possible? We’re about to head through the Sulu and Celebes Seas, one of the most dangerous places in the world to sail. But don’t worry, we reckon we’ve got the safety angle covered... The mini rally we...
A taste of freedom (first night at anchor) – Sailing Ep 205
We left the marina for a taste of freedom and spent our first night at anchor in five months. But after our first taste of freedom, we were told we didn't have permission to stay there. A ranger from the marine park explained we must have a permit to anch...
When can we go sailing? (Preparing to leave) – Ep 204
We're preparing to leave the marina after 5 months of staring at the walls. But when can we go sailing? The Malaysian RMCO (recovery movement control order) is still in place, but the rules are slowly relaxing and one of them means we're allowed to go out...
Motor yachts v sailing yachts – Ep 203
Are you a sailboat snob? What’s your view on motor yachts v sailing yachts? We talk to the captain of a Princess 88' superyacht whose heart still lies with sailboats. He explains how he became the skipper of a super yacht and the reasons why he still pre...
Cost of a sailboat refit (what went wrong?) Part 4 – Sailing Ep 202
How much to refit a sailboat? In the final of our total sailboat refit revisited mini-series, we reveal the total cost of a sailboat refit. We also discuss what went wrong, what worked and what we would do differently. Topics in this episode (click on tim...
Total Sailboat Refit (interior, electronics, B&G navigation system) Part 3 – Sailing Ep 201
The third in our total sailboat refit project revisited, covering the entire re-modelling of the interior, electronics, B&G navigation and complete re-wiring and installation of our new B&G navigation system, autopilot and radar. Topics in this ep...
How we started sailing (the story so far) – Sailing Ep200
This is the story so far of how we started sailing. With extra footage and images of us you won't have seen before from way back in 2006 when we were getting to grips with our first sailboat. Watch us read our HORRIBLE comments at 21:21 From Turkey, the e...
Total Sailboat Refit (deck and topsides, prep and painting) Part 2 – Sailing Ep199
The second in our total sailboat refit project revisited, covering jobs like deck and topsides, prep and painting... We used Awlcraft 2000 paint from Awlgrip in Snow White and Moon Dust. Then we had the mammoth task of re-stepping the masts. But before tha...
Total Sailboat Refit (Osmosis treatment, teak deck removal, planning) Part 1 – Sailing Ep198
We revisit our total sailboat refit project in a new four part series, covering jobs like osmosis treatment, teak deck removal, planning... Why? Because viewers are still asking us about it! With over 2,000 video clips across 51 episodes over 13 months, ou...
Things are looking up! – Sailing Ep 197
Things are looking up here on followtheboat. The rules are relaxing, the pontoon "pubs" are open (bring your own beer) and Jamie's in the kitchen. But when the excitement has dipped on your sailboat project and you're stuck in a rut, how do you motivate yo...
What is the best sailboat to sail around the world? – Sailing Ep196
In a cruising world dominated by catamarans and light-displacement boats, the ketch rig seems almost antiquated among the YouTube generation. But if you’re serious about off-shore sailing, the ketch rig has proven its worth time and time again, even by t...
Is isolation easier on a sailboat? – Real-time Sailing Update Ep195
👉 World Health Organisation Mythbusting: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/myth-busters We have been hearing stories from cruisers in far-flung places about how they are coping with living in isolation....
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