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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...