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Oyster Yacht boat owners build their own support network website – FTB Extra
Boyd Goldie and Jamie Furlong in discussion about the Oyster Owners Group website. Boyd put together the original group some years ago using Google Groups. This summer he and Jamie got together and migrated the group over to its own website. All and any Oy...
FTB Sailing Interview #02 | Jamie Furlong | s/y Esper
This is the second in our new series of interviews with sailors we meet on our travels. Except, of course, this one is about Jamie, he of followtheboat and s/y Esper. Camera mounted on a tripod and Liz firing the questions, Jamie talks about his grandfathe...
Interview With Rob Hill – Urban Picnic Street Photography Competition 2014
I'm back in the UK for a few weeks and today, on the same day the Tour De France came through Saffron Walden, I called in on Rob Hill of Urban Picnic Photography Gallery. The 50 finalists of this year's competition are now hanging on the wall. I caught up ...
Esper Refit 21 – Awlcraft Top Coat
This week it was all about the application of our Awlcraft Snow White on the decks. There was just one problem: our painter had gone AWOL, holding up the entire project.
Esper Refit 20 – West System microlite; Osmosis prep; teak toe rail; 8mm laminate
With Jamie back in the UK Liz is left to oversee the refit project as well as record lots of footage for your entertainment. This week the boys start to apply the West System microlite to the hull (micro balloons mixed with epoxy). Meanwhile Pong, our head...
Esper Refit 19 – Awlcraft Topcoat On Topsides
After four months we finally get to see our boat's topsides spray painted with Awlcraft. Since publishing this episode we have received a number of concerns on the health and safety of the painters and the equipment they used. I have lifted this recent rep...
Esper Refit 18 – talking cat; osmosis treatment; biaxial fibreglass; royalty
This week the lads applied the biaxial fibreglass to the hull, double layered, whilst the carpenters complete the companionway ladder and bits of colourful laminate. We also get a visit from royalty, which is reciprocated by a talking cat. This is to acco...
Esper Refit 17 – Stainless work; faring deck; preparing hull
The stainless work is starting to take shape now, with a new companionway ladder being fitted. The floorboards are all up and the lads start preparing the hull for her layer of fibreglass. This is a video clip to accompany a blog post on our refit project...
Esper Refit 16 – Thai Martial Law Special
In the week that Thailand falls under marshal law... the top coat is now being applied and the masts look like new. Goy's paint team are working on various lids and covers too, leaving just the topsides and deck to paint. That won't be until the toe-rail '...
Esper Refit 15 – polyurethane veneer; honeycomb boxes
We're still waiting for the top coat to arrive and the painters are almost done faring the deck and boxes. The cockpit box is taking shape too, whilst the varnishers are applying polyurethane in their make-shift, dust-free workshop made of clingfilm. This...
Esper Refit 14 – Faring Complete; 545 Awlgrip; Wilson Art Laminates
The painters have finished faring the deck and the head painter is keen to crack on with the Awlgrip 545 undercoat. There's still a bit to do with the deck boxes and toe rail but we've learnt to let them get on with a job as soon as they can. If you like c...
Esper Refit 13 – coloured laminates; honeycomb boxes
The big news this week was the launch of Thea after two years in the boat yard. Meanwhile the painters have almost finished faring the deck and the carpenters are making the interior pretty. This is to accompany the blog post, which you can find here: htt...
Esper Refit 12 – Engine Respray; Teak Toe Rail; Polishing Deck Fittings
We're into week 12 and things are starting to take shape. For the first time I walked into the saloon and got a glimpse of what it's all going to look like. Meanwhile the yard gets together to say farewell to Thea, who will be launching on Monday. This is...
Esper Refit 09 – Awlgrip 545; Redesigning Cabin; Polyurethaning The Veneer
It was all about the painters this week as they raced against the ensuing storms to spray the first couple of layers of Awlgrip 545 primer. The painters weren't the only ones getting messy, Mey managed to paint most of her face as she tackled the various d...
Esper Refit 08 – Holes In Deck; Galley Is Tomato And Aluminium
Week Eight of our boat's refit and this week we discover some holes in the deck. The painters are almost ready for the Awlgrip undercoat and the galley is looking very tomato! This is to accompany our blog post, which you can find here: http://followtheb...
Esper Refit 02 – mast removal; rewiring plans; stripping engine
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Hauling Sail Boat And Launching Fishing Boat In Satun, Thailand
This is to accompany the blog post (http://followtheboat.com/2014/02/09/esper-refit-week-1/) on hauling our sail boat, Esper (an Oyster 435) in PSS Boat Yard, Chebilang, Satun, Thailand. It includes a clip of a local fishing boat being launched in the same...
Millie The Cat In The News
We were visited by a news crew yesterday. Apparently, in our absence over the summer, they had come down to cover a story on Nazer, the man who looks after Millie The Cat when we are in the UK. They returned for a follow-up so sometime soon you should see ...
FTB Podcast S02E01: The Crows Of Fort Cochin
This is an audio podcast revamped for youtube, accompanied by random photographs depicting Fort Cochin, the subject for this week's show. It is the first in a new series of our travels and adventures as we explore the huge subcontinent of India. If you mi...
Releasing A Seized Pacific Plus Wind Pilot Steering System
This video was put together to help anyone with a Pacific Plus self-steering mechanism that has seized due to non-use. We'd left ours open to the elements of monsoon south India and had not used it for 18 months. Consequently the Teflon bearings has seized...
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