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Sailing With A Gennaker
A gennaker is used when sailing downwind as it's a cross between a genoa and a spinnaker (big colored sails). A gennaker is not symmetric like a spinnaker but is asymmetric like a genoa, but the gennaker is not attached to the forestay like a jib or genoa....
Rigging, Sails and Reefing Our Sailboat
In this video I explain our rig, demonstrate how we get our sails out, the way in which we reduce our sails in rough weather – otherwise called ‘reefing our sails,’ and I also contrast our rig to other configurations most popular with cruisers. Ple...
MAYDAY! HEART ATTACK ON BOARD! Ep 23
BUMPER EPISODE! Covering summer in the UK and return to Thailand in September where Jamie receives a distress call. A number of maintenance jobs have to be finished before we head off to our first anchorage... We catch up with our families--Jamie's in Saf...
Oyster Antigua Regatta – Sailing Britican – Part 2
Here's Part 2 of 2 parts. Find out if Britican wins the Oyster Antigua Regatta here. Read the article associated with this video at: http://www.sailingbritican.com/oyster-antigua-regatta/# Music by Nicholas Harkola. Find out more on Nick at: https://www...
Oyster Antigua Regatta – Sailing Britican – Part 1
Find out if Britican wins the Oyster Antigua Regatta. This video includes footage of professional photos and video clips detailing the before, during and after's of the Oyster Regatta in Antigua. The course goes from English Harbour to Nonsuch Bay to Jolly...
SAILBOAT RUNS AGROUND! Ep 22
In the last episode we left you with Jamie and Brendon who had nipped over to Phiphi for the night. They took in the back streets, a storm and some thai boxing before returning to ao chalong. Back there, Jamie starts preparing Esper for her last journey of...
24 HOURS ALONE AT SEA. Ep 20
With the temporary crew now off the boat Jamie has to prepare for a 90 mile solo sail from Koh Lipe to Ao Chalong. This will take him into the night so he has to consider the pros and cons of either doing a straight run or going up the east side and island...
MR D
Love cooking, but hate it when the galley turns into a sauna? You know what they say, if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen... We discovered the Mr D Thermal Cooker back in 2010 at the Southampton Boat Show. It seemed too good to be true: ju...
The 12 things To Do When At A Marina
Howdy! I made this video in St Lucia and couldn't find wifi to upload it. Then went to Martinique and wifi was nonexistent...so I couldn't get it up. Finally, I'm in Dominica and I've sat at a restaurant for four hours to get this online. Woo hoo! So...thi...
PARADISE CRASH REPAIRS PART 1… EP 17
Here it is, our first sailing log of 2016! We've made it an extra big one to help keep those in the northern hemisphere entertained over the long winter nights. If you've been following us, you'll know that 2015 was full of ups and downs aboard SY Esper....
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...
Southampton Boat Show 2015 – followtheboat visits – FTB Extra
Liz and Jamie manage to slip in a visit to the Southampton Boatshow on a sunny Saturday. We bump in to old friends and new and chat to some of the people behind the 600+ exhibitors. These include Dave and Jenny Knowles of Mr D's Thermal Cooker and our own ...
FOLLOWTHEBOAT | Sailing – Join the followtheboat adventure
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FOLLOWTHEBOAT | #56 | Esper post refit 1st look; changing water pump; aerial views from mast
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