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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 yourself? We answer thre...
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 today’s standards. So, is the best sailboat to ...
Is isolation easier on a sailboat? – Real-time Sailing Update Ep195
👉 World Health Organisation Mythbusting: We have been hearing stories from cruisers in far-flung places about how they are coping with living in isolation. So is isolation easier on a sailboat? In theory we should be well equipped and experienced enough to get through the measures currently in f...
How to avoid fishing nets on a sailboat – Sailing Ep 192
👉 Filmed before the worldwide emergency. World Health Organisation busts the myths 👈 04:56 How to avoid fishing nets and lines One of the biggest headaches for cruisers in SE Asia is the sheer number of fishing boats at work close to land and off-shore, anything from one-man canoes to smoking tr...
Would you have surgery in Asia? + How to tie an eye splice – Sailing Ep 191
👉This episode was filmed before the worldwide emergency👈 Would you have surgery in Asia? Undergoing surgery in Malaysia or anywhere in the world you happen to be sailing is daunting. If it's not your own country, finding a hospital or a doctor, trusting that person's judgement and going i...
Why should every sailboat have a bicycle? – Sailing Q&A 40
Should every sailboat have a bicycle? Maybe not if it's a racing yacht or if your superyacht already has its own helicopter, but for cruisers, we reckon a bicycle on a sailboat does amazing things. Filmed before the lockdown and Movement Restriction Order came into effect on Borneo, having bike...
Going out during lockdown without getting arrested? – Stranded04
👉 World Health Organisation Mythbusting: If you flout the Movement Restriction Order in Malaysia you could end up in jail for six months or receive a $250 fine. As the infection is spreading here, we do not leave the marina because shopping in lockdown can be unnerving. But occasionally we need f...
Nowhere to run: living in total lockdown on a sailboat – Stranded03
👉 World Health Organisation Mythbusting: With nowhere to run, we are living in total lockdown here in the marina on our sailboat. Each day there are more restrictions and countries nearby are closing their ports. And now it looks like Malaysia is about to stop all sailing vessels from cruising in...
24 hours before lockdown: borders closing around us – Stranded02
👉 World Health Organisation Mythbusting: What do you do when your visa is about to run out as countries around you are closing their borders? To renew a visa in Malaysia you have to do a 'border run', but what happens when the borders are closing? Sailing to the Philippines is no longer...
A new country, a new project – Sailing Ep 188
Another 100 miles to go before arriving in a new country to start a new project. But first we need to navigate for the next 22 hours through oil and gas rigs. And we need to time our entrance into Miri Marina perfectly because the sand bar along the coast is treacherous to sail across in rough weat...
Why sailors and cruisers are concerned right now – Stranded01
👉 World Health Organisation Mythbusting: There are a few reasons why sailors and cruisers are concerned right now about the current situation just as much as our landlubbing friends. Maybe the best thing for each of us to do is take our sailboat out to sea or to anchor off some remote, desert isl...
Lightning storms all night – sailing 500 miles Pt 1 – Ep 186
We show you how we sailed through lightning storms all night. After 100 miles into a 500 mile crossing in a small sailboat crossing in the open sea, we ran for shelter. A storm five-miles wide hung over the harbour as we navigated in 50m visibility through a narrow reef-lined channel. Boy, did we ne...
What would you do before a 500 mile sail? – Sailing Ep 185
We have checked out and have a long sail ahead of us. But there's no hurry and we still have stuff that we want to do. What would you do before a 500 mile sail? If you'd like to win stuff, get free gifts and talk directly to us anytime, or if you just watch regularly and like our work, Jo...
Real sailors do not use marinas. So why do we? – Sailing Q&A 39
We get told time and again by viewers to get out of the marina and start sailing, that real sailors do not use marinas, that they are bored with watching episodes from sailing channels which are set in marinas. Shot on a Minolta MD Rokkor 50mm f/1.4 lens dating from 1974. So why do cruisers sometim...
Borneo rainforest burns and we go back in time – Sailing Ep 183
As the Borneo rainforest burns and we go back in time, it adds an eerie pall to Siantan. With SY Esper safely moored, we go on a bike tour around the island where people carry on the traditions of 1000 years. In some places, it's like being back in time, with people using hand tools for farming...
How to pick up a mooring buoy + best sailing destinations – Sailing Ep 179
How do you pick up to a mooring ball on a monohull? We show you the right way to use a mooring buoy in one of the best sailing destinations in the world. Do you have a top 5 best sailing destinations list? We would love to hear your favourite places in the comments. 01:07 Best way to attach to a mo...
Hookworm invasion! Medical care on a sailboat – Sailing Ep 178
Parasites and disease are rife in SE Asia, as Jamie finds out in the Anambas when an uninvited 'passenger' climbs on board. A hookworm infestation must be treated properly, but were the facilities in the remote Anambas going to be able to help us? Are you a regular viewer? Do you enjoy ou...
BIG Christmas giveaway prize competition – Sailing FTB Extra
Watch TILL THE END to find out how to win these BIG Christmas prizes from followtheboat. Are you a regular viewer? Do you like our work? Join FTBMates, our VIP members club, and chat directly with us. Get free t-shirts, dog-tags, mugs, hoodies, hats, episode previews, exclusive content and private ...
Would you head straight towards a pirate zone? – Sailing Ep 176
If you knew there had been a recent piracy attack where you were heading, would you keep your intended course and still set your sailboat towards that destination? Less than three weeks prior to our departure there was an attack with weapons on a commercial vessel slap bang in the middle of our rout...
Are you too old to sail around the world? – Sailing Q&A 38
Don’t believe the hype, sailing Channels are selling you a lie. Bottom line? The vast majority of cruisers are over 50 and do not post videos about their adventures. YouTube sailing channels are generally made by young fun-lovers, but most cruisers are 'old' freedom lovers. We have met cr...
Bat attack! Swimming with sharks & turtle rescue – Sailing Ep 175
Are you a regular viewer? Do you like our work? Join FTBMates, our VIP members club, and have a cosy chat with us. Get free t-shirts, dog-tags, mugs, hoodies, hats, episode previews, exclusive content and private videos. And YOU could be sailing SY Esper: Pulau Tioman in the South China Sea is a g...
How to run goose wing (wing on wing) – Sailing Ep 171
Goose wing, or wing on wing, what do you call it? We show you how we sail wing on wing using a polled-out genoa and prevented main (or mizzen). Just as we think this sailing life can't get any better a fierce squall hits as we sail into trouble inside a rocky anchorage. This is a desolate part ...
How to use a hookah (not a hooker!) at anchor – Sailing Ep 169
Just yer average life at anchor next to a tropical island: boat work, beach walking, beer drinking... using a hookah (that's hookah, not hooker!) for boat maintenance. White beaches, gin-clear water and thriving coral fringe this green and lush island, while granite rocks straight out of a Hen...