Casting Off with Followtheboat
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After ten years since their last podcast, Liz and Jamie are back with banter from the cockpit! followtheboat is one of the oldest and biggest personal sailing and boating blogs, documenting the adventures of Jamie and Liz aboard their boats, s/y Esper, and widebeam Happidaze They have a growing youtube channel with 64,000 subscribers, but their foray into audio/visual content started with their podcasts. These audio delights covered their passage from Turkey to India, taking in Egypt, Eritrea, Sudan, Yemen and Oman. These were treacherous waters, not least because the passage was made when piracy was at its most dangerous. Listen to pirate attacks, VHF radio broadcasts, interviews with characters, cultural affairs, fair winds and ocean crossings.
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If you like our podcasts and our videos, we're always looking for your support. Please take a look at our Patreon campaign where our subscribers benefit from watching our videos before anyone else, as well as receiving other incentives like t-shirts and Patreon-only broadcasts.
Youtube channel: https://YouTube.com/followtheboat
Website: https://followtheboat.com/
Support: https://followtheboat.com/pub/
If you like our podcasts and our videos, we're always looking for your support. Please take a look at our Patreon campaign where our subscribers benefit from watching our videos before anyone else, as well as receiving other incentives like t-shirts and Patreon-only broadcasts.
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Now that we're in the full swing of canal boating, what have we left behind?
We walk you through the differences between coastal and blue-water sailboats, explain precisely what you must know, and what you need to do, BEFORE you even start to go shopping.
[S03E01] We're so excited to launch our new weekly video podcasts. Podcasts are in our DNA, like all sailors and cruisers we love 'em!
The post Casting Off – Followtheboat’s New Podcast Series appeared first on followtheboat.
After three weeks, how has it been settling in? Any problems? Your boating questions answered
If we were looking to buy a narrowboat, how come we ended up with a widebeam? We discuss a series of serendipitous events that lead to our purchase of Happidaze
The time was right to sell our sailboat, but we had no warning it would be completed so fast and we would be back in the UK before Christmas!
Surviving 20 years as cruisers has had its ups and downs. We share five of our near misses here...
In Part 2 of "ask us anything", we tackle whether your sailboat should have a bum gun.
We do our best to answer your questions on sailing and living on a boat, but weren't too sure how to answer the one about "which YouTubers do you despise?"
Night sailing can be the best time on a boat; sometimes it's just plain stressful.
In this video and podcast we break down how much money we make from YouTube.
Getting to grips with your anchor and ground tackle is crucial to successful cruising.
We need to talk about YouTube sailing channels. Cruising is exciting enough without the made-up jeopardy and added drama some channels invent.
Our voyage to Malaysia has started, and we're thrilled to talk about it in real-time during our first passage north along the coast of Lombok.
[S04E28] At 06:00 the boat shook and there was the sound of thunder: we had just experienced an earthquake!
Over 100 real-life cruisers answered our question, “If you were going to offer ONE piece of PRACTICAL advice to a new or would-be cruiser, what would it be?”
[S04E26] In the apps or chart plotter debate, some say apps have already taken over from chart plotters. Do you agree? We believe the right apps can improve our cruising experience and make life more comfortable at sea, they may
This is no random made-up list of why your cruising dreams will fail. It is based on what we've actually witnessed since we began sailing and cruising in 2005.
Sourcing boat parts in remote places. Anchored off a remote island and your engine fails, what do you do? How do you source an engine part? Or fuel? Maybe you need water...
There will always be animals on boats, whether you want them there or not. To live on a boat means living with nature: on land in the sea and in the air. Some are friendlier than others and will make your life better. Some won’t...
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Some people really need to get a life,if they feel better for negatively slating a couple who have walked the walk and got the t-shirt #wankers 😉
with someone who had a none education in the 1960s,that ones befuddled my sweed. But when I walk my patterdale every morning he's excited to go, love's the journey but hates the destination 🤣⛵️⚓️
loving the pod guys, look forwards to my dog walks with Jamie's moaning and liz's voice of reason, ;) ps. to much noise in the background on this one Jamie 😉
hiya guy's looking forwards to your words of wisdom 👍