Esper At Anchor – Ko Lipe
Esper watches the sun set over the Butang islands, anchored by Ko Lipe, Thailand.
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Boat Maintenance: Problems In Paradise
Just when we thought we were beginning a new chapter, sailing around Thailand’s remotest islands, disaster struck. And struck again. And continued to strike. I mean, after more than a year in a boatyard, wouldn’t you think we were due a little adventuring?
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How to enjoy a tropical island paradise: Ko Lipe
Having checked out of Malaysia we make the 25 mile hop to beautiful Ko Lipe. Here we find those clichéd azure seas, white sand beaches and, most importantly, fish for Millie.
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Leaving Langkawi – Esper’s First Sail + Interior Shots
Of course this isn’t Esper’s first sail per se, but this is the first time we’ve shaken out the sails since the refit. There’s performing planes, fishing nets… and a before-and-after montage of Esper’s interior.
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How to mount your solar panels on the pushpit
When we mounted our solar panels eight years ago we opted to hang them from the side, off the pushpit, at the back of the boat, as opposed to mounting them on a gantry or davits above head height at
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Esper – Post Refit First Look
As you can imagine, when we dropped the hook in Bass Harbour, Langkawi, 25 miles away from PSS Shipyard, we did absolutely nothing for a whole week. It was bliss.
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Esper Refit 53-55 – Esper Launches!
Finally, after one year and one month in the yard, Esper launches!
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Fishing On A Thai Squid Boat
Fishing on A Thai Squid Boat It’s important to leave the yard once in a while so we jumped at the chance to go fishing for the evening on a Thai squid fishing boat. A few of us joined Jia
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Esper Refit 50-52 – one year in the yard! Portabote improvements; interior carpentry
Would you believe it? More to the point, would we have believed it? One year in the boatyard calls for a party. Plus there’s some much-requested boat updates in the video clip, which also covers a rather strange phenomenon in the yard.
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Can I leave my boat to be refitted in my absence?
We get emailed a lot about our refit and soon I’ll be putting together a ‘guide to refitting your boat abroad’. In the meantime I wanted to respond to an email I received recently asking whether it’s possible to leave the boat in the care of the yard for a complete refit, to be done in the owner’s absence.
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Esper Refit 47-49 – festivities; rudder design; more carpentry
2015 and we’re close to hitting a year in the yard. For those of you asking why we don’t just leave and finish the jobs at anchor, Liz has her answer in this week’s video clip.
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Esper Refit 46 – Christmas Special
As Christmas approaches we are inundated with rain, rain and more rain. It’s just like being back in the UK! We still had fun, attending a Burmese wedding and rehousing some little animals.
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Esper Refit 45 – tent down, masts up, davits on
Yes, you read that title right. Esper has finally been revealed to the outside world and we witness the first ray of sunshine on that beautiful shiny hull, and we even got the masts up, though not without a headache or two.
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Esper Refit 43-44 – Totem’s fund raiser; bow roller installed
We said goodbye to s/y Totem this week but not before Behan pulls off an amazing fund-raiser for the workers kids. We also visit the workers’ homes next to the boatyard.
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Penang’s Chemical Brother
On Georgetown’s most famous road, Chulia Street, resides this UNESCO World Heritage Site’s most famous resident. Down one of the covered walkways that are characteristic of Penang’s old town, nestled between a workshop refurbishing engine parts and a nick-nac store selling over-priced antiques, sits Liangtraco – ‘Chemicals and Apparatus’.
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