Are you fit enough to sail?
Are you fit to sail? Staying fit on a sailboat is surprisingly more difficult than you might imagine, so we’ve some suggestions to keep you in shape…
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How to argue and still be friends
If you don’t get to grips with the enormity of being stuck together in a small space 24/7, it could be the end of the dream.
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Would you buy this water-maker?
Would you buy a water-maker? We’ve had ours since 2009. It’s still doing good work, but should we replace it with the one in our latest video?
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How to repair a dinghy leak
How to repair a dinghy leak? Are you sure you are using the best glue? Is your method correct? And we wonder if it’s better to be in the USA right now.
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Best bathroom in Borneo?
Ever suffered from the Aztec two-step? The backdoor trots, the runs, Montezuma’s revenge? You need the best bathroom in Borneo!
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Fancy some FREE FTB merch?
Over on FTBMates and Patreon, we give away one item from our shop every month. Do you fancy some free FTB merch?
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Hotel or homestay – which is best?
Hotel or homestay, which is best? Is a vacation about getting to know the local community or chilling and have everything delivered to you on a plate?
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Living with lightning at anchor
Living with thunder and lightning at anchor is something you get used to in the tropics. But this was the loudest thunderclap we’ve ever heard in SE Asia!
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Saying goodbye to the puppies
Saying goodbye to the puppies and dogs was a big wrench, but it was time to drop back into the water for new adventures.
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A world without light (and power)
In a world without light, you have to find a way to see – it could mean your survival. Solar, wind, wave energy are all free, but batteries aren’t…
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Can you paint in the rain?
Can you paint in the rain? Having spent longer than originally planned, we were now well and truly into the transition period and storms were rolling in.
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How to get rid of rats on a sailboat
You asked us to talk more on the subject of getting rid of rats on a sailboat. So here’s the full low-down on the scourge of all boats.
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Is your shaft bent?
…there were just a few jobs to finish before we could start applying the anti-foul. The idea was to get the shaft and whole drive system back in place, but the exercise was proving more difficult that we had anticipated…
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Things never go to plan in a boatyard
Sailboats are seldom hauled out to do one job. And we know that once we start looking seriously underneath SY Esper, all kinds of problems we hadn’t anticipated will reveal themselves and get added to that ever-expanding list.
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4 typhoons heading our way in the boatyard
Despite the advancing typhoons, we reveal our magic ingredient for cleaning the topsides, continue with the osmosis treatment, get that p-bracket sorted and introduce the boatyard staff
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