When Waterspouts Fall Out of the Cloud
You’re sailing into the night, no land in sight and 200 miles to go, then four waterspouts fall out of the cloud, what do you do?
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Goodbye Indonesia, What a Ride It’s Been!
After two and a half years traveling and sailing, we say goodbye Indonesia! And what a ride it’s been!
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Checking out of Indonesia at Belitung
Post-COVID, beautiful Belitung has been suffering from a lack of international tourism, a situation compounded by problems with local air carriers. There’s only one ferry a week, and flights to the island have been cancelled.Our local friend and agent, Ervan,
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Sailing Under Rare Positive Lightning
Positive lightning is rare and accounts for less than 5% of strikes worldwide. It’s 10 times stronger, reaches far further and is more lethal than regular old negative lightning.
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Nothing Like It In 20 Years!
That was one almighty front approaching us. And, sure enough, the rain and lightning started. It was going to be a long night…
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Do You Use a Bum Gun?
In Part 2 of “ask us anything”, we tackle whether your sailboat should have a bum gun.
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Should All Boats Have Bum Guns?
Part 2 of your questions in which we include that favourite subjects of cruisers, toilets and bum guns.
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Sailing to Remote Islands You’ve Never Heard Of…
Halfway between Java and Borneo are two unspoilt, seldom-visited remote islands. Go now while they’re still unspoilt.
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Unspoilt Tropical Islands in the Java Sea
The 36 hour passage from Bawean to Karimunjawa threw just one long squall at us to liven things up in the middle of the night
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Which YouTubers Do You Despise? Q&A Part 1
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?”
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Your Questions Answered (Part 1)
This is Part 1 of our answers to your questions. We had so many (and they’re still coming in!) that we couldn’t answer them all in one go. This looks like it might be the beginning of a series… Keep
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Sailing by Moonlight (No Land on the Horizon)
With good winds we moved fast to get to Banraas on Gili Lyang within daylight. Tomorrow we would be sailing by moonlight.
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Amazing Night Sailing Footage! ✨
With an almost full moon, we captured some beautiful night-sailing footage across the Java Sea to some of its remotest islands… This post is available to our Premium Content subscribers via FTBMates and includes access to all our premium features,
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Night Sailing: Dream or Nightmare?
Night sailing can be the best time on a boat; sometimes it’s just plain stressful.
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