No depth-sounder, no autopilot. Who cares? We’re sailing!
We lost our autopilot and depth sounder, but who cares, we’re sailing!
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Sailing Across the Indian Ocean Nearly Broke Us (and Our Sailboat)
When we left the Maldives end May 2013, we had no idea that sailing across the Indian Ocean would be the most difficult thing we have ever done. It nearly broke us, and our sailboat.
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Deadly Komodo Dragon: The Largest Lizard on Earth
We got up close to Komodo dragons on Rinca island. They can grow to 300 pounds and three and a half meters, and have been known to kill humans. But this is good news for the dragons, because interest in their man-eating credentials has made them a compelling ecotourist attraction and kept them from extinction.
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Where Have We Sailed in the Last 17 Years?
We’ve just completed 17 years of cruising and travelling the world aboard our sailboat. It’s been an adventure full of surprises!
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Komodo National Park | Was It Worth The Wait?
In typical followtheboat fashion, it’s taken us over a month to get from Lombok to the Komodo National Park, a distance of just 400km as the crow flies. But before we take in busy Labuan Bajo on the island of
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How to Use Still Images in Video
Are still images important in video? It’s all about street photography, street portraiture and travel photography in this week’s podcast. And we ask whether stills have a place in videos.
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Is there any anchorage more breathtaking than Banta Island?
Banta Island is a spectacular cliché of deserted white sand beaches, kaleidoscope reef fish, fringing coral and turquoise sea-blue water.
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When Should You Start Cruising? JFDI!
Do you want to be a cruiser? Are you planning to become a cruiser? Stop thinking about it! JUST FLIPPING DO IT! 💪
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Sumbawa Island: Ignore the Warnings!
Bima is the largest town on the island of Sumbawa, a place we were warned NOT to visit by our friend, who said “Sumbawa is lawless and helpless”…
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When Should You Stop Cruising?
We ask why cruisers stop sailing, and wonder if it’s time for a new adventure…
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Volcanoes and Earthquakes (in the Ring of Fire)
We are sailing in the Sunda Arc, which means volcanoes and earthquakes. Many of those volcanoes are active, and earthquakes happen on a daily basis. Mount Tambora In 1815 Mt Tambora erupted, throwing into the air 20 cubic miles of
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The Grass is Always Greener
With Jamie in the UK and Liz in Indonesia (and with 8000 miles between us) we discover the grass is always greener.
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Sumbawa: From an Impromptu School Visit to Satonda Volcano
This week we sailed to the extraordinary Satonda volcano, famous for its salt-water filled caldera. But before that, we took one more look around the remote fishing village of Ijok where we received a surprising invitation…
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We are splitting up!
Yes, that’s right, we’re splitting up! But before you continue, please take another look at the image that accompanies this post!
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What is a “Bagan”? Sumbawa, Indonesia
It was on the island of Sumbawa, Indonesia, where Jamie decided to document the “bagan” fishing process properly; it was his most challenging photography project to date. There was a lot of careful balancing on slippery poles in the dark…
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