The Ship’s Log covers journeys undertaken by sail or canal boat, and includes general posts not covered by the Travel category.
If you flout the MRO (Movement Restriction Order) in Malaysia you could end up in jail for six months or receive a $250 fine.
When we work as a team we can cross oceans and stop viruses Read Post »
When the meeting finished we realised that all restaurants, bars and shops (except food stores and pharmacies) would be closed the next day. Naturally, we rushed off to buy these foldable chairs to make our own pontoon pub. Not bad, are they?
Gillian took a needle biopsy and half an hour later we learned that Millie’s lymph cells were misshapen. This almost certainly meant lymphoma, in other words cancer. We were devastated, but Gillian still had hope, “It can be treated,” she said.
Look what Millie brought us! Read Post »
We read that Brunei had finally succumbed to Covid-19 and there was talk of a border shutdown. If we checked out of Malaysia but weren’t allowed into Brunei we would be stranded…
24 hours before lockdown Read Post »
We need to time our arrival at Miri Marina perfectly. There is a sand bar a mile wide in front of the entrance, which is treacherous to sail in any kind of swell…
After an eventful crossing, we arrive in Borneo! Read Post »
This is not a debate about whether Covid-19 is going to kill you, or whether it’s nothing to get your knickers in a twist about. And we will not be giving any space to the conspiracy theories popping up like Whac-A-Mole around the internet.
Coronavirus and how it’s affecting the cruising community Read Post »
We’ve sailed a lot of miles through many a lightning storm, but this was our biggest and longest in 13 years of sailing Esper. It was relentless, at times the lightning bolts were coming every 10 seconds.
Lightning every 10 secs Read Post »
Just in case you’re getting confused about our itinerary (and we wouldn’t be surprised if you are!) this is how it’s looking…
Sailing to Japan and the Setouchi Rally Read Post »
With lightning displays at every point of the compass, we both stayed on watch throughout the night. Before dawn we’d had enough, those three squalls and the ones that followed had sapped our energy.
A night and day of rolling squalls Read Post »
Fishing boats, commercial ships, cruising yachts and tourists have been kidnapped and killed for years by Abu Sayyaf, a terrorist group operating out of Sulu province, Philippines. The group has stretched its tentacles as far as east Sabah on the island of Borneo which has become known as a no-go area for many sailors.
Our plans to sail through a no-go pirate area Read Post »
We like to tell a story in our videos and this one, we hope, strikes the right mix of exploration beneath the seas and travel across the top of it.
500 miles to go, but before we leave… Read Post »
Despite all the effort made over the weeks, we had to concede that it might be a problem with Millie’s bone marrow; this meant, almost certainly, cancer.
Millie status report – is this the end? Read Post »
The criticism we often see is that sailing channels are not showing anything new and that they just re-hash the same old thing with click-baity thumbnails and too much T&A!
Are sailing channels all the same? Read Post »
Send in your questions on the topics we will be covering: Sailing plans for 2020 (Philippines and beyond), Millie update, FTBMates, Giveaways…
YouTube Livestream TODAY! Read Post »
We checked out of the Anambas, said goodbye to the friends we had made there and wondered if we would ever come back. How many changes does that beautiful place have ahead of it?
We are hopping mad! Read Post »
