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Log
The Ship’s Log covers journeys undertaken by sail or canal boat, and includes general posts not covered by the Travel category.
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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Jamie’s big mistake (and puppy time!)
It takes a big man to admit his mistakes and Jamie’s a big man.
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Super-High Res Photo For You!
A feature we offer our FTBMates and Patreons is full-resolution photo downloads. All supporters get access to our fave photos to be used however they wish for private use. Some of these make great desktop wallpapers, others have printed them
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Planet Dinawan exclusive video preview
This is an example of the kind of test footage we post on FTBMates – it hasn’t been published in our YT videos yet and only you and FTBMates get to see it!
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Come and join us on interactive radio!
This Thursday 25th March we’re chatting live on Clubhouse, the drop-in audio app that’s like a radio station. Yes it’s live and interactive, and we’re excited about being involved at the beginning.
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Cutlass bearing, prop shaft and puppies!
Prop shaft problems develop as we try to pull the cutlass bearing from the p-bracket. Will we have to replace the drive shaft?
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