followtheboat | Jamie | Friends Activity https://followtheboat.com/members/jamie-ftb/activity/friends/ Activity feed for Jamie's friends. Sun, 19 Apr 2026 23:38:06 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 e9dd362ab3ceb2a5ac66f7ea3445f7dd Erika Maxim posted a new activity comment https://followtheboat.com/how-did-we-sell-esper-so-fast/#comment-185396 Sun, 12 Jan 2025 09:49:12 +0000 Very interested to hear what the motivations were for the sale. I can empathise with feeling the heat more now that I am older. I also feel the cold in my feet in a way I didn’t used to. Even in Melbourne in the summer! The good thing about living here is that while we do get some horrendously hot days, It’s not the tropics, and also it never las…Read more

In reply to - Liz wrote a new post How Did We Sell Esper So Fast? Happy New Year from cold, foggy England! We’re kicking off the year with episode one of our new season of video podcasts. First off, to address […] ]]> 7090030fedb4494cafcbd98b11b36f8d Susan King posted a new activity comment https://followtheboat.com/youre-not-going-to-believe-this/#comment-185392 Tue, 17 Dec 2024 20:09:41 +0000 wow! exciting! sending joy and hugs!

In reply to - Jamie wrote a new post You're not going to believe this! Ahoy mates! We have some rather important news we’d like to share with you. For us this is perfect timing, we couldn’t be happier, but we’ll let the […] ]]> 128f7799c6117eb4a46044c2f8dfe257 Erika Maxim posted a new activity comment https://followtheboat.com/youre-not-going-to-believe-this/#comment-185390 Sun, 15 Dec 2024 08:28:26 +0000 Congratulations on selling the boat! It must be a great relief to be free to take the next step and not have to worry about that any more. I can’t wait to hear what you do next.

In reply to - Jamie wrote a new post You're not going to believe this! Ahoy mates! We have some rather important news we’d like to share with you. For us this is perfect timing, we couldn’t be happier, but we’ll let the […] ]]> 92b9c0b529fb6909a425b1ddbfbe374b Erika Maxim posted a new activity comment https://followtheboat.com/the-most-frustrating-repair-weve-ever-faced-ep-370/#comment-185341 Sun, 14 Apr 2024 06:44:47 +0000 I can’t believe it’s been 10 years since those refit videos. That’s when I started watching. The quality of your videos has definitely gone up over the years, but the important thing has never changed, which is that you always have a story to tell.

In reply to - Liz wrote a new post The Most Frustrating Repair We've Ever Faced | Ep 370 While facing the most frustrating boar repair of all time, we spent most of Week 3 whacking the fitting with brute force while trying to […] ]]> d01b2afc3df879150342829f6cb3f3ce Peter Haliburton replied to the topic Pod 033 How to buy a boat: Pt 2 in the forum FTB Episodes Advanced Viewing https://followtheboat.com/activity/p/8879/ Sat, 22 Jul 2023 13:46:08 +0000 (Where on Discord would I post a reply to a video like this?)

My wife and I looked at many (many!) boats when we were in the market for an upgrade. We had a 1977 23′ trailerable for over a decade, and wanted something more comfortable for coastal cruising. Our budget put us in the 27-30 foot size range for vessels built before 1990. As mentioned…Read more

]]> 0 02956930bb2c6d06812dfcc9a7999dd0 Susan King replied to the topic Ep 340 - Can a Prop Slow Your Boat? in the forum FTB Episodes Advanced Viewing https://followtheboat.com/activity/p/8825/ Tue, 28 Feb 2023 05:15:06 +0000 gorgeous photos !  i just think it is incredible…spectacular…pat your self  on the back a hundred times…that you took it apart and put it back together yourself!  A k-whole , now that made us laugh!

 

]]> 0 aa4c00003d536afb30dc304405c52cca Susan King replied to the topic Ep 340 - Can a Prop Slow Your Boat? in the forum FTB Episodes Advanced Viewing https://followtheboat.com/activity/p/8824/ Tue, 28 Feb 2023 04:55:08 +0000 gorgeous photos !

 

]]> 0 985bcc5f2d201de4abf1e1d6f6aa226a Susan King replied to the topic Ep 340 - Can a Prop Slow Your Boat? in the forum FTB Episodes Advanced Viewing https://followtheboat.com/activity/p/8823/ Tue, 28 Feb 2023 04:52:50 +0000 ahhh props…just spent 1100 on our prop…300 to remove it ??? 500 to recondition… 300 to put it back on ??? unbelievable….but i could feel the vibration after the captain hit a rock after he got squeezed over to it by another boater and i don’t even want to think about the shaft or loud clunking noises   and our skeg plate seems f…Read more

]]> 0 21e23df006cb484772c0016ff0e89a80 Susan King replied to the topic Things Are Changing! Please Read in the forum Chat with Liz & Jamie (Q&As) https://followtheboat.com/activity/p/8808/ Thu, 16 Feb 2023 07:12:09 +0000 i chose a new user name too,was that the correct thing to do?

]]> 0 2886c2c2c688e290a3ad722506249e32 Susan King replied to the topic Things Are Changing! Please Read in the forum Chat with Liz & Jamie (Q&As) https://followtheboat.com/activity/p/8807/ Thu, 16 Feb 2023 07:10:42 +0000 well, i managed to join discord, somehow,  lol, but should i disconnect it every time or leave it open?

]]> 0 e8cbcad82b102232d33a5f3a89e25ac6 Susan King started the topic upcoming podcast on anxiety in the forum Chat with Liz & Jamie (Q&As) https://followtheboat.com/activity/p/8803/ Tue, 14 Feb 2023 17:42:49 +0000 Hiya,love yr podcasts!!! please elaborate on what you are looking for on this topic. I am not sure if you are looking for questions or coping skills.  Examples of when our own  boat causes anxiety, when other boats cause my anxiety, when weather and sea states cause my anxiety, when poor channel markings or poor maps cause anxiety, poor weather p…Read more

]]> 0 b8d5d3209be0a4f17d766b0ce4ce6cf3 Susan King replied to the topic Things Are Changing! Please Read in the forum Chat with Liz & Jamie (Q&As) https://followtheboat.com/activity/p/8802/ Mon, 13 Feb 2023 05:18:24 +0000 Hiya, i tried to down load discord, but my phone states “parental controls restrict opening this app” so I am blocked. ugh, my techy daughter will have to fix this next time i see her. Sorry!

]]> 0 43cb8480c5092b52f2724ab9c23ee9cc Susan King replied to the topic Casting Off | 021 Can you drink rainwater? in the forum FTB Episodes Advanced Viewing https://followtheboat.com/activity/p/8801/ Mon, 13 Feb 2023 04:48:44 +0000 just a lovely chat to listen to you two banter ! cheers !

]]> 0 43cb8480c5092b52f2724ab9c23ee9cc Susan King replied to the topic Casting Off | 021 Can you drink rainwater? in the forum FTB Episodes Advanced Viewing https://followtheboat.com/activity/p/8800/ Mon, 13 Feb 2023 04:48:44 +0000 just a lovely chat to listen to you two banter ! cheers !

]]> 0 2434390abac5827d5863166cab9c1b53 Susan King replied to the topic Lembeh Strait Critters in the forum VIP Mates-only Videos https://followtheboat.com/activity/p/8799/ Mon, 13 Feb 2023 04:02:35 +0000 Spectacular ! thank you both for the time,effort and expertise and fun you had creating and producing this fabulous vid and all the vids!!!

]]> 0 e7013a49aaeec87e93f9efbf88ddc4f3 Danny Basso replied to the topic Ep 324 FAD Hazard alert! in the forum FTB Episodes Advanced Viewing https://followtheboat.com/activity/p/8753/ Mon, 07 Nov 2022 12:06:43 +0000 another amazing place !!! but how big is this world?

]]> 0 4108087758c9d53273c060ca69457803 Danny Basso replied to the topic Ep 323 Jamie's quest for cash in the forum FTB Episodes Advanced Viewing https://followtheboat.com/activity/p/8752/ Mon, 07 Nov 2022 06:51:18 +0000 sometimes the barter still works …. 🙂

]]> 0 e3613fc7be2242943d6df7721415c0a0 Danny Basso replied to the topic New Season, New Direction in the forum Chat with Liz & Jamie (Q&As) https://followtheboat.com/activity/p/8735/ Wed, 05 Oct 2022 18:20:44 +0000 OK for whatsApp… now it has also become a working tool ….. how about postcards?

]]> 0 8014073177a5b3f94373fe73f3af7146 Stuart McKenzie replied to the topic New Season, New Direction in the forum Chat with Liz & Jamie (Q&As) https://followtheboat.com/activity/p/8730/ Fri, 30 Sep 2022 01:53:05 +0000 I was a Line user and Messenger with fb friends but moving onto a boat here in Phuket I’ve seen that the majority of yachties and their service people and suppliers are more into WA.

im ok with Signal for ftb but nobody else around here uses it so if you migrate to wa that’s ok with me

]]> 0 d289b388fc482d95a1ad1bc16cef20c5 Danny Basso replied to the topic Ep 318 1232 miles just to get ill? in the forum FTB Episodes Advanced Viewing https://followtheboat.com/activity/p/8729/ Tue, 27 Sep 2022 18:39:37 +0000 I also suffer from back pain for a long time … I have tried everything but every now and then I get stuck … I know how much it hurts !!!

 

]]> 0 75f2426bb37ca8d7cc4ef21fe00e6823 Erika Maxim replied to the topic New Season, New Direction in the forum Chat with Liz & Jamie (Q&As) https://followtheboat.com/activity/p/8721/ Tue, 20 Sep 2022 02:06:13 +0000 I am happy to use either Signal or WhatsApp as I’m on both. As long as I don’t inadvertently spam you with photos of my cats, great nephew etc etc 🙂

]]> 0 d4cad5bcca0f745d3fda09ea4cf582a0 Susan King replied to the topic Ep 316 Anchoring in a 1500m deep bay in the forum FTB Episodes Advanced Viewing https://followtheboat.com/activity/p/8709/ Thu, 08 Sep 2022 00:05:08 +0000 Welcome home!!

]]> 0 cc3ae17b1f1312773a26571815414c1a Stuart McKenzie changed their profile picture https://followtheboat.com/activity/p/8708/ Mon, 05 Sep 2022 04:00:49 +0000 0 614d531dff64aba255a8b3cdb14582de Stuart McKenzie replied to the topic Ep 316 Anchoring in a 1500m deep bay in the forum FTB Episodes Advanced Viewing https://followtheboat.com/activity/p/8707/ Mon, 05 Sep 2022 00:44:19 +0000 Hi guys, glad you’re back safe and well. Didn’t get email on new video, it just popped up on my YouTube home page like all new entries from my subscriptions, did you send to ftbmates this time? Cheers Mac and Moon

]]> 0 97378e1c58c63c4a9f8908c2ab99773c Stuart McKenzie replied to the topic Have You Just Secretly Bought A Boat?! in the forum Chat with Liz & Jamie (Q&As) https://followtheboat.com/activity/p/8696/ Tue, 09 Aug 2022 02:35:51 +0000 <p style=”box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; caret-color: #7a7a7a; color: #7a7a7a; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;”>We are in the process of buying a yacht based in Thailand (where we currently live).</p>
<p style=”box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px…Read more

]]> 0 d90eb459ca53e60c2efa68f15c8b0c81 Stuart McKenzie replied to the topic Ep 314 Could We Have Done Better? in the forum FTB Episodes Advanced Viewing https://followtheboat.com/activity/p/8695/ Mon, 08 Aug 2022 05:41:42 +0000 No video!

]]> 0 7aa6e5f22c0c714c309784d4f4ccf10d Stuart McKenzie replied to the topic Address in the uk and buying a boat in the forum Chat with Liz & Jamie (Q&As) https://followtheboat.com/activity/p/8694/ Mon, 08 Aug 2022 05:29:58 +0000 We are in the process of buying a yacht based in Thailand (where we currently live).

Deposit paid and this week we will perform a sea trial, haul out, full survey and anti fouling before handing her over to a skipper, read below as to why!

As the boat is registered in UK it has to be taken out before ownership can be transferred, this is because…Read more

]]> 0 b3bcd619be4ee6448ffe27574b9e31b3 Susan King replied to the topic Ep 313 - Are My Photos Good Enough For The Royal Photographic Society? in the forum FTB Episodes Advanced Viewing https://followtheboat.com/activity/p/8684/ Mon, 01 Aug 2022 07:18:49 +0000 Of course !! Yr photos are supreme! Excellent! Passionate! Detailed! Sharp!

]]> 0 0e5fd666e03105e3e94e7d19884df07e Danny Basso replied to the topic Ep 313 - Are My Photos Good Enough For The Royal Photographic Society? in the forum FTB Episodes Advanced Viewing https://followtheboat.com/activity/p/8683/ Sun, 31 Jul 2022 18:27:27 +0000 this video gives me a strange feeling … you look like “a fish out of water”, the position composed of three quarters, the tone of voice, the sly smile, it really gives the idea of ​​having been recorded in your room with the afraid that your parents will hear you … :-)) or maybe they are right in front of you !!

good luck with your purposes.

D.

]]> 0 bc2b7501b1cea3e570d3b6e0634cfe1b Stuart McKenzie replied to the topic Ep 312 Where the hell are we? in the forum FTB Episodes Advanced Viewing https://followtheboat.com/activity/p/8670/ Mon, 25 Jul 2022 02:20:51 +0000 So you’ve escaped back to blighty? Been hearing that airfares to and from uk are really high atm and queues at heathrow outrageously long.
I get the usual ftbmates activity email weekly, but don’t get notice when you post new vblog, this last one just appeared on my YouTube

Is there a way to know you’ve posted something or should we just keep…Read more

]]> 0 b407b101484affe46ceea872e2889673 Danny Basso replied to the topic Ep 312 Where the hell are we? in the forum FTB Episodes Advanced Viewing https://followtheboat.com/activity/p/8669/ Sun, 24 Jul 2022 18:44:06 +0000 it is a pleasure to see you return to your families. happy holidays …. nice cap

 

]]> 0 a56bfbccea173c24eacb85d47e8aedfa Susan King replied to the topic Ep 309 Avoiding Catastrophe At Anchor in the forum FTB Episodes Advanced Viewing https://followtheboat.com/activity/p/8663/ Sat, 09 Jul 2022 02:01:16 +0000 you make a superior team!

]]> 0 8fac9c1784a524fbf206208e75bc2bf9 Susan King replied to the topic Early Morning Tea in the forum High-Res Image Downloads https://followtheboat.com/activity/p/8662/ Sat, 09 Jul 2022 01:37:17 +0000 Beautiful

]]> 0 509517cb3663b59a2e8f8b0f08d618a5 Susan King replied to the topic Ep 308 Coconuts and bees eggs in the forum FTB Episodes Advanced Viewing https://followtheboat.com/activity/p/8661/ Sat, 09 Jul 2022 01:30:15 +0000 magnificent episode !!

]]> 0 cd9248eb23eaace0e95c94f47d71962b Danny Basso replied to the topic Ep 308 Coconuts and bees eggs in the forum FTB Episodes Advanced Viewing https://followtheboat.com/activity/p/8649/ Mon, 20 Jun 2022 20:25:11 +0000 Another amazing video !! Very interesting. I have the opportunity to have a real and exclusive vision of the world, sitting at my desk. You look at what I would like to see, with enviable enthusiasm, I have been following you for a long time and at times it really seems to me that I have been there. This is increasingly an “inspiring channel”…Read more

]]> 0 101cd16133be91c5bf71c3231971b904 Stuart McKenzie replied to the topic Casting Off 019 | Sailing Highs & Lows in the forum FTB Episodes Advanced Viewing https://followtheboat.com/activity/p/8638/ Wed, 01 Jun 2022 09:40:43 +0000 Not managed to start our sailing adventure yet however can we just say that you both look well and Liz’s short blonde hair I looks great. Cheers MacandMam.

]]> 0 7997a90f46961f1f5fc60d22134b3f00 Peter Haliburton replied to the topic Casting Off 018 | Journey or Destination? in the forum FTB Episodes Advanced Viewing https://followtheboat.com/activity/p/8622/ Sat, 21 May 2022 12:28:26 +0000 A limited amount of time for sailing really describes most people’s cruising situation. Here in Newfoundland, even if you are retired and have the entire summer available for it, come autumn, you are heading your boat back to the marina to be hauled out and winterized. Living aboard really isn’t an option, unless you sail south for the colder…Read more

]]> 0 84b3d0bddd7fb071d996d7804843f25c Danny Basso replied to the topic Casting Off 018 | Journey or Destination? in the forum FTB Episodes Advanced Viewing https://followtheboat.com/activity/p/8619/ Thu, 19 May 2022 11:17:08 +0000 Yes Penelope.

]]> 0 1309e67e32b8fc475362c10054daa410 Susan King replied to the topic Ep 300 Hazards, Dangers, Obstructions in the forum FTB Episodes Advanced Viewing https://followtheboat.com/activity/p/8592/ Wed, 27 Apr 2022 06:14:43 +0000 whewwww, time for rest and relaxation and hitting up the rum fund.

]]> 0 0b21f9a0ec747a8b0e4a462e80f54fcb Susan King replied to the topic Ep 295 Loud Night Noises in the forum FTB Episodes Advanced Viewing https://followtheboat.com/activity/p/8577/ Wed, 20 Apr 2022 06:17:39 +0000 whatever that ambient noise is, it sure is annoying.  so many guesses like shrimp, fish, bubbles, under water volcano, shipping lanes in distance, military defense noises, porpuise, whale.  it all depends on the frequency so I have no idea ,but I  hear it too .

]]> 0 b589aeab1522da174feeb8a37a65e933 Susan King replied to the topic Casting Off 011 | This is NOT a podcast in the forum FTB Episodes Advanced Viewing https://followtheboat.com/activity/p/8576/ Wed, 20 Apr 2022 05:43:10 +0000 beautiful fish steaks. enjoy!

 

]]> 0 dc72538492807fc087dcba1f6bea61c8 Susan King replied to the topic Ep 299 We Made It To Indonesia in the forum FTB Episodes Advanced Viewing https://followtheboat.com/activity/p/8575/ Wed, 20 Apr 2022 05:30:06 +0000 wishing you some easy days and nights

 

]]> 0 3e0353c0202aa0b7bb20436a03d4e56d Danny Basso replied to the topic Casting Off 011 | This is NOT a podcast in the forum FTB Episodes Advanced Viewing https://followtheboat.com/activity/p/8562/ Fri, 01 Apr 2022 19:34:01 +0000 pink rules

]]> 0 b46af3a9ea7f6b269543b4dc60a82396 Danny Basso replied to the topic Our Deck Fitting Broke - ep 294 in the forum FTB Episodes Advanced Viewing https://followtheboat.com/activity/p/8553/ Thu, 17 Mar 2022 20:34:47 +0000 this was background noise !!! especially the traffic

]]> 0 b1e383109413e122c254db11103e2eb8 Susan King replied to the topic Ep 288 Preparing to leave Sabah in the forum FTB Episodes Advanced Viewing https://followtheboat.com/activity/p/8542/ Fri, 11 Mar 2022 04:41:35 +0000 yes , i have not a clue what signal is nor even how to connect. plus no video so i must go to you tube.

]]> 0 a1f1086ed42f9addafe4928243efd2fb Susan King replied to the topic Ep 293 Sailing With Purpose in the forum FTB Episodes Advanced Viewing https://followtheboat.com/activity/p/8541/ Fri, 11 Mar 2022 04:21:57 +0000 there is no vid to watch so I will watch on youtube

]]> 0 0f060ee4f387ba1ac42e8866c1875d72 Susan King replied to the topic Ep 292 Pirate Waters in the forum FTB Episodes Advanced Viewing https://followtheboat.com/activity/p/8540/ Fri, 11 Mar 2022 04:20:25 +0000 i wasnt able to view this vid and a couple others unless i went to you tube. Any thoughts on why

]]> 0 e5193200285c3bc5940421874df1f250 Susan King replied to the topic In the dark everything looks closer in the forum FTB Episodes Advanced Viewing https://followtheboat.com/activity/p/8539/ Fri, 11 Mar 2022 04:03:15 +0000 I must say the pod casts reveal yr delightful personalities more than the vids even though I have been following you for years.  I didn’t realize what a fun spirited ,wild woman Liz really is and what a good match and  how you both compliment each other nicely.   i enjoy the backround noises .

]]> 0 748160089b0fa103857bddb945c1b179 GRADY DEES earned 10 doubloons: Watch a video https://followtheboat.com/activity/p/8533/ Tue, 08 Mar 2022 19:53:33 +0000 Watch a video

]]> 0 be9ee6aae9cfd1232d62ab55530de61d GRADY DEES replied to the topic Ep 293 Sailing With Purpose in the forum FTB Episodes Advanced Viewing https://followtheboat.com/activity/p/8532/ Tue, 08 Mar 2022 18:46:30 +0000 Fantastic to see you sailing again!  Peace and fair winds.

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