followtheboat | Jamie Furlong | Activity https://followtheboat.com/members/jamie/activity/ Activity feed for Jamie Furlong. Sun, 19 Apr 2026 23:38:06 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 32c6447b7deff945fdeef0c5f87dda18 Jamie Furlong wrote a new post https://followtheboat.com/?p=20668 Sun, 02 Nov 2025 06:00:00 +0000 Onum Harvest Festival In Cochin In our look at the People of Madurai, we timed our visit for their havest festival, Pongal. Meanwhile, in the neighbouring state, … Read More »

]]> 0 b83a5e81109e7717f37044b7a7caeda6 Jamie Furlong wrote a new post https://followtheboat.com/?p=23235 Fri, 17 Oct 2025 10:13:31 +0000 The People Of Madurai – Street Photography Madurai is the ‘cultural capital’ of the state of Tamil Nadu, SE India. We visited in January 2011, around the time the local people were […]

]]> 0 9c7f266c6dc775ada656fa9efbc045f4 Jamie Furlong wrote a new post https://followtheboat.com/?p=20216 Mon, 11 Aug 2025 11:15:13 +0000 The Backstreets And The People of Massawa, Eritrea In this photo essay, we revisit our trip to Massawa Eritrea, in 2010. Many of the photographs in the original blog post were of … Read More »

]]> 0 f87e0bba76ca0d769b13f5afb6911b03 Jamie Furlong wrote a new post https://followtheboat.com/?p=20335 Fri, 08 Aug 2025 08:43:07 +0000 Unveiling the Soul of Dharavi, Mumbai: An Unforgettable Photo Journey In April of 2010 we went to visit the Dharavi slums of Mumbai. Twice. It was an incredible experience, and we got to grips with the society […]

]]> 0 1b18a0ef26df75851431b96fc9baa254 Jamie Furlong replied to the topic Ep 312 Where the hell are we? in the forum FTB Episodes Advanced Viewing https://followtheboat.com/activity/p/8673/ Fri, 29 Jul 2022 08:33:15 +0000 @davidj and @danny. Thank you. We sent the laptops in to be repaired, and then my brother gave us a decommissioned one from his work which turns out to be faster than either of ours, so now we have three working laptops! I think we’ll try and sell one of them.

The only problem I have now is finding somewhere to use the laptop while at my parents.…Read more

]]> 0 4d70e81e45408f7ccae5f28393499403 Jamie Furlong replied to the topic Ep 312 Where the hell are we? in the forum FTB Episodes Advanced Viewing https://followtheboat.com/activity/p/8672/ Fri, 29 Jul 2022 08:28:20 +0000 [quote quote=52093]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 shoul…Read more

]]> 0 8e95b703a269c05241e7fb3a9fbd686f Jamie Furlong replied to the topic Forum Feedback in the forum Q&As https://followtheboat.com/activity/p/458/ Sun, 27 Oct 2019 05:33:42 +0000 Hmmm… except by doing that I have just got rid of the ability to quote another person’s post! I need to think about this…

]]> 0 e6c0ecee36064e93f39cb13ff5e79eec Jamie Furlong replied to the topic Forum Feedback in the forum Q&As https://followtheboat.com/activity/p/457/ Sun, 27 Oct 2019 05:31:57 +0000 [quote quote=40893]When adding a comment there are helpful notes that say that I can use BBCodes to format my content, but that my account can’t use Advanced BBCodes. I don’t know what they are.[/quote]

I have now turned off BBCodes altogether. I think they are unnecessary since the forum allows you to format your post with the simple text edi…Read more

]]> 0 14bd97bfef2a082b6629ff1f67e11f54 Jamie Furlong posted an update: all good today https://followtheboat.com/activity/p/182/ Sun, 20 Oct 2019 04:08:58 +0000 all good today

]]> 0 5e344c49c0de89158afb23388cc969c9 Jamie replied to the topic Where are we going next? in the forum Q&As https://followtheboat.com/activity/p/168/ Wed, 16 Oct 2019 03:52:57 +0000 Another update

]]> 0 9a296799416e4e072ef1a32794855502 Jamie replied to the topic Where are we going next? in the forum Q&As https://followtheboat.com/activity/p/166/ Wed, 16 Oct 2019 03:43:03 +0000 Probably up the river too

]]> 0 202557fc2ad4ae020560eab3bfdd29dc Jamie replied to the topic Where are we going next? in the forum Q&As https://followtheboat.com/activity/p/164/ Wed, 16 Oct 2019 03:40:30 +0000 Up the garden path

]]> 0 2a594a50d34977b5ef8cc5310b17a840 Jamie Furlong started the topic Linckia laevigata in the forum High-Res Image Downloads https://followtheboat.com/activity/p/141/ Sun, 13 Oct 2019 09:03:04 +0000

We’ve uploaded this image of two blue starfish (Linckia laevigata) not just because of the striking colours, but to show just how clear the waters are in the Anambas. Take a look at the original in Dropbox or Google Drive and tell us if you can see any evidence of water. This photograph looks like it was taken above the sea, it’s so…Read more

]]> 0 7fd2bf3f14e62f0d50590bebfe27f252 Jamie started the topic About our premium content in the forum VIP Premium Content https://followtheboat.com/activity/p/132/ Fri, 11 Oct 2019 08:03:35 +0000 Quartermasters, captains and commodores all get access to our premium content on our blog.

If you’re not yet an FTBMate then click here for a full list of benefits and links to each tier.

]]> 0 2c275e3a2ff41bbb8c34654c704b0f85 Jamie Furlong changed their profile picture https://followtheboat.com/activity/p/68/ Mon, 07 Oct 2019 11:15:46 +0000 0 f00f2b44538f924c930af1313a8fcdce Jamie started the topic About our first-viewing videos in the forum FTB Episodes Advanced Viewing https://followtheboat.com/activity/p/133/ Mon, 07 Oct 2019 00:40:09 +0000 Be the first to see our episodes! One of the benefits of becoming an FTBMate is the early access to our videos, published here a week before they become available to the public.

If you’re not yet an FTBMate then click here for a full list of benefits and links to each tier.

]]> 0 3627da5d8a6405c06c010364644092a2 Jamie started the topic About our supporter-only videos in the forum VIP Mates-only Videos https://followtheboat.com/activity/p/131/ Mon, 07 Oct 2019 00:34:45 +0000 As an FTBMate you already get early access to our youtube videos, that’s a given. But did you know we also create videos specifically for our supporters? These never get published to the public or, if they do, it’ll be months away before anyone sees them. Subscribe to this forum to get a notification when we post these videos up. We’ll add them…Read more

]]> 0 0ea03cf6cdba5ec62328904364608ddb Jamie started the topic About our high-res images in the forum High-Res Image Downloads https://followtheboat.com/activity/p/134/ Sun, 06 Oct 2019 04:39:05 +0000 Our photographs, taken in some of the most exotic locations, make perfect desktop wallpapers. They’re also large enough to print out as posters! We have been giving away high-res photographs to all our FTBMates and, up until recently, this was done via Dropbox. We are now offering this option via Google Drive as well.

We’ll use this forum to…Read more

]]> 0 5d58b8daec05a855ea1a2bb5807060fa Jamie Furlong started the topic It could be you! About our giveaways in the forum Monthly Prize Draw https://followtheboat.com/activity/p/130/ Sun, 06 Oct 2019 03:57:12 +0000 We’re upping the game and are now offering monthly give-aways to our FTBMates! Each month Millie will be drawing a name out of an FTB Mug. Will it be you? Subscribe to this forum by going back up one level to the Monthly Prize Draw Forum and clicking the green SUBSCRIBE button. We’ll announce both the prize and the winner!

If you’re not…Read more

]]> 0 69b86fa9d7b7c4480f5456218d7aa458 Jamie started the topic About the Q&A forum in the forum Q&As https://followtheboat.com/activity/p/135/ Sun, 06 Oct 2019 03:26:45 +0000 We love hearing from our FTBMates! One of the pleasures of doing what we do is the two-way communication we have with our supporters. The problem is the amount of channels used, from emails to Facebook to Patreon. Emails get lost in all the spam we receive; when we’re offline we miss Facebook comments, and so on. We struggle to keep up and…Read more

]]> 0 63870d9397eba19bd72c63c78993e875 Jamie started the topic We want your input! in the forum FTBMerch https://followtheboat.com/activity/p/58/ Sun, 06 Oct 2019 02:22:04 +0000 You already know that you get permanent discounts in our shop, and that we offer our FTBMates designs that aren’t available to the public. We’ll be posting all this here, but we’re also looking for your input. We want your ideas for new designs and new products. Keep an eye on this forum (click here to subscribe to the FTBMerch forums) because…Read more

]]> 0 fd7797dc2ab1a659576fdc10d0f40a2f Jamie Furlong posted an update: Here's a 'what's new' update! https://followtheboat.com/activity/p/52/ Thu, 03 Oct 2019 06:40:37 +0000 Here’s a ‘what’s new’ update!

]]> 0 19d85ac56b9426056c04f675a00e4dec Jamie Furlong started the topic Short Summer Break in the forum VIP Mates-only Videos https://followtheboat.com/activity/p/138/ Tue, 20 Aug 2019 08:27:40 +0000 Recorded from the Anambas announcing a two week break.

If you watch this video within the forum you earn 30 doubloons! To watch the video on youtube click here (you will not earn doubloons for this).

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]]> 0 88617ec337ffaa4f96ad71d41a444480 Jamie Furlong started the topic We're leaving Thailand in the forum VIP Mates-only Videos https://followtheboat.com/activity/p/139/ Sun, 24 Feb 2019 08:41:18 +0000

]]> 0 9b969ce82e9275b643482d5d8e5bbf32 Jamie Furlong wrote a new post https://followtheboat.com/?p=36149 Sat, 23 Jun 2018 18:38:02 +0000 SAILBOAT SUNSET: THIS IS WHY WE DO IT! Photo of the month: sunset across the Anambas archipelago As we work like crazy to get SY Esper ready to head to Borneo, we try not to lose sight of […]

]]> 0 7b6762aa6024446f165d30e839f097a1 Jamie Furlong wrote a new post https://followtheboat.com/?p=35754 Sat, 16 Jun 2018 02:14:35 +0000 Sailboat Refit Part 5: Conclusion and Costs In the conclusion to our series of articles about SY Esper’s complete refit in Thailand for Sailing Today, we set out the costs for the whole […]

]]> 0 ee9f0765fadc6f6d39fcf7530e72e9ad Jamie Furlong wrote a new post https://followtheboat.com/?p=35753 Sat, 09 Jun 2018 14:42:16 +0000 Sailboat Refit Part 4: Electrics and Electronics This is the fourth in our series of articles about SY Esper’s complete refit in Thailand for Sailing Today magazine. The refit of Esper in Satun, […]

]]> 1 fe514b42b4fd31374965ee2640b9c827 Jamie Furlong wrote a new post https://followtheboat.com/?p=35737 Sun, 03 Jun 2018 02:00:59 +0000 Sailboat Refit Part 3: Hull and Machine Shop The third in our series of articles about SY Esper’s complete refit in Thailand for Sailing Today looks at the hull, and how we dealt with the blisters. […]

]]> 0 0d852a9e44c40e733c682fbc8b22825a Jamie Furlong wrote a new post https://followtheboat.com/?p=35399 Wed, 18 Apr 2018 05:19:19 +0000 REMOVING OUR NEW COCKPIT 'SHED'! Just a bit of fun for a Wednesday afternoon… Here’s the template for the new hard cockpit sprayhood/bimini being removed from Esper. If you look […]

]]> 0 b637bdc9802d2a6e2aeba08a30dde986 Jamie Furlong wrote a new post https://followtheboat.com/?p=35391 Wed, 18 Apr 2018 05:04:04 +0000 A TOUR OF KRABI BOAT LAGOON MARINA This is a quick tour of Krabi Boat Lagoon in Thailand, all shot from a bicycle! It’s a lovely spot to work on the boat… Click the image for […]

]]> 0 294f3d4f189fa11daef51af04c23e2b3 Jamie Furlong wrote a new post http://followtheboat.com/?p=35383 Tue, 17 Apr 2018 07:05:41 +0000 [ultimatemember_password]

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]]> 0 9bbcc9a3ec8593fe1452cedfb6ebaad9 Jamie Furlong wrote a new post http://followtheboat.com/?p=35379 Tue, 17 Apr 2018 07:05:40 +0000 0 9bbcc9a3ec8593fe1452cedfb6ebaad9 Jamie Furlong wrote a new post http://followtheboat.com/?p=35377 Tue, 17 Apr 2018 07:05:40 +0000 0 9bbcc9a3ec8593fe1452cedfb6ebaad9 Jamie Furlong wrote a new post http://followtheboat.com/?p=35375 Tue, 17 Apr 2018 07:05:40 +0000 0 9bbcc9a3ec8593fe1452cedfb6ebaad9 Jamie Furlong wrote a new post http://followtheboat.com/?p=35373 Tue, 17 Apr 2018 07:05:40 +0000 0 906f349b21b849ada47033284634aade Jamie Furlong wrote a new post http://followtheboat.com/?p=35371 Tue, 17 Apr 2018 07:05:39 +0000 0 88a2b8192258fb26dee65565b336c13d Jamie Furlong commented on the post, OUR NEW DODGER GETS UNDERWAY! http://followtheboat.com/our-new-dodger-gets-underway/#comment-159161 Sun, 15 Apr 2018 04:44:45 +0000 Cheers! Hope to bring more update images as it happens…

]]> a2baa215167eb78f79bfc308061ad3c6 Jamie Furlong commented on the post, HOW TO PASSAGE PLAN THROUGH PIRATES & TYPHOONS! http://followtheboat.com/how-to-passage-plan-through-pirates-typhoons/#comment-159160 Sun, 15 Apr 2018 04:44:02 +0000 We are so very excited about heading that way, and have already realised we won’t want to rush, even if it means staying through winter! Better get that heating system installed…

]]> aa90e66d6a674f3b9a9e3713831476f9 Jamie Furlong commented on the post, HOW TO PASSAGE PLAN THROUGH PIRATES & TYPHOONS! http://followtheboat.com/how-to-passage-plan-through-pirates-typhoons/#comment-159159 Sun, 15 Apr 2018 04:42:57 +0000 Oh wow! Enjoy the Passage to the East! Depending on how things go here, we may well catch up with you!

]]> 5bdf8cf435384a80b3fffff4f93d7a4a Jamie Furlong wrote a new post http://followtheboat.com/?p=35355 Sun, 15 Apr 2018 04:02:12 +0000 สุขสันต์วันสงกรานต์ HAPPY SONGKRAN (THAI NEW YEAR) KRABI 2018! Every April, Thailand celebrates its new year by descending into a watery chaos with a water carnival known as สงกรานต์ (Songkran). From the smallest ch […]

]]> 0 c2b6d8c6cdb8e82a4c92dc7fa158577d Jamie Furlong wrote a new post http://followtheboat.com/?p=35316 Sun, 15 Apr 2018 01:52:07 +0000 SY ESPER HAS HER FIRST VALUATION SURVEY IN 14 YEARS! Sailboat survey day arrived, but it is only when the surveyor started his work that we began to wonder if there were things wrong with our home. We […]

]]> 0 80e9a2c85b37ee5f3cbbbe2fe46b0a4f Jamie Furlong wrote a new post http://followtheboat.com/?p=35307 Sat, 14 Apr 2018 09:33:02 +0000 SAILBOAT CAUGHT IN A FISHING NET! After our turgid passage north through the Malacca Strait from Singapore, we headed a further 150 miles north to Pangkor Marina along the Malaysian […]

]]> 0 d7447995ab07e502e50426b26bf74b56 Jamie Furlong wrote a new post http://followtheboat.com/?p=35288 Sat, 14 Apr 2018 08:16:45 +0000 THE LONGEST NIGHT SAIL OF OUR LIVES! This passage north through the Malacca Strait was the most turgid and longest night sail of our lives. Ploughing directly into 4m waves and 20kts of […]

]]> 0 2d727629046afa63355dad0d7e5f5053 Jamie Furlong commented on the post, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS IN SINGAPORE'S SHIPPING LANES! http://followtheboat.com/close-encounters-in-singapores-shipping-lanes/#comment-158742 Sat, 24 Mar 2018 07:08:03 +0000 Doh! We are in Krabi Boat Lagoon, working on our new dodger. Off for a week’s sail, then back till it’s completed along with new rigging, painting, s/s work…you know what it’s like! Would love to come to Nongsa […]

]]> 14f68a038924af2e0c081b7f8c807b6a Jamie Furlong wrote a new post http://followtheboat.com/?p=35268 Sat, 24 Mar 2018 07:06:20 +0000 HOW TO PASSAGE PLAN THROUGH PIRATES & TYPHOONS! Monsoons, typhoons, pirates, currents and fog are all going to conspire to make this a difficult passage, so it’s up to us to work out the best way to […]

]]> 0 e7bcd00f12cf34500e2b6a0da5eb5bb4 Jamie Furlong wrote a new post https://followtheboat.com/?p=35256 Thu, 22 Mar 2018 07:00:17 +0000 CLOSE ENCOUNTERS IN SINGAPORE'S SHIPPING LANES! Tropical rainstorms that go on for days are no fun, so we hid in one of the prettiest marinas in Malaysia to escape, but the rain kept coming and the […]

]]> 0 858f342b28d7ff174d08b346176ab0f8 Jamie Furlong wrote a new post https://followtheboat.com/?p=35251 Wed, 21 Mar 2018 06:16:19 +0000 OK, so this is just a couple of shots taken on the phone, but we thought you might be interested to see the first template. It’s taken two days of measuring, cutting and fitting, and we’re almost […]

]]> 0 bdcb9068fc1cb5e5e0408c719f8abdb2 Jamie Furlong commented on the post, 5 REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD BUY A BOAT! http://followtheboat.com/5-reasons-why-you-should-buy-a-boat/#comment-158664 Tue, 20 Mar 2018 10:20:09 +0000 Peace and fair winds to you, Leon!

]]> 4244617875e1b87df581dc6ba07b2dd8 Jamie Furlong commented on the post, WHICH WAY'S WEST? http://followtheboat.com/what-ways-west/#comment-158663 Tue, 20 Mar 2018 10:19:20 +0000 Thanks for the positive comment! We can’t wait to start heading out to Japan. Just a little work to do on Esper yet… Haha!

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