http://www.followtheboat.com Tales (not just) from the high seas Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:30:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.followtheboat.com/2009/11/09/get-me-an-english-wife/ http://www.followtheboat.com/2009/11/09/get-me-an-english-wife/#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:59:37 +0000 Jamie http://www.followtheboat.com/?p=18541 The internet cafe was nothing special but the guy in charge was. He was as camp as a lace doily and so it was with complete disbelief that I found myself in a conversation about finding him an English girl to marry! I am serious, this guy genuinely believed that I could call up an English girl who would be willing to fly over and marry him!]]> http://www.followtheboat.com/2009/11/09/get-me-an-english-wife/feed/ 8 http://www.followtheboat.com/2009/07/27/one-giant-bleat-for-mankind/ http://www.followtheboat.com/2009/07/27/one-giant-bleat-for-mankind/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 08:07:36 +0000 Jamie http://www.followtheboat.com/?p=5334 Emborios is a tiny hamlet with just a couple of restaurants who provide mooring buoys for yotties. Yep, you guessed it, another task as yet not undertaken single-handed. I think I performed it admirably, even if I say so myself, especially after tying up and watching a another boat make a real pig's ear of it all: lost boat hooks, screaming skipper, trembling wife, usual story.]]> http://www.followtheboat.com/2009/07/27/one-giant-bleat-for-mankind/feed/ 0 http://www.followtheboat.com/2009/07/07/catch-3/ http://www.followtheboat.com/2009/07/07/catch-3/#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:37:32 +0000 Jamie http://www.followtheboat.com/?p=5246 Started fishing at 5 this morning, about the time the cicadas started. The anchorage is a stunning setting, especially at that time in the morning. I put some coffee on and chucked some crumbs out the back. Not much action for a bit until I attracted the attention of just three fish. In all the time at this anchorage (two nights) these are the only fish I've seen.]]> http://www.followtheboat.com/2009/07/07/catch-3/feed/ 1 http://www.followtheboat.com/2009/04/21/goat-milking-wellington-wearing-local-girls/ http://www.followtheboat.com/2009/04/21/goat-milking-wellington-wearing-local-girls/#comments Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:45:08 +0000 Tim http://www.followtheboat.com/?p=4956 Once again, the sweet farmer’s daughter comes running down to us and apologises that dinner will not be ready for a while as she is milking the cow and off she runs. Though we don’t hear said cow, as we play our game of Rumicub, we are surrounded by bleating goats, hooting owls, braying donkeys, jumping fish and crowing cockerels – life on this island is actually quite noisy!]]> http://www.followtheboat.com/2009/04/21/goat-milking-wellington-wearing-local-girls/feed/ 2 http://www.followtheboat.com/2008/08/08/getting-creative-on-gemiler-island/ http://www.followtheboat.com/2008/08/08/getting-creative-on-gemiler-island/#comments Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:52:17 +0000 Jamie http://www.followtheboat.com/?p=3714 Actually, when I say busy I mean really busy. For an anchorage in the middle of nowhere there are rather a lot of vessels churning up this otherwise idyllic anchorage. Nothing bad, mind, apart from the twat on a jet-ski who needed a smack round the face...]]> http://www.followtheboat.com/2008/08/08/getting-creative-on-gemiler-island/feed/ 0 http://www.followtheboat.com/2008/07/19/should-i-stay-or-should-i-go/ http://www.followtheboat.com/2008/07/19/should-i-stay-or-should-i-go/#comments Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:03:53 +0000 Millie The Cat http://www.followtheboat.com/?p=3673 Eventually we stopped somewhere and I heard strangers banging around and talking. I made myself very small indeed and tried to hide. I didn't know what to do. Inevitably someone found me, a very smiley, kind lady with red hair. But I didn't know her; I wanted my Mum.]]> http://www.followtheboat.com/2008/07/19/should-i-stay-or-should-i-go/feed/ 0 http://www.followtheboat.com/2008/06/04/back-to-pupa-good-holding-bad-germans/ http://www.followtheboat.com/2008/06/04/back-to-pupa-good-holding-bad-germans/#comments Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:52:05 +0000 Jamie http://www.followtheboat.com/?p=3528 A dragging boat is not a pretty sight, especially when it's your own. It's even worse when your outboard has only half the revs it's supposed to and, like a scene from a Hitchcock thriller, the more you rev, the faster your boat drags.]]> http://www.followtheboat.com/2008/06/04/back-to-pupa-good-holding-bad-germans/feed/ 0 http://www.followtheboat.com/2008/05/31/escape-from-eternity/ http://www.followtheboat.com/2008/05/31/escape-from-eternity/#comments Sat, 31 May 2008 15:45:45 +0000 Jamie http://www.followtheboat.com/?p=3524 My last weekend, however, was marred somewhat by a couple of idiots I met in the bar on Friday. New boat owners hailing from Essex and London they had nothing good to say about the sailing community. Or Turks for that matter. I sat and listened as they slagged off Turkish workers for being lazy, and yotties who help each other only for personal gain. Eh?]]> http://www.followtheboat.com/2008/05/31/escape-from-eternity/feed/ 0 http://www.followtheboat.com/2008/05/18/ancient-valletta-sushi/ http://www.followtheboat.com/2008/05/18/ancient-valletta-sushi/#comments Sat, 17 May 2008 23:42:08 +0000 Jamie http://www.followtheboat.com/?p=4023 Not only do the Maltese siesta for most of the day, Malta completely shuts down on a Sunday so they can spend seventeen hours in church worshipping some bird in a blue dress. This was the perfect opportunity to drive into Valletta and wander the ancient streets, though it was made a little frustrating what with every tourist site being closed for the day!]]> http://www.followtheboat.com/2008/05/18/ancient-valletta-sushi/feed/ 0 http://www.followtheboat.com/2005/07/24/nice-bit-of-driving-mate/ http://www.followtheboat.com/2005/07/24/nice-bit-of-driving-mate/#comments Sun, 24 Jul 2005 11:44:13 +0000 Jamie http://www.followtheboat.com/?p=1885 After Jon did the rounds in the dinghy we went off to practice some man overboard under sail, before returning to Bodrum marina. We tried dropping the pasarelle to lay the warps on in order to assist the marina boys but all I managed to achieve whilst jack knifing Esper in reverse was to gently nudge the guardrail of the boat next door. Oooops! 'Jon!!!!!']]> http://www.followtheboat.com/2005/07/24/nice-bit-of-driving-mate/feed/ 0