http://www.followtheboat.com Tales (not just) from the high seas Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:30:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.followtheboat.com/2010/12/03/spinnaker-sensation/ http://www.followtheboat.com/2010/12/03/spinnaker-sensation/#comments Fri, 03 Dec 2010 10:00:34 +0000 Jamie http://www.followtheboat.com/?p=20834 In our penultimate Arabian Sea crossing podcast Jamie decides to erect something very big that scares Liz. Meanwhile back at Wynbury Delves Primary School the kids send the Esper gang a message. It feels great to know that we've done something good, especially after a day of no wind, sunburn and cursing.]]> http://www.followtheboat.com/2010/12/03/spinnaker-sensation/feed/ 1 http://www.followtheboat.com/2010/11/19/banana-port-control/ http://www.followtheboat.com/2010/11/19/banana-port-control/#comments Fri, 19 Nov 2010 11:01:49 +0000 Jamie http://www.followtheboat.com/?p=20822 Coinciding with the Chandler's release from Somalia by pirates this week we return to the high seas, now entering the middle of the Arabian Sea. We are in the same area the Chandlers were two years ago. What was a great sail is now turning into a bit of a nightmare with steering problems and no wind. And then there are the freaks on the VHF radio... ]]> http://www.followtheboat.com/2010/11/19/banana-port-control/feed/ 0 http://www.followtheboat.com/2009/11/22/marina-wadieldome/ http://www.followtheboat.com/2009/11/22/marina-wadieldome/#comments Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:59:48 +0000 Jamie http://www.followtheboat.com/?p=18715 Once off the boat one then had to contend with the comedy pontoon, something taken straight out of the Fun House! Remember the moving staircase right by the Hall of Mirrors? That was our pontoon! As one walked down the pontoon so it tipped and dipped from side to side, and then there were the warps (lines) tied to the large motor boats that one had to climb over, further complicating the trip ashore.]]> http://www.followtheboat.com/2009/11/22/marina-wadieldome/feed/ 1