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/2012/01/20/the-crows-of-fort-cochin/ http://www.followtheboat.com/2012/01/20/the-crows-of-fort-cochin/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:00:04 +0000 Jamie http://www.followtheboat.com/?p=25621 Finally, after a year's absence! Welcome to the brand new followtheboat podcasts! Podcasts, for those who don't know, are free mp3 audio files that you may download and listen to on your stereo, ipod etc. They're the equivalent to a radio show, and we produce weekly radio shows of our adventures. This entire series is dedicated to our travels around the Indian sub-continent. We aim to get under the skin of India, the people and the culture. We've got a ton of adventures that take us from the very north in Sikkim to the very south of Tamil Nadu. In this first episode we take a nice, gentle stroll around Fort Cochin, the area in Kochi where the European adventurers settled after opening up trade routes between Asia and Europe. It's a typically warm day so Liz hides under the shade of the tree-lined avenues, forever surrounded by the cawing of crows.]]> http://www.followtheboat.com/2012/01/20/the-crows-of-fort-cochin/feed/ 2 http://www.followtheboat.com/2011/02/04/special/ http://www.followtheboat.com/2011/02/04/special/#comments Fri, 04 Feb 2011 09:00:02 +0000 Jamie http://www.followtheboat.com/?p=21008 This is the last podcast from our first series, but don't worry, we return summer 2011. This podcast started off as an exclusive interview with Lo Brust, the organiser of the Vasco Da Gama rally. Recorded a few months ago before the Chandlers were released by their Somali pirate captors Jamie and Lo disucss piracy, sailing tactics and whether there will ever be another Vasco Da Gama rally. That interview concludes with a catch-up, the day before Lo left Cochin marina last week with the fifth Vasco Da Gama rally. In addition to this we managed to have a quick chat with Richard, one of the world circumnavigation Blue Water Rally organisers, and Jeremy, a skipper taking part. Currently they are having to think hard about their sailing route. The situation in Egypt may force them to spend more time in India. All these interviews give a great insight into rallies, their organisation and, more seriously, the political and economic situations that have a direct impact on sailing through the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. This podcast is also a special one as it is the last in our current series. Fear not, we will return in a couple of months with some exclusive insights into our travels around India, but we're going to take a short break and discover a bit more about this incredible country and the Indian people.]]> http://www.followtheboat.com/2011/02/04/special/feed/ 0 http://www.followtheboat.com/2011/01/28/end-of-the-line/ http://www.followtheboat.com/2011/01/28/end-of-the-line/#comments Fri, 28 Jan 2011 11:00:14 +0000 Jamie http://www.followtheboat.com/?p=20932 After over a year of podcasts documenting the Vasco Da Gama rally this is the final one that sees Emma, Katy, Liz and Jamie safely arrive at their final destination. Not without the odd storm, however.]]> http://www.followtheboat.com/2011/01/28/end-of-the-line/feed/ 0 http://www.followtheboat.com/2011/01/21/i-think-im-goan-be-sick/ http://www.followtheboat.com/2011/01/21/i-think-im-goan-be-sick/#comments Fri, 21 Jan 2011 11:00:22 +0000 Jamie http://www.followtheboat.com/?p=20929 This podcast is not to be listened to whilst eating. You've no doubt heard that travelling in India can be plagued by cases of Delhi Belly and this week neither Katy nor Jamie escaped its wrath. This is a step-by-step account of a rather hilarious day that was only funny for the observers.]]> http://www.followtheboat.com/2011/01/21/i-think-im-goan-be-sick/feed/ 1 http://www.followtheboat.com/2011/01/14/bikinis-and-rabans/ http://www.followtheboat.com/2011/01/14/bikinis-and-rabans/#comments Fri, 14 Jan 2011 11:00:27 +0000 Jamie http://www.followtheboat.com/?p=20925 There's nothing I like better than sailing with a bunch of girls in bikinis - what man wouldn't, eh? In this weeks episode we're joined by Liz's old friends, Emma and Katy. They very nearly didn't make it though...]]> http://www.followtheboat.com/2011/01/14/bikinis-and-rabans/feed/ 2 http://www.followtheboat.com/2010/11/15/the-chandlers-are-free-%e2%80%93-so-where-does-this-leave-us/ http://www.followtheboat.com/2010/11/15/the-chandlers-are-free-%e2%80%93-so-where-does-this-leave-us/#comments Mon, 15 Nov 2010 02:26:51 +0000 Jamie http://www.followtheboat.com/?p=20781 What fantastic news that the Chandlers have been freed after 388 days of captivity by pirates in Somalia. Our thoughts go out to their family and friends. The last year must have been very difficult so now it is time to celebrate their freedom and give them time to recuperate from what must have been a harrowing ordeal. But what now? Where does this leave the rest of us? Has paying the ransom actually made the situation worse?]]> http://www.followtheboat.com/2010/11/15/the-chandlers-are-free-%e2%80%93-so-where-does-this-leave-us/feed/ 19 http://www.followtheboat.com/2010/11/12/primary-school-question-time-part-2/ http://www.followtheboat.com/2010/11/12/primary-school-question-time-part-2/#comments Fri, 12 Nov 2010 10:00:24 +0000 Jamie http://www.followtheboat.com/?p=20775 The second of our two-part podcast is here. This is the primary school project we've been working on with Nance Lake of Wybunbury Delves Primary School in Cheshire. The children are reading Kensuke's Kingdom and wanted to learn about life at sea so they send us recordings of them asking us questions. This week we discuss the weather, getting lost and what the worst thing that's ever happened to us. ]]> http://www.followtheboat.com/2010/11/12/primary-school-question-time-part-2/feed/ 2 http://www.followtheboat.com/2010/10/15/our-tv-interview-as-a-podcast/ http://www.followtheboat.com/2010/10/15/our-tv-interview-as-a-podcast/#comments Fri, 15 Oct 2010 11:00:42 +0000 Jamie http://www.followtheboat.com/?p=20701 Many of our podcast listeners don't get a chance to check out our website updates so we've made the job easier for you. Last month we were interviewed by MarineBiz television channel about our sailing background and the interview was broadcast earlier this week. We've decided to turn that interview into an audio podcast, so here it is in all its glory. Finally, the tables are turned and someone interviews us!]]> http://www.followtheboat.com/2010/10/15/our-tv-interview-as-a-podcast/feed/ 0 http://www.followtheboat.com/2010/10/13/hollywood-beckons-our-tv-interview/ http://www.followtheboat.com/2010/10/13/hollywood-beckons-our-tv-interview/#comments Wed, 13 Oct 2010 08:13:57 +0000 Jamie http://www.followtheboat.com/?p=20683 Just before we left India Liz and I were interviewed by MarineBiz TV, a global television channel which has been putting together a series of programmes called 'Sailor's Diary'. In it each member of the Vasco Da Gama Rally was interviewed and asked about their backgrounds, experience and life at sea. We've managed to get hold of a copy and reproduce it here. Do please let us know if television really does put on 10lbs because I'm sure I look slimmer than I feel ;)]]> http://www.followtheboat.com/2010/10/13/hollywood-beckons-our-tv-interview/feed/ 7 http://www.followtheboat.com/2010/04/20/now-its-our-turn-to-answer-the-questions/ http://www.followtheboat.com/2010/04/20/now-its-our-turn-to-answer-the-questions/#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2010 03:27:32 +0000 Jamie http://www.followtheboat.com/?p=19750 What with our Through The Porthole podcasts and previous efforts at amateur journalism we're quite used to asking questions of other people. It was a pleasant surprise, therefore, to receive an invitation to answer some questions directed at ourselves. Livia is a sailor who has recently embarked on a project entitled 'Interview with a Cruiser', where she asks 10 questions to cruisers from around the world. The interviews are published weekly. Livia's idea is to build a database of different questions and answers to help future or would-be cruisers make informed decisions on switching to this lifestyle.It was quite a treat being able to respond to some questions that we would normally be putting to others to answer.]]> http://www.followtheboat.com/2010/04/20/now-its-our-turn-to-answer-the-questions/feed/ 2