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/2011/03/15/indian-navy-pirates/ http://www.followtheboat.com/2011/03/15/indian-navy-pirates/#comments Tue, 15 Mar 2011 06:17:14 +0000 Jamie http://www.followtheboat.com/?p=21414 This morning the marina manager brought us the fantastic news that the Indian navy has caught yet another boat load of pirates! It was a huge catch with 61 seized in all. Yep, 61 of the b******s. Good. The Hindu has a good report on the capture, which we precis in our blog post. What's most encouraging, however, is the photograph that has been issued along with the report. It's a photo of all 61 pirates sitting like lame ducks on board the navy vessel. Whilst I do not condone the death penalty I do hope these pirates are proverbially strung up alive by the Indian justice system. Good riddance to them.]]> http://www.followtheboat.com/2011/03/15/indian-navy-pirates/feed/ 8 http://www.followtheboat.com/2010/12/10/an-indian-welcome/ http://www.followtheboat.com/2010/12/10/an-indian-welcome/#comments Fri, 10 Dec 2010 12:00:59 +0000 Jamie http://www.followtheboat.com/?p=20862 Once again Jamie gets confused as to what day it is in this podcast, but a sharp knock by a fishing boat against Esper's hull soon brings him back to the real world. It seems we are not the only boat to suffer damage, however, as other vessels on the rally have their own problems. Still, let's not let this mar the celebration of a wonderful crossing of the Arabian Sea. Eight days and 960 miles later Mumbai's hazy skyline makes herself known to a tired but elated Vasco Da Gama Rally.]]> http://www.followtheboat.com/2010/12/10/an-indian-welcome/feed/ 0 http://www.followtheboat.com/2010/05/23/chatham-heroes-in-cyclone-rescue/ http://www.followtheboat.com/2010/05/23/chatham-heroes-in-cyclone-rescue/#comments Sun, 23 May 2010 04:09:37 +0000 Jamie http://www.followtheboat.com/?p=20012 It seems our heroes aboard HMS Chatham have been in the thick of the action again this week, this time rescuing a vessel in a cyclone, saving 23 men from 65 knot winds and 8m waves. We befriended the boys aboard HMS Chatham when we were in Salalah, Oman, when the British Navy frigate was taking a breather from anti-piracy actitivies in the Gulf of Aden. They left just a few days before we did, heading towards Somalia. It appears they found trouble...]]> http://www.followtheboat.com/2010/05/23/chatham-heroes-in-cyclone-rescue/feed/ 1 http://www.followtheboat.com/2010/05/14/welcome-to-india-t-bone-anyone/ http://www.followtheboat.com/2010/05/14/welcome-to-india-t-bone-anyone/#comments Fri, 14 May 2010 12:40:30 +0000 Jamie http://www.followtheboat.com/?p=19915 Imagine our pride at having sailed over 4,000 miles, unassisted, without incident and without a scratch to Esper. I haven't mentioned that our autopilot packed up early on in the Gulf of Aden, so many of the last 2,000 miles were hand-steered. That's bloody hard work in case you didn't know. Imagine, then, our horror when approaching the Indian coast, after our incident-free 4,000 miles, we were t-boned by the stupid dumb-ass Indian Navy! ]]> http://www.followtheboat.com/2010/05/14/welcome-to-india-t-bone-anyone/feed/ 10 http://www.followtheboat.com/2010/03/24/hms-chatham-big-brother-is-watching-us/ http://www.followtheboat.com/2010/03/24/hms-chatham-big-brother-is-watching-us/#comments Wed, 24 Mar 2010 10:00:42 +0000 Jamie http://www.followtheboat.com/?p=19826 Meet Big Brother, watching our every move since Egypt!]]> http://www.followtheboat.com/2010/03/24/hms-chatham-big-brother-is-watching-us/feed/ 2