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/2011/02/28/portabote-in-sailing-today/ http://www.followtheboat.com/2011/02/28/portabote-in-sailing-today/#comments Mon, 28 Feb 2011 10:51:46 +0000 Liz http://www.followtheboat.com/?p=21054 Jamie makes it as 'technical advisor' in April's edition of Sailing Today, which sees his initial review of the famous American folding dinghy in print. In the article Jamie looks at the simplicity with which the boat is commissioned, and takes it for a row. The review will be followed up in six months time when he puts the outboard on the back, takes it into rougher weather and attempts to stow it on deck. You can see the full review by subscribing to Sailing Today online; better still, head down your newsagent and buy a copy!]]> http://www.followtheboat.com/2011/02/28/portabote-in-sailing-today/feed/ 0 http://www.followtheboat.com/2011/01/30/miserable/ http://www.followtheboat.com/2011/01/30/miserable/#comments Sun, 30 Jan 2011 05:08:05 +0000 Jamie http://www.followtheboat.com/?p=20999 A number of boats have turned up recently, heading west. Never before have I met such a miserable bunch of sailors. I thought it was just me but this morning a friend of ours who was cleaning her boat asked "What is it about these people?" They simply cannot bring themselves to say 'hello'." She is a cheery lady who could make even Scrooge smile. What do you think? Let us know.]]> http://www.followtheboat.com/2011/01/30/miserable/feed/ 9 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/2011/01/06/portabote/ http://www.followtheboat.com/2011/01/06/portabote/#comments Thu, 06 Jan 2011 04:19:30 +0000 Jamie http://www.followtheboat.com/?p=20895 Boating is about pleasure but if there is one thing that gets me down it's having to repair yet another puncture in my dinghy. The coral beaches of Eritrea gave our Tinker a real thrashing and quite frankly I got fed up with lugging this huge weight on and off Esper every time we wanted to go ashore. Liz and I decided, therefore, to treat ourselves to an unsinkable, indestructible, lightweight, folding Portabote. It stows like a surfboard, commissions in minutes and is fast! Check out the first of two reviews of this boat, including a video clip of the assembly. Worth every penny? Quite possibly. Strangest looking thing on our boat? Very definitely...]]> http://www.followtheboat.com/2011/01/06/portabote/feed/ 18 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/2010/11/12/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/2010/10/13/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/2010/10/08/drunken-vagrants/ http://www.followtheboat.com/2010/10/08/drunken-vagrants/#comments Fri, 08 Oct 2010 08:30:39 +0000 Jamie http://www.followtheboat.com/?p=20662 Offensive, rude and quite un-PC. Whatever happened to those two lovely young chaps who joined the rally in Egypt? After 3,000 miles something changed and we ended up with potty-mouthed drunken sailors. In this podcast Terry of Roam II takes on the challenge of interviewing Robbie and Cillian, two chaps who met after cycling across Europe and joined the rally in the Red Sea. Not for children or the faint-hearted.]]> http://www.followtheboat.com/2010/10/08/drunken-vagrants/feed/ 0