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/2002/05/11/a-new-post/ http://www.followtheboat.com/2002/05/11/a-new-post/#comments Sat, 11 May 2002 11:32:23 +0000 Jamie http://www.followtheboat.com/?p=4 So this is it! The first ever sailing trip that set the course of my future life at sea. Not that I knew that at the time, mind. As far as I was concerned I was just on a jolly with my dad and brother. That changed when we hit a stiff Force 6 on the bow. I'll never forget my brother's face as 'Knight Vision' healed over to 30 degrees for the first time. I seem to remember his face looked reflected how I felt: terrified! Here's a brief account of that trip by my father, Mike.]]> http://www.followtheboat.com/2002/05/11/a-new-post/feed/ 0 http://www.followtheboat.com/2002/05/10/crew-knight-vision/ http://www.followtheboat.com/2002/05/10/crew-knight-vision/#comments Fri, 10 May 2002 10:38:30 +0000 Jamie http://www.followtheboat.com/?p=2185 England To Netherlands, May  2002 We wish we’d kept a log of this trip, since this was the first time Mike, Marcus and Jamie had ever been sailing. Actually, Mike had done some sailing in the sea scouts but since this was over fourty years ago this trip was a great refresher course! This trip [...]]]> http://www.followtheboat.com/2002/05/10/crew-knight-vision/feed/ 0