This article will be appearing in Yachting Monthly in 2020, but we thought you might like to read the writer’s cut here first… Words: Liz Images: Jamie Lightning struck the sea next to the boat as we made slow going in a 4m confused swell on Click here for full post: https://followtheboat.com/sailing-to-krakatau-yachting-monthly-exclusive-preview/ Twitter: […] More
After a night at anchor under the cliff face of Krakatoa, we moved our sailboat closer to the smouldering remains of Anak Krakatoa. With SY Esper safely anchored by Rakata Kecil, Jamie took the dinghy ashore to walk across the black sand of the recently decimated ‘Child of Krakatoa’. In Click here for full post: […] More
One destination which has had top billing on Jamie’s bucket list for some time is Krakatoa, but would we be able to anchor there? If you were sailing on your dream boat, where would you go, and what is at the top of your bucket list? Hawaii, Antarctica, Japan, Grenada, Click here for full post: […] More
At last, after delays, frustrations and disappointments, we were ready to go. The next few months of sailing the west coast of Sumatra to Krakatoa are going to be FANTASTIC! This is the start of our 8,500 passage to the Pacific North West… …But first we have two thousand Click here for full post: https://followtheboat.com/thailand-to-krakatoa/ […] More
Are we still on track with our passage plan to Alaska via Japan? Yes, we are! Earlier in the year in March Liz walked us through the passage plan and you may remember that we expected to leave Thailand in April 2019. That’s still very do-able, if anything we are ahead of ourselves. In case […] More