A gentle sea breeze caresses my face as the sound of waves fills the space around me. The sunshine is bright and warm, and the smell of the jungle reaches our cockpit where I find myself writing most of these days. Here in the tropics I am happier than I have been in a while, […] More
Living with lightning and thunderstorms at anchor is never easy, but after you’ve been doing it for a decade you sort of get used to it. There’s really nothing you can do except sit back, sip your ginger beer and think happy thoughts. The joy of going back in the Click here for full post: […] More
When a second squall followed behind the first, all six rally boats turned 180 degrees and were pushed towards the reef. Boats began dragging in the soft sand forcing one of our number to motor deeper to escape the danger. Just yer average day on a rally in northern Borneo! Click here for full post: […] More
Jamie will be the first to tell you he’s not a weather router. But weather advice has crept into the work we do with coaching clients. Here, he writes about what it’s like offering weather guidance, and offers a hint at the visceral experience of fending off dragons. The post Click here for full post: […] More
After our recent 500 mile crossing where we encountered our worst storms at sea in 13 years, we talk about tactics for avoiding and sailing through lightning storms. Lightning can strike from up to 15 miles away with a force of 30,000,000 volts, so what do you do when you’re Click here for full post: […] More
Lightning storms are always frightening on a sailboat and never more so than when you’re making an ocean crossing with nowhere to run or take shelter. As we make passage from the Anambas archipelago to Borneo, this episode is all about sailing. With an early monsoon transitional season kicking Click here for full post: https://followtheboat.com/three-lightning-squalls-hit-at-once/ […] More
We planned our long-term route along Sumatra’s coast months before our departure, but what about the daily hops? When learning to sail we’re taught to passage plan as far in advance with as much information as possible, so how do you cope with the unpredictable? Squalls, lightning and that big Click here for full post: […] More
TweetDid you miss the latest video? Brick House Departed Tanzania with a forecast of a cyclone, down the Mozambique Channel, nearly 1700 miles? Why would we do this? Find out where, when, why and how, in this video… Mozambique Cyclone Idai – Sailing towards a storm In March (a Click here for full post: […] More
On on our new homepage video, we list the most common questions we get asked. They include: what do we do when we see pirates, what’s the best boat to go cruising in, how much does it cost to buy a boat/live the cruising life, how do we do our Click here for full post: […] More
After our adventures through the Caledonian Canal and out to Lossiemouth, in this episode we continue our journey around the East Coast of Scotland The post Sailing the North Sea and East Coast of Scotland – EP50 appeared first on Sailing Creo. Click here for full post: https://www.sailingcreo.com/sailing-north-sea-east-coast-scotland-ep50/ Twitter: @sailingcreo More