In this episode, we talk with Jamie Furlong and Liz Cleere from the followtheboat YouTube sailing channel.  We feature some sailing news and our product of the week is a small portable emergency jump battery pack.

Intro Chat

• We had a great trip to Silver Glen Springs.   We launched in Astor, FL and went down the St. Johns river about 30min to get to the springs off of Lake George.  Our dog Ellie got to go on the trip and she had a blast getting attention from all the boaters.

• We are heading to Nashville for a little business and a lot of fun honky tonkn', August 4-7,  let us know if you are in the area and want to meet up.
• Brandy produced a great video of our trip cruising Sebastian, FL for her birthday and our engagement!  If you like the videos, please give us a thumbs up and leave us a comment.
• We missed celebrating making it to episode 25.  We will make sure to make a big deal when we get to number 50.
• Brandy was packing for us to sail to Cuba after watching this video.  It is definitely in our plans.
• Steve listens to a lot of podcasts during his extensive travel for work, here is a list of his favorite sailing podcasts on iTunes Podcast Directory.  Check them out and please send them a note if you enjoy their shows.
  • 59 North - interviews with offshore sailors
  • Sail Loot - interviews and information on making money while cruising or building a cruising kitty
  • Shooting the Breeze - interviews with sailors around the Chesapeak
  • The Sailing Podcast - interviews with a variety of sailors
  • Slow Boat Sailing - interviews and information on circumnavigating part time
  • Ocean Sailing Podcast - interviews with sailors out of Australia
  • Sailing the Mediterranean - sailing interviews and stories from cruising the Med
  • Sailing Anarchy - Podcast from the Sailing Anarchy website, covers racing and sailing industry
  • followtheboat - Audio Sailing Log of a passage from the Suez Canal to India.

Interview

Liz and Jamie own SV Esper, a 1989 Oyster 435 they they have completely refit and refinished.   They are currently located in Phuket, Thailand at Phuket Yacht Haven Marina.   In part one of the interview, they talk about their sailing backgrounds and cruising from Turkey to India through Pirate Alley with a convoy of other sailboats.

 

They also sail with their beautiful cat Millie

 Check out there great videos on their followtheboat YouTube channel here.

Here is one of our favorites, beautiful cruising in Thailand

Also go to their website followtheboat.com to see some great photography by Liz...

 

Sailing News

• Yacht Thief Rescued in Moray Firth
• Viking Ship - Draken Harald Harfargre  Sturggling to Pay Great Lakes Pilot Fees
• Man Launches Sailboat after 34 years and 20,000 hours of work

Product of the Week

Nekteck Multifunction Car Jump Starter Portable Power Bank External Battery Charger 600A Peak with 16800mAh - Emergency Auto Jump Starter

This battery pack is great for emergencies and for general charging of mobile devices.  Here is our amazon affiliate link to the product

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