Followtheboat
A couple chronicling decades of life at sea, canal adventures, boat skills and travel photography.
About Followtheboat
Followtheboat is Jamie and Liz’s longrunning travel and boating website, launched in 2002 to record Jamie’s deliveries and voyages around Europe, the Atlantic and Antigua, where he met Liz. They bought their Oyster 435 Esper by 2003 and have documented their travels, later selling the sailboat in 2024 to take to UK canals aboard a widebeam. The site groups content into Travel and Destinations, Photography, Boat Maintenance and Skills, Log and Podcasts, and links to an active YouTube channel. The archive contains more than 1,500 posts, and many pieces are illustrated with Jamie’s own photography.
This reads like a seasoned couple talking you through life afloat, from gale nights at sea to the quiet pleasures of canal cruising. The tone in the excerpt is calm, candid and confident, with plenty of technical savvy when needed and a clear eye for photography. Where the site shines is in long, practical log entries and boat maintenance deep dives that double as travel stories, plus podcasts and video editions that expand the narrative. Readers who enjoy lived experience, photos that matter, and how-to detail will find it absorbing; the posts are measured rather than quick hits.
Where They Travel
global
Pros
- Detailed boat maintenance and navigation guides
- Long-form travel logs with practical insights
- Strong original photography throughout posts
- Podcasts and multimedia on many topics
Cons
- Contains Google AdSense ads
- Some posts or perks are supporter-only
- Posts are published infrequently
How Popular Is Followtheboat?
- Open PageRank2.9 / 10
- Best-of lists1