Hello, great to see you! Come on over, climb aboard and we'll tell you all about us and our Patreon page...

Who is followtheboat?

We are Jamie and Liz, two Brits on a boat. And we are telling our story of life at sea through our sailing channel.

The adventure began in 2005 when we swapped the daily grind for this alternative lifestyle. So far we have sailed over 25,000 miles across seas from Turkey to Thailand, through pirates, storms and coral reefs. This is peaceful easy-living, not a race to sail round the world. If we like a place we stay awhile.

Along the way, we picked up another crew member, Millie-the-cat. She is never happier than when Liz is fishing at anchor, or trolling at sea.

Every week we upload the next chapter of our followtheboat adventure. Yes, there are palm-tree days and the wind can be kind, but we're not afraid to let you see what happens when it all goes wrong.

Why Patreon?

Patreon is the place to support artists: musicians, poets, cartoonists, narrative vloggers (like us) and all kinds of creators. Patrons pledge a sum of money PER VIDEO (from as little as $2), and Patreon collects the fee each month. You set a monthly MAXIMUM NUMBER OF VIDEOS YOU WISH TO SUPPORT and you can cancel any time, so you remain in control (we usually aim to upload one vlog per week). The boffins at Patreon do all the back-room stuff to ensure that your pledge is processed properly. Everything is in dollars because this is a US site, but international currencies work too.

We don't use Patreon to fund our lifestyle, that's our responsibility. Our monthly income is just enough to cover boat and living expenses, and like most liveaboard cruisers we are good at 'make do and mending'. For everything else we have to find work where we can. Liz writes for magazines and Jamie designs websites, occasionally we help deliver boats. But this is sporadic and ad hoc work. What we love doing more than anything is sailing, exploring and recording our experiences. We use funds generated by Patreon pledges to improve our output with better equipment and more challenging content.

What are the benefits?

When you become our patron, we give you freebies like postcards, photos, calendars, followbacks on social media and even Esper T shirts.

We also have 'milestone goals' (which is really just another way for us to give you more stuff). When we reach them we'll do something crazy like send everyone a limited edition T Shirt, or upload a private video of out-takes and bloopers, and even invite you on Esper for a week. We love working on new ways to say a BIG THANK YOU!

Can’t afford to pledge but want to buy us a beer? You can do that too though Esper's Rum Fund. No matter what you decide, we value every comment, subscription, 'like' and view, so keep 'em coming! And remember, you will always be able to watch the story unfold on our YouTube channel, because followtheboat content will continue to remain free.