Sailing single handed to Bermuda. 600 miles, 6 days, 28ft boat
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Solo Sailing to Bermuda part 2
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Transatlantic #2 - Singlehanded Sailing - Bermuda to Azores
First part of my second transatlantic singlehanded sail. Bermuda to Flores, Azores. Some windy weather, some wind vane issues, but relatively smooth sailing!
Alone across the Atlantic pt 2
Sailing my 28ft sailboat 2000nm from Bermuda to Faial over 23days. Come along for the voyage with me as I catch incredible fish, ride down giant waves and experience an ocean completely becalmed. Excitement, fear, tranquility and more!
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23 days alone across the Atlantic in a small boat
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Boat tour & departing for my solo trip across the Atlantic.
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A Dream of Solo Sailing to Hawaii in a Small Boat Lost after self-steering failure
Episode # 196 : A Change of Course
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Here is the story of my ill fated attempt at solo sailing our 30ft sailboat Triteia to the Hawaiian Islands.
We had pushed hard to finally live land life behind and were 2 months behind our planned departure date due to parts shortages and unexpected complications with getting our new mast installed. Our original cruising plans were for James to sail solo to Hawaii then continue on to Alaska where Camille and Mister Steady would come on board. All of the delays and the advancing summer season gave us a very tight time window on making this dream come true. This resulted in not enough time to throughly sea trail the windvane....
After days of beating into 20-30 knot winds, my self steering Windvane began to work its self loose from the boat. The threads in the housing of the windvane itself failed which presented the possibility of losing the vane into the sea or WORSE possibly damage the transom of the boat due to the massive loads placed on this gear at sea. Impossible to fix underway I made the hard call and came about and abandoned my attempt for Hawaii.
Could I have lashed the windvane and continued on? Possibly yes but my concern was once I made it to Hawaii would I get stuck in Hawaii if the vane was not able to be repaired? I also had to consider there is no quick exit from Hawaii. It is 3 weeks or a month sail from Hawaii to anywhere on the West Coast of the North America.
I had not 1 but 2 electronic Tiller Pilots as a back up and for coastal cruising in light winds but these units are, strangely enough, Not waterproof and tend to burn out very easily. So I wasn't without redundancies but anyone who goes ocean sailing knows that a windvane is the most critical gear on the boat especially so for a solo sailor.
So as with all things sailing, one must be flexible and willing to change course when necessary.
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Single Handed Sailing from Australia to Fiji (Ep3)
Single handed sail from Southport Australia to Fiji. Hit something at night and put a hole in the boat. five days of strong trade winds over 30 knots
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Our WORST Ocean Crossing! ???? The BIGGEST SEAS we've ever seen! (Ep 212)
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Over 50,000 miles sailed and THIS was literally the toughest 500 miles we’ve ever experienced! 50kt winds and 20ft seas for over 48 hours… a leaky hatch filling the boat with water… what else could go wrong?!
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Exploring Bermuda
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Long Island Sound through East River in the rain single handed
Sailing down the Long Island Sound and through the East river in less than ideal weather.
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11 days Solo Sailing to Ireland - Those whales got close!
Sailing from the Azores to Ireland. 11 days alone on my 28ft capedory sailboat. Gales, whales, fish and waves!
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Sailing OVER 600 MILES down the Atlantic Ocean (North Carolina to Southern Florida)
I had an amazing opportunity to hop on a Lagoon 450F and take a nonstop 4 day sailing trip down from Beaufort North Carolina to Fort Pierce Florida via Atlantic Ocean. It was an amazing trip with conditions not so favorable to start but then ended up being a very enjoyable rest of the trip.
Broken spars ???? 4 days alone offshore ???? NYC to Carolina.
Offshore solo sailing from New York to North Carolina.
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Solo adventure through the Everglades on a small sailboat
I attempt to sail my small catamaran to the Florida keys but end up going to the everglades instead.
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Ep 122 Why a Bluewater Boat? Big Weather St Thomas to Bermuda
The difference between a dedicated bluewater boat and lightweight charter type boat becomes clear (again) as we leave St Thomas for Bermuda. Although the whole passage wasn’t like this (but could have been), leaving under 35-40 knot winds and huge swells once again reinforced the decision to buy an oceangoing hull that was designed for this sort of abuse.
From the planning side, insurance wanted us out of their Tropical Storm (Hurricane) Zone between June 1st and November 15th, so our choices were to go south to Grenada or north to somewhere above Cape Hatteras. We eventually decided on Annapolis, Maryland, well up the Chesapeake Bay. But first we’d have to sail 950 nautical miles to Bermuda, and this is what we’ll see here. It’s a major offshore passage.
But we do pay the price for our adventurous departure, and that comes when the wind finally dies a day and a half from Bermuda. We knew this was coming, as we’d been forced to choose the “least worst” departure date. The Azores High had been elongated for the previous month, extending all the way to the US coastline north of the Bahamas, and we were hoping against hope that it might move north along with us, but such hopes were dashed as we approached the island. Eventually we fell back on the iron genny to get us through the final glassy miles of the central Atlantic, finally arriving in St George’s after 6 days on the water. Such is life in the cruising world.
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Offshore Solo Sailing - Cape Lookout to Norfolk
Sailing offshore from Cape Lookout to Norfolk. With first person camera!
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The most lightning I’ve ever sailed through
I sail into a big lightning storm on my way up the Chesapeake.
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7 days alone offshore in the Gulf Stream. Florida to North Carolina.
After waiting out bad weather in the Dry Tortugas we sail back to Key West. I drop off Zoe and set out alone offshore for a 7 day passage up the Gulf Stream. When the wind turns against the stream, the waves get big! Eventually I make landfall in Southport North Carolina.
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35 HOURS AT SEA ON A 28ft SAILBOAT | Sailing 200 MILES The Solent to Falmouth | Ep11
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WORLDWIDE- Our longest sail yet, 35 hours, 180 nautical miles - from Gosport to Falmouth on our 28ft boat! Being still inexperienced sailors, this was quite an ambitious challenge for us. We had only ever sailed in the Solent, and decided rather than doing what everyone suggested and break up the journey into smaller stints- we would do it all in a couple of days! This gave us some valuable sailing experience, all in preparation for our Bay of Biscay crossing in the very near future (between 4 and 6 days at sea) and we saw our first DOLPHINS.
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