Offshore Sailing in the Hurricane Belt
Distant Shores TV
Join award-winning documentary filmmakers Paul and Sheryl Shard as they manage their first hybrid-powered aluminum flagship, Distant Shores IV, in Bermuda in 2026.
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Hurricane Season is quickly approaching in the Caribbean and owners of a Southerly 49 need help to get south and away from the danger. Paul flies to St. Martin to help them and they face numerous obstacles on the 3-night offshore passage to Grenada.
00:00 Introduction
00:33 Departing Saint Martin
01:50 Sargasso weed problems
02:42 First night sailing reef strategy
03:45 Watch-keeping ships at sea
05:25 Sargasso weed strategies
06:56 Squalls
07:36 Taking a break at Martinique
09:22 Collision Regulations COLREGS practice
10:18 Autopilot chain breaks from Sargasso loads
13:23 Landfall Grenada
14:32 Summary of passage
16:03 Bonus Feature crew thoughts
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Special Thanks to:
Doug & Maggie Kimmerly and Distant Shores II
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About
Paul and Sheryl Shard are award-winning travel documentary television producers and videographers who have been cruising internationally since 1989 documenting their global adventures for television, social media, in books and sailing publications. They have sailed over 110,000 nm including 9 ocean crossings and are the producers and presenters of the Distant Shores sailing adventure TV series which is broadcast to 47 million households in 24 languages around the world. Through their TV programs, YouTube videos, articles/blogs and popular cruising seminars, the Shards help anyone dreaming of setting sail to get out on the water and experience their own adventures safely and comfortably.
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