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March 16, 2025
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Summertime sailing in Sicily: the Aeolian Islands, the Strait of Messina and Siracusa. #52
What to expect when you come sail with us? https://ryanandsophie.com/welcome-onboard-what-to-expect-when-you-come-sail-with-us/ In this week’s video, we welcome our first guests onboard, including a fun pair of sisters followed by my little brother and ...
Captain Meltdown in Malta (on the up-and-downs of boat life) #53
In this week’s video, we go to Malta!! And the welcome that we get blows our minds, our ears and our hearts. Although we were going to stay in Grand Harbour, a very nice subscriber let us use his mooring buoy all throughout our stay in the capital of M...
900 nautical miles in 6 days: stories of our Mediterranean crossing #54
Crossing the Mediterranean on a sailboat from Malta to Spain: 900 nautical miles in 6 days! Video of how we dealt with my burn at sea: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuxtQO6pqqo&t=168s We started our crossing from Malta, where we had been spending ...
🔴Atlantic preparations recap, exiting the Mediterranean and hanging out with you!
As we close the Mediterranean chapter of our adventure, let's hang out and share stories!
A real-time update before crossing the Atlantic (we are back!)
We are currently in Cape Verde and a few days away from crossing the Atlantic! Follow our first ocean crossing live at: www.ryanandsophie.com/#tracking We will be back with new videos next Tuesday at 4:30PM CET (unless you are a Patron, in which case w...
Atlantic crossing preparations: Autopilot, through-hulls and canvas #55 (1/2)
We’re back!!! And ready to cross the Atlantic (woohooo!) In this episode, you follow our boat preparation day by day. We start by installing a new autopilot (our new Raymarine Evolution autopilot), haul out Polar Seal to replace some through-hulls and...
How do you cross the Atlantic East to West (The Atlantic route explained)
Follow Polar Seal across the Atlantic! www.ryanandsophie.com/#tracking In this video, we explain how sailboats have crossed the Atlantic for hundreds of years! We go through Trade Winds (in particular the equatorial trade winds), how they form, why they a...
How we get weather forecasts offshore (Iridium Go/PredictWind walk through) // Ryan’s tech corner #9
How weather forecasts are made and the different forecast models: https://ryanandsophie.com/how-we-are-able-to-receive-weather-forecasts-even-offshore/ How to get satellite connection with Iridium Go and PredictWind: https://ryanandsophie.com/how-to-get-s...
It’s HARD to say goodbye. #56
Atlantic crossing: 7 weeks to go. I don't get emotional often, but saying goodbye to our friends, leaving Almerimar (this odd place that we came to love so much) and seeing everyone go on their decks to wave us goodbye brought a few tears to my eyes. I...
From Europe to Africa: Crossing the Strait of Gibraltar #57
In this video, we start in Gibraltar and end up in Tanger, Morocco, after welcoming the crew that will sail with us to the Canaries. We were not gonna take any crew on any of our passages across the Atlantic, but when friends of ours (who we met through...
In 6 meters waves towards the Canary Islands. #58
When we decided to leave Tanger to sail to the Canaries, we knew that we were going to encounter conditions a bit out of our comfort zone. But we were ready, our sailboat, Polar Seal was ready, and our crew was ready as well. We knew it was going to be b...
4-6 meters waves and near gale force winds (16 minutes of footage only)
The whole story of our passage from Tanger to Lanzarote: https://youtu.be/98QHNZDRUWQ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** JOIN THE CREW! ** Join our virtual crew of Patrons at: https://...
How I provision for the Atlantic crossing + TIPS for shopping and storage. #59
Reusable Silicon pouches: https://amzn.to/37REHZi Mesh nets for fruits and veggies: https://amzn.to/36OOWMK (Not sponsored, but affiliate links!) Our provisioning category list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1irLKUtgf6srwfLjXBUPhoxyiulMv6UCMCZxl...
Transitioning from my corporate job to sailing the World full-time / Podcasting with COVERT CASTAWAY
Listen to the podcast version: https://podcasts.apple.com/se/podcast/conversation-with-sophie-darsy-24/id1475177002?i=1000464453785&l=en Subscribe to Covert Castaway on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/se/podcast/covert-castaway-liveaboard-s...
How we learned how to sail #60
More videos to get your adventure started: How to go from ZERO to cruising full time: https://youtu.be/dbLmuKBgrZM Our Beneteau Oceanis 40, pros, cons, and costs: https://youtu.be/vMGW3XEImjI Transitioning from my corporate life to full-time sailing: htt...
1000 nautical miles towards Cape Verde #60
Thank you for your patience! This is the video that took me the absolute longest time to upload: 52 hours to be exact! In this video, we tackle the second leg across the Atlantic with a 7 days passage from Lanzarote to Mindelo in Cape Verde, with our fri...
How we prepare ourselves mentally for an Atlantic crossing #61
Ryan on risk management in "How I think about sailing" Part 1: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s2-8-risk-management-cont-w-ryan-ellison/id1339636919?i=1000427857866 Ryan on risk management in "How I think about sailing" Part 2: https://podcasts.appl...
Atlantic Crossing Day -1: Last-minute preps & Departure anxiety // Atlantic Crossing Daily Vlog #0
Welcome to the first episode of our Atlantic Crossing daily vlog! Emotions fly high on our last day before departure. While Ryan is crippled with anxiety, we try to get our last-minute preps done. Relaxing is probably some of the hardest things to do! ...
Atlantic crossing: Not exactly a smooth start… // Atlantic Crossing Daily Vlog #1
The day has finally come: we are about to depart from Cape Verde and cross the Atlantic on our own sailboat!!! Ryan is more anxious than I’ve ever seen him, and I simply can’t wait to leave the dock. Finally, around noon, we can’t push the moment a...
Fishing success out of Cape Verde! // Atlantic Crossing Daily Vlog #2
It is day 2 of our sailing passage across the Atlantic, and we try to settle into offshore rythm. The sea state is a little wild, and it feels like everything in the boat is falling. In the afternoon, Sophie decides that the conditions are good enough to...
Breaking and repairing our whisker pole mid-Atlantic // Atlantic Crossing Daily Vlog #3
We knew that eventually, sh*t would hit the fan. It was all a matter of when, and it started less than 48h into our Atlantic Crossing. This is Day 3 of our Atlantic Crossing, and after having broken our whisker pole, we attempt to repair it. This is an i...![COVID 19 situation in Saint Martin & how it impacts us [REAL-TIME UPDATE]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/6gRe_kMB-2k/maxresdefault.webp)
COVID 19 situation in Saint Martin & how it impacts us [REAL-TIME UPDATE]
Hi guys! A lot of you sent emails and messages asking how we are doing here in Saint Martin. So we take you to the place where the temperature of a country amidst the coronavirus outbreak is best taken: the supermarket! Thank you all for reaching out. W...
Dealing with sleep deprivation. // Atlantic Crossing Daily Vlog #4
It is Day 4 of our Atlantic passage and the sea state is worse than ever. Although the day starts well, our autopilot uses so much power that we decide to give it a break and hand steer for a while. The waves aren’t very high, but Polar Seal is rolling ...
The Atlantic is ROLLY (and I’m exhausted) // Atlantic Crossing Daily Vlog #5
It is Day 5 of our Atlantic crossing, and the sea state still makes it challenging for us to function. I feel a lot better than the day before, but really look forward for the sea to flatten a little bit. The whole situation reminded me of the time whe...
Eat, sleep, take watch, REPEAT. // Atlantic Crossing Daily Vlog #6
On Day 6 of our Atlantic Crossing, we finally find our groove and settle. The relief is incredible for everyone, including our buddy boats. So for the first time since we left Cape Verde, we cook, we clean the boat and we even change our watch schedule t...
Champagne sailing across the Atlantic // Atlantic Crossing Daily Vlog #7
Any day that starts with Ryan making me breakfast is the best day! It is day 7 of our Atlantic crossing, and the weather is beautiful! The seas are stable and we are sailing full sails out at 6 knots. We can finally clean Polar Seal, take the trash to ...
Halfway across = Party Time! // Atlantic Crossing Daily Vlog #8
It is day 8 of our Atlantic Crossing onboard, and although it took us a week, we are well settled. Around noon, we catch sight of our first ship since departing Mindelo and we are LITERALLY on a collision course. The ship slows down and we are not sure w...
Hello from the middle of the Ocean! // Atlantic Crossing Daily Vlog #9
It is day 9 of our Atlantic Crossing, and Ryan let me sleep the first half of the night so that I would catch up on some rest. I take over at 3AM in the cockpit and get to watch the sunset! When I wake up, it is Christmas Eve and I have some grand plans ...
Celebrating Christmas in the middle of the Atlantic // Atlantic Crossing Daily Vlog #10
This is how we celebrated Christmas Day in the middle of the Atlantic! At this point, we’ve been saying for 10 days and we’ve gone two thirds of the way: time starts to feel like slooooow….. And although the sea state has picked up a bit, we celebra...
From Zero to TransAtlantic – Podcasting with @59NorthSailing + Behind the scenes!
Podcast starts at 8:17 How did we get the idea to quit our jobs to go sail the World? How did we go from zero to Transatlantic? How did we learn how to sail? What kind of jobs did we have before? We answer all your questions in this episode of ON THE W...
Are spinnakers bad for relationships? // Atlantic Crossing Daily Vlog #11
Welcome to our LONGEST day across the Atlantic. The wind dies on us and we spend our entire day messing with sails. In this video, things take a turn again. And sprinkle a dicey situation with some sleep deprivation, fatigue, and stomach problem, you get ...
Swim Day in the middle of the Atlantic! // Atlantic Crossing Daily Vlog #12
It is day 12 of our Atlantic Crossing, and we kick off the day with some breakage again! We are pretty down about it, especially considered how many incidents we’ve endured so far. Bur our friends and former crew send us an email that brings a smile on...