Thank you @PrecisionSailLoftVictoria for kitting Polar Seal with a new, more versatile high cut jib, and the absolute most epic gennaker the world has ever seen ;)
It isn't rare that the weather forces us to go pass by a destination we really wanted to v...
Although we formally made the decision a few weeks ago, we had been thinking about it for several months. So let's talk about it together! :)
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** GEA...
For a hot minute, we had a plan. Then life happened.
2021 was for us a year of tremendous growth. And while we are grateful for all the lessons we learned and the wisdom we acquired, we also felt the pain of uncertainty, doubt, and some loneliness.
This...
Thank you @RaymarineInc for accepting us into your ambassador program and making it possible for us to upgrade Polar Seal's electronics :)
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** GEAR WE U...
One of the biggest misconceptions about the lifestyle that we chose, is that we live in a state of a permanent vacation. Now, there are as many ways to make a sailing life work as there are sailors out there, and when Ryan and I decided to cast off the lin...
Shop the Gill gear featured in this video: https://www.catamaransupply.com/collections/gill?ref=ryanandsophie
Welcome to Sailboating with Sophie & Anett, a mini-series about the forgotten aspects of offshore sailing, brought to you by Catamaran Supply...
Land oh! After 15 days at sea, we finally see land again. And just like that, our 3500 nautical miles adventure between Bonaire and the Azores ends :)
Thank you to St. Paul de Vence for the music! I've really enjoyed illustrating the footage of our crossi...
We often joke that an ocean crossing starts when you reach halfway. But the truth is, that passed the excitement of the first days, a long offshore passage can sometimes be a lot more mentally challenging than one would think...
There is a myriad of reas...
Welcome to Sailboating with Sophie & Anett, a mini-series about the forgotten aspects of offshore sailing, brought to you by Catamaran Supply and inspired by Rum Swizzle :)
Anett and I have spent a LOT of time studying seasickness while feeding the f...
Losing our satellite communications 1000 nautical miles offshore: https://youtu.be/GYfDZgdeQps
Big thanks to our weather router Charlie from www.myweatherrouter.com for having our backs in this inconvenient situation ;)
Also thank you to St. Paul de Ven...
The one thing that is guaranteed to happen on an offshore passage this long, is that stuff is going to break. Our job before departure is to have a solid risk management plan, making sure that we either have redundancy in case of a critical system failure,...
Welcome to Episode #100!!! 🥳
In 2020, we couldn't sail more than a couple of hundred nautical miles, and were really looking forward to an ocean passage. This one certainly had a few surprises in store for us!
Hope you enjoy the videos of our crossin...
When we first left Bonaire to sail across the Atlantic to the Azores, we never intended on stopping anywhere on the way. But after a serious week of beating into the wind, our bodies craved a break on land (as well as a burger and a beer)
Our VHF broke a...
Thank you to St. Paul de Vence for this episode's music! https://open.spotify.com/artist/6Gn9h2lBikJ7YoBO4OsE29?si=67BWBjCPRl6Ggk2lZyUSOQ&dl_branch=1
It has been over a week that we are at sea between Bonaire and the Azores, and after a whopping seven...
Thank you to St. Paul de Vence for this episode's music! https://open.spotify.com/artist/6Gn9h2lBikJ7YoBO4OsE29?si=67BWBjCPRl6Ggk2lZyUSOQ&dl_branch=1
It has been 5 days that we are at sea, and after a rough crossing of the Caribbean Sea and some excit...
We had not heard much about the Mona passage before we realized that there was no way we could exit East of Puerto Rico. But the fact that it has a name (let alone a reputation) should have been enough of a red flag.
After three days of tiring upwind sai...
After four months of work and a chaotic week of last-minute preparations, the day has finally come to leave Bonaire and set sails towards the Azores.
The first leg of this Atlantic crossing takes us upwind from the South of the Caribbean Sea to the South...
Aaaand that's it. Tomorrow, we are leaving on a 3500 nautical miles sailing journey that will take us from Bonaire (South of the Caribbean) to the Azores, in the middle of the Atlantic ocean.
The truth is... we'll never be 100% ready. But this is the bes...
It is day -2 until we depart for our 3500 nautical miles passage from Bonaire to the Azores, and the time has come to go back to the grocery store and buy vegetables, fruits, and other fresh foods.
But I have no idea where I am going to store everything,...
Three days before Ryan, Anett and I left Bonaire to cross the Atlantic to the Azores, we connected with Andy from @59NorthSailing for a full weather routing brief.
In this video, we go over the differences between crossing the Atlantic from East to West...
I could have made a video about how to organize and plan the perfect ocean crossing... But the reality is that the last days before departures are always a bit chaotic, and that's ok! So instead of making it look like something it isn't: here is a slice o...
After chasing them all the way from the Caribbean, we finally ran into Adam and Khiara from the channel @SailingMillennialFalcon. They have never been live on Youtube before, so we thought this would be a great opportunity to have a lot of fun together wit...
What do you need to buy when you head out to sea for a month and how much? And more importantly: is this the hardest part about provisioning for a long passage?
In this video, we explore the answers to these questions. Welcome to Day-4 to departure, wher...
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