Sailing Solo on a 57ft Yacht AND we get a new Mainsail.
In this video i leave Philippa in Bonaire and do a solo sail back to Curacao to pick up a new Elvstrom mainsail for Aequus.
It’s about a 80 mile round trip which gives me a great opportunity to see how our Bavaria C57 can be sailed single handed.
When i arrive in Curacao I meet up with our friend James @thelastpirate who helps me fit the new Elvstrom mainsail.
Timestamps
00:00 Leaving Bonaire and solo sailing
02:20 Our delaminated Epex sail
04:29 Dolphins
05:29 Why I like AIS
10:20 Docking
13:12 Our new sail arrives
18:04 Changing the sails
22:23 PCR test 🙁
25:37 Leaving Curacao
In this video i leave Philippa in Bonaire and do a solo sail back to Curacao to pick up a new Elvstrom mainsail for Aequus.
It's about a 80 mile round trip which gives me a great opportunity to see how our Bavaria C57 can be sailed single handed.
When i arrive in Curacao I meet up with our friend James @thelastpirate who helps me fit the new Elvstrom mainsail.
Timestamps
00:00 Leaving Bonaire and solo sailing
02:20 Our delaminated Epex sail
04:29 Dolphins
05:29 Why I like AIS
10:20 Docking
13:12 Our new sail arrives
18:04 Changing the sails
22:23 PCR test :-(
25:37 Leaving Curacao
Sailing Solo on a 57ft Yacht AND we get a new Mainsail. Locations
- Curacao (12.1224221,-68.8824233)
Sailing Aequus
Welcome to our channel and thank you for being here. After 2.5 years of sailing full time we thought we would share our wonderful journey across the sea with you. After a trip to South Africa to visit close relatives, we met a guy called Darryl.. he was a sailor who had started his sailing adventure back in the 1980's buying his first boat at the age of 28, he told us some awe inspiring stories that literally captured James' heart and mind! He was hooked....line and sinker... With barely any experience between the two of us, we bought a Bavaria C57, ''a bit like my flat in London'' is what I said. With that, the deal was done and there was no turning back. James sold his business, I left my career in London, and that was it, we had 6 months to prepare and get ourselves ready for the biggest challenge of our lives.... Hope you enjoy watching Philippa x
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