AFTERMATH FROM CYCLONE FORCE WINDS - SwT 195 - THIS WAS BRUTAL

• September 06, 2024 by Sailing with Thomas |
• Language: EN
• Play Time: 00:25:06
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I was hit by the unpredicted wind force of a CAT1 Hurricane out at sea!
Sailing 1081 nautical miles solo fighting my way through endless numbers of violent storms and even hurricane-force winds in the Banda Sea.
This is a true story and not a YouTube storm or drama. It's the reality of sailing the Banda Sea during the rainy season with the northwest monsoons and even cyclones that create ridiculous weather.
Amazing close-up video of a cyclone forming and the battles I had that even cost me sails after a full knockdown in gale force 12 - 72 knots of wind.

I'm even sharing my strategies and why I added 731 nautical miles to my route. How I use technology and even old-school tools to read the weather

I hope this video not only works as entertainment but even could be of value for sailors. It's not meant to scare you off but to share what you can encounter.

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I'm a sailor with a YouTube channel and not a YouTuber. Sailing around the world in a Bavaria 55 Cruiser mostly solo, making videos whenever we have time for it.
Comfortable at sea with 4 decades of sailing experience and hundreds of thousands of miles behind me.

Even though this is season 6 on YouTube I did not make that many videos in the beginning, and obviously not from my entire sailing life. Before full-time sailing 6 years ago, I sailed several seasons in the Mediterranean, and obviously also in Scandinavia. I had my first sailboat at age 7 and have been sailing and racing ever since. Also, more than 10 years of experience as a captain in Search and Rescue at sea in Norway.

Sailing with Thomas

Sailing solo around the world in a Bavaria 55 Cruiser - S/Y Be Free. Most of the time sailing single handed and occasionally with friends and other guests. Dreaming of crossing the Pacific singlehanded. Most of my life has been in the small coastal town Tønsberg, 95 km south of Oslo. With the national park at our doorsteps, and the Oslo fjord and Skagerak sea outside the windows, it was almost mandatory to own a boat. I´m almost raised in a sailboat and had my first by the age of 7. Not only did we spend 3 weeks every summer, and every weekend of my childhood, on the lean (Sailing) But my parents owned a boat factory, where they manufactured sailboats and smaller motorboats. So I think its fair to say I've been into sailing my whole life. MY LAST JOB Full time working for the Norwegian Society for Sea Rescue, and almost 10 years as voluntary and skipper for the Norwegian Society for Sea Rescue. ONE LIFE SAIL IT WISELY www.sailingwiththomas.com

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