HOW BAD CAN IT BE ON THIS 1300 NONSTOP SOLO SAILING? - SwT 102 - MARTINIQUE TO PANAMA PART 2

HOW BAD CAN IT BE rounding the famous Cape Horn of the Caribbean? BE FREE IS SAILING AGAIN, continuing the 1300 nautical miles nonstop solo from Martinique to Panama. This is part 2 of the long jump through the entire Caribbean east to west testing out the famous rough part of this route – THE FAMOUS CAPE OF THE SOUTHWEST CARIBBEAN
To me, this is the grand rehearsal before my solo sailing across the Pacific in the near future. In this episode, I share the reason why this part of the Caribbean should not be ignored as a dangerous place to sail. It’s normal to see winds above 40 kts and strong colliding ocean currents combined with fall winds from the mountains of Colombia make rip tidal breaking waves. This region of the Caribbean is not a joke. Well knowing about this I sailed straight into this region on purpose to document what you can expect, as so many sailors I have met are totally unprepared for what they could face here. Hopefully, this episode can create some awareness and prepare more sailors, making sure the boat and equipment not to forget the crew are ready and can handle it. I’m used to heavy weather sailing and kind of enjoy it, but if you don’t enjoy 40+ kts of wind and 3-4 meter breaking waves make sure to have a really good weather window from Aruba to Barranquilla (Columbia).

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I`m sailing around the world in my Bavaria 55 Cruiser, making videos whenever I have time for it. Most of the time I sail singlehanded but occasionally I do have sailing friends onboard. Still in the Caribbean due to Covid and was supposed to be in Asia by now.

Even though this is season 4 on youtube I did not make that many videos in the beginning. Before full-time sailing, I have sailed several seasons in the Med prior to this, and obviously also in Scandinavia. I have been traveling the world before and have also been an active regatta sailor for decades. I had my first sailboat at age 7 and have been sailing ever since. Also, more than 10 years of experience as a captain in Search and Rescue at sea in Norway.

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