SAILING SECRETS #1 - SwT 93 - SEE YOU LATER

Sharing some of my SAILING SECRETS and saying SEE YOU LATER to my Swedish friends, this time for real. Also starting to work on my generator to see if it’s possible to save.

In this episode I’m sharing some hints about sailing tactics and explain how I do things when I want to save lots of time using the elements to my advantage. How wind and waves with current plays a role in my decisions. It’s a short sail but hopefully I managed to visualize the benefit of thinking about what I see around me, like topography of the island and reading the signs on the water telling me when I should tack. I tried to keep it stupid simple with some selfmade illustrations to be seen as not 100% accurate but hints to point you in the right direction. I could made an entire video only about ocean currents but tried to focus only on coastal sailing. If you ever sailed close to a Caribbean island you would recognize some of the things I point out. Im not trying to teach you anything here, only hoping to inspire some to think different if you never thought about this things. Back home when racing in the archipelago this kind of thinking was critical for winning a race. And I dont belive it was only luck making the same crew winning almost every race, or at least up among the top 3.

Im also sharing the hard reality of goodbyes or see you later as I like to refer to even though you just sometimes know its gonna be a long time to next time if ever. It was really hard to say see you later to my Swedish friends and their lovely kids I have connected so well with.

At the end of this episode I’m also starting on my last project here in Martinique before heading towards Panama. My generator from Fisher Panda is going through a full refit with some setbacks. It has not been used for a year, and the result of being sprayed with salt water after some leaks was not a good sight.

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ABOUT THIS CHANNEL:
I`m sailing 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 also been an active regatta sailor. I had my first sailboat at age 7 and been sailing ever since. Also more than 10 years experience from Search and Rescue at sea in Norway.

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I’m just a normal person sharing my travel adventure through my eyes and experience from my perspective! Remember how I do things might work for me but not for you. It might even not be the correct way to do things, and I don’t have the blueprint either. I’m not perfect and nobody is. The day I believe I know it all and don’t think I can learn new things I should go ashore.