Atlantic crossing YouTube Videos
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ep1- Atlantic crossing – Hallberg-Rassy 54 Cloudy Bay – Jan 2018
s/v Cloudy Bay (Hallberg-Rassy 54) Atlantic crossing, 7-24 Jan 2018. We traveled 2866 miles for a direct distance Lanzarote (Canary Islands) to Barbados of 2742 miles. 17 days 9 hours. Average speed 6.9 kts with maximum recorded 14.4kts. Full summary of th...
Trans-Atlantic Sailing Voyage (#1). Getting to the Catamaran and getting a Tour.
Ep103 (But #1 of Atlantic Crossing Series). In this Episode of Cruising Off Duty, we have the first of what will be a many episode series covering our Trans-Atlantic Sailing Voyage. In this first episode, we travel from Valencia Spain to Las Palmas in th...
2017 – Sailing Gibraltar to Canary Islands, Lanzarote – HR54 Cloudy Bay, Oct 2017 – Season 2017
s/v Cloudy Bay (Hallberg Rassy 54) starts the Atlantic crossing, sailing from Gibraltar to Canary Islands, where we stop in Puerto Calero Marina, Lanzarote. We are now firmly westward bound. First night we have a very rough upwind sailing in +25kts gusting...
Ep 4. First Ocean passage complete! (Sailing Susan Ann II)
In this episode the girls reach land after 1000 nautical miles and 7 days at sea. Then it’s time to clean the boat, get dolled up and then hit the town for some well deserved alcoholic beverages. Gibraltar is an interesting place. It’s British colon...
How to generate power onboard? (Sailing Ruby Rose)
How to generate power on board is a question we are asked a lot, by people who are new to sailing or are considering a life on the water. So we decided to make a video. Ta-dah! Here it is, complete with my ageing frame on the foredeck as thumbnail clickba...
Highs and Lows of Sailing across the Atlantic Ocean – SailwiththeFlo – Ep.9
Rough seas, a 50 knot squall and we break our boom in half. Just part of life on board our Oyster Heritage 37 during our Atlantic crossing from Cape Verde to St Lucia, double handed in 14 days.
Sailing across the Atlantic Pt. 2 – Ep. 35 RAN Sailing
Half way in to crossing the Atlantic the squalls continues and we don't get a lot of sleep. But the days pass fast anyway and when there's only a couple of days left the trade winds kicks in and we start to logg many miles per day. After 18 days we arrive ...
Sailing across the Atlantic Pt. 1 – Ep. 34 RAN Sailing
We set sail on November 23 and left Mindelo, Cape Verde to cross the Atlantic to Grenada, Caribbean. The forecast wasn't optimal and the very light winds were concerning. The first week gave us some sun and company by dolphins but very light winds. And the...
Different ways of sailing across an ocean – Ep. 33 RAN Sailing
What's it like to sail across the Atlantic in a 62 ft boat or a 30 ft boat? We talk to the owners of both and have a look at their boats. One of the coolest things about sailing is that it doesn’t really matter what boat your sailing. You can still sail ...
Prelude to an Ocean Crossing – Ep. 28 RAN Sailing
We finally caught a fish! And you will probably laugh because it was sooo small :) But it was tasty! Join us on our preparation sail for the Atlantic crossing, a 750 Nm passage from El Hierro, Canary Islands to Mindelo, Sao Vicente, Cape Verde. Except from...
We Found Another Island – Ep. 27 RAN Sailing
Sailing is often about changing plans and take the day as it comes. So our plans on sailing to Cape Verde had to wait a couple of days and instead we sailed to a new island! El Hierro is the smallest of all the main islands in the Canaries. We made a stop ...
Provisioning for an Ocean Crossing – Ep. 26 RAN Sailing
How do you manage to stow 3 months of food in a 40 ft sailboat? There's a lot of things to think about when planning a long passage and food is one of the most important. Join us in this episode to find out how we did and to see more of our DIY projects! ...
Work Work Work – Ep.18 RAN Sailing
In episode 18 we continue the work on RAN in Las Palmas. We construct a new anchor roller for our new 25 kg anchor and build a new box for the plotter and the instruments. We celebrate the summer solstice (Fiesta de San Juan) together with thousands of Gra...
Atlantic Crossing: WE MADE IT!! – Chase the Story 21
We made it! Sailing across the Atlantic Ocean after 20 days at sea, sailing vessel Cheeky Monkey finally arrives to the Caribbean to the beautiful island of Antigua. It was a test of time for our six crew on board - did we make it with empty diesel tanks? ...