Gran canaria YouTube Videos
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Sailing Offshore to the Canary Islands
This time on Distant Shores we deal with currents on the 600 mile passage offshore to the Canary Islands from Portugal. We then sail from Lanzarote to Gran Canaria for the start of the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC) and prepare for the big one - a 3000 ...
Offshore Sail to Canary Islands & PREPARING to SAIL ACROSS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN – Ep 168
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Boating Gets Weird: My Folding Catamaran Adventure
Get your Stellen Doer Toolshed: https://bit.ly/3WKn32b As a liveaboard sailor living on anchor on SV Arianrhod in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in the Canary islands in Spain I decided to take 2 foldable portable kayaks and convert them into a sailing foldabl...
Next Stop: Tenerife & Spain’s Tallest Mountain | Ep. 54
In this video, we start off in Las Palmas in Gran Canaria and get on with some boat jobs - including rigging a kicking strap after our vang breaks again, running a third reef in the main sail and redoing our entire bed and mattress set up due to having fou...
WATCH THIS if you have a flaky chain | Ep.85
Is a rusty, flaky chain really a safety hazard?? Time to find out! Let's cut that baby open and see what's really inside. Over the last 2 years our chain has become rustier and rustier. It's mainly surface rust, so it poses no real threat to our safety. ...
What is Stopping Us Cross The Atlantic ? Ep 93
#boatrepairs #grancanaria #atlanticcrossingpreparation #canaryislands #brexit We wait in Gran Canaria for a lot of things including Brexit so we can retain our VAT status on our boat as well as visas for Suriname. We also find ourselves waiting for mech...
#65 Dodging Firefighting Planes whilst at Sea. Grand Canaria, Canary Islands | Sailing Sisu Leopard
On arrival in Grand Canaria, we had to dodge Firefighting Planes whilst also negotiating big container ships and ferries. A raging fire had been going for over 4 days, caused by an 55 year old who was working with a Welding Machine. The blaze forced the ...
Lagoon 52S owner’s version Greatcircle (2017) for sale – Overview video recent Atlantic crossing
We recently bought a new boat, a new model Outremer that is announced at Boot Düsseldorf January 2020. After 1 year on a L39 and almost 3 years on the L52S we now want to make a next step to a performance cat. The new boat will be delivered in 2021 so we...
Arriving at the start of ARC 2019 – Sailing Greatcircle (ep.144)
A lot of sailing going on as we sail together with @sailingyachteight from Lanzarote via Fuerteventura to marina Las Palmas where the ARC 2019 will start on November 24th.
Shall we buy a Wingaker sail? – EP 78 Sailing Seatramp
Just a few days before we start our crossing to the Cape Verdi, we decide to order a new light wind sail. It's a huge sail with 170 sqm. Luckily the manufacturer of Wingaker sails could manage to bring us a sail to Gran Canaria and has 2 days time to show...
Rowing over the Atlantic? There’s always someone braver – EP 77 Sailing Seatramp
This week we are on our way to La Gomera, Canary Islands In San Sebastian we meet the guys from the rowing team "Row Row Row our Boat" and find out that there are even crazier people than us. There is actually a rally of people rowing across the Atlantic!...
Our first time on the Atlantic Ocean – Morocco to Canary Islands – EP 75 Sailing Seatramp
It's time to set sails to the Canary Islands. It will be our first sailing passage on the Atlantic and the longest trip we made till now. How will it feel to be on the water for a week? How will we manage the high waves?
Ep 22. Emergency at sea – A bump in the road! (Sailing Susan Ann II)
Episode 22 Hey guys, This episode is one that’s close to the heart and therefore took us quite a while to decide whether or not to post. We made a pact at the beginning of our journey to share with you, our loyal subscribers, the good, the bad and the ...
Transatlantic Passage #13. Catch a Wahoo and Land Ho! Arrive in St Lucia after 22 days at sea.
Ep116 - In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, we continue our Transatlantic Sailing Passage series. We cover days 19 to the end of the passage (Day 22). We catch a Wahoo. We finally get some wind and really see how fast this Catamaran can really sail wh...