Watch Sailing & Boating Adventures Around the World tagged “Lightning” – Page 3 of 4
Explore sailing, boating, and water sports through our curated video archive. From epic sea voyages to serene diving escapes, discover unforgettable adventures from top YouTube creators. Start your journey. Dream big. Sail far.
#realtime #update I witness first hand and feel the shockwave of a lightning bolt just yards away from me. It travels through every critical instrument in my boat and destroys it all. I am alone, without communication and struggling to find a hole in the...
In parts 1 and 2 you saw us discover major cracks in the bulkheads of the boat. In this final part we get a visit from the Lagoon catamaran dealer in Panama to assess the damage, and the next day get struck by lightning in the anchorage!! We lose almost al...
After making our decision to head down to the Galapagos Islands for a month of exploration, we now need to get Gargoyle and ourselves ready. Thanks to Javier at Yachting Galapagos, we have a full list of all requirements and we have spent the last two week...
We prepared and planned for this journey over many years but like almost everyone, we missed the risk of a global pandemic completely altering our world as we know it. However, we have vowed that rather than hide from the new reality, we are going to embra...
Right before we wrap things up this season and ready Clarity for haul out and storage, Nick hurts his back handling the mainsail. Megan takes over running our catamaran while we both sweat through the Chesapeake summer heat and thunderstorms.
Clouds T-Sh...
After sailing over 6,000 nautical miles in the first six months of our journey we have now spent the last 6 months tied to a dock in Nicaragua. COVID-19 has swept the world and just like everyone else back home, we are going a bit bonkers. Lucky for us the...
The ugly side of sailing the world
Living with anxiety on a sailboat - https://twogetlost.com/today-i-feel-brave
Blitzortung lightning map - www.map.blitzortung.org
Sorry this video isn't as cheerful as usual, but we thought it was important to include a...
👇 BEHIND THE SCENES VIDEO👇
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/sailingmisslonestar
👀 Watch the DAILY VLOG here:
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/dailyshow
Instagram😉 https://www.instagram.com/somewhereonbigblue/
Guess WHAT?!! I have a new Podcast😎 It's...
Highlight video of the Hunter 340 "Sunspot Baby" and crew sailing in the Peanut Regatta of Waterford #8 sailboat race on Galveston Bay. Only four boats raced, we're still in lockdown. Had minimal crew to attempt social distancing on board. Pursuit start, a...
Margarida wants to go wakeboarding but with the big croc back we go searching for a nice spot where she won't get eaten. I know of just the spot.
Also, a thunderstorm hits us during the afternoon and I watch it like TV. It is an awesome display for me but ...
How can you protect your sailboat against a lightning strike? After our recent 500 mile crossing where we encountered our worst lightning storms at sea, we talk about tactics for avoiding and sailing through lightning storms. In 'Lightning strike - can you...
We show you how we sailed through lightning storms all night. After 100 miles into a 500 mile crossing in a small sailboat crossing in the open sea, we ran for shelter. A storm five-miles wide hung over the harbour as we navigated in 50m visibility through...
Goodbye San Blas, hello Shelter Bay Marina!
It's time for us to leave the wonderful San Blas Islands to pick up our new batteries in Shelter Bay Marina. Imagine to have cold drinks again ;)
We leave early in the morning together with our friends SY Notori...
If you want to support me, check out my Patreon account (thank you so much!): https://www.patreon.com/windhippie
I am a 27-year-old female solo sailor beginning my circumnavigation. My boat is a 27 foot sloop named Gecko. Follow me on my journey as I lea...
**NEWSFLASH** Are you a regular viewer? Do you enjoy our work? Join our private members club and become an FTBMate. Get t-shirts, mugs, hoodies or hats, previews of our videos, VIP content and one-on-one chats with us. And YOU could be sailing SY Esper. : ...
Nature is awesome. An electical storm passes over Freedom with some very close hits. There is lightning everywhere and I am outside to enjoy it.
I am running out of food because of bad weather and no fish caught. After 3 days I have a short spear at the en...
We return back to the states and work on the boat in Fort Lauderdale. After all, we were in the heart of the boat capital. Marine stores on every corner, shopping, dinning, and air conditioning! It was a nice change to be back in the land of plentiful thin...
This is the final DAILY video installment of our 1,500 nautical mile journey south from Hampton, Virginia to Virgin Gorda in the British Virgin Islands. Unfortunately the final night saw us sailing into a Tropical Wave that brought lightning filled squalls...
The Ericson 38-200 offers a lot of nice comfortable features in a racer-cruiser built in the 80's. We're familiar with this particular boat because it's currently owned and being sold by our friends Drew and Avery.
This boat was struck by lightning twice...
Have you been hit by lightning in a boat? We get cracking with "The Kraken", our Code 0, then get stuck in the middle of lightning storms in the sea at night. The beginning of our 200 nautical mile sail to Java and Krakatoa is turning out to be a test of s...
We sailed our last bit to Lakka on the north end of Paxos. Spent some nights on anchor and experienced our first thunderstorm passing by. Seemed a bit scary with this metal mast pointing to the sky. We did not research what to do when that happens and our ...
Thank you for watching!
This episode is about sailing from Greece to Italy where we had some trouble in the Tyrrhenian sea. We got som unmarked fishing gear tangled up in our rudders and around our keel while sailing. Also sailing trough the worst thunder...
After a few days of peaceful, sometimes windlass sailing we headed south towards lightning storms. 👉 Check out THE SECRET LINK BELOW for your chance to win a trip on board sailing vessel Esper with us!
Thanks to all our Patrons and Rum Funders for you...
Our morning starts with sunshine. We decide to use the time to oil the teak deck as we plan to sail to Naples tonight.
The first storm comes over us after the deck is painted. Too bad about the good oil.
Later we decide to start our trip and set sails, we...
Something AWESOME is coming!
Be the FIRST to know⛵
Sign up for exclusive updates and be the first to hear when we go live!
Get sneak peeks, exciting announcement, and special content straight to your inbox!
By clicking “Accept All Cookies”, you agree to the storing of cookies on your device to optimize our website, personalize and measure the effectiveness of advertising and collect statistics on usage. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions.
Technical or Functional cookies
Always active
Technical or functional cookies are essential for the basic functionality of the website. They are necessary for general web administration, session identification, website security, and presenting optimized content based on your devices. They also improve the general usability of the website, enabling features such as logging in to your account, adding products to your shopping cart, and checking out securely. These cookies are crucial for the website to function properly and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are typically set in response to actions made by you, such as setting privacy preferences, logging in, or filling in forms. While you can configure your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, please note that some parts of the site may not work properly if you do so. It’s important to mention that these cookies do not store any personally identifiable information directly related to your identity. We may place these cookies without your explicit consent as they are strictly necessary for providing our service.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics or Performance cookies
We utilize statistics cookies to optimize the website experience for our users and gain insights into its usage, such as the number of website visitors, unique visitors, visited pages, and traffic sources. These cookies enable us to measure and enhance site performance by identifying the most and least popular pages and tracking visitor movement. This data aids us in understanding and analyzing website performance for continuous improvement. All collected data is aggregated and therefore anonymous. Disabling these cookies hampers our ability to monitor site visits and performance effectively. We ask for your permission to place statistics cookies.The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing, Advertising, and Tracking cookies
On this website, we use marketing, advertising, and tracking cookies to personalize the advertisements we show to you, ensuring they are meaningful and relevant. These cookies also allow us (and third parties) to gain insights into the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. This is achieved by creating a profile based on your click behavior and Browse activity both on and outside our Website. These cookies link you, as a website visitor, to a unique ID, for example, to ensure you do not see the same advertisement repeatedly. The information stored in these cookies may also be used by third-party ad providers to show you ads on other websites you visit. Because these cookies are used for tracking and marketing purposes, we ask for your explicit permission to place them.