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ATLANTIC CROSSING DAY-1: Feeling the pressure of the last day before departure #95
Aaaand that's it. Tomorrow, we are leaving on a 3500 nautical miles sailing journey that will take us from Bonaire (South of the Caribbean) to the Azores, in the middle of the Atlantic ocean. The truth is... we'll never be 100% ready. But this is the bes...
ATLANTIC CROSSING DAY-5 : We overhaul Polar Seal to receive crew for a month #91
After three months of solid preparations ahead of our coming crossing, everything was under control until obviously... it wasn't anymore. Our new crew Anett arrives in Bonaire in a few hours, and we have a lot of work to do to prepare Polar Seal to have...
CROSSING OCEANS
Welcome to our channel! My name is Sophie, I am French, and I sail the World together with my partner Ryan, who's American. We met on Tinder in Stockholm, Sweden in 2015, where we lived at the time. Were we sailors? No. In fact, we had never stepped foot o...
ALTERING COURSE: How we are escaping hurricane season in 2021 (and beyond!)
One year: ZERO sailing. That is one of the consequences of the pandemic on our lives. But that's about to change drastically, as we are getting ready to tackle some of our biggest passages to date, which will take us to...?! A HUGE thank you to Takacat a...
🔴 Where (and when) we are going next!
Because we can't wait to share it with you ;)
COOKING UP (for) A STORM: How and why I meal prep for ocean crossings #88
This was supposed to be a video about cooking on the boat, but really... it is a video about wrestling with cabinets and lockers. Wanna cook some Carbs & comfort bombs? Here is the link to the recipes! Lasagna: https://ryanandsophie.com/my-frenchif...
Installing a WASHING MACHINE in our 40ft sailboat #87
How many times did I not dream of not having to walk kilometer after kilometer, the 20kg IKEA bags sawing into my shoulders only to end paying a fortune and wait hours for clean laundry? So when it became apparent that we were going to spend quite some t...
SAILING LIFE: Why is it so hard to say goodbye? #86
I want to believe that I will eventually get used to it, but I really don’t. Time after time after time, saying goodbye is still hard. Ryan actually cried after watching the first cut of this video :) I try to hang on the fact that it is only hard becau...
SAILBOAT MAINTENANCE: Service a marine diesel engine with me & Philippa (Yanmar 1000 hours service)
00:00 Intro 02:28 Draining the coolant fluid 05:33 Changing the impeller 07:49 Changing the engine & gearbox oil 12:44 Changing the fuel filters 18:16 Changing the coolant (attempt #2) 19:16 Disposing of oil and filters -- I had always promised mysel...
Explaining our lifestyle to sailing noobs (living space, costs, mail, healthcare, cons, etc…)
5 years ago, when Ryan and I were absolute sailing noobs, this is the video that I would have wanted to watch :) How is it REALLY like to live on a sailboat? How do you eat? Sleep? Shower? Poop? (Seriously, the boat shower was a mystery to me). More seri...
WATCH THIS before moving on your sailboat! All the things I wish I knew 3 years ago 🤦🏻♀️ #83
All the things I wish I knew - 00:00 Do you know what the hardest part of living onboard is? - 1:54 Working out on a boat - 3:05 What I wish we had done faster - 4:15 One thing that will not change - 6:27 What to bring onboard - 8:53 Choosing a sailboat ...
🔴 Brainstorm hurricane season 2021 with us (and a chat, of course!)
Been a while since we've had a chat and we figured... well, it's really been too long! Join us on our mooring buoy in Bonaire and let's brainstorm hurricane season 2021 together
The hidden costs of sailing a brand new BAVARIA C57 + boat tour
00:01: Introduction 02:30: Meet James, Philipa, and Aequus 03:29: Master suite (V-berth) 04:28: Why the choice of a the Bavaria C57 05:41: The galley 06:32: How did you equip Aequus? 11:16: What would you do differently? 11:42: How much did it cost? Mo...
Well, that’s TYPICAL boat life, isn’t it?🤷🏻♀️ #80
Intro: 00:00 Buying ex-rental diving equipment: 2:41 Fixing a leak in our dinghy: 5:08 Diving under our sailboat: 8:09 Life without a dinghy: 11:35 2 years update on our DIY watermaker: 15:24 Dinghy repairs day 2: 16:17 -- Curious about our dinghy? Ch...
En route to Bonaire , the diving paradise! 🇧🇶 #79
If you have been following our channel in the last year, you know how big a deal moving back onboard and sailing to Bonaire was for us. When this video is released, it has only been a few weeks since we arrived and we have enjoyed every second of our time ...
Diving at the famous TUGBOAT BEACH in Curacao #77
Thank you to Maurice and Cas from Jan Thiel Diving who were the most patient with us while we were growing our underwater lungs (especially Maurice :p) We had a great experience with them and would love to come back to dive with them again! Check out Jan T...
SAILBOAT TECH: Satellite communication solutions for offshore sailing // Ryan’s Tech Corner #13
Thank you so much to Predict Wind for making it possible for us to give away an Iridium Go to a lucky subscriber! When Ryan and I decided to start sailing across oceans, we figured we needed a satellite communications solution that allowed us to do voi...
Meet the Tesla of the Sea: a review of our TORQEEDO + TAKACAT dinghy setup // Ryan’s Tech Corner #12
Thank you Catamaran Supply for our first sponsored video ever! Don't hesitate to contact Anett and Willem if you have any boat-related questions, they are very knowledgeable, helpful, and friendly. Check out Catamaran Supply at: https://www.catamaransup...
SAILBOAT MAINTENANCE: Replacing the stern seal, cutlass bearing, and aligning the prop shaft. #74
Welcome to the yard, and one of the first project of our season prep! Ryan wanted to change the cutlass bearing, which was due for a replacement after 13 years of good and loyal services. Since replacing the cutlass bearing involved removing the prop s...
Back to our boat after 8 months away: the best Christmas gift ever! #73
Merry Christmas guys!!!! This year, there’s nothing more than we could wish for ourselves than being reunited with Polar Seal in time for Christmas. After flying from Spain, isolating ourselves at our friend’s farm in Sweden for two weeks, taking a (n...![Risk Management in sailing : How to assess the risk level of a passage #72 [1/2]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/z1ou2HpDELc/mqdefault.webp)
Risk Management in sailing : How to assess the risk level of a passage #72 [1/2]
In the wake of our failed experience crossing the Atlantic on a big motor yacht (watch this: https://youtu.be/SFOVyf7q--s and this: https://youtu.be/q_R3WJAOWWA for context) we felt that our experience was full of many learning opportunities that we wanted...
The hardest decision we’ve had to make. #70
Looking for crew across the Atlantic? Send us an email at [email protected] ! Watch this first: https://youtu.be/3DzIlzOp4gk A couple of days ago, we released a video about “how we are going back to Polar Seal”. At the time we published it, ...
We’re going back to our sailboat!! (And we’ve been hiding something from you…😏) #69
We are going back to Polar Seal!!! And we’ve been hiding something from you… Alright guys, it is time that we come clean about something :) In September, we realized that we really needed to get back to Polar Seal. She is our home, and we simply ca...
How to start sailing the World from scratch (from someone who knew nothing about boats)
Other useful videos on the topic: How we learned how to sail: https://youtu.be/cP6sygquf6Q The cost of cruising / budget: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UM5iRHDEXPM The cost of cruising / moderate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMGW3XEImjI The cost of...
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