Sailing offshore from the Canary Islands to the Caribbean, Transatlantic, Fuerteventura to Antigua, November to December 2022, On a Vancouver 34C yacht, Crew of two
Not sure you’d eat the Flying Fish, but you do have a ‘morning catch’ on a boat with raised gunwales that prevent ‘jumpers’ slipping back off into the water
Nice, want to do this end of 2024 first some exploring in the mediterranean, Greece, Adriatic Sea Italy and then to Spain. I like to watch all the crossings to the Caribbean !
Lots of parts of this remind me of incidents. Being on night watch on a boat where the helm was in a ‘tub’. Out of the darkness something hit me in the chest and there was then a mad flapping around my feet in the dark … ‘attacked’ by a Flying Fish … of ‘wind holes’ and trying to navigate around … forlornly … only the end up motoring across a glass-like sea. How strange it feels to be around people and land. Wonderful ‘as it is’ video 😊
Great looking boat and awesome journey! My Discus is also outfitted with a hydrovane and that wonderful Tread Master on deck. Starting to set up for my first offshore voyage. Thanks for the inspiration!
What a calm soothing voice you have. Pleasure to view and listen to your videos. Sort of exciting and calming at the same time. If that makes any sense. 😊
Do you know that Sargassum seaweed can be eaten and is very good for the health as well? When picking up any at sea as Rosemary did, my favourite way to quickly prepare it is fried up in olive oil and garlic and then the whole lot mixed through rice.... so a sort of Sargassum fried rice! ......... Just remember to wash it well and soak it for 15 minutes or so in fresh water first.......
Thanks from Sydney , like your presentation style .Are you on one of the tracking sites ? And how does that auto steering gizmo work so reliably over such a long time ?
Thank you! That wind-vane steering is just magic. Or, perhaps more down to earth: it's one of a few competing designs on the market, most of which have spent decades being iterated on to the point where they really do just work🤞
I’d also love to hear whether you enjoyed the long Atlantic crossing, or whether you found yourself crawling up the wall and going slightly stir crazy.
There was generally enough variety and action to keep me busy, and to keep me thinking I was making a difference to how the day went. I enjoyed that a lot. But some days the best course of action was really to touch nothing and leave things alone. I’m quite a fidgety person, so I found those days of inaction a little tougher. You need good books and good company!
I personally love the focus and removal of ‘trivia’. Life revolves around wind, sails, chafe, water, fuel, sun sights and plots, when to gybe next etc. Things are ‘upfront and real’, so unlike normal life. It’s quite releasing
Depending on crew, friends and family it's one of: - 1 - just keep following the trade winds round and head back to Europe - 2 - just enjoy the Caribbean - 3 - work our way towards Panama, then through the canal, up the Pacific coast to Alaska, head into the Northwest Passage, and get stuck in the ice where the boat will be crushed and sink. Eventually make it home and buy another boat - Not confident about the last one.
I was wondering if you would introduce yourself and your crew, the length and beam of your boat, what town in England that you have sailed from and the manufacturer or brand of boat? First time I’ve watched your video... Thanks, John... Ontario, Canada...
Hi John - we're out of Oban in Scotland, and the boat is a Vancouver 34C, length around 34ft/10.5m. I'll record a boat tour which should make everything else clearer, but in the meantime these boat details here are good: sailboatdata.com/sailboat/vancouver-34-classic
Guadelupe is a well-known White shark highway. I'm gonna take my wife snorkeling there to take my chance :D Great sailing video and achievement man. Nice.
From memory on this westbound Atlantic crossing, we averaged about 5.3kts over the weeks. On our eastbound crossing, the average was somewhere around 6kts over the whole trip. But when given a decent 20kt+ breeze on the beam, we do seem to hold 7kts well-reefed. Putting up more sail than that gets us a fraction more, but it all starts to feel a little reckless! The waterline is fairly short at 27.5 ft / 8.38 m. That implies a calculated "hull speed" of 7kts, so maybe that all aligns with the above.
@@aarons.watches Ahhh, Scotland, home turf. I think our averages in the Inner Hebrides were something like 5kts over a day - never seem to go very long in any one direction before a wind shift
I've got a mortgage, full time job and 2 kids. How on earth am I ever going to get to do this other than in retirement?! I need to buy some properties to rent so I can have an income and live frugally on board.
Why on Earth are you throwing flying fish overboard!! Eat them, some of the nicest tasting fish in the ocean!! I suppose this is another of the problems when landlubbers go sailing.
You pick them up and eat them after you find them ‘crusty’ and like sticks of wood having been out of the water 12 hours and dried out by the morning sun!
Now this is what I call laid back sailing, a very capable couple with no anxiety, well done.
Couldn't think of a better boat than a Vancouver to do that crossing. A proper boat. Thanks you for sharing sir👍
The rolling of a 34 ft yacht in the Atlantic swell is something else.
flying fish make a good breakfast
Would like to see a boat tour.
Well done. What a great adventure. Loved that your food was actually jumping into your boat! 🎣
Fast food
Not sure you’d eat the Flying Fish, but you do have a ‘morning catch’ on a boat with raised gunwales that prevent ‘jumpers’ slipping back off into the water
Fair winds and smooth sailing fellow sailor. All the best from BKK Thailand.
Nice, want to do this end of 2024 first some exploring in the mediterranean, Greece, Adriatic Sea Italy and then to Spain. I like to watch all the crossings to the Caribbean !
I sailed the eastern Caribbean for 8 yrs. Very unusual to see periods of calm like this. Nice passage.
Lots of parts of this remind me of incidents. Being on night watch on a boat where the helm was in a ‘tub’. Out of the darkness something hit me in the chest and there was then a mad flapping around my feet in the dark … ‘attacked’ by a Flying Fish … of ‘wind holes’ and trying to navigate around … forlornly … only the end up motoring across a glass-like sea. How strange it feels to be around people and land. Wonderful ‘as it is’ video 😊
Sounds like the same experiences!
Great video.
Thanks Deborah
I love your boat. Great video thanks
Great video, beautiful adventure. Many thanks for sharing.
Great looking boat and awesome journey! My Discus is also outfitted with a hydrovane and that wonderful Tread Master on deck. Starting to set up for my first offshore voyage. Thanks for the inspiration!
Thank you! Once it gets warm enough to wear shorts all the time though, Treadmaster makes you regret every time you have to kneel on deck ☺️
such an enjoyable account of your voyage. keep up the good work please
Great job guys & fab video. Enjoy the upcoming adventure, I'm sure you'll have a great time. Envious of the heat coming your way!
I really enjoyed that. Thank you! enjoy the rest of your travels.
Very nice to sailing ⛵️ with a great progress, Bravo. Amazing the sky's and the weather 👌
Great video, Enjoy upcoming times!
Good inspiration as well...
Thanks for sharing this. It’s really inspiring to watch, but very annoyingly my wife is not open to the idea of doing something like this.
Great video and crossing !! no fuss ... just sailing !!! enjoyed it very much !! Cheers from Muros
Wonderful! Thank you for sharing. Bon voyage!
Great video thank you for sharing✌🤙😎
You could read children's stories on TV mate. Very soothing lol.
It's why my crew sleep so well
Like your videos, well done ! Thanks for sharing
New sub here! I just found your channel! I love it!
What a wonderful video I’m so envious but admire your bravery and skills just shows what can be achieved ❤
thank you!
Them flying fish must be like really did i just fly into a little boat in the middle of a fking ocean🤣
What a calm soothing voice you have. Pleasure to view and listen to your videos. Sort of exciting and calming at the same time. If that makes any sense. 😊
I have a frequent crew member who says I have 'tells' for when I'm stressed. I'm not going to say what they are though!😁
Diaphanous! Fantastic :-)
I love the sound of the water throughout the video!! ⛵⛵⛵
Awesome!
Fantastic video
Yummy food ....top crew !.......brave ..
😊perfecte overtocht
Wow Sailor 👍
Enjoyed your video. I’m a south coast sailor too. I have a hunter 26 at Arun Yacht Club. Look forward to your onward journeys
Hi just wondered what keel you have (lead?) And what angle you would heel to? 20 degrees?
No its a bilge keeler, iron construction keels. 20 degrees is comfortable. Don’t like it much more than that
@@landprojects ah thanks! I have 1/2 of a lead fin keeler so its good to know 20 degrees isn't pushing it too far!
Do you know that Sargassum seaweed can be eaten and is very good for the health as well?
When picking up any at sea as Rosemary did, my favourite way to quickly prepare it is fried up in olive oil and garlic and then the whole lot mixed through rice.... so a sort of Sargassum fried rice! ......... Just remember to wash it well and soak it for 15 minutes or so in fresh water first.......
Wow! We did the same rout (from Gran Canaria to S.Lucia) at the same time with our V28. So strange that we never met on the way. :)
I would have been SOOO excited to see another Vancouver :)
Did you eat two of the diaphanous flying fish? Wonderful video, thanks for sharing!
We ate one! It was hard to spot one large enough that was still fresh enough 🙂
Amazing view 14:11 😎 19:48
Thanks from Sydney , like your presentation style .Are you on one of the tracking sites ? And how does that auto steering gizmo work so reliably over such a long time ?
Thank you! That wind-vane steering is just magic. Or, perhaps more down to earth: it's one of a few competing designs on the market, most of which have spent decades being iterated on to the point where they really do just work🤞
Bravo ! One thing - flying fish/ frying fish - can you eat them; did you try?
We ate just one large one that we judged a recent arrival. Tasty but with fine bones. The further west we went, the smaller they got
I’d also love to hear whether you enjoyed the long Atlantic crossing, or whether you found yourself crawling up the wall and going slightly stir crazy.
There was generally enough variety and action to keep me busy, and to keep me thinking I was making a difference to how the day went. I enjoyed that a lot. But some days the best course of action was really to touch nothing and leave things alone. I’m quite a fidgety person, so I found those days of inaction a little tougher. You need good books and good company!
@@theoddvoyage thanks for the insight.
I personally love the focus and removal of ‘trivia’. Life revolves around wind, sails, chafe, water, fuel, sun sights and plots, when to gybe next etc. Things are ‘upfront and real’, so unlike normal life. It’s quite releasing
How are you getting the boat back?
Depending on crew, friends and family it's one of:
- 1 - just keep following the trade winds round and head back to Europe
- 2 - just enjoy the Caribbean
- 3 - work our way towards Panama, then through the canal, up the Pacific coast to Alaska, head into the Northwest Passage, and get stuck in the ice where the boat will be crushed and sink. Eventually make it home and buy another boat
- Not confident about the last one.
@@theoddvoyage Where's your sense of adventure! Go for the NW passage.
@@theoddvoyage Plan 3 sounds solid.
Second viewing and loved it again. But... ehh, "still wind"? Ummm...
It's a special kind of wind that exists only in my MIND
Well, I suppose everything has to exist somewhere. You know you really should take the blue tablet. You know what the doctor said!
I was wondering if you would introduce yourself and your crew, the length and beam of your boat, what town in England that you have sailed from and the manufacturer or brand of boat? First time I’ve watched your video... Thanks, John... Ontario, Canada...
Hi John - we're out of Oban in Scotland, and the boat is a Vancouver 34C, length around 34ft/10.5m. I'll record a boat tour which should make everything else clearer, but in the meantime these boat details here are good:
sailboatdata.com/sailboat/vancouver-34-classic
The further off shore you can get the wind will be there.
What's wrong with going 8 or 9 knots in conditions like what you had
There's an awful lot of force on the rig to get that extra knot or so - it doesn't feel worth the risk
Not a small boat bro, what are you talking' about
Guadelupe is a well-known White shark highway. I'm gonna take my wife snorkeling there to take my chance :D Great sailing video and achievement man. Nice.
Curious the average speed of the 34C under full sail? 6-8kts?🤔
From memory on this westbound Atlantic crossing, we averaged about 5.3kts over the weeks. On our eastbound crossing, the average was somewhere around 6kts over the whole trip.
But when given a decent 20kt+ breeze on the beam, we do seem to hold 7kts well-reefed. Putting up more sail than that gets us a fraction more, but it all starts to feel a little reckless!
The waterline is fairly short at 27.5 ft / 8.38 m. That implies a calculated "hull speed" of 7kts, so maybe that all aligns with the above.
@@theoddvoyage Thanks for the detailed info! I saw a ‘99 come up for sale in Scotland this week, which is how I ended up here 🥂
@@aarons.watches Ahhh, Scotland, home turf. I think our averages in the Inner Hebrides were something like 5kts over a day - never seem to go very long in any one direction before a wind shift
I've got a mortgage, full time job and 2 kids. How on earth am I ever going to get to do this other than in retirement?! I need to buy some properties to rent so I can have an income and live frugally on board.
Why on Earth are you throwing flying fish overboard!! Eat them, some of the nicest tasting fish in the ocean!! I suppose this is another of the problems when landlubbers go sailing.
You pick them up and eat them after you find them ‘crusty’ and like sticks of wood having been out of the water 12 hours and dried out by the morning sun!
Advertising every 10 minutes why is that happening?who is responsible for that ?i must stop watching that video, next time be careful.