Ep 6 Solo Atlantic Crossing Bermuda to Azores (part 2)
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- čas přidán 22. 08. 2024
- In this episode I continue my crossing from Bermuda and arrive in Horta on the island of Faial, Azores. With calms and gales there is plenty to keep me busy and it was an emotional landfall after 1980 miles sailed alone.
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For my day-job I run a small business repairing, maintaining and refitting sailing boats (often contessa 32’s due to my long experience with them) I'm mostly in the central Solent area of the UK. Being a cruising and racing sailor with many thousands of inshore and offshore sea miles logged I like to think that I bring a great deal of real world experience to my work and help many new (and not so new) boat owners to improve and maintain their sailing boats. When I'm not fixing boats I also provide some own-boat sail training, help owners with deliveries and provide consultancy services to those that are refitting their own boats for cruising or racing.
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Disclaimer - I hope that viewers both enjoy and learn something from my videos but please remember to take the appropriate precautions for any DIY refit works you undertake with appropriate PPE and the correct tools for the job. If you are in any way unsure as to how to go about a project or are unsure if something on your boat is safe please consult a professional.
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Love watching your travel and especially your boat rebuilding skills. Its great to see an old yacht become like a beautiful butterfly from a crystalis.
Great video series George
What a fantastic video, loved every it of it.
You can add a seventh viewer. An enjoyable and honest account of a cracking passage.
Sandy
Thanks, I’m really pleased to have done a solo Atlantic crossing back to Europe (not just a trade wind blow across like the passage out). It was nice to share.
yes I watched it all. to be fair I was hoooked. to be able to video yourself and keep cool all the way is quite impressive. well done. now its time to watch all the rest.well done
Great Job! I hope to cross from Nova Scotia to the Azores in a year and a half.
Look forward to watching more.
Congratulations. We did that trip in a Westerly Corsair in 2006. We also had high winds about 2/3rds of the way across. I'm looking forward to more episodes. Fair winds!
Thanks, last time I did the West to East crossing in 2003 I had a lot of light winds but only short periods of light winds this time. I’ll try to keep going with some interesting content.
Nice one 👍🏽 I’m following
Looking forward to you next video.
Great video, thanks very much!
Loved the way you shot that tutorial, very nice work sir!
Thanks, hope to do more tutorial type vids when I have time
What an epic trek!
Yep, won’t forget it in a while. Still got to get back to the uk so 1200 miles or so still to go but enjoying the Azores for now.
Bravo 🎉🍾🎊🎈 George 👏🏼👏🏼
Nice. Well done. Two years ago I was planning to do this leg (with a crew) after a Newport to Bermuda Race on my Grand Soleil 37. Did the routing several times on Expedition and thus it was very interesting to follow your weather discussions which were much like the Expedition was suggesting. But my plans changed and I was returning to Annapolis. Maybe another day. Thanks for this!
Great content mate. I just bought my first boat and am getting my feet wet in sailing tho i have some backround at sea. One day ill cross over to the Caribbian but maybe not on my little 28 foot boat:P
Best of luck with the boat, like your sailing I’m just getting my feet wet on YT so I guess we are both learning our way. All the best
@@RefitandSail You are doing great mate. Great fun to watch, Binged it all by now :p
Thank you, your videos are very interesting. I have been binge watching since discovering your channel. I love to travel without the conditions that you are putting up with. I guess that I am living vicariously at your expense.
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More people watching than you think. Well done. Great achievement 👍
So it seems, thanks for watching
Thanks for filming, editing and posting this George. I'm a few years away from it yet, but I have ambitions to complete an Atlantic circuit when I retire. Watching you explain your weather decisions, talk about the highs and lows and see your problem solving as you go along is *really* interesting to me.
Keep the videos coming please!
Thanks for watching and the kind comment. I plan (and have been asked) to do a follow up video about my weather sources and routing strategy so what will also be of interest to you I think. If you are subscribed you will get a notification when I upload that. Right now I’m just catching up with my partner and daughter who have flown out so video creation is on the back burner.
@@RefitandSail Come.on, that's a weak excuse for slacking....!
Enjoy the downtime!
@@RefitandSail Hi George, thanks for a real live coverage of your trip so far. My boat lies in Croatia and I am planning to take her back this summer via Sicily with my family and then onwards to Spain with friends, and then back home to the Netherlands, Scheveningen, our home town. I would be very interested in learning more on your weather info setup. Where are you planning to sail to next?
Congrats George, I really enjoyed all of your videos, and thanks for sharing all the experiences, decision making, replanning, sail plans etc. Enjoy your well deserved time with the girls. I’ve subbed a few episodes ago and cannot wait for the next episode.
Lovely boat. It would be good to see a little more of it and fewer talking head shots to camera.
Thanks, I’m learning as I go and yes, I need to get a bit more of the sailing in while I’m talking. I appreciate the advice.
@@RefitandSail you could do a lot worse than to look at Patrick Laine’s videos. He has it down to perfection without expensive tricks or drones, just a variety of content that is well scripted and delivered concisely. He’s built a well deserved huge following. Good luck, with your endeavours. It’s great to see a Sealord doing what she was built to do.
Brilliant, well done. Such a good down to earth and informative record of your trip with great decision making explanations. I really enjoy your clear and free sharing of your extensive knowledge and experience. Thank you.
Many thanks for such a positive comment.
Thanks so much for sharing George. Loved travelling along with you ! Seeing the dilemmas you faced and how you overcame them !!! Keep sharing !!
Thanks for the kind comments. I’ll try to keep posting some videos that I hope will be of interest.
Congrats from the Netherlands, well done!
Thanks, I sailed up to Amsterdam a couple of years back delivering a customers boat, would like to cruise up there on my own boat one day.
@@RefitandSail Thanks for the answer. Yes, and I will start my cruise to the Azores and Madeira in a few weeks. There I will stay a few months and enjoy myself with my 'Contest 38s Ketch'. All the time good wind wherever your trip goes. Friendly greetings Thomas
@@thomasescape3002 have fun, its possible we will pass each other if you sail direct to the azores.
Well done great achievement 👍💪
Thank you
"Partner" 🤔😄
Looking forward to the next leg. I’ve done it from there to Oban ( not solo!) round the west coast of Ireland, but I assume you will be heading to South coast?
Hi, yes, planning to do a single let up to the southwest of the uk, prob late July as these are lovely islands to explore.