SAILING SOLO 1500 NAUTICAL MILES NONSTOP PART 1 of 2 - SwT 159 - Revealing more secrets
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- BE FREE is setting sail towards the Kingdom of Tonga. This is a 1500 nautical miles nonstop solo sailing adventure and the longest I have sailed solo in the last 2 years. My previous long-distance solo sailing was 1300 miles nonstop from Martinique to Panama, not 1200 as I said. This time it's a really beautiful sail in the South Pacific Ocean, and even found time to play around with music and edit most of this episode including the new intro. The region between Tahiti and all the way to Fiji that's 500 miles west of Tonga is famous for unpredictable weather, and often strong winds. This is not far from New Zealand that have a huge influence on the weather here, and also the temperature is dropping quite a lot at night.
Now setting sail toward new horizons with new adventures it was natural to me to also change the intro and even change the intro song. I have remixed and tweaked a lot of the original that previously was used at the end of all my episodes. The new version is both in the beginning and modified at the end. But the same theme and sound. I hope you like the small changes I have made.
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Sailing around the world in a Bavaria 55 Cruiser, making videos whenever we have time for it. I used to sail singlehanded and occasionally have sailing friends onboard. But now the permanent crew aboard BE FREE is including Gee from Holland. We are now exploring the Pacific Ocean.
Even though this is season 6 on UA-cam I did not make that many videos in the beginning. Before full-time sailing, I sailed several seasons in the Mediterranean prior to this, and obviously also in Scandinavia. I have been traveling the world before and have also been an active regatta sailor. I had my first sailboat at age 7 and have been sailing ever since. Also, more than 10 years of experience in Search and Rescue at sea in Norway.
PLEASE BE KIND IN THE COMMENTS!
I'm just a normal person sharing my travel adventure through my eyes and experience from my perspective! Remember how I do things that might work for me but not for you. It might even not be the correct way to do things, and I don't have the blueprint either. I'm not perfect and nobody is. The day I believe I know it all and don't think I can learn new things I should go ashore.
I love that you just let us listen to the sails and waves. No music... 🙂
Hi Thomas
Love your videos and can’t wait for part two!
Nice to see your in good spirits, considering the past few weeks!👍🥰🏴
Thank you so much! I’m really happy to know you enjoyed this episode and that I even managed to share my joy of sailing again. All the best and cheers
I was once on a boat full of people during a day race and one guy (a very experienced sailor of many years) took a step just as the boat hit an unusual wave and he went right through the lifelines so fast it was unbelievable. I noticed the lifelines at your stern look loose and not much "life" in them. Also, I noticed you never wear flotation. I really like your videos and I hope you keep making them for many years to come.
Nice video! What a great variety of subjects to cover regarding things you do on passage ;)
Great as always. You are spoiling us with good content in a good package 😎
Thank you so much my friend 🙏🏻 Next episode (part 2) is in the making. Last 800 Nautical miles was wild! Did not beat my 6 year old record with BE FREE, but pretty close! Also had some crazy winds and waves. Cheers 🍻
Great video! Is there a teak deck plank coming loose @7:30
Hi there and thank you for watching. Yes I have one that has come loose, but it has been to humid to do anything with it at the moment. I have managed to get what I need to fix this and will share how I do it later. All the best
YES!!!!!, That's that kind of downwind tactic, i choose for myself years ago the same thing going downwind. In german, we call upwind sailing "kreuzen" which means "crossing", but there is no term for doing the same thing downwind, so i called that "downind kreuzen" or-crossing for myself since then, and i always do so. I hate that rolling movement straight downwind and i find it much, much more exhausting. For the rigg, i imagine the difference like putting your hand on a table and a hammer on top doesn't harm, but let the hammer fall down on your hand every few seconds hurts a lot, and doing that for long, long duration is destroying . I literally. feel the ring suffering and surely approaching the moment of something breaking. Haven't thought about speed advantage, but supposed, sometimes yes, sometimes no.
Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and experience. I believe we call it gybing as a term for down wind tacking. I’m no expert in English terms though.
Thank you so much for watching and for being here
Hi, Thomas! I love the new intro and intro song! It’s always nourishment for our souls to use our creativity to grow! Your content is always truly engaging and please know how I tremendously appreciate all of the work you do to prepare and present your videos! Your journey has been amazing to follow along! I have been meaning to write to you via Patreon - had some challenges I needed to work through which has delayed my correspondence, but will be writing soon. Fair winds! ~ Chelle ⛵🌊🌞
Thank you so much Chelle! Really happy you enjoy and also thankful for your feedback. Just drop me a message whenever you have time, and you can even use WhatsApp as it’s faster and easier if you like. All the best
Shouldn’t be surprised your also a musician with the creative talent that obviously goes into your great content, love the new intro, always great to follow your ocean crossings .
Thank you so much for kind words. I’m absolutely not a musician only hobby and for fun. Used to play drums when younger, but this is long time ago. Thank you for being here
Great video as always and looking forward to part 2.
Thank you so much! Hopefully you will enjoy part 2 as well. Heavy weather sailing is all I can reveal for now. It was rough
All the best
Hei Thomas!
You say you are barely moving at 5 knots? I'm happy when I can hold 5 knots on my boat! 🙂
I see you can view weather reports on your computer, what is the technology you use to have a connection offshore?
Thank you for your videos, and fair winds! - Patrick
Very good video have a safe trip
Thank you so much! All the best
So when you tuned the Backstay you released it a little bit, right? Or is it the opposite way round? 🙂 Regards from a newbie sailor.
Dear Thomas
Again great part.
Would you expmain in more detail why you had reduced genoa ?
I did not catch that …,
Hi Thomas,
Thanks again for a nice and informative video.
As a Dutch guy I like your coffee mug😁 Nice to see ‘vloed’ or high tide on the inside😊
down wind sailing with a Kite is so cool. It goes way up and does a figure 8 but can double your speeds for a Catamaran. I bet you could add 4-5 knots easy using one. I am thinking of a Electric cat with tons of solar and batteries with tall sails. Times when even your big Code's don't really help going up higher gets you into another layer of wind. Just saying even in 10mph winds at 200' will pull you. you just need to use the electric winch to bring it in and a release line so when its close it fall where you want it too. Think of how a parachute catches the wind. Besides of you find yourself in middle of ocean and no wind but have sun you just take time to enjoy the time and swim, Fish or take a nap. I like the person you are. That is why I watch your channel. Keep being you.
I don't no if you no, but New Zealand was named by Abel Tasman who was a Navigator from Zeeland in Holland.
Where is your RIB? Fun video, thanks, Andrew
Another great episode if you make it to Sydney I’ll help you vanish your teak and keep it beautiful hit me up I’ll help you for free and I’ll donate a couple of cases of beer for the cause
Thank you so much for watching and your amazing offer 🙏🏻 Most Australian and New Zealanders I have met are such lovely and generous people. It saddens me I can’t defend the costs sailing there at the moment. It’s not far to sail down again next year from Indonesia if things changes to the better for me. But at the moment I need to keep moving to reach my full circle goal. Thank you so much for being here and all the best 🍻
@@SailingwithThomas all good I hope you can make it to Australia we have some beautiful places a little expensive like Europa but I’ll keep watching you are my favourite sailing channel and love all the technical advice as well if you ever make it to Sydney the beers on me and would be more than happy to help with mundane work to help
That's an excellent demonstration of tacking downwind instead of going straight.
I didn't notice if you mentioned it is also cooler in hot weather because going straight makes the apparent wind very light.
And sailing 300 miles in less than 24 hours isn't just pretty good, that's smoking for a unimaran! (monohull)
Crossing an ocean single handed isn't the same when you have videos to watch and to make, auto pilot, freezer and refrigerator, and so much more than we had back in the late 60's and early 70's. We were very happy to have a windvane and electric running lights. A working motor with an alternator was a real bonus! Navigation was a sextant and a stopwatch to get the time off the radio and sun sights.
I like your way much better!
Sounds much better enjoy your sail Thomas😊
Some amazing sailing bud. thanks. pretty handy at editing music too!! nice.. fair winds Be free. :)
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you so much for watching and taking time for a comment as well. All the best
Can you share how you stand watch and your power nap system?
I like all your technical explenations!
Living the dream brother, good on ya! 🙂
Really good video, Thomas. Good to see the new look you, intro and hear the revised music. Great start to new adventures. 👍😎😅
Thank you so much for being here, for watching and your support! All the best
Enjoying life to the max 👌🏻
Great video Thomas 👍👍👍🇨🇦🇳🇴
Ku att följa din resa, du producerar härliga filmer! Som gammal kappseglare är det ett välkänt trick att inte segla läns för det går inte fort och är effektivt. Bättre att göra som du gör, segla slör och gippa sig fram. Det går fortare och är bekvämare. Ha en fortsatt härlig segling!
Takk for hyggelig kommentar og for at du er her. Jeg er utrolig glad for at så mange seilere liker det jeg legger ut her. Det gir god motivasjon til å fortsette. Skål fra meg 🍻
This was so nice episode. And I didn’t know that you’ve made these songs yourself! Nice!
I’m trying to do music for myself as well but it’s all about having enough time to make them well enough…
You are an inspiration Thomas! Having raced for numerous years, I can confirm that going dead downwind does not get the distance that cracking off to one side can.
Thank you so much for kind words and for being here! It’s so nice to know so many of my friends here actually are real sailors! I take it as a huge compliment. You can’t fool a sailor with BS.
All the best!
Bro, like your music.
Nice episode... mr Garageband 😂😂
Looking forward to part II
Yeah keep it stupid simple😃 I have played a lot with Ableton, Acid Music, Fruity Loops, Logic, and a few more. And offcourse the software for my Pioner turntable. But often I find GarageBand fast and good enough for my Projects. But then again Im a super amateur In this, and its just for fun. Was not even sure if I wanted to share my amateur projects, but on the other side it could be inspiring to others what you can do with standard apps included in your Mac. Cheers from Mr. GarageBand. The fastest sailing DJ in the South Pacific 😄
Thank you so much for watching
inspirerende og positiv som alltid :)
"Barely moving, 5 knots"😂
What a Chad.
LOL 😆 Guess you get blinded by speed just as with miles when being a long distance sailor. 1000 nautical seems like nothing 😃 All the best and thank you for being here
Hi Thomas, bit of a shame that you can’t get someone to come and pay their way from country to country. Keep up the good work Love the videos Cliff from Logan City Queensland Australia 🇦🇺🧑🏾🦽
Thank you so much for watching and for taking you time to even leave a nice comment. It’s not so easy with schedule and sailing, and even to find crew you want onboard. I have been lucky and mostly had nice people onboard. To take strangers onboard for the long sailing distance ahead is not tempting. I do meet lots of sailors and even crew jumping ships. It seams to be difficult to have people you don’t know in such compact space. And sometimes it can even be a burden. So for now it’s better for me to just keep moving and get BE FREE out of the Cyclone zones ASAP. Sad to not reach Australia this year, but who knows. Maybe things looks better next year.
All the best and cheers 🍻
Just started to watch you new video…
Great new intro!👍🥰🏴
Thank you so much! Really happy you like it.
All the best
Be is a rocket... would take me 4-6wks to manage 1500NM! be safe, big seas for fore deck hatches to be open, on the same side as the tac?
BE FREE is for sure a fast moving boat under the right conditions. Her hull is so tall I rarely get any sea spray on deck. Hatch was only open on leeward side, meaning even less risk for any sea spray. All the best
Sadly, these bureaucrats would not extended you stay a few days, but aggravation by bureaucrats seems to be the new norm. The friiggin world is on fire everywhere because politicians have no common sense. Thankfully you are a peace on the open water.
Yeah it is definitely a change going on. Not only is it more paperwork but more and more expensive as well. I do believe the easy sailing nomadic life for average people are coming to an end. Tahiti seems to not want sailors anymore, same goes for lots of islands. Unless your pocket are full of dollars and you have a big boat staying in marina only.
All the best
Safe trip….love your videos 😊
Thank you so much!
Cheers from me on BE FREE
Thanks for sharing, love it. Fair winds
Thank you so much! Cheers
Always a pleasure thank you,safe sailing Thomas.
Thank you so much for tagging along on this adventure. All the best
It was so much fun to catch up again in Tahiti before you set off. Hope we catch up with you again further around the world!
Thank you so much! Yeah time was just flying away, and who would know Scottish people are so much fun to be around 😄 Who would know I was so spot on introducing you as famous? Now you guys are famous after winning the award 🥇 Well done and see you later ⛵️
Very enjoyable.Thanks for sharing and not feeling lonely at all,just making the best out of the experience.Glad all went well.
Thank you so much for watching and for your kind words. I really enjoy being out sailing, and had such great time. All the best
@@SailingwithThomas some dance like egyptians.....you sail like a viking ; )
Great video as always Thomas, I would love to hear more about how you determine what the requirements are for entering and exiting each country you sail to. Where do you find this information and how accurate is it? Next week sailing my Jeanneau 54DS down from Jersey to her new home in Brunswick Ga on the US East coast. Will be getting her ready to set sail next November to the islands.
Thank you so much for watching and for your comments. Maybe I should make a detailed episode about how I do my research, how I plan my routes and everything related to change of sailing to new countries.
All the best
@@SailingwithThomas - That would be excellent!
Forza Thomas on your renewed solo sailing. Hope you' both are good with the division and wishing you both all the best. Stay safe
Just Bountiful .... Stay free
Thank you so much my friend! All the best
Takk for en fin video igjen. Musikken er topp nå. 😂👍👍👏
Tusen takk for hyggelig tilbakemelding ⛵️
Great video! :)
Thank you so much 🙏🏻
You are a seriously talented human….. love your videos Thomas
fiffing opp dine låter, du bruker, de er virkelig gode, du har talentet til det😃
Er bare for gøy helt på amatør hobby nivå. Men får litt personlig vri på ting. Takk for at du ser på og for hyggelig tilbakemelding.
Keep going you are doing great
❤ from 🇨🇦
Thank you so much! Glad to know you enjoy
All the best
Great video Thomas!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for being here
Hi, Thomas! Love your videos and can’t wait for the next...
Thank you so much for watching and your kind comments. Cheers
It was my dream to sail like you...just get a sailing boat isn't easy, so I do only windsurding, kitesurfing etc....
@@SailingwithThomas
A cheaper and easier way is to join someone as crew. I believe for many this is a great alternative. Sailing is ridiculous expensive. All the best
Have you heard of Home Reef ?
I’m not familiar with this expression in English. Maybe we have similar in Norwegian if I get some more context around this expression. All the best
Hi Thomas, nice to see you and Be Free flying! Sailing solo that long passages needs good music (checked 😊), a good book (I bet this box is checked, too), good food (certainly checked 😊), some beers (not sure if you save that until reached a shore for safety reasons) to prevent a blues.
Any news from G? Looking forward to part 2!
Mitch
Thank you so much for your nice comments and your question as well. Be Free is a dry boat under sail, meaning any alcohol is not consumed until safely anchored. Sailing and alcohol don’t mix very well. I judge no one, but on Be Free this is the rule.
Glad to know you enjoyed this episode. Cheers 🍻
Fantastisk seiling Thomas. Takk for tipsene. God tur videre. Mvh Jarle
Takk for tilbakemelding og for at du er her. Hyggelig at du likte denne episoden også. Cheers
@@SailingwithThomas ja jeg vet jo hvor viktig det er med kommentarer og likes i disse dager. Så når du lager så bra videoer så er det vel bare å si det som det er på god nynorsk ." credit where credit's due". Så får vi amatører bare gjøre så godt vi kan. Cheers
Takk for help og deling hjelper også godt. Ser økning i seertall fra Norge nå og det er jo hyggelig.
Bear away 30-degrees only increases distance travelled by ~15% which as you say Thomas, is easily compensated by increased boat speed :-) Great tip. Super audio re-mastering BTW. Great channel, many thanks.
Thank you so much! Really happy to know you enjoyed and thank you for being here. All the best
Barely moving, 5 knots :-) that is actually a good cruising speed for my 28 foot :-) wonderful video Thomas, thanks
For a 28 foot 5 knots is good. Be Free have 55 foot waterline so hull speed is almost 10 kts. Meaning it is easy to reach two digits.
Thank you so much for watching and for being here.
@@SailingwithThomas yes I'm aware of it
What a fantastic episode, Thomas! I imagine it's not an easy time but like James Frederik on SY Triteia, who was stood up the day before departing SoCal for a circumnavigation, you're bouncing back for epic adventure. I especially enjoyed the VMG downwind strategy - I never understood wing-on-wing because of the slop and wear - and we also learn you have real musical proclivities. Fantastic sailing footage too. When they're impulsive and flighty you carry on doing your best work. Salut!
Thank you so much for your kind and positive feedback. Really happy to know you enjoyed this episode. Thank you for being here and all the best.
So glad you got to meet up again love them and their channel! Good luck on the rest of the journey!
Thank you so much for watching. Yes they are really nice down to earth people. All the best
The sailing looks great and the song sounds amazing!!❤
Thank you so much 🙏🏻
Thank you, for the short master class in sailing!
Thank you so much for watching and glad you enjoyed. All the best