5] Sailing Across The Bay Of Biscay On A Small Catamaran | Sailing Kittiwake
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- Опубликовано: 22 окт 2017
- In Sailing Across The Bay Of Biscay On A Small Catamaran we cross the Bay of Biscay from Le Croisic to Elantxobe. It was a stunning passage with beautiful sailing and perfect weather.
Thanks for watching our sailing vlog; we hope you enjoyed it. In the next episode we explore the North coast of Spain, which isn’t a popular cruising ground, but is nonetheless stunning. Subscribe to our channel for more videos!
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Hey! This is an old video. Our videos have improved massively since this one. For better quality episodes, skip to season 2 or 3.
Season 2 - Sailing Kittiwake around the Mediterranean: ruclips.net/video/KOy0A3vTtGg/видео.html
Season 3 - Upgrading to a 37ft American design sailboat: ruclips.net/video/6sy5T57UryM/видео.html
even older now ,, but still good ,,, good luck to them now
Even though theses are your earlier releases they are who you are and I do enjoy watching theses. You tell a good story as you are learning as you go. Thank you.
You're not doing it right, you're supposed to say, "There was a huge squall and 40ft waves and a giant squid attacked us but we forgot to put the camera on" . :-)
+awaiting sailing 😆 you should be our director - we’d get way more views.
Watching these vids brings back fond memories. Our adventure began in the Bristol Channel and we jumped off from Padstow. Our boat was also a cat, a nine m catalac. I'm convinced that these small cats are the ideal vessels for long distant cruising on a budget. Fond memories from twenty years ago.
That’s fantastic! We went to see a Catalac before buying Kittiwake, but she was in rough shape and cost too much for us (£14K). The owner didn’t seem honest at all. It didn’t even have an anchor!
Yes, Kittiwake was a great little vessel for sailing on a budget and she was really forgiving to sail - cruising on her was a great way to learn to sail and maintain a boat.
Glad you’re enjoying the videos 😊 They get a lot better from ep 11 onwards in terms of the filming and editing.
As often as I have watched them from my own boat, I never tire of porpoises playing in the bow wake
Congrats on a great video and your Biscay baptism. I really like that you explain what you are doing/thinking. Very helpful to the rest of us. Having crossed the Bay myself half a dozen times now, the only comment I would make is that by choosing to land at an Eastern point in Spain, you remained in shallow water most of the passage (as you mentioned in the video). That can sometimes be very uncomfortable as that mass of water coming from the West hits the continental shelf. It's (usually?) more comfortable to head further West in Spain, even if just to Gijon, or better yet Viveiro to remain in deep water as you cross the Bay. You may find it a bit challenging finding favorable winds to head due west now out to the point, but here's wishing you well and sincere congrats on a nice crossing and an excellent video.
+Patrick Laine thanks Patrick! We found what you say about Northern Spain very true - we got stuck with no wind for a while, but it was worth seeing that bit of coast 😊 Luckily the passage was very comfortable though - we chose a great weather window 😊
Loved the dolphin footage. Nice tuna catch too. Well done.
+Geremy Chubbuck thanks so much Geremy. We couldn’t believe it when we saw the tuna on the line!
Good video, very informative and nicely narrated. Hope you enjoy your visit to Spain, one of my favorite countries. My favorite city is Barcelona, the architect is amazing and the people are friendly.
+Obit 123 thanks very much :) Spain was amazing, hopefully we’ll get to see more of it’s Mediterranean side next year.
Hey guys, such a great adventure, have just watched the first 5 videos back to back and will be catching up on the rest of your travels soon, the fact that you took this on with no experience and on a low budget has me daring to dream. well done you two.
Thanks for showing what's possible when you put your mind to achieving a goal.
+Ken Dorsey thanks so much Ken! 😊 Landing in Spain felt amazing 😊
You guys are great. Love it! I never get tired of sailing footage. You would think it gets boring, but it is great motivation for those of us who still have a few years to set sail. Thank you.
+The Butte Life wow thanks so much! 😊
Great film guys, you’re both very sensible sailors and do your homework, the music is also brilliant, I look forward to watching more of your adventure.
Yay! Thanks James! We hope you'll enjoy the channel.
Epic crossing. well done you guys. Really well planned & executed !
Loved it! Well done on the crossing, Looks like there are some nice cliffs to explore in Spain... xx
Lovely! Please keep up the videos for those of us who are currently unable.
Great video great to here your thinking of you passage planing and being honest about your anchorage’s, well done keep it up and have a great adventure 👍⛵️
Thanks for sharing. I'm always pleased to receive notification of Kittiwake’s progress. There's a fresh quality of honesty that comes across in your presentation that I find appealing and so very different from many other Sailing vlogs that appear to be rather 'self-congratulatory' and expressions of vanity. A passage honoured by the presence of dolphins 'a real privilege', the more the better. Just how they communicate across the vast expanse of the ocean and happen to decide its time to ‘pay you a visit’, is truly incredible. They’re beautiful creatures and always a sheer joy to have their company, however fleeting. It makes my day to see them. Incidentally, I also fully endorse Patrick Laine’s comment on his preferred route across Biscay for similar reasons. I wish you well on the next leg and another ‘thumbs up’ from me. EF
+evanofelipe thanks for your kind words! It makes our day to know people like you enjoy our videos 😊
It's a great pleasure to watch you guys. You're doing a great job, telling your story in such an interesting way. Together with the pictures, it makes a perfect combination. Thanks a lot and fair winds to you! I'll be following your journey happily.
+Wiola D. Aw thanks so much! Fair winds to you!
Another awesome video. You guys tell a great story .... love the chart and explanations. From a standing start, you’re now one of my must-see channels! Fair winds ... Roy
Wow thanks ever so much Roy! Fair winds to you!
Off the beaten path and great easy passage sounds perfect. Can see it in yours smiles. Tuna looked tasty
It was delicious 😊👌
Another great video guys, looking forward to the next one.
+Vintox Goodvibes cheers Vintox!
Really good video, thanks for sharing your experiences.
I love your videos. Thanks so much for sharing them with us :)
Thank you so much for watching 😊
Thanks for the great video and congratulations on crossing the bay.
+Warren Fraser cheers Warren!
Glad you had an enjoyable crossing and great weather - Keep up the great work - thanks for sharing
Thanks so much! :)
Great videos, love the music and history of the places you go through...
+R Riddle thank you so much!
Great video guys! Glad you had a really calm crossing :) loved the fish drying too!
+Sailing SV Bora Bora thanks a lot! 😊 It’s a great alternative for cruisers with no fridge/freezer, although it doesn’t taste as nice! 😁
Another great video you two. Been a while since we had time to watch. As you might have seen in the news, America is on fire.
Yes, sorry to hear about that.
Watch out for Volvo Ocean Race boats when approaching Lissabon ! Anyhow Great video - wish you fair winds !
+Nick Andersson thanks a lot Nick! We are currently in Portimão, but we did see some cool racing boats up in Cascais back in September 😊
Great video! You guys are putting be miles under her keel quickly! Adding Europe to potential cruising ground, its lovely over there.
+SVRagnarok thanks so much CJ! That was back in July 😊 We’re now in Southern Portugal for the winter 😊 We were slower than other cruisers but enjoyed every minute of it! 😊
Lovely to see you guys at least on video! :) And omg, those dolphins were so stunning!! Can't wait for the next episodes!
Wayfaring Londoner thank you Csilla 😊 We publish one a month 😊
So glad you had such a lovely crossing of Biscay. Really enjoy your no nonsense videos, lovely shots and such a great boat. Seeing older cats in a different light. Andy
FrenchAM100 thanks so much! 😊
Wonderful video. Good luck and keep going.
Wow! I love your videos; and the music is rock star. please keep making them ; and thank you for making my life better.
John The Limo Driver from Kansas usa
+John Maddux thanks so much John! Your comment made our day 😊
great video love to watch every time .
Good Video, you are appearing more relaxed as you talk into the Camera. And I concur with most of the other comments :-)
Really good crossing and 3 sightings of Dolphins you were blessed. Hope your journey continues and is as enjoyable as this section. Well done to you.
+John Carroll thanks so much John! It has been an incredible journey 😊
+John Carroll thanks so much John!
I love the name of your channel. My favorite dive spot in Grand Cayman... Keep up the good work guys! Hope to meet you someday.
+Sailing Zingaro thanks a lot! Who knows, maybe we’ll cross the pond some day 😁 and we’ll meet you.
With Elena being Italian, we like the name of your boat too (gypsy).
We need to catch up on your later episodes - it’s been hard to keep up on all the channels since we left. Hopefully we’ll have time at Christmas 😊
Enjoyed👍
+Norman Boyes cheers! 😊
Well, what an extrodinarily pleasant sailing video, again: no bothering around about Your wheather be it rain or to much/to less/wrongly directed wind, no excessive booze, no severely threatening technical menaces, neither exclamation marks nor all-capitals in Your title, Your noticable uniquely chilled approach towards living aboard (at least when it comes to RUclips-vids ...) again, and to make the transitory landlubbery in my little armchair over here still worse, now You are even drying surplus fish like real pro autharkists.
You're escalating quickly on my personal ladder of favorites.
Have a ball!
+manfred schmalbach Manfred, this could be our favourite comment ever! Haha! Thanks so much 😊
That must have been a great trip
+Douglas Mayhew it really was 😊
Great video guys, glad you had a pleasant passage
Cheers guys! We still need to watch your videos. We'll binge when we're at home for Christmas :)
Sailing Kittiwake No problem we know how valuable internet is 😬
Great stuff....Hope to see you when you get to Malta
+Daniel Mangani cheers! That’ll probably be in autumn 2018, if the winds are kind 😊 (we heard they don’t usually collaborate in the Med). Hopefully we can meet up 😊
Sailing Kittiwake see you here
Great vid guys. Really valuable route planning insights you shared re crossing Biscay and staying "up" at the start to get some in the bank before the wind backed. Liking what you are doing with your beaut cat and home. Nice Tangaroa in the background at 11:20 :-) Looking forward to more, Stew
+Luckyfish Gets Away thanks so much Stew! We’ve got a lot of catching up to do with your videos - it’s hard to keep up while cruising. Hopefully in the winter.
We met Ralf, who looks after the Wharram catamaran group on FB, where you post often :) we’re doin some work on his boat :)
Neat. Yes, saw you guys had been helping the "old sea-wolf" hehehe, we hope to cross tracks with him when they reach the Carib early next year. Will be watching your journey with interest! It has the hallmarks of a great adventure within reach of the average Joe (and Jody). And you can't put a price on that. Cheers
+Luckyfish Gets Away thanks ever so much Stew! And who knows where we’ll end up with our little ocean-going cat 😉
Once that tuna was on board that trip would of turned into sushi and wasabi all the way..lol Great video.!
Well done great video
+stotas2 cheers! 😊
Great video! So glad you told me about your channel! Subbed :)
Well put together video, and lovely to watch.... thumbs up from me :)
+john wheatley cheers John, glad you liked it!
Hi guys think what your doing is amasing keep going
+Wayne Skorupka cheers Wayne! 😊
Great video and congrats :)
+Chris Atkin cheers!
Sailing Kittiwake
Ps the music was awesome as well great tune
Safe winds x
Just got your reply and yes I subed you!!! Love it! Also we up here are farmers and my husband is the Italian I am from Florida! yet we met in England 21 years ago!!! I have a small vessel and my hubby is scared of the way I sail!!! lolol. We sail on Lake Como, have done Elba a few times and well he just can't take it! I would love to have him on a cat, to prove to him there is a big difference to stability, yet he is not kine on the idea! lolol Sailing the lake is so different and I find it hard to explain to him that being at sea is much better. We do kayak, thank goodness! Love viewing you channel as well! Cheers and thank you!
+claris drouet yes sorry I deleted the comment when I looked at your pic more closely and recognised you! LOL
Sailing on lakes is very different - so many squalls from the mountains!
Kayaking is amazing too 😊
Maybe if we pass by Italy we’ll be able to show your husband how cats are different 😁😉
I would love that! I am stalling lolo, got to get out this morning and do some hard graft!
👍 from Denmark.
+YOLO. dk 👍🏻 😁
Thanks for the video.
I bet if the Three Stooges had a SV YT channel they would have a video of
their boat called the " Ship of Fools " crossing the Bay of Rum >
Great catch on the line guys. Your journey was well planned and you waited for the weather window. I've got to ask, the boats deck clearance seems on the low side. Do you get much slamming?
+D Main thanks a lot! Yes, we get LOTS of slamming, especially when underway. Elena never manages to sleep on passage as it’s too noisy. We’ll try and use the quarter berth (the floor!) more and see if that helps.
hey yall, luv watchin ya... ;-)
How wonderful to see a young couple out there living such a lovely life. Hats off to you both. Are you still abroad? if so your not missing much in the U.K. Weather is terrible. Be safe
Thank you! We love the cruising lifestyle :) We're momentarily in Italy to see family, but we'll be back on the boat, which is in a boatyard in Portugal, soon.
Well done you two, great job! Been wondering when I'd see another video from you. Tell us more details in another video, about how you are drying your fish. That's such a good idea and an art that seems lost on many 'modern' sailors. Your drying 'net' looked very cool. And I love that little cat, she's as cute as heck, I want one :-)
Fair winds & safe sailing :-)
AfricanFlightStar it’s actually very simple - cut the fish into thin strips and leave in the drier for a couple of days 😊 The drier is from Amazon, pretty cheap too.
The reason why not many people dry fish it is because they have refrigeration and it doesn’t taste great when dried 😬 If we had a choice, we would have definitely refrigerated it.
Thanks so much 😊
Sailing Kittiwake oh ok gotcha, thanks for that. Thought you would have salted it. I'll check out the drier, makes perfect sense being collapsible for boat life 😊
Did you do your day skipper cert or any over certs ? Great start, going watch your video's keep up the good work.
+ukwildcamping thanks so much! Ryan has a 10 year old day skipper theory and an ICC for the Med. We both did dinghy sailing level 1 and read lots and lots and lots of good information on sailing, anchoring, passage making, etc The rest, we learned on Kittiwake.
We couldn’f afford to take many courses and felt we learned a lot by reading and doing.
Thanks a lot for the information, I did my day skipper theory 15 year ago but I've lost it and the teacher is dead so I cant get a replacement .
Another nice video, very enjoyable to watch. Do you have an ice box or cooler to keep perishables fresh? I was surprised to see you drying the fish.
+Stuart Crabbe thanks a lot Stuart. We didn’t have a cooler back then, now we have a small fridge 😊
What type did you go for? Thats a next purchase for mine in the near future. Ideally want a compressor based one with voltage cut off control as don;t plug into mains very often. Have 150w of solar though.
+Sailing Harley Quinn oh ours is nothing that fancy! It’s just a net divided into tiers with a long zip on one side. We use flexible plastic ‘chopping boards’ to lay the food in it and leave in the sun for 2/3 days.
Another great video, I love heavenly twins and hoping to sell my narrowboat and get one next year. After watching your videos it may be sooner you two are an inspiration
+Samantha Kerry such a pleasure to read a comment from a girl! Hello! Great to hear from a sailor girl 😊 We wish you the best of luck with your next adventure. You’ll have lots of fun on a HT. Fair winds! Elena
Samantha Kerry. Hi Samantha. I to am selling my Narrow Boat. to get a Sailboat. just renewed my Commercial Endorsement. lic my aim is to have a boat by March 2018 of the latest
Samantha Kerry let me know what your looking at getting and a budget. I'm a boat broker in Canada.
Pippa Shaw as a boat broker I'd love to help you find something.
Weston Badke Canada is a bit far away, though sailing my first seagoing boat from Canada would be pretty exciting. I am looking at three boats, a heavenly twins, catalac, or moody 33
Hurry up and come to Malta. lol. Let me know if you need anything researching before you arrive.
+Tristam Shires haha! That’ll probably be next autumn (2018) 😊 if we can get there - we heard it can be hard to find the right winds in the Med. We’re currently in Portimão 😊 Thanks a lot for the offer. We’ll be in touch if we need any local insight 😊😊😊
No worries. Anytime. Happy sailing.
Having a small comment re. customs/immigration paperwork & hassles would be informative. Good videos.
+Peter Williams cheers Peter! We’re Europeans so there is no customs/paperwork for us 😊
You were very lucky to have such good weather. Tongue piercings always look so painful.
I gotta to tell you about what I was thinking when you were talking about the ill reputation of the Bay of Biscay or Golfe de Gascogne (in French). I was thinking Ooohhh now he's done it ! those Aussies and Americans sailing Vloggers will make sure they'll never come sailing around the West coast of Europe.I also remembered telling a famous RUclips Aussie couple that they were full of it when they casually announced they were going to the artic circle. I posted a comment in their channel telling them they aren't ready for it and before going up there, they should first sail the West coast of Europe and Ireland to learn and gain experience, and mainly to see if they like it.I guess that was a mistake, because they blocked me out of their channel !!!!Anyhow, I'm sailing from South Coast of France to The Canaries on Nov 2nd, and if our paths cross somewhere along the South coast of Spain I'll buy you a few drinks.Keep it up !
+Fesh Fesh haha! That was funny.
We’re in the Algarve at the moment and will hang around Portimão for the rest of the season. What’s your plan for your crossing? Fair winds!
Sailing Kittiwake No plans to cross. Just delivering a Pogo 12.50 for another crew who will do the crossing.
+Fesh Fesh ah cool!
I love that you are cruising simply on a good old boat! I'm guessing you do not have to officially check into each country because you are citizens of Britain and members of the EU?
kevbjork1 that’s right 😊Thanks a lot!
Did you guys have any sail training before you ventured out?
Hi Peter, Ryan had the Day Skipper Theory and the ICC, and we both had dinghy sailing level 1, but other than that, we learned on books, videos, articles, podcasts,... and real life experience. Kittiwake was a great boat for learning, as she was very forgiving - hard to mess it up. If we had had the funds, we would have both gotten more qualifications, but our budget was very stretched.
Keep up the good work
hove abaout , them speak engelsk in france?,wher you going??nice video,
Forgot something important .Next time you catch a fair size fish, Here is what to do so that you don't make a mess of your cockpit and splash blood all over the place.Once you bring it on deck, put it quickly out of its misery (by poking a knife through the top of its head all the way in to its brain), then open it up but don't empty it on deck. Then tie a line around the tail, drop it back in the water, and drag it behind the boat for 5 minutes or so. When you bring it back on board it'll be completely clean and no bloody mess in the cockpit.
+Fesh Fesh cheers! Yeah, we thought about doing that. We bled it in a bucket on board in the end, which turned out OK. We also used a tarp when killing it to keep the cockpit cleaner. Maybe next time we’ll try your method 😊
That is a huge Bay. When does a bay become a Gulf?
Bill23799 So far I know, it is a gulf. Every book about WW2 seebattles say Gulf of Biscay. And the weather frogs in TV too! 😉
Thanks, that makes sense. I have heard it referred to many times as the Bay of Bisque haha.
Makes me feel better knowing it is a Gulf. Otherwise when i visited Galveston, Texas I was swimming in the Bay of Mexico. Hehe.
I still would like to see them do a video crossing the Bay of Rum.
Wow......it seems RUclips is jumbling up comments from another YT video in my reply to your comment.
" also Tokar_ev, not Tokar_ov, stress is correct though )) "
This was part of a comment i was reading previously on a channel about Makarov pistols.
WEeird huh?
We just went by the name of all charts 😊
I don't fault you at all. I have always heard it referred to as the Bay of Biscay.
It just seemed to me after you showed the chart in your video that area seemed so
large that I wondered when a body of water becomes a gulf. haha
How do you access patron to make a small donation to your worthy cause.
+John Carroll thanks a lot for asking John! Here’s our Patreon page: www.patreon.com/sailingkittiwake 😊
Another cracking video and it shows what an amazing reward breathing life into an old boat can me. Please send me your PayPal as I want to buy you a new ensign
+Simon Pownall hi Simon, thanks so much. She does feel perfectly capable and seaworthy so it’s nice to be using her as she was intended 😊
Wow thanks so much! Elena patched up our ensign a little too late as you’ll see in the next videos, so it looks kind of square at the moment 🤣 Kittiwake would look definitely more respectable with a shiny new ensign.
We’ll send you our Paypal link on a Patreon message so it’s more private 😉
Your dragging boarding ladder is slowing you down
Any chance you guys can leave off the sun glasses please when your filming or on film, it's good to see your face and eyes, instead of looking like gangster's unless of course you may wish to cover a third of your face. question please how do you navigate do you use a sextant etc. good film thank you, will you be doing any rough weather sailing, be safe and regards
Awful background music! Much prefer to hear the sound of water and wind.
Change the background music. Sucks.