Hello Phantom Shipmates. All is well. I arrived at my home port of La Rochelle France today, 27 July. I did not film the passages between Norway and home because I have already filmed many coastal, port hopping passages, and I didn’t think it would be very interesting for anyone except me. More adventures are already in planning. I’ll share those with you when they firm-up a bit. To recap this adventure just completed (France-Iceland-Norway and return home via the English Channel-EU side): 4740 NM sailed 97 days from date of departure to date of return home 28 port calls 8 countries visited The only mechanical break-down on the boat was the Raymarine remote control that I was wearing around my neck. The spring-type battery contacts inside the control broke. I got home the normal way - pushing buttons on the instrument panel in the cockpit. Particular highlight: meeting Erik the Viking in Norway Particular lowlight: spending 7 full days on the small German island of Sylt due to highly unfavorable winds. Will not do again: go to the eastern end of the English Channel. Coming back home to France against prevailing Westerly winds and strong tidal currents was really, really tough. Would love to do again: Spend more time in Norway. I found the ‘middle section’ of Norway (called Helgoland) just as interesting/beautiful as the Northern ‘famous’ section called Lofoten.
Glad you are safe. I would still like to have seen some of your journey, how you tackled the head wind and currents. It might not sound much to you but to a lake sailor it's very interesting. I would love to sail with you if you ever fancy taking a phantom stowaway onboard!
@@patricklaine6958 I am so happy to read this! When our favorites go quiet it creates unease. I would be happy if you filmed it all and posted everything. As someone who follows most solo sailors, I like your channel the most. Glad you are all good.
Hope you are doing well! Keep coming back to the channel looking for a new video to watch! Glad to see you in the comments within the last few weeks. Certainly understand your "why" of not putting out new videos recently, just know that many of us watch your channel because it's a rare one that is pure sailing without all the drama and clickbait. While you may see a decline in viewership, I think your fanbase is better than the big sailing channels because of the pureness you provide with your videos. Fair winds and following seas.
You cannot imagine how much I love your running gag ant the end of each video! I look forward to see how many additional variants you will find in the future. Thanks so much!
EP 64 was most extraordinary, capturing some amazing video, with seas enough to frighten all but the toughest sailors. I sat watching, enthralled by your coolness in the midst of such discomfort, even talking about literature as you would in a quiet Dublin bar. Congratulations for once again giving us this magnificent taste of adventure. Respect, as they say! Kenneth
Always a pleasure watching you sailing Patrick, thanks for sharing!. I hope to see you getting to Haugesund port and see Erik Aanderaa waiting for you at the dock, that would be an epic moment!!. That noise sometimes is just a loose pulley belt, but I'm sure you already fixed it. Cheers!!!! Now I've reached the part on the video where you found out it was the belt... Here in Buenos Aires, old cars usually make that ugly noise and we all know its a pulley belt hahahaha.
well done Patrick. Tremendous journey !! A well deserve capuchino after all the miles !!! Fair winds and looking forward to your next adventure ... Cheers from Muros !!!
From Mary Poppins to Shakespeare to Kristofferson; your references kill me. All while crossing the Norwegian Sea and making it look easy. Well done sir!
I don't want to sound like a sycophant, I really don't, but these videos are great. It's not just the solo sailing done with genuine humility - I am a solo sailor myself and I remember a video years ago in which Patrick said on arriving at a pontoon, 'if someone offers help, take it' (common sense maybe but more often than not the opposite of what people actually do) - it is also the wit. Just terrific stuff, thanks.
Another amazing video. I learn so much from you. I am definitely going to try your furling technique, as soon as my code zero comes back from repair... again! Sailing is learning lol.
Well, this top down furling stuff is a lot more difficult than the promotional videos make it look..... It is easier with my Code Zero than with the big Asy Spin. I'm sure I'll become more relaxed with them over time (as was the case with my old sock).
@@patricklaine6958 I also have a Karver furler for an asymetric spin, but still learning how to use it. When you de-rig, do you store it furled or unfurled?
@@patricklaine6958 Thanks but I think you did not understand my question. When you take the spin down between two usage. Do you unfurl it first or do you store it furled until next time you need it?
Ha! You mentioned my Dad!? How on earth did you know that? Patrick ... your videos get better and better. I felt I was in seas I understood. Great memories of sailing in the Norwegian seas. Solar panels did very well for me with the very long days up there. I never needed to charge my batteries from the generator. Further south, the Azores the solar panels did less well with the much shorter days and after a heavy night I would need to give the batteries some help in the early hours. I'm relying on you crossing the Orford Bar on your way home to come and cheer me up. Enjoy beautiful Norway. James
Small world. I met a Scottish guy and Orford wife today who knew you ! They are here struggling with the complexities of Brexit and 90 day Schengen stuff. Not sure I'll make it to the UK this year for the same reason. Cant imagine customs and immigration excepting your lovely river as a point of entry.😊
@@patricklaine6958 Did you get their name? Lowestoft would be fine. Orford very difficult to time right coming a long way. No great complexity now with visiting yachts.
Ce que c'est drôle. Encore une aventure incroyable ! Je l'aime. Tu es mon créateur youtube préféré ! Merci beaucoup de nous avoir emmenés. Vous avez un excellent style de réalisation de vidéos.👍
Sailing gear terminology - amended: "bungee cord" - a multi-function temporary self-adjusting preventer sort of thing-a-ma-jig. 19:35 - Aye, Captain - your celebrity-fame precedes you! But, did it result in the house buying you at least your first round?! :0)
Fellow phantom shipmates: There is an update. The respective legal parties have worked out the %s. Captain Laine's share is a respectable 0.00% He is using the royalties well for -chateauneuf-du-pape- cappuccino.
Hello Patrick from your phantom shipmates. Im sure many of have you in our thoughts and of course during the holidays. Pls let us know how much money you are making from your daughters book sales so we might share in the booty. All our best!
You're a credit to all sailors that have found solace in the winds , and discovered the reality that you can make your own game if you are willing to make some compromises to personal comfort . We are all blown by the winds . It only matters what winds we choose to follow .
113th subscriber check-in and LIKE clicked; looking forward to this 690th desktop studio phantom shipmate view to happen. "Sláinte! AHOY!!" Can't help wondering: have you any planned encounter with Erik Aanderaa whilst you're Norway-bound?
I am surprised that you do these long offshore passages with only an electric autopilot. I would worry about having to hand steer with a failure of it. Seems like you would really like a wind driven self steering system as a backup/alternative for steering.
Well, I'm already subscribed to too much channels than I have time to watch but this one cannot be missed. The difference is that most of the other ones are by much younger people sailing in much warmer waters. All due respect, sir.
I love your sailing videos! They help me out so much! I cannot sail at the moment, due to very bad health, but I get to eSail with you! Thank you so very much! Love from the UK. Yours sincerely, DP
My first boat was a Bavaria 40. Very, very comfortable and easy to sail, but not very fast. My second boat was a much smaller 'rocket' called a Bongo, but very, very uncomfortable. This boat is at least 50% faster than the Bavaria, and much, much more comfortable than the Bongo. There is no ideal profile for a boat. You have to score on a scale --- comfort, speed, affordability --- and apply that score against the type of sailing you want to do (day coastal sailing, trans-oceanic, etc.). The perfect boat does not exist.
Hi Patrick, thank you very much for your videos so far! I’ve enjoyed watching them and also learned a lot about what to do and what not to do. You’ve inspired me to start my solo sailing “career” this year and am really looking forward to the challenge ahead! I really hope you will find the inspiration again to pick up your GoPro for your new adventures this year! I’m sure I’m not the only one on your channel who enjoys feeling part of your journeys and adventures from start to finish! Take care, stay safe and healthy!
Hi Patrick , thank you for another yet another great video.We’re hoping that the alternator was just a adjustment and not the bearings. Having some redundancies on any sailboat are a great thing and sometimes we’re giving them all our special thoughts at times when we really need a alternative fix…but alas , “a alternator a alternator my boat for a alternator”😊 We loved the ending you really caught the bar guy right off guard.☕️ Thank you for sharing your incredible adventures ,you inspired us to return to sailing .We’ve just bought a 1998 Moody 40cc in Sicily and look ahead to the time we’re ready to undertake some great adventures sailing North towards the Baltic regions.Thank you Nige and Donna😊
Here’s to your safe passage& cappuccino reward. I remarked to Erik, the Viking on his channel about all the conscripts and young lads that went to sea so many years ago. I wonder what was going through their heads. Nice that you have the choices and the effort to follow up with your choices. Good health to you always!
Hi Patrick. Hope everything is Ok! Could you please post a short video of your last leg back home? You said in one of the last comments it will interest only you, but this is not the case, at least for me and surely for a lot of more people.... we are eager to see more of your videos. Your adventures are so inspiring and interesting! Cheers!
I actually didn't film my return from Norway (though I should have.....). I'm leaving again in April on a major adventure, so may pick up the camera again then if I think it might be of any interest to others. Thanks for the feedback.
@@patricklaine6958 I echo the sentiment that your last trip and future ones would be of great interest to many people, sailors and non-sailors alike. I’ve been waiting for the next in the series, anxious that something bad had happened so am very pleased to find out from inside these comments that you’re ok and will film again. Thank you- you’re inspirational.
Captain, You are a modern Viking, sailing the Atlantic Ocean, Bay of Biscay, Celtic Sea, coast of France, English Channel, Iceland Sea, Mediterranean Sea, North Sea, and Norwegian Sea, all the happy trade routes used by Vikings of yore, with one difference: you sail single-handed whereas they sailed crewed by perhaps two dozen. Once again, your meticulous passage planning would make a great series of videos for those that aspire to following in your wake. DG
Hi Christian, Hope everything is well with you. It’s been a long time in Norway! I know life is nice there in summer but still… looking forward to getting some news.
We had a screeching alternator… I tightened the belt a little and it went quiet. Then a few hours later the alternator seized, the engine pulley kept turning, melted the alternator belt and filled the cabin with thick smoke. In that case there was smoke without fire, though my life flashed before my eyes! It’s always a pleasure to see your journeys, fair winds to you
That sounds like my sort of outcome. My belt then jammed behind the water pump pulley and almost ripped it clean off. Then there was the 10 week wait for the spare pulley to arrive from Sweden, via its 4 week stopover in Singapore.
Hello Patrick, at 7:00 the red rope line, the way it´s over the wire you have to lean out to grab it. Safety issue! The other way around, the part you grab would be inside the cockpit. Give it a try, and messeage to the community…… cheers Anthony
Good point -- though I never felt retrieving that line was dangerous before. I'll play with this idea on the boat and see if it makes a difference. Thanks. (The actual pulling on the line, which extend the furler to the end of the bowsprit, is from well inside the cockpit. The line goes through an internal cam cleat.)
Yeah, sailing that coast is tough as a solo sailor as there are thousands of islands very close together. Not much opportunity to sleep unless you go far offshore..... beautiful though.
Hay Patric are you going to put out another vid? I really enjoy watching you sail. I learn a lot from your adventures and am hoping another comes out soon!!!
Thanks Henry. I'm still actively sailing, but giving the GoPro a rest.....I've run out of new things to show/say. Perhaps new inspiration will come with the Spring and my next major passage. :-)
Patrick, I've decided I want to be you when I grow up! I'm a former US Navy chaplain who started sailing a little over a year ago. Thanks for your great videos. Fair winds and following seas.
Thanks Ray. All is well. I'm struggling to find something new/interesting to film. I recently sailed 600 miles up and down the French coast, but I just don't think viewers would find port hopping along a European coastline very interesting. I think viewers are growing a bit tired of my 'format/style' of videos anyway. Less than 60% of my own subscribers watched my last two videos -- which I thought were major challenges sailing along the coast of Iceland and then 800 NM to Norway. So I think I'll give the GoPro a rest for a while, and try to think of something that viewers might genuinely find interesting. Thanks for asking. Patrick
@@patricklaine6958 Hi Patrick. Thanks for your great videos. They inspire your audience because your style is authentic - be it in Iceland, Newfoundland, Azores or La Rochelle… I also remember your older Isabelle videos very well, and how they encouraged me years ago! So I hope you continue to inspire and use the camera! Thanks, and kind regards from Switzerland, sometimes from the North Sea ;-) Lukas
Great video, as always! I think you would enjoy reading “the barefoot navigator”. A book that describes e.g how the vikings and polynesians managed to navigate across oceans back in the days.
Thank you for another great video and welcome to Norway. The USS Gerald R. Ford was in the area outside Bodø as you arrived. As you go south, please don't miss the amazing Coast of Helgeland.
Many thanks Pedro. I'm still sailing quite a bit (to Spain and back recently) but am giving the GoPro a rest. I've run a bit dry on 'new' things to film/show...... Perhaps new inspiration will come with my next major adventure in the Spring. Fair winds to you.
Thanks -- all is well, and I'm still sailing often. I'm giving the GoPro a rest as I have run out of ideas on new things to talk about or show.... Perhaps some new inspiration will come along for the new season.
Exactly. I filmed that sequence, and a few minutes later the navy cruiser called a merchant vessel and told him to "remain well clear of the aircraft carrier". !!
I wonder if you'll meet up with Erik the viking while in Norway, that would make a great video; my two favourite sailors😊. Congrats on a fantastic passage and fair winds for the next leg.
As I suggested back in Dublin, "you should sail to to Norway" (home of some of my ancestors!). And so glad you made it safely! Seas were rough, but not as bad as I have seen on other sailboats that have made the cruise. Great to see you once again make it safely to shore! Please keep the videos coming! Thanks!
Patrick, the sailing season is upon us and was wondering where your awesome little RM (want one real bad) is going to take us this season? Hope you had a wonderful holiday season.
@@patricklaine6958 Looking forward to seeing where in the great north you are heading off to this year!! Looking forward to seeing more of the RM!! Safe passage!!
Nice Passage welcome insights from a Not so Alone Sailor ...I would have Sunk a Few Ciders Given that Successful Landing _ HoPe they Looked into the engine Bay for You Scholl ! ( Irish Coffees are interesting)🐝 👍🌐🎏
I really enjoy following your journeys through your videos, Patrick, but you really disappointed me by passing up on the Chateâuneuf du Pape at the end. ;-)
To be honest, not often. As a solo sailor, after a week or more at sea, the last thing I want is the 'solitude of a quiet anchorage'. I want to go to town, have a glass of wine with others in a restaurant, and chat with other sailors on the pontoon. But yes, at times I do anchor, but it is not my first choice.
Same here. Sorry we didn't have time to chat more. I spent a very long night at sea. ... A passage that should have been 68 nm ended up st 96, due to endless tacking against the headwind and tide. Ouch. Fair winds on your adventure. Patrick
Hi Patrick, Great videos, thank you for putting the work into them. I’m curious about your nav setup. You have abandoned the plotter. Do you have AIS? How does it link to your nav tablet? Any chance you could share the details of your setup.
There are many techniques for handling bad weather. First you reduce the amount of sail out (called reefing); if things worsen, you could run downwind with the storm for a day or two -- relieves much of the stress of high wind, but takes you way off course; or you could 'park' the boat at sea (called 'heaving to') ; or you could 'forereach' into the waves with minimal sail out -- and just advance at a very slow pace; and some would consider putting out one of the various forms of a sea anchor, to prevent the boat from being turned sideways by the waves. Thus, many solutions --- the right solution depends on the strength of the storm, the competence of the crew, and the type of equipment on-board.
Hi Patrick, Merry Christmas, I hope that you’re doing well! I read one of your comments about feeling as if there was a lack of interest in your videos… Just to let you know, I think that your videos are some of the best that I’ve seen. I admire your bold pure sense of adventure, and I appreciate the informative nature of your videos. As a hardcore sailor interested in real sailing and not mainstream “drama” keep up the great work! Your audience appreciates you for who you are!
Does anyone know if Patrick is ok as he hasn't posted anything for over a month?
Hello Phantom Shipmates. All is well. I arrived at my home port of La Rochelle France today, 27 July. I did not film the passages between Norway and home because I have already filmed many coastal, port hopping passages, and I didn’t think it would be very interesting for anyone except me. More adventures are already in planning. I’ll share those with you when they firm-up a bit. To recap this adventure just completed (France-Iceland-Norway and return home via the English Channel-EU side):
4740 NM sailed
97 days from date of departure to date of return home
28 port calls
8 countries visited
The only mechanical break-down on the boat was the Raymarine remote control that I was wearing around my neck. The spring-type battery contacts inside the control broke. I got home the normal way - pushing buttons on the instrument panel in the cockpit.
Particular highlight: meeting Erik the Viking in Norway
Particular lowlight: spending 7 full days on the small German island of Sylt due to highly unfavorable winds.
Will not do again: go to the eastern end of the English Channel. Coming back home to France against prevailing Westerly winds and strong tidal currents was really, really tough.
Would love to do again: Spend more time in Norway. I found the ‘middle section’ of Norway (called Helgoland) just as interesting/beautiful as the Northern ‘famous’ section called Lofoten.
Glad you are safe. I would still like to have seen some of your journey, how you tackled the head wind and currents. It might not sound much to you but to a lake sailor it's very interesting. I would love to sail with you if you ever fancy taking a phantom stowaway onboard!
@@patricklaine6958 I am so happy to read this! When our favorites go quiet it creates unease. I would be happy if you filmed it all and posted everything. As someone who follows most solo sailors, I like your channel the most. Glad you are all good.
We’d love to see the rest of the journey!!!!
Very glad to haar that All is going well. I would’nt been borred ween you had uploaded the rest of the trip too
Thanks for continuing to entertain, educate and provide quality videos for us to watch.
Hope you are doing well! Keep coming back to the channel looking for a new video to watch! Glad to see you in the comments within the last few weeks. Certainly understand your "why" of not putting out new videos recently, just know that many of us watch your channel because it's a rare one that is pure sailing without all the drama and clickbait. While you may see a decline in viewership, I think your fanbase is better than the big sailing channels because of the pureness you provide with your videos. Fair winds and following seas.
Great video, Patrick! Took me right back in the lovely condition of the big Norwegian Sea!
Thanks Erik. I have even more respect for those Viking sailors now. What they did was nothing short of amazing! Enjoy the warmth of the Med.
Sailing:the fine art of getting sick and cold and wet, while slowly going nowhere, at great expense. You are an amazing sailor. Take care
You've nailed it exactly!
You cannot imagine how much I love your running gag ant the end of each video! I look forward to see how many additional variants you will find in the future. Thanks so much!
I'll shut up when CdP threatens to sue me.😂
@@patricklaine6958 :)
EP 64 was most extraordinary, capturing some amazing video, with seas enough to frighten all but the toughest sailors. I sat watching, enthralled by your coolness in the midst of such discomfort, even talking about literature as you would in a quiet Dublin bar. Congratulations for once again giving us this magnificent taste of adventure. Respect, as they say! Kenneth
Far too kind.
Too kind and too poetically licenced. I've never come across a quiet Dublin bar.
WOW! ANOTHER VIDEO! You're spoiling us. Thank you so much. Looking forward to watching it with my wife.
Thanks for the video Patrick. You seem a to be a brave sailor to take on 700 miles in the north Atlantic. Greetings and fair winds.
Some would suggest 'recklessly foolish'. :-) Many thanks.
Already 9 months now. I THINK PATRICK is preparing a world voyage? Enough of the atlantic and the north sea🙂.
Always a pleasure watching you sailing Patrick, thanks for sharing!. I hope to see you getting to Haugesund port and see Erik Aanderaa waiting for you at the dock, that would be an epic moment!!. That noise sometimes is just a loose pulley belt, but I'm sure you already fixed it. Cheers!!!! Now I've reached the part on the video where you found out it was the belt... Here in Buenos Aires, old cars usually make that ugly noise and we all know its a pulley belt hahahaha.
well done Patrick. Tremendous journey !! A well deserve capuchino after all the miles !!! Fair winds and looking forward to your next adventure ... Cheers from Muros !!!
Many thanks my friend! Stay safe from the Orcas.
From Mary Poppins to Shakespeare to Kristofferson; your references kill me. All while crossing the Norwegian Sea and making it look easy. Well done sir!
Sir, you are an inspiration. Fair winds!
Good plan. Nice passage Patrick. Your comedy and quotations are developing a good dryness to it😂. CNdP not available in Norge ???😮
Hi. I live in Bodø and recognized your boat in the harbour earlier this evening. Checked your channel when I got home, now, and it checks out. Nice!
I'm discovering the delights of your lovely home town. Could you turn up the temperature a bit though? :-)
Glad you made it to Norway safely. Thank you for posting your travels.
I don't want to sound like a sycophant, I really don't, but these videos are great. It's not just the solo sailing done with genuine humility - I am a solo sailor myself and I remember a video years ago in which Patrick said on arriving at a pontoon, 'if someone offers help, take it' (common sense maybe but more often than not the opposite of what people actually do) - it is also the wit. Just terrific stuff, thanks.
Much appreciated Peter.
Made glorious Summer by this arrival in Bodø!
Great crossing, you seem to be in tune with your boat!
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That one surprised even me. Don't know where Richard 3 came from at that moment. 😂
What? Cappuccino over chateaux neuf de pap?.....i lament, what is the world coming to.
Nah.... I did that just for the video. As soon as I put the camera down, I ordered a double CdP. :-)
@@patricklaine6958 thank God, faith has been restored. Cheers
You are the by far best. I admire you for your seamanship and your human character. Truly grateful for your videos and your adventures.
Far too kind. Many thanks.
Another amazing video. I learn so much from you. I am definitely going to try your furling technique, as soon as my code zero comes back from repair... again! Sailing is learning lol.
Well, this top down furling stuff is a lot more difficult than the promotional videos make it look..... It is easier with my Code Zero than with the big Asy Spin. I'm sure I'll become more relaxed with them over time (as was the case with my old sock).
@@patricklaine6958 I also have a Karver furler for an asymetric spin, but still learning how to use it. When you de-rig, do you store it furled or unfurled?
@@ericmees1242 Good question. I haven't given any thought to that. I'll ask some experts when I get back to my home port in La Rochelle.
@@patricklaine6958 Thanks but I think you did not understand my question. When you take the spin down between two usage. Do you unfurl it first or do you store it furled until next time you need it?
@@ericmees1242 I store it furled, as I think most people do. I may unfurl it at the end of the season.
Ha! You mentioned my Dad!? How on earth did you know that? Patrick ... your videos get better and better. I felt I was in seas I understood. Great memories of sailing in the Norwegian seas. Solar panels did very well for me with the very long days up there. I never needed to charge my batteries from the generator. Further south, the Azores the solar panels did less well with the much shorter days and after a heavy night I would need to give the batteries some help in the early hours. I'm relying on you crossing the Orford Bar on your way home to come and cheer me up. Enjoy beautiful Norway. James
Small world. I met a Scottish guy and Orford wife today who knew you ! They are here struggling with the complexities of Brexit and 90 day Schengen stuff. Not sure I'll make it to the UK this year for the same reason. Cant imagine customs and immigration excepting your lovely river as a point of entry.😊
@@patricklaine6958 Did you get their name? Lowestoft would be fine. Orford very difficult to time right coming a long way. No great complexity now with visiting yachts.
27 june 2023 where is Patrick,,,,,,,?!
Denmark today -- Germany tomorrow. Working my way along the coast back toward home in France. :-)
Ce que c'est drôle. Encore une aventure incroyable !
Je l'aime. Tu es mon créateur youtube préféré !
Merci beaucoup de nous avoir emmenés.
Vous avez un excellent style de réalisation de vidéos.👍
Trop, trop gentil. Bonnes navs à vous.
Sailing gear terminology - amended: "bungee cord" - a multi-function temporary self-adjusting preventer sort of thing-a-ma-jig.
19:35 - Aye, Captain - your celebrity-fame precedes you! But, did it result in the house buying you at least your first round?! :0)
I always love your lyrical references. I especially dug the Sara Bareilles/Kris Kristofferson mash up. Looking forward to any future videos.
Couldn't stop laughing at the last scene....classic!! Another really great episode, Patrick.
Fellow phantom shipmates:
There is an update. The respective legal parties have worked out the %s. Captain Laine's share is a respectable 0.00%
He is using the royalties well for -chateauneuf-du-pape- cappuccino.
Hello Patrick from your phantom shipmates. Im sure many of have you in our thoughts and of course during the holidays. Pls let us know how much money you are making from your daughters book sales so we might share in the booty. All our best!
I should have waited till i had watched the full video. DINGDINGDONG
You're a credit to all sailors that have found solace in the winds , and discovered the reality that you can make your own game if you are willing to make some compromises to personal comfort . We are all blown by the winds . It only matters what winds we choose to follow .
You are a hell of a sailor!
Great views of the sea. The waves are mesmerizing. Wonderful video (as always) Patrick.
113th subscriber check-in and LIKE clicked; looking forward to this 690th desktop studio phantom shipmate view to happen. "Sláinte! AHOY!!"
Can't help wondering: have you any planned encounter with Erik Aanderaa whilst you're Norway-bound?
Awesome travels, Captain Cappuccino. Many thanks for taking us along.
I am surprised that you do these long offshore passages with only an electric autopilot. I would worry about having to hand steer with a failure of it. Seems like you would really like a wind driven self steering system as a backup/alternative for steering.
Well, I'm already subscribed to too much channels than I have time to watch but this one cannot be missed. The difference is that most of the other ones are by much younger people sailing in much warmer waters. All due respect, sir.
I love your sailing videos! They help me out so much! I cannot sail at the moment, due to very bad health, but I get to eSail with you! Thank you so very much! Love from the UK. Yours sincerely, DP
You made my day DP. Very best to you.
Another cracking trip, while the barman may have had some Châteauneuf-du-Pape I'll raise a glass of Highland Park.
As a completely clueless non-sailor, it looks to me as if your previous boat was much easier to sail and much more comfortable. Am I wrong?
My first boat was a Bavaria 40. Very, very comfortable and easy to sail, but not very fast. My second boat was a much smaller 'rocket' called a Bongo, but very, very uncomfortable. This boat is at least 50% faster than the Bavaria, and much, much more comfortable than the Bongo. There is no ideal profile for a boat. You have to score on a scale --- comfort, speed, affordability --- and apply that score against the type of sailing you want to do (day coastal sailing, trans-oceanic, etc.). The perfect boat does not exist.
From a phantom shipmate: Hoping 2024 brings us many new videos. Enjoy!
And fair winds to you as well in 2024!
A fabulous sail completely overshadowed by the ending! 😂
Hi Patrick, thank you very much for your videos so far! I’ve enjoyed watching them and also learned a lot about what to do and what not to do.
You’ve inspired me to start my solo sailing “career” this year and am really looking forward to the challenge ahead!
I really hope you will find the inspiration again to pick up your GoPro for your new adventures this year!
I’m sure I’m not the only one on your channel who enjoys feeling part of your journeys and adventures from start to finish!
Take care, stay safe and healthy!
Heading North again in about a week. Haven't decided yet on filming, but will have the GoPro with me just in case. :-)
Hi Patrick , thank you for another yet another great video.We’re hoping that the alternator was just a adjustment and not the bearings. Having some redundancies on any sailboat are a great thing and sometimes we’re giving them all our special thoughts at times when we really need a alternative fix…but alas , “a alternator a alternator my boat for a alternator”😊
We loved the ending you really caught the bar guy right off guard.☕️
Thank you for sharing your incredible adventures ,you inspired us to return to sailing .We’ve just bought a 1998 Moody 40cc in Sicily and look ahead to the time we’re ready to undertake some great adventures sailing North towards the Baltic regions.Thank you Nige and Donna😊
Here’s to your safe passage& cappuccino reward. I remarked to Erik, the Viking on his channel about all the conscripts and young lads that went to sea so many years ago. I wonder what was going through their heads. Nice that you have the choices and the effort to follow up with your choices. Good health to you always!
I love that (I think I will have a cappuccino) the barman looked so disappointed;)
He was a very good sport!
Hi Patrick. Hope everything is Ok! Could you please post a short video of your last leg back home? You said in one of the last comments it will interest only you, but this is not the case, at least for me and surely for a lot of more people.... we are eager to see more of your videos. Your adventures are so inspiring and interesting! Cheers!
I actually didn't film my return from Norway (though I should have.....). I'm leaving again in April on a major adventure, so may pick up the camera again then if I think it might be of any interest to others. Thanks for the feedback.
@@patricklaine6958 I echo the sentiment that your last trip and future ones would be of great interest to many people, sailors and non-sailors alike.
I’ve been waiting for the next in the series, anxious that something bad had happened so am very pleased to find out from inside these comments that you’re ok and will film again. Thank you- you’re inspirational.
Cappuccino?! Are you ok, Patrick? 😄
Great video as always. Loved the aft looking shots.
All is well. Many thanks.
I found a poled out Genoa very little loss of speed over a spinaker, ans so much easier to control
Captain, You are a modern Viking, sailing the Atlantic Ocean, Bay of Biscay, Celtic Sea, coast of France, English Channel, Iceland Sea, Mediterranean Sea, North Sea, and Norwegian Sea, all the happy trade routes used by Vikings of yore, with one difference: you sail single-handed whereas they sailed crewed by perhaps two dozen.
Once again, your meticulous passage planning would make a great series of videos for those that aspire to following in your wake.
DG
Yeah, but I have a roof over my head, and usually a heater, and warm meals almost every day. Those guys, well, amazing! Thanks for watching.
Hi Christian, Hope everything is well with you. It’s been a long time in Norway! I know life is nice there in summer but still… looking forward to getting some news.
Came here to write exactly this, hope everything is OK!!!
hi, any news from Patrick ? it's 7 months from the last video ?
We had a screeching alternator… I tightened the belt a little and it went quiet. Then a few hours later the alternator seized, the engine pulley kept turning, melted the alternator belt and filled the cabin with thick smoke. In that case there was smoke without fire, though my life flashed before my eyes! It’s always a pleasure to see your journeys, fair winds to you
That sounds like my sort of outcome. My belt then jammed behind the water pump pulley and almost ripped it clean off. Then there was the 10 week wait for the spare pulley to arrive from Sweden, via its 4 week stopover in Singapore.
@@philgray1023 Thanks for scaring the hell out of me guys! ;-)
Hello Patrick, at 7:00 the red rope line, the way it´s over the wire you have to lean out to grab it. Safety issue! The other way around, the part you grab would be inside the cockpit. Give it a try, and messeage to the community…… cheers Anthony
Good point -- though I never felt retrieving that line was dangerous before. I'll play with this idea on the boat and see if it makes a difference. Thanks. (The actual pulling on the line, which extend the furler to the end of the bowsprit, is from well inside the cockpit. The line goes through an internal cam cleat.)
Great video. Your videography is always superb. We are sailing in Brazil, arriving from Cabo Verde.
Brazil by sailboat is still on my bucket list....
I wish I will sail to Norway before I get too old... Such a wonderful country to me.
And I love your poetry!🙂
Yeah, sailing that coast is tough as a solo sailor as there are thousands of islands very close together. Not much opportunity to sleep unless you go far offshore..... beautiful though.
Love how quickly you turn these videos out, Good Sir. Always enjoy your journeys. And as ever, plenty of great quotes.
Gerald R Ford was in Oslo so wouldn’t have been completly implausible for it to be up north :)
It is up north. I've seen tracks of a COD C-2 flying out to the middle of the sea...
Great stuff Patrick. Your living my dream, bonne traversée
It sounds like the belt slipping too loose or wrong profile
Hay Patric are you going to put out another vid? I really enjoy watching you sail. I learn a lot from your adventures and am hoping another comes out soon!!!
Thanks Henry. I'm still actively sailing, but giving the GoPro a rest.....I've run out of new things to show/say. Perhaps new inspiration will come with the Spring and my next major passage. :-)
Hi Patrick. How u prevent to get rope or fish net on propeller? I wish I best
I do not have a rope cutter on my prop. Many people do install them. I should too.
@@patricklaine6958 thank you
Patrick, fait qeulque cose. ‘Silvousplait!
Patrick, I've decided I want to be you when I grow up! I'm a former US Navy chaplain who started sailing a little over a year ago. Thanks for your great videos. Fair winds and following seas.
Far too kind. Many thanks. Go Navy!
Hi Patrick. Why have we not heard from you for more than 3 months?
Thanks Ray. All is well.
I'm struggling to find something new/interesting to film. I recently sailed 600 miles up and down the French coast, but I just don't think viewers would find port hopping along a European coastline very interesting.
I think viewers are growing a bit tired of my 'format/style' of videos anyway. Less than 60% of my own subscribers watched my last two videos -- which I thought were major challenges sailing along the coast of Iceland and then 800 NM to Norway.
So I think I'll give the GoPro a rest for a while, and try to think of something that viewers might genuinely find interesting.
Thanks for asking.
Patrick
@@patricklaine6958 Hi Patrick. Thanks for your great videos. They inspire your audience because your style is authentic - be it in Iceland, Newfoundland, Azores or La Rochelle… I also remember your older Isabelle videos very well, and how they encouraged me years ago! So I hope you continue to inspire and use the camera! Thanks, and kind regards from Switzerland, sometimes from the North Sea ;-) Lukas
Great video, as always!
I think you would enjoy reading “the barefoot navigator”. A book that describes e.g how the vikings and polynesians managed to navigate across oceans back in the days.
I have noted it, and will check it out when I get home! Thanks.
Thank you for another great video and welcome to Norway. The USS Gerald R. Ford was in the area outside Bodø as you arrived. As you go south, please don't miss the amazing Coast of Helgeland.
The navy cruisers I saw called a merchant ship and told him to remain well clear of the aircraft carrier. !!
Great to see you again Patrick.
Ou, so lovely, all the way thru. Thanks.
Always a treat to see your videos post. I will need to wait till after work to watch unfortunately.
A new Patrick video AND it begins with weather geekery ⛵⛅😁
Hope not too boring, that stuff. Always hard to know what is interesting, and what is tedious. Thanks.
I felt as if I were on that rolling deck with you Patrick. Thanks for another great episode.
There hasn't been any new videos lately..hope all.is well with Patrick
Many thanks Pedro. I'm still sailing quite a bit (to Spain and back recently) but am giving the GoPro a rest. I've run a bit dry on 'new' things to film/show...... Perhaps new inspiration will come with my next major adventure in the Spring. Fair winds to you.
Hi, you are one true sailor thank you for all your videos .❤👍👍
sounds very much like a loose drive belt for the alternator 🤔
had the same thought
No video for a long time, hope all is well
Thanks -- all is well, and I'm still sailing often. I'm giving the GoPro a rest as I have run out of ideas on new things to talk about or show.... Perhaps some new inspiration will come along for the new season.
Wow! Amazing footage and narration. I believe what you saw actually was an aircraft carrier. Gerald Ford went from Oslo to Vesterålen this weekend.
Exactly. I filmed that sequence, and a few minutes later the navy cruiser called a merchant vessel and told him to "remain well clear of the aircraft carrier". !!
Encore une fois bien fais Patrick . From Chesapeake Bay.
I wonder if you'll meet up with Erik the viking while in Norway, that would make a great video; my two favourite sailors😊. Congrats on a fantastic passage and fair winds for the next leg.
I think the Viking is vacationing in Greece, and good on him for that!
@@patricklaine6958 You are right! He's with his new squeeze, hope she catches the sailing bug 😊
We could not like your videos anymore even if you had beauty queens in bikinis as your crew
🙂
I believe it is more like Boduh than Bodoh
I'll bet your lawyers get nowhere :)
thats the belt Patrick. just needs tightning.
Brilliant. Thanks for sharing 👍
As I suggested back in Dublin, "you should sail to to Norway" (home of some of my ancestors!). And so glad you made it safely! Seas were rough, but not as bad as I have seen on other sailboats that have made the cruise. Great to see you once again make it safely to shore! Please keep the videos coming! Thanks!
Yeah, a great adventure. For sure, not one of the most comfortable, but no regrets.
I knew it was the belt when I first heard it !
Patrick, the sailing season is upon us and was wondering where your awesome little RM (want one real bad) is going to take us this season? Hope you had a wonderful holiday season.
I'm heading North again in about a week. :-) Fair winds.
@@patricklaine6958 Looking forward to seeing where in the great north you are heading off to this year!! Looking forward to seeing more of the RM!! Safe passage!!
☕️, oh ok!?! 19:47
Nice Passage welcome insights from a Not so Alone Sailor ...I would have Sunk a Few Ciders Given that Successful Landing _ HoPe they Looked into the engine Bay for You Scholl ! ( Irish Coffees are interesting)🐝
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Great stuff. Definitely need a third reef in that flat top 😅
I really enjoy following your journeys through your videos, Patrick, but you really disappointed me by passing up on the Chateâuneuf du Pape at the end. ;-)
Great video as always! Hope to see some more from the norwegian coast. Do you ever anchor out in a natural harbor?
To be honest, not often. As a solo sailor, after a week or more at sea, the last thing I want is the 'solitude of a quiet anchorage'. I want to go to town, have a glass of wine with others in a restaurant, and chat with other sailors on the pontoon. But yes, at times I do anchor, but it is not my first choice.
@@patricklaine6958 Haha! Fair point, i can imagine the longing for some life and social interaction after a week alone at sea 😁
Great meeting you today in Scheveningen. Bon Voyage
Same here. Sorry we didn't have time to chat more. I spent a very long night at sea. ... A passage that should have been 68 nm ended up st 96, due to endless tacking against the headwind and tide. Ouch.
Fair winds on your adventure.
Patrick
Hi Patrick,
Great videos, thank you for putting the work into them.
I’m curious about your nav setup. You have abandoned the plotter. Do you have AIS? How does it link to your nav tablet? Any chance you could share the details of your setup.
Wonderful video, thanks! I wonder how many know who George „let’s go fly a kite“ Banks was - Supercalafragalistic father of Jane and Michael Banks!
Whats happens when and if you sailed into a bad storm?
There are many techniques for handling bad weather. First you reduce the amount of sail out (called reefing); if things worsen, you could run downwind with the storm for a day or two -- relieves much of the stress of high wind, but takes you way off course; or you could 'park' the boat at sea (called 'heaving to') ; or you could 'forereach' into the waves with minimal sail out -- and just advance at a very slow pace; and some would consider putting out one of the various forms of a sea anchor, to prevent the boat from being turned sideways by the waves. Thus, many solutions --- the right solution depends on the strength of the storm, the competence of the crew, and the type of equipment on-board.
Would love to see something new from you in this season Patrick. Any chance?
Done ! :-)
And watched and much appreciated. Love your voyages, just the right combination of visual and narrative. Chapeau!
Cappuccino..?! 🥳🥳🥳 Never change, Patrick, stay exactly as you are...! 🙂
Hi Patrick, Merry Christmas, I hope that you’re doing well! I read one of your comments about feeling as if there was a lack of interest in your videos… Just to let you know, I think that your videos are some of the best that I’ve seen. I admire your bold pure sense of adventure, and I appreciate the informative nature of your videos. As a hardcore sailor interested in real sailing and not mainstream “drama” keep up the great work! Your audience appreciates you for who you are!