Crossing BAY OF BISCAY in our Beneteau - EP 06 - Sailing Beaver
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- Опубликовано: 20 июл 2020
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In this episode we sail across the notorious Bay of Biscay, our first offshore passage and our biggest crossing so far. Feared by many the Bay of Biscay is known for its rough seas and violent storms as one of the stormiest seas in the world. Regardless of the bad reputation, with modern weather forecasting it is easy to time it right and find a good weather window.
We sailed a total of 350 nautical miles and it took us 53 hours altogether from Camaret in France to A Coruna in Spain. The weather for our crossing started off a lot lighter than forecasted with an average of 5 knots and towards the end it turned out to be a lot stronger than forecasted with an average of 30 knots. Overall we couldn't have been happier with our crossing, despite the lack of sleep towards the end in the strong winds.
We also get to properly test out our new solar and wind power setup to see if it was sufficient to keep the batteries topped up and also run the fridge, autopilot and all the other navigation eqipment. All the necessities we need on a longer ocean passage, specially with the Atlantic crossing coming up.
A couple from Australia and Norway who set sails from Norway on a Beneteau Oceanis 40 in late 2018 to explore the world by sailboat. (Yup, another sailing couple doing the standard route and documenting it on film.)
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It is very refreshing to see a sailing video which is actually about sailing. Good on you for producing this video.
Thanks mate, we really appreciate that.
Nice job on the sailing and the content. Really enjoying listening to your journey! Well done!
Cheers, much appreciated. 🤙
Perfect
That was really good - gave a real feel of a yacht on the ocean. Look forward to the next one.
Cheers for the feedback Nick.
Find amazing people so young having such a expensive boat...Wow . I am 70 and my boat is Albin Vega 27 Haha.
It’s not as expensive as you think, especially for two people who don’t own a house or cars or contents. On the other hand an AV is not that cheap but a great boat, fair winds.
Great vlog , epic crossing of the bay, now time for a few sangria’s in Spain 🇪🇸, well done 👍🏻🇬🇧
Was a lovely crossing indeed. Cheers mate!
Good to see you guys back 👍🤟
Yew 🤙
nicely done.. lovely filming of sea state.
ohh Beneteau Oceanis 40 - lovely yacht. Traveled with 50 - love them!
Lovely yacht indeed, although a little jealous of the 50 that sounds alot more fun!
@@SailingBeaver 50 is a big cow or a bus
But I bet a very fast bus/cow
sweet
Brilliant. Keep going guys.
Cheers mate! Will do🙌🏼
Here in Canada the “beaver” is like a “Fanny” down under so this is so good to me it makes me smile. You guys have a great boat.
Haha, a global analogy but yes very true! Its also true that the Beaver is the national animal of Canada 🇨🇦 right? 🤙🏼
@@SailingBeaver I am in the midst of buying and launching a boat and crew to do this. I love the boat guys and your editing is top shelf.
Sounds like a great plan wish you all the best with this. Thanks mate for the kind words much appreciated. 🤟
Great film of an incredibly fast Biscay crossing. Well done Beavers.
Thank you kind sir! All the best in your adventures mate
That was excellent. Well done. Lovely boat too!
Thankyou kindly 🙏
Absolutely killing like always guys! 🤙🏼
Well thank you kind sir! 🤙
Nice work you two!
Cheers🤙
Great vidio I love your hat it suits you
Thanks😅👩🏽🎨
Cracking video guys, keep it up.
Cheers 🤙
Nice crossing with favorable winds :)
We had a very good crossing and got super lucky with the weather. 🤙
Great video, thanks! I have'nt seen your channel before but now I'm happy subscriber! Starting now with the first episode and will make follow your journey from the start.
This is great to hear thankyou so much for the kind words and enjoy the vids 🙏
Fantastic. I’m new to the channel and love to hear an Aussie. Loved the nervousness, shows caution but geez you’re competent. Awaiting a beneteau myself, she leaves France next week bound for Sydney. Will have a look at your other vids now.
Thank you so much for your lovely comment Craig! Glad to have you here! Congrats with the new Beneteau, im sure she won’t disappoint you! We are currently in South Pacific, but will have some more videos on the way hopefully very soon! Best of luck and fair winds
I just found your channel through your channel through a video on your unpacking your Silentwind Pro. How long is/did it last? Edit: subbed and liked.
perfect sailing conditions.. nice ...
Also. if you can as a new sail channel show more sailing like you just did. Its awesome for us land locked sailors for now..
Cheers Rusty, hopefully we can do just that! Especially with some larger crossings in the pipeline. 🤙
One thing i notice is this boat in all youre videos is hauling ass. Nice job.great camera angles for speed.
This one was an exceptionally fast passage with good speed conditions. Glad you enjoyed 🤙
Good work guys! We saw your boat in Martinique back in end of January and we’re gonna come say hi...We’re from WA and have a Oceanis 43. Hopefully see you around one day!
Hey guys, yeah that must have been us. Are you on your way back to Aus. Hopefully we can bump into ya soon.
Sailing Beaver We just arrived back to Perth and are in quarantine! The boat is hauled out in Grenada but hoping to get back to her soon after things settle..well, when and if they settle.
Well good luck with the Qtime and we’ll possibly still be hanging around over here when you return.
Good video guys :) We were lucky enough to hit a storm when closing in on A Coruña in 2019. Bumpy AF :D
Thanks for the kind words! Yeah she is a notorious stretch of water that’s for sure
Hello, I hope you are well
Thanks for the information, I will definitely buy a SILENTWIND Pro
No worries mate, good luck with the install and hope it treats you well. !
Just came across your channel and have subscribed to continue to follow your journey and adventure! I'm in the process of doing exactly what you've done so far but have to wait until the virus restrictions are lifted as I'm selling everything here in Mexico and traveling to the UK/EU in search of my Sailboat ⛵... should be fun but your videos will keep me inspired 😄
That sounds like a great plan Dennis, glad to have you onboard and hope you enjoy the vids. Good luck with finding the boat 🤙
Great channel! We have just bought an Oceanis 46 that has a removable inner stay but no running backs. As we will be two up we will be using the staysail a lot rather than half furling the big genoa. I am in two minds about installing running backstays as the rig on these cruising boats is quite solid anyway. What made you decide to install them on yours?
Cheers Peter,
The 46 is a great boat I really like them. The staysail definitely calms the boat down a lot without having to reduce the Genoa size. I decided to install running backs as we rigged the inner forestay permanent and parallel instead of close to the main forestay attachment. Also these rigs are known to pump. We used dyneema removable runners and if we need we can remove, but we are really happy with the added security.
I didn't see it....but did you all put a reef in? Always a good strategy in weather.
We were on 2nd reefed mainsail the whole way mate. It fits under our running backs and we have plenty of options with the two headsails for easy reefing.
SAFETY Thought:
Life Jacket/PFD Harness ON and CLIPPED IN while:
1. Sailing at night, one crew member asleep or below
2. Sailing during the day, alone in cockpit or going forward.
Stay safe.
Thank you Romeo for your kind concern. At night we do wear life jackets and behind the wheels always clipped in. If the weather is questionable or there is need to leave the cockpit we also don the PFD’s.
Cheers
I’m a bit late catching up on episodes, just wanted to know if you guys have installed an autopilot or wind vane setup yet?
No worries, We have installed a hydrovane, check out ruclips.net/video/kqZltv29IjI/видео.html
Hi, I hope you are well.
I would like you to tell me about your experience with the SILENTWIND Pro wind generator that you currently have installed in the Sailing, I am looking for a wind generator for my Beneteau Oceanis 351, your information would be very helpful to me
Best regards
Andres Coronado
Hey Andres,
I’m very happy with the silentwind pro, was easy to install even quieter then expected and really helps to provide power when at anchor at night. I definitely have not been disappointed and good to monitor on my phone on Bluetooth in the app. It really goes well with the scanstrut mount pole too!
What time did it take to cross?, must have been a very fast average speed, well done!
Thankyou mate. Took 52 hours for us from Cameret to La Coruna
Great show. Out of interests why are you often helming form the leeward side of the boat and not the windward?
Cheers mate. We switch around a lot but in flat water it’s nice up on the windward side with good view ahead but when it’s abit bumpy and we switch to the Jib I have a better view of the sail and the winch is at hands reach. After any length of time up on the windward side with a lot of heel it’s hard work to hold your footing.
Sailing Beaver thanks for the explanation. Always good to get tips from other Sailors!
No worries at all. 🤙
To many waffles with Thomas, is that why there hasn't been any videos for a long time? 😉🙂
10 point Mr Hill for your attention to detail. To follow up on your previous, not quite “bugger RUclips” yet, we are back at it!
Great video. I note that you hand steered quite a bit in the video. What autopilot do you have and could it handle the trip without your help?
Thankyou mate 🙏 . At this point of our trip we had a much smaller battery system and had a standard raymarine AP. We have since upgraded the batteries and installed a Hydrovane which does most of the offshore steering.
@@SailingBeaver I know what autopilot is but not hydro vane . Are they different?
Hydrovane steers the boat by the wind with no electronics!
@@SailingBeaver thanks a lot, love your channel.
You sail during the night too?
Yes
when did you cross?
Hello Ian, we crossed in the good month of September.
@@SailingBeaver Thanks for the reply, I really envy the weather you had. I crossed the other way about the same time in weather I wasn't completely happy with but my Schengen time was running out. I initially set out from A Coruna but weather turned sour and I ran before it to Gijon instead. A few days later I set out again and all was fine until around Brest when I had 8 metre seas and 35+ knots to deal with - suffered 2 broken in portlights entering night time (Brest, a port I've not entered and with strong westerlies and swell, was not a good prospect) so I continued on but diverted to Guernsey (been there before) instead of Plymouth. Such is the life of the solo sailor.
If I read things correctly - you are now at Martinique? Very interested in what's going on around there and Panama because I'm looking at sailing home to Australia that way instead of having to deal with the South Africa route - single-handed, most likely.
No worries. Yeah I think the weather is much easier doing downhill in Biscay. That sounds like quite the different ethnicities experience you had. Very very rough. Those Schengen days am have caught me a few times. Yes Martinique and Antilles until November then moving on. Hopefully catch up with ya along the way. 🤙
Rather hear wind an water going by boat losse music volume other wise great video
Thanks 🙏 Yeah mate don’t we all but gotta mix it up every now and then.