35 days of solitude. Sailing alone across the Pacific Ocean. Panama to French Polynesia
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- My longest blue water trip, 35 days at sea. I sail alone on Reykja, a 35 year old steel yacht. It goes through the Panama Canal to Hiva Oa, French Polynesia. The distance is about 8000 kilometers. This part of the Pacific is remote, I don't see a single ship during the whole time. But many other things.
in a world of youtubers sailing across whatever, this is the most realistic, down-to-Earth sincere voyage I´ve seen. A rock solid boat, rock solid sailor, noble and humble. I´m following you
Gee, thank you sandro for this compliment. It made my day!
i as well,
Thanks for recording your journey so we can enjoy as well.
Thanks for your encouraging reaction.
Beautiful cinematography. Single handed sailors are a special breed. Looking forward to your updates. Fair winds captain!
Thank you Sir Mo! Special breed sounds mysterious. You mean: a bit nerdy?
@@SailingAloneAcrossTheOcean hehe, no it's a good thing. Means not many people can do what you do. :)
Thanks, especially your final statement, which touched me 👍
Thank you john. Good to hear this. Take care.
This was really beautiful. Thank you. And congratulations on a job very well done!
Thank you Jay!
I forgot that you do the videos in English as well, I really enjoyed it a second time and it's very awe inspiring.
Now this is persistent. Thank you growingknowledge!
Thank you for that. Perfect for my morning coffee. You made what is a real achievement look like a walk in the park! Subscribed.
Good to hear about your coffee and your nice comparison. Thanks MrRugbylane!
You are awesome dude !
I am not. But thank you anyway!
No bikinis,no bs,just excellent content and video. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you joe! You think I should try a bikini? It wouldn't trigger the likes I am afraid
This is just amazing. Music, images, even the speach sounds like a script line of a movie.
Oh. Thank you massimo. That is a great compliment! Greetings from Tahiti!
Thank you so much for this magnificent video which transported me for a moment to the other side of the world 😍🌊
You are welcome anneg! Greetings from Tahiti!
Thanks for sharing! Thirty-five days solo is a long passage by any measure.
These old world circumnavigators went for 270 or 340 days - like Wilfrid Erdmann. You just wonder about this!
Well done, 35 days of quite time.
It feels much longer than Atlantic, definitely.
What a privilege enjoy your voyage, its my dream to sail around the world one day, I wish you buena proa y buena marea someone from uruguay
I know alberto. It definitely is a privillege. And this I enjoy
Absolutely scary to think of going alone
Egh yoiud be fine
Yet exhilarating!
Only if you're a pussy
Is it? Well - no one is forced to go alone, thats the good news
I like your random isolation thoughts, I've had a few of the same ones myself 😉
Ah, good. Hope you find space to live them!
As someone basically never on a boat (yet) its nice to see your perspectives from videoes :D
It is, isn't it? Maybe worth a reality check one time?
A wonderful video from your voyage. Best regards from Jarle (Norway)
Thank you Sterntostern! I still have best memories about sailing in Norway. reykja.ch/en/2020/03/09/bluewater-sailing-norway/
Came over from Sam Holmes sailing. Love your channel. Subbed.
Great. Thank you dherman!
Great adventure. I love you personal perspective on how time alone has changed you. Looking forward to the rest of your meditation sailing around the globe...thanks
Great to have you on board, martin!
Well done Captain! I liked hearing your feelings in this video and finding that I had pretty much the same ones. It is not for everybody to be so long by themselves, not only for the weather but mainly for the managing of the strong emotions that this kind of adventure bings.
A lot of respect for you.
I agree. This skipper seems made of the stuff required for solo sailing as well as the introspection which comes of it.
I say 'seems' only because this is the first and only video I have seen of him. I like what I see, I will watch his other videos.
Thank you Andreas. So you did the same?
@@SailingAloneAcrossTheOcean I did something… but after watching your video I want to go back at sea and leave the crowd behind. Far behind… 😀
That is definitely what you do when you sail solo
Great video amigo! Thanks so much for sharing… Especially the part about the panama canal… I had no idea it was $3000… I’ll have to find a different way to get to where I’m going :-) bon voyage
Yes. I would look for alternatives as well for an other time.
It was a long journey, my brother, but you did it well with all the challenges that came your way. I felt like being alone in the middle of the ocean is the way I like to do it; it's like having freedom that no one can prevent you from having. Talking to nature and listening to the sound of the waves and wind are the best experiences you've ever had on this journey. It's a really fascinating experience.
Yes. I think you have got it right.
I always thought birds in the deepest parts of the ocean is not very likely so the fishes on the deck would probably be the ones that jumped out of the water and landed onto the boat deck but when I saw your video with birds this deep into the ocean, this put me into a thinking state as well!
The Octopus didn't jump into the boat...
There should be a description by Thor Heyerdahl on his Kontiki Journey that squids are jumping during the night. But I didn't observe it.
Found your channel just now! Wow, 3 thousand $ for the Panama channel is rather steep! I’m dreaming of a similar adventure, so your thoughts and descriptions are good to hear. Not knowing yet how I would cope alone with myself for 35 days, I think it is probably an eye opener to oneself. Time for thoughts and contemplation, something we usually do not do enough in my opinion. Fair winds and gute Fahrt! Christofer from Sweden
Skeppet som du ser vid 0:53 - jag var ombord på ett sånt fartyg (jobbade där), vi betalar kring 300 000 dollar varje gång för att kunna använda kanalen. Suez är likadant. Hälsningar från Bulgarien.
I think if you generally are feeling fine to be with yourself it would be a nice experience. I considered a HR 352 when I choose my boat. But decided then for steel. Anywa:. Alle the best Christofer!
I just watched a film of a ssiling yacht pasing trough the Panama canal in 1965/1966 and payed 24 dollars......
Greetings from Central New England!
I just found your channel on my feed
Excellent video!
I wonder if you’ve read sailing around the world along by Captain Joshua Slocum
I’ve read that book a number of times
one of the best adventure books ever!
Cheers!
Matt
Hi Matt. Yes I have read it at least three times. And latest in Launceston Tasmania I will be on his route.
@@SailingAloneAcrossTheOcean
Now that is awesome!
Looking forward to watching more vids of your trip!
Thanks for the reply!
You are an amazing sailor and person. God bless you, on your future voyages.
Thank you for your blessing!
You're a great storyteller making this a pleasant video to watch. Thanks!
Thank you Cornelis. Glad to hear that.
Well done and beautiful video...... Subbed. I see you made it to Australia. Welcome.
Thank you robdotcom.
Modest guy…great achievement.
You make me blush. Thank you!
Great episode sailing ⛵️ thanks for sharing Greetings from beautiful Hawaii islands ⛵️ 🏝 Wishing fear winds and following seas 🌊 and wonderful adventures.
Hi rimas. Thanks for reacting! Enjoy Hawaii.
Me fascina que la gente van solos cruzando océano. Realmente impresiona. Es sueño de mi vida navegar. Te despeja la mente, es libertad total y mucho coraje. Para los hombres de verdad.
Its good for leopards, I am sure! Greetings!
Sehr schön!! Gute Fahrt!!
Danke für Deine Wünsche!
Best wishes from New Zealand .
Enjoy your own company.
Thank you john. So far I didn't fall out with myself.
What a great adventure. You'll carry this for the rest of your life. I hope to follow in your footsteps ... someday.
PS: This english version is 👍 so much better than barely understandable generated subtitles.
I'm glad to hear that it makes sense to do an English version. Thank you for your feedback!
Wonderful video, thank you very much
Thank you mart!
Really peaceful video. Enjoy and take care ⛵️🌞
Thank you irina. I do enjoy, I really do
Thank you
Thank you Bernard!
Some birds can eat, drink, and even sleep on the wing, only landing to nest and breed.
Swifts are one such breed, and they live in the air over land!
Thank you Chris for taking my question serious. It's amazing that, isn't it?
@@SailingAloneAcrossTheOcean
I don't know so much about sea birds, but I think the albatross is the same. Boobies, seem to be the bird most likely to hitch hike a ride on sailboats, from sailing video's I've watched.
The bird is a Sooty Tern.
The squid (not octopus) do jump just like the flying fish, although by different propulsion.
Just found your channel, incredible thank you. You got + one subscriber Sailing Reykja =)
Great Nova. Thanks!
Nice to find your videos 👍
Great. Thank you Tony!
Great story, great video, best wishes for continued safe journeys!
Thank you tim! Greetings from Tahiti!
Sie sind einer der wenigen, denen es gelungen ist, die tatsächliche Größe der Wellen und den Seegang darzustellen
For our non-German speakers.
You are one of the few that has managed to show the actual size of the waves and sea state
Danke mordalo. Ja, 98 Prozent der Seeaufnahmen gehen in den Papierkorb. Es ist eine Wissenschaft für sich mit den Wellen...
Ganz tolles Video mit wunderschönen Bildern vom überaus beeindruckenden Pazifik ! Danke sehr !
Vielen Dank Karin für Deine Komplimente!
Incredible thank you
Thank you preily!
I recently talked myself out of buying a very used 1975) Cheoy Lee 33 ketch on the pretext my money runs out in 4 years. But the prospect of sailing itself seems truly wondrous. Watching this has reignited the dream. The majesty of the sea just blows me away.
I hope you will find your boat! Maybe not too worn out, but I know: who pays a good boat
Respect! Prachtige reis en mooi te horen hoe 35 dagen alleen op de oceaan jou emotioneel raakte. Leef je leven, ik blijf je avonturen volgen. Groet, Hans Wiltenburg, Følk Flyten, Medemblik.
Thank you Hans. So welcome on board virtually
Great video! It do get lonely as a solo sailor! You learn how to live with it, keep your mind occupied! Lloyd..from the east coast of Canada 🇨🇦
Stay safe 🙏
Thanks Lloyd. Answering commentaries like yours is the opposite side of lonely.
Well done .Liking your channel.very interesting.
👍for your like john and your interest!
You are a Man in completelly fusion with Nature around you!!!! good wind
I think one is part of the nature around. So yes, that is part of the excitement, ferdinand.
lovely !
Thank you daktarios!
What a nice gentleman, beautiful & beautiful boat. An enjoyable/ relaxing journey. I love being at sea.
Great that you liked it, swimcat
Thanks for sharing. It took a lot of courage to venture out alone over those long distances! Interesting shake down going through the Panama Canal, especially with the party crew that showed up!
Thank you WFF. Yes I was glad to find people to help me with the canal crossing. And it was fun!
You are an extraordinary person to have the confidence and courage for such a voyage. And then to share it with the rest of us! Thank you! 😊🌞🇨🇦
Thank you back to Canada, innerstream.
I have just found your channel after watching similar recently. I felt a tear in my eye after watching. So real, hauntingly beautiful. 🙏
You make me blush stuart. Great you liked it! Greetings from Tahiti.
Thanks so much Sir for the wonderful video... rarely I saw such a great one! Good wind!
Woah. Thank you so much Dario!
Thats absolutely fantastic that you informed us of the requirements to cross through the panama canal. Often i see vids showing beautiful sunsets & dolphins. I sincerely appreciate your reality check for us ❤❤❤❤❤
I like dolphins and sunsets too, but it is not everything while sailing.
Nice vessel!!
Thank you Bepi. You find more about the vessel here reykja.ch/en/motiva-39-s-information/
At 3:50 in your video, I don’t think I have ever seen a sky and sea so heavenly.
Yes. It was stunning.
Amazing and beautiful journey. I can't wait to go sailing. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you sahra. Yes, go sailing yourself!
I can’t really stand being on boats due to seasickness, but I have a huge fascination with sailing ships and wish I could handle going on them. This looks like such an amazing adventure
Maybe you try with medication for the first two days and lying flat? Then it usually gets better - at least for me.
Thanks for sharing the voyage and your thoughts while on passage .Best regards and fairweather across the Pacific.
Thank you again, Mark.
Thank you for sharing this wonderful experience, it has touched my soul in a very positive way.
How nice to hear mark!
Just found your channel thanks for sharing, you got + one subscriber
Great. Thank you arnold!
Beautiful
Thank you anita!
What a smashing video. Great questions too. Still an armchair sailor myself, well apart from my 12 foot wooden dinghy, but seeing this I realise again I must amend that.
A 12 foot wooden dinghy is not nothing. I would enjoy that - depending on where it is moored off course.
Awesome things to ponder about while on an ocean passage
Thank you gabriel! Good to hear that.
nice boat.
Thank you guni. There is more about it here reykja.ch/en/motiva-39-s-information/
An awesome trip, good sir. Adventure and philosopy in one video.
What a compliment, thank you Eric!
Thank you for sharing sky and sea beautiful x
You are welcome debbie!
Very cool trip!
Yes I would enjoy the solitude the sea could bring. Perfect!
Greetings,
Jeff
Thank you Jeff! Good to hear that you also would enjoy solitude.
put the cellphone in the fuel tank? were you out of matches?
😄. Matches can't film - at least my matches can not. The opening is too small to put your head in
Diesel fuel requires compression to ignite. There isn’t a mobile phone in all of history the will ignite diesel fuel.
Great vid. The answer to your 'silly' questions can be found in one of the books you were reading😀
You mean The hitchhikers guide... ?
Fantastic filming and story telling! Liked and subbed :)
Great that you liked it, sailingfishcake!
Enjoyed
Great
Best sailing video! Impressive photography, and overall very poetic. Thank you
Thank you qelmnl. Wow!
I like so much yr journey, greetings from Morocco
I understand. Its a privilege that I can do this. Greetings from Tahiti
Lovely video and good to reflect on life
Thank you boatsmainly!
Your video is just wonderful. It is also SO honest. Lone travelling can be lonely, but, at the same time fulfilling. Please make sure you visit Rarotonga. Avarua has a good harbour and the Cook Islanders are amoung the very best people on our planet.
Thank you nell for your tipps!
That was beautiful. Your courage is beautiful.
Thank you Edward. Actually the first trip over the Atlantic needed more courage. Now I got calmer.
Beautiful video Capitan ,fair winds
Thank you marcel!
I love this video.
Thank you!
Keep sharing your adventures !
Thank you, Mark. I will
Fascinating, thank you.
Tank you tag!
No stop till wind is high ⛵️
Yes. And then layby.
respect man respect . i am in my mind with you....
Thank you Cor. Great.
Brave man , you are ! Great job !
Thanks for the compliment!
Me was in Pacific twice. And it was pacific: no storm, no rain, no wind. It's auful!
So that wish you adventage, but no pacific.
Wind would be nice. No wind but surf is ennerving. So thanks for your wishes!
Awesome …thanks for sharing
Thank you Nadgee!
Good travel be safe. !!! What a awesome life you have under your feet )) only wish i could be there too
Thank you for your wishes rondensmore! Maybe one time you will be here?
Love the vid, thanks for the English version !
Good that you liked it, guillaume!
Lovely photography. And do like your relaxed style commentary.
Thank you! Comments might be getting more tense when things are tense. But I was lucky on this trip, the boat doing fine.
amazing, well done to do that solo.
Thank you user-sf!
I rly envy you for the lone time. Also, huge respect for doing such a trip alone. All the best!
Thank you for your wishes Ben!
Really interesting questions, I think. Not silly at all.
It probably is: to allow observation to ask questions. But thank you fredrik!
Nice rough footage of your solo trip. Thanks
Thank you Codymou!
Thanx for reminding roughly the same route, enjoyed so similarly and yet differently: a single-hander aged 76, but in the name of more challenge (adrenaline actually) choosing a 30 foot boat ("Single Malt" from Riga) and no satellite weather or communication.
That sounds scary. I am sure you had more adrenalin than me - well, dependig on your weather off course
@@SailingAloneAcrossTheOcean Weather (especially when "ignored") can be harsh: 3 shrouds on port side snapped in a storm and they were freshly renewed - airmailed from Florida - while at Shelter Bay. Plenty adrenaline when it happens during a pitch dark night.
Ist ja der Hammer was Du da abfaehrst. Den ganzen Pazifik. Good luck and make more videos.
Danke XteVision! Mache ich.
lovely channel
Thank you Tony!
Zazdroszczę - jesteś OK . Pozdro...
Thank you pantadeuzs!