Across the Atlantic SOLO on my Beneteau Oceanis 40 - [2200nm from Cape Verde to Antigua]

[@SirCharles12357]

Ryan your doing a great job vlogging your way across the Atlantic. Absolutely love your calling Sophie about how to warm up frozen potatoes!!!

[@karitane]

Hi Ryan. I watched previous and I knew your decision to stay and chill for a while was correct. Well done mate. So difficult to make correct decisions when traumatised. Respect to you ship mateeee

[@manonbedard3463]

Ryan...crossing an ocean solo...you have my deepest respect...stay safe...

[@charliesimeon]

I've never seen croquettes butchered in such a way, but hell, if that wasn't just genius ..... your face when you held up the ice cream tub was pure joy. You're so right about the "down the mountain" risks, it's human nature to relax when we perceive the difficult part of any venture to be over, and its because we naturally switch off that's when we make mistakes. It's like athletes celebrating prematurely before crossing the finish line... one has simply to keep being switched on right to the end. Fair winds to you both.

[@lindsayl6517]

So amazing to see the transformation from your first crossing Ryan. Well done my man. Many of us struggle with anxiety and your journey is an inspiration to us all that suffer from it.

[@RyanSophieSailing]

Thanks!

[@FatherTech]

What a great video. Guys the way you support one another, from even half way across the ocean is a beautiful thing. To you guys it probably just feels normal, like no big deal. From someone who recently lost a loved one, it is beautiful, commendable, and inspiring. I wish you all the best.

[@royjageman2]

Your comment about complacency was very timely for me. I’m going flying tomorrow for the first time in 3 months. I have several thousand hours and complacency is something I have to watch out for all the time. Your comments reminded me to be extra vigilant about using my checklists.

[@RyanSophieSailing]

That's awesome Roy :) I think that mitigating the risk of complacency starts with taking a good look at ourselves and being honest!

[@royjageman2]

The flight was great today. I thought about you as I remembered to do my checklists. Got to do a simple instrument approach with about 1200’ broken. Sometime you should talk more about your aviation background. Maybe you’ve done that, but I missed it. What did you fly?

[@royjageman2]

As you know, they teach you in aviation about some pilots that don’t like rules. I forget the term. After flying for many years it’s easy to take on those characteristics - going where you want, when you want. That’s when I have to avoid complacency. I often think flying is like sailing. You have to put aside your worldly concerns and totally focus on the task at hand. That makes it relaxing because it’s a form of escape.

[@marshalllucky7020]

Insanity tightens it’s grip at 25:44 lolz😂

[@marshalllucky7020]

@@royjageman2haven’t flown in 6 years; shaking off the rust in a month and taking on a unforgiving machine after a lot of maintenance. Adrenaline on the horizon…

[@AdventureOtaku]

Your breaking down the trip into 4 groups was a great move, and is a pretty common thing that we recommend for people doing any big trip. I like that (I think) you inadvertently followed the stages of group dynamics. Forming, Norming, Storming, and Performing. Well done!

[@johndixon2508]

Mental health and motivation. Thank you Ryan, your honesty and openness are refreshing and rewarding.

[@maureenlatreille9441]

Congratulations Ryan! You have already done more than most people would dare dream to do. More than the actual trip, overcoming your anxiety and continuing is the biggest victory. From someone who also is very familiar with anxiety, giving into it only reinforces and makes it worse. By confronting and overcoming it loosens it’s grip on you. Thank you for sharing your very honest story here.

[@Patri-ciaVB]

Dear Ryan ... this video is an emotional rollercoaster for me. It is one of the best videos you made so far. I had tears in my eyes and you made me laugh at the same time. I am convinced that his passage pulled so much out of you which makes you and us folllower discover new sides of yourself which are honestly so much likeable and loveable. Also you shared very wise and interesting thoughts for which Iam very thankful. Wishing you well Patricia

[@davidmalone9022]

Great job. You are on the way to having two of the very best transatlantic travelogues on KZbin. Thanks.

[@marcopolo242]

So stoked for you to have decided to continue on Ryan. You made the right decision for your future self. A man has to do what a man must do.

[@richardherndon1541]

That was the best Ryan video yet! I totally enjoyed the entire thing! Thanks so much for sharing these parts of your life!!!

[@mcouture8169]

Great to see the Ryan Show improve with every episode :-). He looks like he got his groove back, and that's a wonderful thing!

[@aaronbarlow7701]

Congratulations on making it halfway!! Looking forward to the next video.

[@saildreamer]

Well done Ryan, really enjoyed this update, really had me laughing out loud

[@mitchellbarnow1709]

Ryan, you are stronger than any of us! Thank you for sharing this incredible test of your abilities.

[@rmjryost]

Ryan and Sophie, thank you for continuing to be a positive, honest role model to life on the ocean. We appreciate the highs and lows, and all the boat jobs in between. It was a joy to see the ice cream for your half way party! Our favorite as well. I look forward to the next tech corner when you have recovered.

[@24hourtravellers]

I think you just got more relaxed and confident after the halfway point but not complacent. I could really feel your anxiety and tension at the start of the journey but as the days passed & you found ways to entertain your boredom like bongo singing.... We got to see a different side of you coz usually Sophie is the funny one n you're the super serious half. Am still watching the last part of this video, just wanted to say amazing job making this honest account video for us to experience the crossing with you. Thank you ❣️

[@caromarco6315]

What an amazing thing you have been done! Crossing an ocean alone! Thank you for sharing your experience- its interesting to follow!

[@cosmicclothpads7662]

Watching you enjoy things like frozen mashed potatoes/meatballs and ice cream really put this lifestyle into perspective. It brings me joy watching other enjoy the simple things in life. Good luck on your journey 💜

[@bobbie7355]

I'm so happy your spirits are lifted. You are obviously a stronger person than you realize. But that doesn't mean it's for everything that will come your way. We can only handle so much. I'm so happy for you took a needed break. And now you are on a friggin huge wave. Hug's from Texas 😎

[@BigFiveJack]

Your efforts are impressive. Personally, crossing an ocean on a sailboat would be something I'd like to do as well, but with two or three companions, not solo. You're decades younger than I am, and I understand your drive to accomplish it on your own. Three Cheers for you!!!

[@c0ri]

that look she gave when you called her on how to heat the potatoes, omg man.. laughed so hard. nice job.

[@craigbourbonevans]

deep down I knew you would do this Ryan...a huge milestone externally and more importantly internally....bravo you smashed it!..

[@herbescobar4548]

Great documentary of mundane middle of the ocean life. Cheers to you and Sophie!!

[@patrickmatte178]

Wow 1er video de Ryan comme directeur de la narration!! Love it❤️ very emotional and lots of Kleenex lately 😢👍🏻 love what you’ve been through is elevating😇 still a year to go and catch you in your extraordinary adventures that you share❤️❤️stay safe🤩

[@steveeggert8814]

Ryan, thanks for sharing your experience and adventure. Perhaps the half way point is not the top of the mountain. Your arrival at your intended destination is the mountain top and the coming down is the decompression and relaxing as you process what you have done and accomplished. All the best to you and Sophie....

[@SamuelKTennis]

The honest confrontation of your difficulties with stress and uncertainty - thank you, my dear man, for sharing this with me, us, so brazenly. It would be so easy to lie, or obfuscate, it is vastly more difficult, and rewarding, to be brutally honest about ones foibles. Thank you for sharing! No, Sophie - it is NOT a joke, dead, life or death, serious! HELP! OK, Ryan, THAT was hysterical!

[@tommerola]

Ryan I'm really enjoying your crossing. When you talk to use thru the videos remember you have a ton of people watching and enjoying your conversation with us!!!! Keep it up!

[@feanor3876]

Ryan, i was glad to see you soloed. I learn from your videos.

[@Lumpschlevot]

Hey man congratulations on your accomplishment! Try not to worry and let your mind wonder. When it does go in that direction, shut it down. Stay positive. The boat is doing exactly what it is designed to do. You are doing fine. Even though you are in the middle of an ocean, imagine if you were a mile off shore with the same conditions. Would you be so concerned? Don’t let your mind play tricks on you and stop worrying. Worrying will not change anything so don’t do it, shut it down and enjoy the ride. Cheers!

[@michaelhaardt5988]

I bet Sophie expected anything but being asked how to warm up frozen mashed potatoes when the phone rang. Most hilarious! 🙂

[@RyanSophieSailing]

Anytime the phone rang outside of our daily 6PM satphone call, I would freak out :p Thanks GOD it was only for mashed potatoes, hahaha!

This was a great episode, Ryan! Incredible! And your call to Sophie about warming up mashed potatoes, I feel you, that'd have been me as well! :D :D

[@anitamiracle5370]

Good on you Ryan! I just knew you would rest up recharge and forge ahead!! Well done mate!! I so enjoyed your video, even had some actual LOL moments!!! Fair winds and following seas...yes!!! ⛵️💨👍🏻‼️

[@patbanta]

I’m an old retired stuntman that had a problem watching this channel, because of your nervousness . But after seeing the last few episodes I’m understanding what your up against and you face it head-on. I don’t know but looking at your body I’m guesting you run marathons. So you know how to push yourself. Your doing that now. Congratulations. I have a 473 and I’m jealous of your freezer. Great job on your trip. May the force be with you

[@RyanSophieSailing]

Hi Patrick. I'm not sure why but that comment ment a lot to me. Thanks. Yes, I was a marathon running a Ironman athleat. I also did a lot of alpine mount and rock climbing.

[@andypidsley2688]

Thanks for your honesty in sharing your feelings along the way

[@happycamper4329]

So good to see you chose to continue on with the solo. Great going Ryan. Really liked seeing you 'lose' it with the bongo and ice cream a bit at the half way mark!

[@johnadams7402]

Glad you're sailing, Ryan. The adventure continues. Thanks for sharing.....

[@johncano2594]

Of all the things, Sophie is certainly the prize. Sail oceans, move mountains do what you have to do to claim her. That said take care of yourself.

[@walkaroundsweden274]

Thanks for sharing with us. This first video made me your fan ❤❤😀😀. Keep going. All the best.

[@banyameadow8864]

This was a very good one! Thank you, Ryan, for let us having a look into your mindset. It’s very inspiring to see, how you make a long stretch into portions to make it better to go through. This is a very smart method to keep you motivated. And it remembers me to think more like this in my life when I’m trying to tackle long stretches and crying about all the stuff I haven’t done. Thank you for the reminder. As @SailingUma says: One Step at a time.

[@nicholasmorin1175]

you are amazing Ryan....crossing the Atlantic solo with anxiety issue, it's what we call " An all in therapy". Many people with anxiety will see you as a role model. Facing your fear....with frozen mash potatoes and meat balls😛😜 Take care and be safe, thanks for sharing.

[@Tim8mit]

this is interesting to watch as your anxiety slowly subsides......have gone through a few years of random panic attacks working up to daily ones, I truly understand just how debilitating anxiety can be, I applaud your courage. I'm back to 100% with help from some anti-anxiety medication.....Wishing you all the best

[@tyh6243]

Great job, Ryan. You solo sailed AND did so while recording the adventure. Just awesome and I'm super impressed. Keep being real and thank you for sharing with us.

[@RyanSophieSailing]

The recording was the very hard part

[@RyanSophieSailing]

(Ryan being dramatic, hahaha :D) /Sophie

[@tyh6243]

@@RyanSophieSailing LOL. I think the camera part comes so naturally for some people like you, Sophie, or at least you make it appear that way. For others..like me...well it's a bit more stressful. I'm way more comfortable behind the camera than in front.

[@normanrubenis7283]

One of the most entertaining episodes yet, well done.

[@RyanSophieSailing]

Thanks so much Norman! It feels good to go back to creating fun sailing vlogs :)

[@danf3607]

Have come back to your Chanel after a break and I have to say Ryan, I’m proud of you bro. I don’t Saul, but would love to challenge myself like this. Deep respect. ❤️

[@deanlarson9140]

This was my favorite video yet. Ryan's personality is in overdrive!

[@user-rg2kk7fv4m]

Arrr Ryan, I laughed….I have been in that scenario too of being alone for quite awhile ….and we get quite busy and chatty with ourselves,, and we answer all our questions too….hmmm ….haha,…I still do it around the house and my husband just chuckles at me ! Luv you guys 👍🇦🇺🇳🇿

[@mark-cy5op]

Ryan you are awesome, really enjoyed this.

[@ArchaicHumansWorldwide]

Wanted to offer some comments. You are very in-tune with the boat and the sea and I learn something every time you sail Ryan. I find that I am also affected by disruptions in a passage for some reason, perhaps more than others. We get a mindset for a long passage and when something disrupts that its very very difficult. Like the great Skipper that you are you recognized that you needed a little time on terra firma. Its the same for me, a few days of hiking on land and I kind of find my base again and resume my voyage. Good luck! We miss Sophie too! Epic episode.

[@lukefay2464]

Ryan thank you for sharing, great job 👏

[@oceanictranquility7782]

Ryan and Sophie, I was with you at every wave and swell. Your sense of Humour is, excuse the pun, so dry I fell off the cabin bench at one point. Great sailing and even greater entertainment. Next time though it might be better if you got some Idahoan powered mash. Hot water in a jug or bowl and in 3 minutes your done. Sophie, I have to say you looked very good to me during the 3am sat call.......keep it up guys. Brilliant, David

[@Nizchka61]

keep your marbles together bro, like that ur open about all your anxieties! cool good travels

[@sailingmaracudja9977]

Ryan you are hilarious 😆 I've never seen this side of you, you're always so serious. Lov d the video, you did a great job recording it.

[@familyupgrade]

Ryan, you are SO effing brave! And further more, that white line on your right side, that is awesome! I have one too, it's in the center of my forehead. A white streak is a good thing, IMHO. And you did concer your fears, I am SO impressed of your resolute to do this when you have so much fear and anxitity about it. You go boy! mvh/Catta

[@lukecelt9000]

Together or apart, you two are a great couple! Glad (and a bit relieved 🤪) that after some chill time in the Cape Verdes, you got back in the saddle! Excellent videography too!

[@RyanSophieSailing]

Thanks so much luke

[@officialchris1234]

Awesome vid, great to see Ryan with his mojo back. But what the f##k was going on with those potatoes lol.

[@RyanSophieSailing]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 it’s called IKEA frozen mashed potatoes. I wouldn’t dare. /Sophie

[@donnakawana]

Okay so strawberry Haagen-Dazs is my weakness!! An my treat... Lol!! You made all the correct decisions.. Ryan your an inspiration... Thanks for honestly sharing your life an lives with us..... You an Sophie are two very good ppl ... Fare winds mate ✌🏼💗😊❣️

[@RyanSophieSailing]

Thank you Donna

[@seanchambers8950]

I have no idea about sailing! But since I have now watched all the video’s, you can sail a boat! The passage across isn’t a sailing test, but emotional. Congrats on the completion of an adventure.

[@dennisrobinson4588]

It has been a ruff couple of weeks for you and for Sofia! But you hung in there, good on you my friend! You are in my prayers Ryan and Sofia! I wished I could have been there to help you out on this passage. I emphasize with you for I do a lot of solo sailing myself and it can, the ocean that is, can be very testy much of the time. And it really never gets better, it’s that we get used to it, maybe!! Best of luck and my you have the wind at your back!!! God be with you!

[@RyanSophieSailing]

Thanks Dennis. Lots of people have comments to these videos but unless you have solo sailed an ocean you'll never understand. I appricate the comment. Ryan

[@Justanurse357]

Hahah! Frozen mashed potatoes instructions from the MAN crossing the Atlantic alone. You made me laugh.

[@francojoaquim569]

FANTASTIC RYAN.... TO SEE YOU FEELING GREAT .... YES... JUST BE YOURSELF..... AND BELIVE .... ALL THE BEST FOR YOU... FAIR WINDS... MY KIND REGARDS FOR YOU AND SOPHIE.... 🌷🍾🥂

[@michaelbundy3867]

Brilliant. Really enjoyed this one. You a natural in front of the camera and funny.

[@RyanSophieSailing]

Thanks so much!

[@racheldunn2500]

Great job, both of you!

[@johng1857]

Family doc who sees many refugee patients here. Thanks for helping in what way you could there with the migrant boats. From your past few videos, I think you’re trying to process your experience and maybe having to do that while you’re on a solo trip across the Atlantic has made that difficult. Consider speaking to a psychologist specializing in PTSD even if over sat phone to have someone professional to process the experience with. This can help avoid longer lasting effects from the experience. Especially if experiencing lingering anhedonia, depression, and sleep difficulty. Yes, your position in that situation was not as precarious as those in the rafts, but at the same time, you were not expecting an experience like that and had not prepared to encounter something like that. Good luck and fair winds!

[@WHennessy-oo6tb]

A Healthy Medical EMERGENCY Bag, which should include Several Month's Of whatever Medical Prescription's Along with a Practicing Medical General Practicing Doctor Report + Certification + A Good Strong Antibiotic to Treat most of the Serious Medical Infection's which May Require Antibiotics Plus You Should Receive Vaccine's Against The Tropical Diseases which you Will Be Exposed in The Areas Which You intend Visiting Which You *Must Ensure Are In Date And Were Stored before being Administered at The Correct Temperature. This I Discovered the Hard Way BECAUSE I Did Get Vacinne But the Vacinne DID NOT WORK. Which resulted in a Hospitalization, in a Country where if the Hospital Failed THEN Your Body is Without Your Permission an immediate Body Parts Donation to Every Wealthy Drunk looking for a Clean Healthy Liver, A Good Heart, Two Kidney's, Two Eyes, Just about any Body Donation Part . As it turned out , i Paid Over Thirty Thousand Euro to get out of Hospital. Thanks to A Vacinne which was not able to work, either because i Did Not Ask to Check the Expiry Date +Or i Did Not Cross Examine The Doctor with regard to Storage Of Vacinne at The Correct Temperature. Generally, We Trust Doctor's in My Nation! With regards to Any Prescription Medicines You Require, it is Absolutely Necessary that you have A Qualified Practicing Medical Doctor's Prescription to be kept with Your Medicine's. Just a few minutes before Landing in the Country i was visiting, after a Very Long Flight Halfway Around The EARTH, i was handed a Landing Card by a Airline Stewardess, without explanation. Just a Routine thing the Stewardess did five minutes before the End of Every Halfway Around The EARTH Flight. So i started to fill out the Landing Card, when i Read for the First Time "Death" to People who bring Drugs into the Country i was now two minutes from Landing. See i have a Medical Prescription for Prescription Medicines which had been Prescribed for Injuries which i had received. My visit was to a Friend who it happens is a Medical Consultant in that country, but now i was one minute from landing. As i am a Lawyer, i was Astonished to be put in such a Position. Normally, i would Ensure I would Protect Myself AGAINST such unwelcome Threat's Of "Death". But, when the Aircraft Landed, i Declared the Prescription Medicines, And, i was assured by The State employees in the Airport Arrivals Customs Area, That it was ok, that i Declared the Medicines. All the Time My Friend was going back and forth in front of the Window of the Arrival Hall. One moment, before Crossing the Arrival Line , the somewhat invisible line in ALL INTERNATIONAL PORTS OF ENTRY , I was Prepared to Hop on the Same Aircraft Home, i was Astonished to Read the Threat to ALL Visitor's. Indeed, if i had i hopped on the same Flight Home, i would have Saved Myself from Tropical Illnesses, A Huge Hospital Expensive stay, Along with a Threat of becoming A Body Parts Donation Target, And, Threat Of Execution for Arriving into Their State with Prescribed Prescription Medicines which The State could Actually Execute Visitor's. Believe it or Not, i actually Helped That Nation Subsequently when it was Suffering at the Bad Action's Of its Neighbouring Countries. But, let me get back to the Life Saving Information with regard to Medical Prescribed Medicine, i cannot state strongly enough, if you are Prescribed by any Qualified Medical Practicing Doctor Any Medicines, Then Make Absolutely Certain That you bring Your Original Doctor's Medical Prescription with you And Keep Copies on And in your Various Safe Places. Multiple Copies! If you have any doubts, About Prescribed Medicines, Then request the Embassy of the Nation which you plan to visit, in Their Embassy in YOUR own Nation, to confirm that you are Lawfully Permitted to Enter Their NATION with the Medical Prescribed Drugs which you provide a copy of your Medical Practicing Doctor's Prescription to that Embassy for THAT Nation you are visiting. Otherwise, without following Legal Advice You + Your Body May be Arrested, Prosecuted, Executed, And, Your Body Parts May become Donations to people who would pay any amount of Money for a Healthy Heart, Lungs, Kidney's, Liver , Eyes , Limbs , even your Face can be MEDICALLY Transplanted. The List Of Human Body Donation's increases as MEDICAL Expertise is Gained! When, i Questioned the Hospital Consultant about Medical Practice in the nation, where i was Hospitalized, and , i was told if i underwent any procedure and if i died during a Medical procedure, That the Hospital Automatically would without My Written Authority would take My Body as a Body they could take any organs, any limbs, any part of my body, WITHOUT MY AUTHORITY AND WITHOUT MY PERMISSION FROM ME! THAT WAS ASTONISHING a Hospital which had no reason to succeed, would be in Danger of Profiting from selling Healthy Parts. In My Nation, at least Hospital's cannot Automatically Take A Patient's Body for Body Part's. But, the Government have been looking to Adopt such A Bad Law, into Law in My Home Nation. Which is Odd, as the Number Of Volunteers to Donate their Bodies Parts are mostly Not utilized in My Nation. Instead, the Majority Of Lawfully Donated Body Parts are sent to The United Kingdom. Even though Hospitals in My Nation have Long Waiting Lists for Kidney Operation's, Heart Operation's, Lung Operation's, Liver Operation's, Eye Operation's, YOU GET THE POINT I AM MAKING!?!!! Odd, Very Odd. The above, i have stated, in Order to Save Human Lives. 1. Human Lives on The Ocean's or Sea's...But Remember Keep to The Prescribed Permitted Dose Of Medicines. Do NOT OVER DOSE! Too much Paracetamol can Kill You also, if you over dose! 2. SAVING HUMAN LIVES who do not Remember to Bring An Original Medical Practitioner Prescription stating That The Medicine's ARE PRESCRIBED MEDICALLY NECESSARY MEDICINE'S. 3. SAVING HUMAN LIVES Who have NOT DONATED THEIR LIVES to a nation they are visiting. Ryan, if you are reading the above, it really does not apply to you, specifically. But, you do need to Relax Tell Sophie your feelings. But, your feelings for Sophie should not be shared with The People on your show channel, unless you and Sophie agree. However, i Believe, it should be Private. Keep Sophie for yourself, she may Appreciate it. Now, this is where i will say goodbye for now to Ryan and Sophie. Be kind to each other. Sail together and build your family. After Reading the above , And , Before Writing it, i knew that the Medical Matter's matter, And, That Landing in A Country Half Way Around EARTH , Being Threatened with "DEATH" because i had not been pre=warned before joining my Flight from EUROPE, has ALERTED Me to Be Aware Of Real Danger's. That Night, i joined my Flight, i had just come another Flight from My Nation, And, i had been given The Fastest Airport Internal Electric Vehicle Ride Through Frankfurt Germany to Join My Flight to Half Way Around The EARTH. The Airport Electric Vehicle Driver was Like A Formula One Driver as she Floored The Electric Vehicle Accelerator...it was literally a Flying Visit. Life Changing! So Much has Changed as A DIRECT Result! But, the above input is intended to HELP PEOPLE! Which it Will Do, if PEOPLE Listen...They May Save Their Lives

[@captaincrunchie8814]

Congrats on the Yachting Monthly article. A good read, and well quoted.

[@sailingstardreamer]

So glad you decided to carry on with your solo crossing

[@brianlambert4685]

Excellent Video, Ryan you are doing just great but I hesitate to mention - Sophie stole the show! I've never heard of an expedition sailor stocking up on food for the voyage from Ikea - inspired choice by one of you.

[@JustinCaseSolarPower]

they looked like oven fry mash potato's to me. Nothing wrong with a bit of half way madness. enjoyed 😄

[@dummies1100]

Good job! Not gonna lie.....i would have been disappointed in you had you elected not to pound onward. Impressed. Shows mental strength.

[@daleabowman1747]

I enjoyed your video very much Ryan! Thank you!

[@alexanderjenkins4117]

the weirdness of long passages...love it. It's crazy but good crazy!

[@randymcmeekin1955]

My favourite Ryan and Sophie video EVER….

[@robertwhyte-moffat3770]

Great job and a fantastic inspiration...Bon Voyage.

[@ernestoquintero747]

Thank you for taking me along on your high seas adventure. Safe sailing. Safe mash potatoes cooking.

[@jamesgordon2289]

Thi sis a geat video Ryan . Especially the cooking. Make more like this please

[@stevebrunning3432]

Well done Ryan, you overcame the traumatic events you encountered.

[@sailingheron393]

Harley misses uncle Ryans cuddles 😉 Great video guys as allways 🙏

[@RyanSophieSailing]

Ryan misses Harley cuddles

[@geoffhayday6003]

Well done. One word of caution when working in that steering locker. I met a guy who was working on his boat in the yard in a locker in the evening when it blew shut and locked. He was in it for several hours as he managed to get his wife to come and rescue him, but it could have been much worse!

[@murphmurph2124]

That's a helluva nice boat ⛵⛵⛵⛵

[@TomJoyce]

You should write a culinary column in Sail Magazine. Call it “He-Man Cooking So You Don’t Die” or “Easy Vegetable-Free Meals For Dudes”. I enjoyed this video. Don’t give up! There is only the trying, the rest is noise.

[@MCMaxwell100]

You are a lovely person Ryan. Really nice job.

[@Carsten-Berlin-Wi]

Well done! Seems like playing Jo-Jo with food - 10 pounds lighter at the beginning .... half way party … here we are again :-)

[@edl617]

In the Navy when leaving Cadiz to head home to Norfolk Va. if memory serves me right 3 out of 8 times there were swells coming out of the North. And being in the Navy we did maneuvering exercises crossing the Atlantic Ocean so after ten days taking swells out of the north It really get on the nerves even on a 600 foot ship. Those crossings were in the Winter

[@klmams14]

Hi Ryan, can you tell us what is clipped to your pfd? I see the tether, but am unsure of the other items. Absolutely loved this episode. Thank you!

[@allandelapa5863]

circumnavigate the globe solo.. thats the dream ... fair weather and continue on bruddah..

[@MARKLINMAN1]

Try the idohoan Potatoes in a bag, they come in different flavors! Boil 2 cups of water, stir in the powder and Voilà! Super easy and DELICIOUS!just remember to stir as you pour the powder, you will thank me later. OUTSTANDING TASTE and very easy. Great video. Fair winds and tight lines. Soloing isn’t easy but the reward is a lifetime ACHIEVEMENT. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@cliveo]

I really enjoyed this video. Ryan you have become a natural in front of the camera. I also have this weird urge to visit ikea for food.

[@RyanSophieSailing]

Looking for a sponsorship now ;)

[@Zoozilla]

Ryan and Sophie, I came across your channel in January by entering KZbin's rabbit hole of the unknown, while I want to live on a boat someday, you two make me smile, and sometimes it's hard to keep straight face while doing homework because have your videos playing in the background on my laptop, cause of Sophie's good humor makes me chuckle. Ryan, its ok to take time for yourself or step away from something for a while, it just means you need time for yourself, Sophie too. However, if the two of you are you willing to make a playlist that have all of the cooking videos and just a tour of all the galley cupboards, pots and pans I think that would cool! What you use most often, and if you had to redo the whole galley what items would you purchase instead and why?

[@RyanSophieSailing]

Great idea!!! I think I only have one video of me cooking, but this summer I'll create a few videos that are more on the "explainer" side than on the "documentary" side. Creating videos about our galley is a great idea!!!

[@elprofee2937]

Great video, definitely subscribed

[@cjt962]

I can relate with mental struggles 😩 Chin up 😉

[@tomriley5790]

"Roll with what we've got" looked like alot of rolling there :-)! Sailing fairisle were doing the same thing with toilet rolls, not a bad idea as long as it doen't get wet! Certainly diffcult not to get complacent as you get tired and with routine. I made a joke about American cooking without the French girlfriend - I can see I should have waited :-)! Good choice with teh Ben and Jerries! Looking forward to teh rest of the trip!

[@RyanSophieSailing]

It was such a great idea!

[@richardsmerud8056]

Funny you used to climb. Because you remind me so much about Alex Honold in so many ways.

[@neykodimov2786]

The biggest anxiety really comes when you are half way and you need to warm up some frozen mashed potatoes but you don't have the instructions 😄😄

[@kjelpeterson5236]

Awesome episode Ryan!

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you are very brave, Iowa people awesome.

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Well done mate, keep ya chin up.

[@johncano2594]

You are definitely getting comfortable vlogging. Its good.