Sailing around the world solo by roaring forties. Alain Kalita.

[@alainkalita]

As my master Bernard Moitessier I found peace at sea. There is no other place for me to feel so free.

[@paulgillard2258]

Remember seeing this yacht at Clyde quay boat harbour Wellington many years ago. Now I finally know the story. Brave effort!

[@douglaskay9959]

I've sailed all my life, well most of it but i wouldn't try a trip like the one Alain made. Great gutsy job Alain, well done.

[@Bulletguy07]

@Douglas Kay But would you do it without GPS, distress beacon, and no radio? I'm not a sailor but that seems a totally unnecessary risk, particularly distress beacon and radio.

[@TheBeaker59]

I love that the sailing adventurer spirit is still alive. Makes my small coastal cruises around NZ seem that little bit more romantic.

[@klemenprezelj]

great trip and even greater man behind it. congratulations!

[@fritz4345]

What an inspiring trip. Well done Alain.

[@bobgaysummerland]

Alain well done. You are older now and full of wisdom acquired in less than one year. You said something I always told myself. You can’t fight the sea. She decides your fate. Be proud. You lived a dream. Few people live a dream. Fair winds mon ami.

[@carloncho1960]

Bon courage,et beaucoup de santé pour vous,saludos

[@melee401]

Getting knocked down like that isn't what determines an effort second to none, its getting back up and going onward. Great job man!

[@ScinnerNo1]

Did you actually see a knock down?

[@mreza84]

I have once sailed alone in a stormy sea at night in the North Sea around Denmark and Norway... my autopilot broke and I almost lost my little plastic boat that I was dragging, which was my only lifeline, if Something would happen and I would have to leave the boat, it was the scariest night of my life. But your adventure is way scarier than my night in the stormy sea, I mean that l feel your ordeals in the world's oceans.

[@joshuapursey]

Quelle volonté d'acier... Je vous admire ! Un jour je ferais le miens de solo...

[@alainkalita]

Le jour où tu te prépares pour ce voyage, contacte-moi si tu penses que je peux t'aider à quelque chose, ce sera avec plaisir.

[@Kyleinasailing]

I think I berthed my boat behind Nayla in Brest, September 2012. She was berthed on the outer wall in the very big marina outside Brest. I'm sure it was this boat. Brave chap.

[@stanradev]

great job man , that looked very ruff and ...u did it... congrats ..good man

[@mariajosemorenoguerrero8638]

Bravo!! Mis respetos y admiración a tu hazaña

[@alainkalita]

I'm just a man who wanted to live his dream

[@stevegee4214]

alain kalita inspiring my friend ❤️🇬🇧

[@mikekennedy5470]

When the boat was upside down .how did you get it back rite side up again.???

[@ScinnerNo1]

@@mikekennedy5470 The boat where never upside down, but he would not been seen as somekind of hero if he said he had a smooth sail all the way ;)

[@helmrichharms2225]

@@ScinnerNo1 you shouldn't call a young brave man a liar, who sailed singelhanded around the globe in a small boat, built by himself. He capsized, like many others including Chichester and lost his mast. Unlike many he was able to tell his story, because he miraculously survived. Look at his boat, its quite wide, giving extra stability, has a wide flat deck and this gives the boat unfortunately also a 'negative stability', a stability upside down. He was obviously lucky enough to encounter finally another big wave, that turned his boat around and he survived.

[@havokbaphomet666]

Thats awesome!! Cheers from Brazil!

[@granskare]

an amazing story! merci :)

[@Cyrusmagi]

To design maybe your own boat and build it yourself then sail it non stop round the earth what a marvellous sense of satisfaction. I envy those sailors who pocess a mechanical mind as well as adventure. I sail 6.4 m kingfisher sloop around Scotland and shetland and slowly converting another kingfisher 6.4 metre to a junk rig so i can sail further North. But alas im a hopeless builder! and not wealthy enough to buy what i need. But i am lucky having been given a junk sail for my boat , aquired a big junk mast very cheap and meeting Tom Haslar sonof blondie Haslar who donated his fathers ist trim tab wind vane that blondie designed and built for his own kingfisher so many years ago .

[@FishmagnetWilson]

takes heart and soul to do epic runs such as these may the winds be fair to all who try to live the dream i will be one of them soon ,Lost my twin keel steel 38ft yacht not insured but i will be back out there and will do the global run guys !

[@jacobfirst2365]

Cool! ❤️❤️❤️✌️😎 And traveling by sextant, awesome!

[@wholderby]

Amazing and VERY dangerous! Great video - reminds me of the Crowhurst movie!

[@svakestor7219]

That happens when a man has balls of steel!!

[@richardcoughlin8931]

I knew a guy who was making meticulous plans to sail around the world (not non-stop, just port to port) after he retired at age 60. Two weeks after he retired and one month before he was scheduled to set off on his voyage, he was hit by a car while riding a bicycle (he had sold his car). He didn’t die immediately but he suffered serious brain damage that led to seizures that eventually killed him. They say you can die falling in the shower. Or in a sailboat knockdown in the Roaring 40s.

[@gomerpyle2760]

What's that knocking sound? Oh, it's Alain's stainless-steel balls dragging on the deck! Good job, mate....

[@elgham5080]

alain Kalita, Thanks, Merci y Muchas gracias Suerte y Saludo.....

[@francodeseta9999]

Caro Alain, complimenti per il tuo coraggio, e la determinazione che hai avuto nel portare a termine il viaggio. Ho letto il tuo libro, che era appena uscito, e mi a colpito molto, il titolo in Italiano: (SONO NATO DUE VOLTE) la dice tutta. Buon vento Alain, e buona fortuna, te lo meriti.

[@stub2022]

The dude he passed the mail to at the beginning was hilarious! "Why non-stop? There are so many nice places to stop!" hahhaaha I agree, but each to their own. lol

[@norml.hugh-mann]

Some circumnavigate to see the world, others do.it only to test themselves...non-stop is the ultimate because one way or another your going even if weather is blocking your path, your picking the best route through the weather instead of waiting it out. No thanks for me....I wanna see it all, and not from the tiller 15 miles away. .But those that do want to do this good for yall.

[@ExploringCabinsandMines]

Best sailor on KZbin, he broke his mast rigged a new one and soldiered on, he didn't call for help like a little bitch!!! GOOD JOB !!

[@drleon-vc7df]

why non-stop? legendary ............nice.:)

[@iman80skid91]

Well done for carrying on... Very easy to give up...

[@alainkalita]

it is a testimony to prove that a large project can be achieved with limited resources

[@ScinnerNo1]

You're just a hoax, stop lying so much.

[@greekporsche928]

@@ScinnerNo1 How so?

[@bernardmahoney6684]

you did well yur boat is wrecked amazing you survived . see its the darkness would get me you cant see what is happening .

[@sailingisabella2786]

wow!! you remind me of Bernard Moitessier...Has your journey given you peace...or do you now know you will only ever feel free behind the mast running from the wind?

[@jmpaok]

nice job! way to nut up and finish your dream..

[@FishmagnetWilson]

looks like alain caught out a dreamer of which there are many I'm thinking of bringing an old hull built in 1890 back to life to try a global run in her she's 65 ft and red gum solid as a rock but may b slow and awkward when i need her to tack fast ! so I'm not 100% on the yacht i buy next but i will post her asap cheers

[@ronwinke6504]

Thank u for this fne video.Ron, WB8NMK IN N W OHIO USA June 14-2016

[@SailingEmeraldSteel]

Tres Bien! Very nice, very exciting video. Even if you had no english translation it would be self explanitory. Thanks for posting and fair winds.

[@blueplanetphotostudio9616]

Bravo!

[@nevermind2534]

i just watched how an experienced sailor on another video maintained his vessel in heavy down wind conditions.. experience is a great teacher but i like to learn as much as i can beforehand. so what was the terminal cause of the rollover?

[@ru.lo.4904]

My dream.

[@wellsgb1957]

Brave man 👍🏻

[@BeauMable]

Good job Alain ! Where can we see more footage of this sailing adventure ?

[@alainkalita]

Next trip is Tahiti go to Patagonia. You can follow our next project on my blog : alainkalita.blogspot.fr

[@alainkalita]

Impossible. Naïla was at Tahiti in september 2012. May be a lookalike !

[@ProjectManaia]

where in the world are you now? If you ever come around the Andaman Sea, we are currently running research expeditions in the Mergui Archipelaog off the coast of Myanmar. certainly worth going... a mystery wonderland with 800+ islands....

[@alainkalita]

Thanks for your invitation. Now we are at Tahiti. May be we'll see you a day, why not ! alainkalita.blogspot.com/

[@6969SpAcE6969]

Exactly, why non-stop!! I would never do that. Miss all those beautiful places in the world for nothing but water? naaa.

[@alainkalita]

6969SpAcE6969 No other experience in life would have given me a better understanding of myself. Despite all the difficulties, what I found is freedom.

[@6969SpAcE6969]

I get that. Disconnecting as much as possible form the external forces us to look internally. Good for you Alain.

[@DMX-PAT]

+6969SpAcE6969 I agree man, why did it take over 3 years, I'm not a sailor yet so person my noobism. Where was he trying to go?To get back to France right...I'm not being critical, I'm just saying there's an easier way o see the sea!!

[@vagabondroller]

Awesome! My parents had a copy of "The Long Way" that I read as a child. Bernard's writing made such an impression on me that it led the path of my life to the sea. I am writing this from the cabin of my second cruising boat that I am preparing to go cruising. I hope to do the Southern Ocean someday but watching this makes me quite content to stick to the tropics for now! Congratulations on fulfilling your dream. What is the next adventure?

[@wotan237]

How do solo sailors sleep? I mean, how is the boat set when you turn in for the night, do you weigh anchor, put in all the sails, lock the tiller, or what ? How do you keep on course during the sleep time?

[@sok8888]

Short nap, radar reflector, radar warning set to high volume. If high waves blocks radar, sailors shout on the radio their position every 5-10 minutes. And no, you don't stop to sleep.

[@sok8888]

@2:10 see the paddle thing? It is the auto-pilot. Your boat try to keep the the course you set.

[@wotan237]

sok8888 When you sail across the Atlantic solo, sailors dont sleep ?

[@sok8888]

They don't sleep 8 hours. Depending on the sailor, they usually nap for 1-2 hours while using the auto-pilot to keep the course. The ocean is big and the chances of hitting something is really small. However, if you thinking of stop sailing to sleep or wait out a storm, the sailor could "heave-to" (slow the boat while keep position and does not need to steer the boat actively).

[@jallenb1977]

crazy ocean

[@ve7yan]

almost the same feel and plot of "Jean-du-Sud around the world" by Canadian Yves Gélinas

[@norml.hugh-mann]

Video does no justice to the southern ocean....makes it seem so calm because there is no scale to the waves.....looks like 6-8s to me but i know its much bigger seas

[@bernardmahoney6684]

how do you get on at night you have to sleep sometime , night would be scary especially in a storm .

[@alainkalita]

It's difficult or impossible to sleep at night in a storm but it's the captain's job !

[@bernardmahoney6684]

i admit i would not have the cuts to do it the aloneness would get to me quite fast but i admire what you have done .

[@johnl.cwierz9750]

Good Alain. I have been labeled as insane when I made my solo,but I would consider you a masochist. Your trip I would just say it is too much. Sometimes I wonder what are we trying to prove? Any way, I'm glad you made it OK. John.

[@alainkalita]

John L. Cwierz "Il ne s'agit pas de vivre dangereusement. Cette formule est prétentieuse. Ce n'est pas le danger que j'aime. Je sais ce que j'aime. C'est la vie"(Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)

[@tabipapi]

good man…still sailing?

[@alainkalita]

Janos D Yes. Look at my blog alainkalita.blogspot.fr/

[@tabipapi]

alain kalita ,thanx you inspiring me lot

[@miamisox]

damn!!!

[@havokbaphomet666]

When was this filmed?

[@alainkalita]

It was in 1996 but the sea is the same today

[@havokbaphomet666]

Thats a poet's answer right there, mate. :)

[@alaskanalain]

The sea is the same but you did it with a sextant and compass. Today storm radar, electric chart plotters are common, we also have internet weather etc. Still a challenge though.

This guy is one gusty sumbitch!! I'd've parked my ass in NZ and STAYED there!

[@alainkalita]

I thought to park my ass in NZ but the call of the sea was stronger

[@simonetbenoit74]

Trop facile de rester. Le confort est le cancer de l'ennui. Beaucoup en sont Déjà morts, sans s' en rendre compte. The sea is the last place for freedom . Worst troubles always happen on land. Good luck.

[@rjanbrathenbarholt.5417]

SEE FLAT EARTH

[@bernardmahoney6684]

around the world yought race night time sailing

[@ptsmith4660]

only a frog with be so crazy

[@jacdragan8918]

Weird as they come. Lucky to be alive. Good video on how NOT to sail.

[@bernardmahoney6684]

looks angry and scary to me .