Catching up with the fleet - Panama to the Galapagos - Sailing Greatcircle (ep.258)

Yes! We're going to make it and catch up with the rest of the fleet. Will we even get to the Galapagos before their planned departure for the Marquesas?

[@carolinajanssen6451]

Whahaha de theedoek🤭 You have made it. Thank you for the beautiful footage. Safe crossings👏👍

[@ThoughtfulWander]

Great job catching up to the fleet!! Be safe Greatcircle crew! 👍👍👊👊

[@captainsirjackchucklebutty6147]

Very big congratulations to you both to get to Galapagos and to leave all the tribulations in your wake ( I am sure ). When you crossed the Equator with a cheer ,it brought a tear to my eye remembering exactly that same feeling in 1999 when I was doing it on my Fontaine Pajot! We had no wind that year ,but a Frenchman in St Marteens had sold me an enormous lightweight double genoa that I rigged to fit on the one furling headstay and we could make 5 knots with that. I am going to really really enjoy your next excellent videos as my memories are a blurr. And vids gone when I had my Mutiny in Tonga. 'The Mermaid'' yatchtie bar/restaurant WAS THE place to meet up un Vavaau ,Tonga. I heard they had a cyclone and it burnt down in the meantime, but I have a strong feeling you will be made very welcome in " The Friendly Islands". I was and spent 3 years there. Cheers , and miles of happy tradewind sailing I wish for you. In some ways this is the best bit! Mark " Alchemy' xxxxx

[@TyyDaymon]

Love the knowledge skill confidence and.detail

[@neilgardiner7632]

Congratulations guys, back with the fleet! 👍🥂

[@JustinCaseSolarPower]

Congratulations. What a ride. You will remember this adventure even into your next lives

[@carlosvallejo4926]

Congratulations to the crew!! You guys did an amazing job!! All the luck in the world for the next passage! Lots of cheers from Canary Islands ❤️

[@christip20]

Everyone is pulling for you & it was wonderful to see them all welcoming you guys back with the fleet! What an adventure this has been for you!

[@rudywellens2368]

Geweldige film

[@alexmikhael5061]

SO COOL that you'all caught up with the group before the MASS left for the big crossing~! AWESOME!! keep beeing awesome ;)

[@TheSCOOTER1943]

My little sister, Carol, lives just North of the Panama Canal on the Gulf Dulce in Costa Rica. She has an animal shelter. Too bad you couldn't have met her, you would have really enjoyed her. Maybe another time. Safe passage

[@alfreddaniels3817]

Quite a performance. I love the drone video of the sailing 👍👍

[@thehighpriestess8431]

How cool that you share your adventures in You Tube. Great videos! Congratulations on crossing the Equator! Looking forward to more videos on your adventures! Blessings and fair winds. :)

[@ThoughtfulWander]

You all need to charge those birds a passage fee 🤣😂🤣😂👍👍

[@CatGreatcircle]

They can pass as often as they want as long as they take their belongings along 🙈

[@ThoughtfulWander]

@@CatGreatcircle 😂🤣😂🤣

[@johanmarais9950]

You guys are just great - well done - great achievement

[@richardsimpson2599]

Just bloody awesome !

[@brettgraham1966]

Such an amazing welcome, you guys are building a great community, can only imagine what it will be like after 3 years 👍😄

[@CatGreatcircle]

Yes it’s really nice to be in a group and still have all the freedom you choose to have

[@josemavila3031]

Congratulations most of the fleet joined to start the new leg !!!!!!!!!!

[@dirkvandertoornvandertoorn4895]

well done looking forward to the next video stay save

[@zzzxxzzz3248]

Thanks for sharing !

[@Kohako2024]

Geweldig !!! mooie trip,,,be safe out there,,and good luck with the crossing!!! :)

[@reinierooijevaar1572]

Heel blij voor jullie keep going prima videos en ik kan je emotie begrijpen Marijke TOP

[@timmitchell8784]

Congratulations on catching up!!!

[@tomwilliams8675]

Happy for you catching up with the fleet. I bet you'll be at the front of the pack soon enough 😊😁👍🇺🇸

[@CatGreatcircle]

😎

[@simbayukiwolf]

Good thing you brought a power washer, I would hate to have to clean that by hand. 😁

[@realulli]

I was thinking, bringing a power washer would have been a good idea, decided to watch until the end before I comment... power washer going brrr.... ;-)

[@CatGreatcircle]

Unfortunately even the power washer wasn’t enough to get it off 🙈

[@troublekaliman]

Beautiful!

[@ajsonstegard5729]

That's awesome!!!

[@andrewsarratt-sailingadventure]

Hi Guys - were ahead of you sailing on one of the Oysters - - Ruth 2 ( part of the Oyster World Rally ) Same route Panama - Galapagos - Marquesas Islands - Rangiroa - Rimatara - Atoils worth a visit - Bora Bora now - Some videos up on youtube on my channel - Andrew Sarratt of where we were - might be of interest - We had the boobie Birds also on our passage -lots of cleaning the next day !! - Love the vids - safe sailing and enjoy the Pacific - its just magic Andrew

[@CatGreatcircle]

What’s your top 3 between Nuku Hiva and Bora Bora

[@andrewsarratt-sailingadventure]

@@CatGreatcircle Rangiroa Top - great diving - Raiatea - lots of Achourages Moorea - small - Bora Bora more commercial

[@realulli]

The sleeping seal at the end... :-)

[@CatGreatcircle]

Almost as cute as Thomas wasn’t she?

[@realulli]

@@CatGreatcircle I'm not into guys, so I can't really comment on that. Some ladies might agree with you, though. ;-)

[@CatGreatcircle]

😂😂

[@sonoman00ify]

I wish I had these ultra expensive problems.

[@CatGreatcircle]

🤣🤣🤣

[@scarletbegonias2359]

I found the " LIKE" Button, but where's the " LOVE" Button?

[@CatGreatcircle]

I seem to have a button like that

[@dennisaston3551]

I love your channel and want to encourage you to keep it up! Your drone shots and videos while underway are really excellent and easy to lose myself to. One area of improvement if I could make a suggestion though? Volume leveling. I couldn't tell you how to do it but when watching a segment I adjust my volume to the right level for me and then a new clip comes in and the volume almost doubles and I have to rush to turn it down again. Next segment its too quiet. Repeat. Again, I really like your work and am enjoying things, can't believe you caught back up to the fleet. I was expecting everyone to look exhausted and it doesn't look like that happened.

[@CatGreatcircle]

Yep it’s still strange what happens with the audio levels when exporting

[@jmsask]

👍✌️

[@sadretroy2352]

👏👍⚓️

[@FrederiqueIndiana]

For 24 hours did you have to do the full check-in with fumigation of the boat and immigration and all?

[@CatGreatcircle]

We had a certificate from Panama and checkin was the easiest ever not sure that this is the full procedure even for 24h stops

[@barryholiday8998]

👏👍🏻

[@randalladdison537]

on my boat if i had one now the captain don't drive....only supervises...captain only docks the boat and for leaving the dock.

[@CatGreatcircle]

Yes I heard of boats and/or captains like that. On our boat all the captains have to work

[@randalladdison537]

@@CatGreatcircle i do that so the crew can learn but like my old friend told me when docking when i was sailing his boat for him "i would rather put my own holes in the boat" hahaha

[@randalladdison537]

@@CatGreatcircle i only wish for a captain like you because i never owned a spinnaker and want to learn that when i am able to get my next sailboat at age 72 i need something very comfortable like a neel trimaran with smoother motion like your cat. I need to buy a home to dock it because i don't sleep good while traveling. I don't know if i could tolerate overnight passages anymore. I did two passages from Tampa Florida to Panama city Florida after buying a boat in Tampa....i don't think i ever slept a wink.....i began to hallucinate. Thought i saw trees on the horizon and we were miles from shore