Crossing the English channel in November Ep 4

We crossed the English channel from Alderney to Lymington November 2021.
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[@yannmonnier4291]

Nice video. Thx for sharing your adventure.

[@bushpoint]

Thank Yann, stay tuned and there will be more :-)

[@Ultimus_Romanorum_V]

Thank you for video, it's a interesting and beautiful yacht, successfull in trip:)

[@bushpoint]

Thanks, glad you liked the video, we are so happy with the boat.

[@rolfschumacher9484]

huhu, I saw a Hallberg Rassy cap on your head 😅🤣

[@bushpoint]

You are so right 😅 and HR was on our list once, before we went aluminum and center board :-)

[@rolfschumacher9484]

@@bushpoint Well I think Hallberg Rassy 57 or Boreal 55 are of equally good quality. The Boreal is slightly more suitable in bad weather.

[@lungarotta]

I was not very fond of Boreal before... but since I'm watching your videos I'm beginning to appraciate it, it looks like so stable... do you have electric winches?

[@bushpoint]

Yes, we have electric winches, the big central and then the two for the genua. And yes the boat is very stable and we feel safe.

[@benh9928]

Thanks for these videos- great for Boreal lovers! Can I ask how efficient your panels are on the dodger and coach roof? Do they get heavily shaded by the mast/ boom? Are you self sufficient with watt& sea/ wind and solar?

[@bushpoint]

Thank you for watching! It’s too early to say since we only sailed in England and in the winter and not much sun here 😀 The sun do come out sometimes, but then it’s in a low angle. The solar panels on the doghouse and coach roof will probably be less effective because of the shading as you point out. We have 1100 W in total so we’ll see how far that will take us. When sailing it looks like the Watt & Sea will keep up with the consumption. Our earlier experience with wind generator is that there is only a few times they are worth the money. But shouldn’t a long distance cruiser have a wind generator? Trying to keep up the ”image” 😂😂