Crossing the South Atlantic Ocean - Namibia to Saint Helena - Sailing Greatcircle (ep.328)

Champagne sailing in less than 6 days, 1300 miles from Walvis Bay in Namibia to a lonely rock in the middle of the South Atlantic ocean

[@peterherth7379]

A great episode which shows why I think you are the best sailing channel on youtube. You manage to capture the essense of sailing, especially the long crossings. You give the sailing content the necessary space and the right timing, as this kind of sailing isn't fast paced action. On top of that, great music. A lot of your tracks are now amongst my favorites in my playlists. Of course, it doesn't hurt a bit that your Outremer 55 is one of the nicest catamarans on the market :)

[@jamesnguyen9033]

Great sailing. Seeing a huge pod of dolphins in the middle of the ocean is a treat.

[@CatGreatcircle]

Incredible to see them in a line a couple of hundreds of meters wide

[@jeffmooreD40]

Great Circle has the BEST sailing videos on KZbin! Content, editing, navigation detail. The BEST!!! And the O55 is fun to watch also! 😂. THANK YOU!

[@CatGreatcircle]

Thank YOU!

[@eduardobastos2857]

Your Portuguese is very good!! Congrats!!! If you stop in Vitória (Brazil) will be a pleasure to meet you.

[@bryanhughes8373]

Another great video, lots of sailing, good narrative, excellent viewing, thank you👍😊❤️

[@koa818]

Nice very Nice sailing Episode....

[@peterb4620]

Thank you for another amazing sailing episode. Fair winds P&J

[@stefanwalch49]

Another amazing episode, great shots and great music! And very interesting idea with the safety net 😉

[@koa818]

Nice project

[@davidmiller2179]

Watching your video's is a great way to see the world thanks guys.

[@CatGreatcircle]

😎😎

[@bradf1020]

Great video🎉 thanks for sharing!!

[@astroimagem7200]

your portuguese sounds great to me. Have a nice journey. Boa viagem.

[@bernhardriering10]

Thanks, another great Video, fantastic pictures, nice people, great music. Please don't stop after finishing the rallye. Fair winds

[@CatGreatcircle]

I surely hope we won’t stop, what else are we going to do?

[@bernhardriering10]

Eating frikandel special and patat mayonnaise at the Ijsselmeer 😂?

[@livingthervlocalifecarlosa3111]

Ha, I made a comment during your last leg of your trip that I have not seen you fishing and here you are on the following leg fishing 😂

[@davidellis2021]

That was a nice relaxing video, I enjoyed it. If you ever need someone to drink cocktails at sundown on your aft deck I will happily volunteer.

[@marktaylor484]

Not seen that spiders web approach before, well done Marika. What magnificent memories you are making. Guacamole yummylish...

[@gregsutton2400]

Great video, enjoy your champaign sailing when you can get it.

[@athosbulgari6571]

Parabéns ao lindo casal.......esperamos vocês no Brasil.......good winds,,,,

[@CatGreatcircle]

428 miles to go to Recife

[@robertmagrini]

Speaking "português" waaaay better than many Brazilians!!! 😂😊. Amazing video, as usual. Great music, content and footage! ❤

[@bluesbreakersailing2197]

Great Vlog and nice to see you had a lovely relaxing voyage, it was good to see you guys happy and smiling even when you were sorting out the Spinnaker.Enjoy St Helena and am looking forward to your crossing to the Caribbean.Fair Winds.

[@CatGreatcircle]

Visiting Saint Helena was very special, this rock in the middle of the ocean. We just left yesterday to be able to be in time for carnaval in Brazil. 1580 miles to go!

[@koa818]

Good for MM group

[@carolinajanssen6451]

Beautiful footage! Once again clear that no matter how much you enjoy the days, you can’t slack in attention. Marijke’s creative solution 👍 happy sailing regards from one of the 4% real Dutchies in Holland (with 80% SA blood😂) looking forward to the next upload. I sometimes watch them twice🤭).

[@CatGreatcircle]

Thanks again Carolina!

[@eleoerik]

Great video 👍

[@mikeferguson2828]

We always fly the asymmetrical spinnaker off the bow eye on the one hull never with the tack in the centre. We fly it on a 1,5m line with a tylaska shackle that you can release on the line to the tack. This floats better especially at deep angles. When we fly the spinnaker like this we run the autopilot on compass not wind angle. When we left Namibia 2 years ago we flew the Asymmetrical spinnaker from 2 days out all the way to St Helena. There were times near midnight the apparent wind was too low to keep it flying so we would sock the sail and motor for a few hours then at about 5 am it was good enough to raise again. We left St Helena on the Asymmetrical spinnaker again all the way to Fernando de Noronha. My favourite sail for sure

[@CatGreatcircle]

We’re on our way to Recife right now and the A2 is up since the beginning. With wind shifts of 50 degrees we prefer putting the autopilot on wind angle. On lower angles the boat seems to perform better with the tack more to the middle. On 160 like we’re doing this night it’s more to the windward bow

[@doughaynes365]

😅What a really dream run across the Atlantic !

[@CatGreatcircle]

Could we please please please get just a little bit more wind on the second half too? Preferably due East 😎

[@RichardGeorgeJamesJackson]

Esta falando muito bem Portuguese, parabens!!!

[@CatGreatcircle]

Temos mais uma semana para apprendir mais, 1600 nm a navigar

[@TravelonlineWalk]

Top! like from Amadores

[@alfreddaniels3817]

Very good video. 👍👍😀😀😘😘 is it an option to reef the mainsail or take it down altogether when you fly the spinnaker?? You would get more pressure and stability in the spinnaker and even a better course stability

[@koa818]

Yes B&G..... 🤔

[@mountaindweller9118]

Such a nice passage for you! Curious if you ever considered a parasailor over the A2? Also- "next boat"? "bigger boat"? Do tell! 👀 Cheers!

[@CatGreatcircle]

We had a Wingaker on the Lagoon. On a cat it doesn’t bring any added value in our opinion and normal spinnakers are half the price

[@mountaindweller9118]

@@CatGreatcircle good to know. Thanks!

[@SVSeaChange]

Eat those flying fish!

[@ahminmabed5166]

Cheers m8's

[@rayb3117]

Very minor hiccup with the one sail, other than that it was a perfect sail

[@user-wt1pg4vt6c]

В Україні вас дивляться. У вас все на 100% добре! Дякую.

[@bluesbreakersailing2197]

Will you sail in the company of other boats in your group?

[@CatGreatcircle]

All boats but 1 have left St Helena towards Brazil. We left Wednesday afternoon together with two Outremer 5X’s. You can follow the fleet via the tracker you can find on the GLYWO website

[@CatGreatcircle]

We haven’t seen any boats though after the first sunset

[@geoffthefarmer]

Are you seriously considering a new boat?

[@CatGreatcircle]

Well this one was already sold per 2024 before we even started …

[@geoffthefarmer]

I look forward to seeing what you do next.

[@Stalefish6]

…since I saw your boat at Outremer used boats, i was wondering what’s next?😉….so Outremer will come up with a 60ft cat clearly….Gunboat went from 68 to 70, so just thinking😇😂

[@CatGreatcircle]

@Stalefish6 gunboat is way out of our league but we would be interested in a successor of the 5X if there would be one. As long as we can still sail her double handed…

[@klmKL890]

4% Nederlanders oh oh oh Hans het zijn er veel veel meer. Veel reacties zijn met Nederlandse mail adressen. Niet altijd maar wel vaak.

[@CatGreatcircle]

Gebaseerd op KZbin analytics

[@dennisaston3551]

213 mi/day? WOW. What was the average speed at night?

[@CatGreatcircle]

When there is not too much wind or a lot of wind the speed during the night is the same as we will use the same sails. Only in variable winds or winds close to the edge we will change to a conservative configuration before dark.

[@Jeroendebacker1]

One day @joost…

[@vivianeriesterer4279]

are you the lucky ones to get the first outremer65 in the future?

[@CatGreatcircle]

Let’s first make sure we bring the O55 back home in one piece. Will there be an O65?

[@lma4891]

Erster! Wunderbares Segeln!!!

[@dennisaston3551]

Come to a sailing channel and see sand.... lol

[@CatGreatcircle]

Or animals like in the safari episode….apparently sailors like sand better than animals?

[@lma4891]

You want to sail around another time? 🎉

[@CatGreatcircle]

It looks like it doesn’t it, crossing another 2 oceans as a bonus. When we arrive back in the Mediterranean we will have sailed twice the distance around the equator on the O55…

[@mosca3289]

Beautiful sailing footage from the drone (once again). Thanks Great Circle.,