Sailing the Caribbean Ocean, around British Virgin Islands- On a Catamaran...!

[@erikaanderaa]

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[@dancarter482]

_Iridium_ for the WIN!

[@Coleen_West]

I love the look of a sailboat more than a catamaran. One has classic good looks and the other reminds me of a house boat. Could be great in some situations but sailboats like yours rock!

[@alexxela754]

Agree 100% I just can’t be exited about the cats. But I really see the benefit for family sailing if you have the money 💰

[@nasseemmuttur778]

I think the same. But people now want easy sailing. Greetings from Mauritius.

[@Coleen_West]

@@nasseemmuttur778 ...plus the thin build of Cats is dangerous in most situations. They are down to a single layer of fiberglass on each side of foam and this cracks very very easily. Especially when the deck is glued to the hull and not glassed (see this weeks episode of Parlay Revival where the deck peeled back several feet while sailing - could have been a fatal sinking).

[@Coleen_West]

@@alexxela754 ....yes, that Zatara Catamaran is the first great looking Cat if you need the space. Very appealing but still love sailboats.

[@nasseemmuttur778]

@@Coleen_West overhere it's only fibreglass, mostly fibreglass mat. No foam or even marine plywood available.

[@therealjd1503]

I spent the week on a catamaran in the BVI. The best trip of my life, I hope I’m able to return one day. This video brought back great memories👍

[@loribadgero1035]

I love the direction your life is taking, Erik!😊🤗👍💯 Naturally, as opportunities arise, and you participate in them AND choose to share them with us, they will include a little diversity into warmer climates and different boats. We are fortunate to be part of your world! This is all awesome. ❤🤩😎👏🏻🌊💨💫

[@erikaanderaa]

Thanks Lori! So cool to share this with you☺️

[@loribadgero1035]

@@erikaanderaa did you see the Sailing Uma video regarding this adventure? The man who coordinated the event was chatting with Kika and Dan, and his comments regarding you were really funny!! He was listing some of the sailors who were invited and really lit up when he said, “We even invited a Viking, I guess a real one! He’s 6’4” and a real beast! I’m afraid of him!!” Hysterical, OMG. They reassured him you were a nice guy. 😂😂🤣 Well, I thought it was funny I guess. You looked like you all had a really good time, but I was disappointed that Sam Holmes was left out. Maybe in the future.

[@guidouytterhaegen]

Yes!… just watch out that its …..nbjs……….

[@OceanCruisers]

Cheers for the shoutout mate! great video and I cant wait to sail with you again in some warm non Norwegian waters!

[@erikaanderaa]

Thanks, looking forward to it!

[@gra6276]

Great video Erik and a time we won’t forget. It was great to spend the week with everyone and we can’t wait for September!!

[@erikaanderaa]

See you soon Graham, thanks!

[@OceanCruisers]

look forward to seeing you guys again mate!

[@Coleen_West]

Nice Erik! We need more sailing Tesse in big seas. Got to be some of the best sailing on youtube and your sailboat is looking so so perfect now!

[@erikaanderaa]

Youll love the next video then, I hope!

[@Coleen_West]

@@erikaanderaa ...looking forward to it! Don't be afraid to post a long video with cameras from the aft. Nice and simple is good. No music needed and no editing. Just hours of awesome storm videos. If that is too long for some people, can you open a second youtube channel with long videos? People really want to feel like they are on the boat with you for the entire trip..

[@harper5892]

Erik, I am with you in spirit. Thanks for every moment!

[@stimpsonjcat67]

5:30 Bless you cilia! (sp?) So happy to see you in the BVI, Erik. My grandfather skippered bareboats there back in the late 80s and I have been there several times including a power-cat trip in 2015. This brought back a lot of memories.

[@siljelervik9886]

Thank you🤧😂

[@joe-vl3nd]

Nice one Erik 👍🇮🇲🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@goofy4birds]

I just returned from sailing in the VI, love love sailing in that area. So much to see and great snorkeling. And Pizza Pi in Christmas Cove was a treat. We sailed past Jos van dyke, huge cruise ship in port at the time.

[@ckflack2]

Erik you brought the gale force winds to the Caribbean! 😂 it was a blast. I don't think I realized at the time just how lucky we were to have such inclement winds and beating seas. Loved every minute and looking forward to Greece!

[@erikaanderaa]

Thanks Chandra! See you soon☺️

[@iaing2030]

Looked like a fantastic experience. Cats are something else, the room on them is insane compared to our mono hulls.

[@crstothard]

Still no BS, even from the Caribbean! Greetings from NYC!

[@tangoreal9098]

Zoleo user here on every adventure. Always in my day pack!

[@swampyfox8688]

Another great video. Thanks!A change of pace/sail is good for the soul. ⛵️

[@Jawnexplores]

absolutely fantastic video, and such wonderful storytelling. Your films are always so wonderful, and they keep getting better

[@soggybottom3463]

Oh...Skipper Eric's boat was surely the most fun....xxx🤗🤗🤗 skål!!!

[@cv5036]

Great Video Erik! Thanks for sharing!! Can’t wait to see you guys in Greece

[@erikaanderaa]

See you soon!

[@billburkart8527]

Great video Erik, I really enjoyed this one. You looked like you were really enjoying yourself. Your story telling and editing are top notch. 👍👍

[@davemc9823]

As always Erik, a great video. Thanks

[@geezenslaw]

So there we have it... Caribbean sailing, warm weather and bikinis...! The cat looked fantastic... notwithstanding, I'll stary with my all electric off-grid sloop... thnx for the Zoleo tip... Fair Winds...

[@robertgold2643]

Great sailing and episode, quite the contrasts!

[@johanhofstedt7317]

Great as always Erik!!

[@Vildra-t8i]

I would most definitely go for Nikki or Laura as my skipper! What great persons and the sailing experience and knowledge WHOOOOOAAAA! Eric you are the third choice of course - sorry about that - if it helps you are the no. 1 choice for having a discussion how to set up your boat in solo sailing :). I think you can agree about Laura and Nikki having excellent experience doing amazing solo passages etc.

[@JS-yj7ow]

It’s been years, but a couple of great trips in the BVI and USVI over the years. Between sailing there, and hut skiing in Canada, some of my best trips.

[@OutdoorFreedomDk]

👍💪👊 Thanks. I have been lucky that my brother and quite a few of my friends have had sailboats and smaller sailboats since I was a young teenager. So I've sailed monohulls "always". BUT my brother bought a 50-year-old catamaran in Chithester England, and we then sailed it home to Denmark. Over the English Channel, and through the Kiel Canal (Nord-Ostsee-Kanal (North Sea - Baltic Sea Canal), formerly Kaiser-Wilhelm-Kanal). I don't know.. The boat lies well in the water during sailing, so that coffee cups and bottles do not tip over on the table. Disadvantage is that it is not happy to sail upwind. So there needs to be tacking more often..

[@mikereid2865]

Great video as always, thanks.

[@Ericktuin1]

Impressive as always!

[@waderogers]

Utsira was stunningly beautiful. As was Silje! Those Fountaine Pajot catamarans are amazing. I've been looking at 38' catamarans for a couple of years now, planning for when my wife can retire. We'd probably move from Alaska to the U.S. East Coast where my family live, buy a catamaran and sail to BVI and the American virgin islands, from Miami, which is only about 50 miles. That's my dream! Loved the Selden single line furler for your new, good looking Rolly Tasker gennaker! Sure makes putting that thing away SO much easier and safer. That's important if you have to drop it quickly in a squall. You don't even need to go forward, until you want to drop the furled sail. I sailed a 38' catamaran about 900 miles 4 years ago from San Diego, California to Cabo san Lucas, Mexico. My first time on a 'cat' and like you, I too was impressed. I was on watch at 1am with the asymmetrical spinnaker up, doing 11-12 knots! Just flying downwind! But it was nearly too fast so I dropped the sock on the sail and rolled out the gennaker instead. Speaking of squalls, they're common in the Caribbean and it looks like you got caught by one! Best to furl early. The radar should show you the rainfall coming your direction from those squalls. I'm doing a 220 mile race around one island here in S.E. Alaska, this June. The island is called 'Admiralty Island'. That's how big Alaska islands are! I've done this race 15 times. We stop at Baranof Warm Springs and soak for a couple of days in the natural hot springs. Am taking my Catalina 30 and two good friends, so I'm working hard on the boat right now. seasailing.us/AIR2020 Great video my friend. Looking forward to the next one to Up Helly AA!

[@jabjab1010]

Interesting to see you in warm weather. Good video. I too will stick to monohulls although the family wants to try a Cat next time we go to the Caribbean.

[@WillKamp]

Erik, I had very similar issues with my top down furling gennaker. Adding a Selden tack swivel did wonders for me along with practice. My boat is a The S&S Tartan 37 so it's very similar to Tessie. I fly my gennaker solo or short handed as well. I highly recommend the tack swivel.

[@faruk1789]

Bra jobbet,takk.

[@Michael-v3z1s]

ERIK IS BACK.!!

[@FunsongsMusicByPeterRahill]

3,649th tag-along view... let's go!

[@synthnseq]

Holy crap Eric, those waves in the next vid preview...!

[@cihangarros]

We love you Erik from all around The world 🎉 say hello to Ocean from us

[@gregm2074]

awesome episode as usual 😎

[@rschreck876]

Hobie 16’s are so much fun!

[@Rubbernecker]

Outstanding!!

[@arvernnekleiv4082]

Great video! I have been sailing several times in Caribbean, from Grenada in the south and have more or less visited all islands to USVI/BVI and Puerto Rico in the North. I have only been sailing in Greece once, and am courious about the opportunity in September if it is still available. I live north in Sveio, not far from your home base.

[@omarkn4371]

Beautiful!

[@SteveeCee]

Wow, fantastic time. I hired a 16ft Hoby Cat in France once at Concarnau bay in Brittany. Fantastic fun. My good friend who is an Albacore international champion, helmed for a bit and got it on one keel for about 5 miles out to sea. Exhilarating

[@integritydroners]

I enjoy your channel! Thank you!!

[@soaringman]

I was sailing today < i come and watch this I love it

[@andyjamesable]

Those Cats look cool and comfortable .. I have many friends here in Asia who have them and swear by them .. but for me I will stick to my lovely Corbin 39 monohull ..

[@surfrico]

Love your channel.

[@thhaar62]

Thanks!

[@erikaanderaa]

Thank you!

[@stimpsonjcat67]

Oh wow...Bitter End was BURIED in boats when I was last there. Charming to see it empty'.

[@simonjones7785]

2 turns around the capstan and the line will not slide in either direction 1 lap of the capstan and the line can be stopped with minimal pressure

[@tangoreal9098]

Eric, Great video I hope we can join you some day on one of these adventures. You are looking healthy and enjoying life. FWAFS!

[@thirdlion3107]

Sailed the BVI a good few times on an older FPj! Wonderful boats and an beautiful place ❤ we’ll be off Athens in September too, but heading home on the 14th 😢 Sailing is life, everything else is just waiting 🤙

[@nedkelly2677]

Great video. Thank you so much for sharing a great adventure. I got surprised that you suffer from seasickness . thanks a lot for suggesting your sponsor VPN it was real game changer and it works very well.

[@renatofigueiredo603]

Very funny Catamaran party.

[@bertmacdonald337]

Monohulls sail in the water and cats sail on the water, you pays your money , you makes your choices ! Cats everytime for me now I`ve grown soft in my old age! Utsire, that strange place in the British shipping weather forecast, North Utsire, South Utsire, Fisher, German Bight .... Tussen takk Eric, did it make a nice change to swap rum for hjemebrent ? Fair winds old mate, stay safe xx

[@HellyWelly93]

Loved seeing the two opposites 😁

[@alexandermenzies9954]

So Silje was right (in the Cyklades) about yachts never heeling over! 🤪.

[@JoshPostVlogs]

Awesome episode!!

[@erikaanderaa]

Thanks Josh!!

[@glennstephenson184]

I love your channel brother.

[@maxifenix9979]

North is up!

[@richardstreet7518]

Amazing

[@teeheeteeheeish]

Catamarans are pretty amazing. A trimaran races in my weekly race, and it crushes everybody. I would feel a little bit of shame if I ever switched from a monohull to a catamaran, but not for long!

[@FLH3official]

Yes, Erik, you're right, as you say "stick to Tessie and the North Sea sailing". ( 'cause I'm not sure your regular viewers care about youtubers jet-setting-sailing in the Carribeans or Greece. NBJS. 😄 )

[@karaDee2363]

Caribbean temperatures are too hot for my Viking Blood..🍻🍸

[@gandorg]

Did you know that Peter Island used to be owned by the Smedvig family from Stavanger (which is the next city south from Erik's home town for those not familiar with Norwegian geography 🙂 ) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Island

[@erikaanderaa]

I did not know that! Should be included in the video If I did know🤷🇳🇴

[@CosmicBeings]

When I was young I wanted a catamaran, but the older I get the better I think a sailing boat is if want to do crossings. Catamarans I think is great for costal sailing.

[@erikaanderaa]

They do very well in the open ocean as well. Personally I like the mono as they heel over, making you feel the power and fun😀

[@landinsongs]

While it was fun to see you in the Caribbean, your uniquenesd is in the rough north sea. Not many sailors can handle those waters like you. Looking forward to more norwegian episodes. And I still think you should use lifelines more often on deck ;-)

[@TheSpitfireMerlin]

Unas buenas vacaciones lejos del duro Atlántico Norte.

[@dustman96]

We are going to have another catamaran convert.

[@jayfee176]

So how were the Piña Coladas, I knew that great Trade wind sailing in the Carrib would get you one day. Enjoy.

[@inneshutton3716]

Great video Erik, very interesting, what size was the cat ? could she be sailed single handed ? In that squall would it not have been safer to reduce sail ? Amazing boat though- like a floating apartment, make a great livaboard ! :)

[@erikaanderaa]

Its a Tanna 47, she could indeed be sailed singlehanded. Yes the sails should be reefed quite a bit, but the gail didnt last for too long😇

[@ckflack2]

... that's how the saying goes, right? 😉

[@kevlarandchrome]

Tessie looks good in orange and black.

[@faelsinnes]

still waiting for the Lerwick trip video, promised for March

[@From_Refugee_To_Yacht_Owner]

The inspiring viking.

[@kennypetrie]

I wud love to join you as crew but iv never even bn on a sail boat.. love these videos tho. You have given me the desire t get into sailing solo...

[@APavlovskyi]

Erik, what catamaran you sailed? Tanna 47? What are your thoughts about multihulls?

[@erikaanderaa]

Yes, big, sturdy and safe. I prefer monohulls as they heal over wich tells you what powers is hitting the rigging/ more action👌☺️ And they are selfrightening.

[@FrankMarcussen]

Hmmm? Ja Ja... Ha Ha. Pinakuladas🎉😂

[@thomaskreidner]

I like your own yacht much more

[@Polarforscher666]

Great video as always, but way too many people on that cat 😂 Solo sailing rocks❤

[@antoniokairis2700]

Venha pra o Brasil, pode ficar em minha casa por uns dias

[@fortza11]

Great video - and then, a "REAL" (I´m Danish, we are the real vikings) Nordic Viking, the crew is in good hands!!

[@antoniokairis2700]

Gosto muito dos seus vídeos, sou do Brasil, vou comorar um veleiro de alumínio e nos encontrar

[@monikacastellsestella7602]

Hope to have a ship tomorrow. I will tell you latter

[@Michael-v3z1s]

We stay with Tessy.

[@Angel9ll]

Eric, du har den beste videoen av alle jeg ser på. Det er synd at engelsken min er enda dårligere enn norsken min.

[@colintraveller]

Top Drawer

[@agentdouble-osoul158]

Erik, I can’t see you leaving the North Sea any day soon. The Caribbean is way too sedate for you :)

[@xThedude91x]

because u are a fucking wild vaking erik, of course u prefer rough adventures!!! goood luck brother wish u the best!!

[@stimpsonjcat67]

7,500 Tessies!

[@Norsesailing]

Hei Erik ser du reklamere for zoleo ser at det er en sos der kan jeg da bruke den som nødpeilesender også i steden for en plb sender?

[@erikaanderaa]

Hei, den erstatter ikke nødpeilesender. Nødpeilesender plukkes opp av alle redningsstasjoner worldwide. Men Zoleo kan absolutt brukes som en ekstra sikkerhet!

[@tomaszyoung3281]

NBJB?

[@rickardflodin4200]

Du skulle testa att segla en trimaran då du får uppleva lite fart. Själv seglar jag en Corsair 28a, men skulle jag segla de vatten du seglar hade jag nog skaffat mig en liknande båt pg av större innerutrymmen men i varmare vatten är det flerskrov som gäller :)

[@andrewhorsburgh2549]

Much prefer your boat.

[@bigpistol2]

I swear to Odin Erik, if you sell Tessie to buy a cat and start wearing budgie smugglers I will unsubscribe!! Seriously though, you look happy with Silje, congrats man! #onelifeliveit

[@erikaanderaa]

Tessie will always be nr 1, no worries😃

[@KalJus23]

Caribbean Ocean? He discovered a whole new ocean, and who said exploration has died.

[@gra6276]

Really? that is your comment? how many languages do you speak?

[@KalJus23]

@gra6276 speaking multiple languages isn't a gauge of intelligence. I speak 4 languages and I am dumber than a box of rocks.

[@mikepeuker]

hi, first one

[@stimpsonjcat67]

8:44 I see the Indians behind you.

[@svporqueno]

Of the two places, I'd rather be in the North Sea on a monohull.

[@cesarfernandezcardillo4944]

Erick please legenda IN PORTUGUÊS