LAND HO ENGLAND! After 7 YEARS AT SEA | Sailing Florence Ep.169

The FINAL MILES of our North Atlantic Ocean Crossing. 4 months ago we set off to make this forbidding ocean passage. Join us as we dodge fishing boats to catch our own fresh fish for dinner and see our first glimpse of England since we set off to sail around the world over 7 years ago.
We have been sailing around the world for 7 years after setting off from England in 2016 on board our 37ft sail boat Florence. Join us as we share the highs, lows, and challenges of travelling around the world by boat, Sailing offshore across the Oceans and exploring remote locations with our own little tiny house. Boat life out at sea on the ocean and off the grid.
You can also follow us via our blog at www.sailwiththeflo.wordpress.com
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00:00 - North Atlantic Ocean Crossing
01:03 - Sailing to England
05:26 - Catch and Cook Skipjack Tuna
08.01 - British weather and another fish
11:04 - Fogbound at sea
12:43 - Perfect Sailing Conditions
17:08 - Land Ho England
#sailing #ocean #sailingaroundtheworld #circumnavigation #sailingyachtflorence #boatlife #boatlifestyle #yachtlifestyle #syflorence #sailingdoublehanded #dolphins #atlanticcrossing
Music in order as played:
The New World - www.hooksounds.com - Licenced
Forgotten World - www.hooksounds.com - Licenced
Chilly Night - www.hooksounds.com - Licenced
Inspiring Calm Folk - www.hooksounds.com - Licenced
Distant Memory - www.hooksounds.com - Licenced
Stepping Beyond - www.hooksounds.com - Licenced

[@thatflightsimguy]

This made me cry. I don't even know you but I've watched for about 5 years on the treadmill and you've kept me in great shape! Now I have people looking at me weird a grown man crying on a treadmill in the gym 😂😂😂. Congrats guys, I know you've been back for a couple months but for all of us, your circumnavigation happens as we find moments to watch it. I watch in awe of what you have experienced. You should be so proud of yourselves.

[@SailingRippleEffect]

Love this comment. So much support 🫶🏼

[@user-kp7sf9ez2z]

Yours is my favourite sailing channel and if I had to trust anyone to safely take me across an ocean in a sailboat, it would be the two of you. Thanks for your amazing videos.

[@charles11ification]

Hear...hear!

[@IntoTheBlueCrew]

Agree :-)

[@norman4991]

You two are legends, well done. It's been awesome to follow you for the last 7 years. Heartfelt thank you.

[@marktahu2932]

I believe that Oyster owes Florence a company sponsored detailed refit and upgrade as an appreciation of your care of their creation.

[@garygoldstein6023]

So glad the seagulls found it important to welcome you back from such a long journey. Very glad the whales snubbed you.

[@annagordon9523]

I shed a little happy tear at the end - really liked your thoughts about hearing seagulls and seeing cormorants again! Welcome home, don’t stop posting videos please! 🙏

[@SailingRippleEffect]

Was just thinking the same. Please don’t stop posting videos

[@SamuelKTennis]

A sobering fact - "this is the longest I have lived anywhere". Thanks for sharing this. Hurry up and catch the rest of the tuna so you are back in neutral territory, or waters, again! Welcome home. I do not know about you, I appreciated the uncelebrated quiet of your arrival, Some other travelers homecomings have seemed so stressful.

[@IceglacierArnar]

I could not be without Iceland 🇮🇸 in 7 years. Enjoy England!

[@daithuan]

Congratulations and welcome home guys!!! What a journey!!!

[@user-qg6bh7rv8c]

All i can say is WOW!! What a great adventure. Congratulations and thanks for sharing.

[@philbalderson8085]

Beautiful film, and so inspirational. Huge congratulations on all you’ve achieved. 50k under Florence’s keel is a great number. Here’s to the next 50! X

[@SailingRippleEffect]

Agreed!! 🤩🤩 such an inspiration

[@michaelvanwinkle7919]

Congratulations Matt and Amy on the completion of your circumnavigation!

[@waynedoeblin6801]

A cup of English Breakfast Tea,can’t get better than that,and what a lovely place to enjoy it.Yes,I’m still watching,and looking forward to each episode,but haven’t commented much.🙂

[@jackieb4516]

Your adventures have been amazing! Your videos make me feel like I am aboard Florence.

[@invention-city]

You two are so utterly British. Minimal emotion on completing an epic journey. So much unsaid. "Cup of tea."

[@andyjamesable]

Sir Francis Drake, captain Cook, Lord Nelson, Sir Francis Chichester, Robin Knox Johnstone, Amy and Mat, .. a long line of superb English navigators and seaman, ..welcome home !!!

[@bcdoak2525]

My favorite sailing channel. I knew you were legit when you won that dinghy race on some random island.

[@artsmith103]

Do you remember about what episode number, time period, or location?

[@ingriddoorn1201]

I had tears in my eyes too, what an amazing achievement, you can be so so proud of yourselves. Sending you both a big hug, Ingrid and Alan

[@TigerRei]

Never thought I'd finally see this day. Congratulations.

[@philiphurst831]

Congratulations! What an incredible experience you've had!

[@clarebailey]

Thanks for taking us along your journey, what an accomplishment! Congratulations, well deserved.

[@isabellaSonia-uc8bt]

There are more and more people supporting it, and I am one of them. Have you also seen the previous works?😄😄

[@Jakawere1]

❤❤❤ it. I have watched you folks for almost 5 years and I feel like I know you personally. Your calmness and authenticity is amazingly easy to feel through the videos. I want to wish you two nothing but the beat in the next endeavor

[@greggbutler9344]

Once you realise the state of the Uk now you’re probably turn around and set sail back to where you came from. ❤❤❤❤

[@sthtemp2]

Florence and the Machine. The Machine being Matt and Amy. Congrats. Well done.

[@bubbleobill267]

Time for a quick refit and some fresh stores, then back out for another lap!.

[@southernpaths2986]

I hope you’ll do a sort of “what’s different about England” video… After spending so much time away, I could imagine there’ll be a bit of getting used to being back home. It’s been an amazing journey… thanks for taking us all along with you!

[@hughburton4175]

been with you since your first video. Dropped other KZbinrs behind and now rate you and the Wynns as the pick of the bunch. Love you both ❤❤❤

[@chinoodin4735]

Echoing everyone’s congratulations! Well done on so many levels ❤ cheers 🥂

[@disinfo2050]

Beautiful loved the seagulls ,hug each other. Off camera. You both deserve a huge hug from your amazing❤❤ crew.

[@soggybottom3463]

God bless. Your arrival in the Scillies brought tears. Perhaps the essence of being British must now live in our hearts. Lord what has been thrown away?...But perhaps our hearts will be ( and will have to be) enough...We have of course been underestimated many, many times before 🤔

[@miperac]

Sailing Florence is pure poetry. Thanks, and congratulations !

[@freddywulf2024]

There should be 100 ppl as a Welcome Home Ceremony.!

[@isabellaSonia-uc8bt]

Count me in. Have you also watched the previous works?

[@nearlyzero9849]

Lovely episode again. Sad its all coming to an end. I really enjoy your channel. One of the best for sure.

[@bm-kb8kh]

Amazing voyage! Respect and fair winds for the next One.

[@joeechandi5334]

Home, home at last sailors! Hip hip hurray! 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🎆🎇🎆

[@erkanpartal2560]

Respect to my favourite KZbin vlogger.What an accomplishment. Welcome home and Congratulations

[@davidnichols147]

We love your channel, the interesting points you present along your 7 year voyage kept us alive with anticipation as these episodes unfold, each one more inspiring with thrill, than the previous. Thankful, that your home in a safe harbor, enjoying the sounds of familiar seabirds and enjoying a much deserved cup of breakfast tea in the early daylight hours. Happy Thanksgiving, we are all blessed with your episodes.

[@isabellaSonia-uc8bt]

Every time I watch a piece I like to try and find someone who likes them as much as I do. We offer some encouragement and they get better and better. what you think?

[@iainhunneybell]

Like the previous episode, you can hear the mixed emotions in your speech. Amy’s piece to camera seemed tinged with sadness and I can only imagine the jumble of emotions of elation at your achievement, excitement of seeing friends and family, but also the realisation that the pattern of your life for the past 7 years was drawing to a close, and while you have plans, just how do you just top that?! Even your focus on the sounds of St Agnes … and yes, they are _so_ typically British seaside sounds … seems like an attempt to distract your minds from the enormity of the moment. I can only imagine how you were both feeling inside

[@stephenkillick5812]

With a 37 foot vessel, on average, how ĺong did it take from Cape Town to London!? I have tentative plans to sail a 30 - 35' yacht from SA to England and want a reasonable estimate how long to expect to be at sea.

[@stephenkillick5812]

That depends on the route followed.

[@stephenkillick5812]

😊

[@iainhunneybell]

@@stephenkillick5812, you can follow their episodes, but they followed a pretty regular route NW from SA to the Brazilian coast, the up through the Windwards to Bermuda, out across to the Azores and then back home. This gives you the trades, but they stopped and explored (a lot) on the way, so would you be 'hot-footing it', or taking time? I don't know how many long ocean passages you have planned, but something to consider is 'comfort' and the crew. Beating to windward for weeks end takes its toll which is why the trades are so often followed, both for the 'conveyor belt' of the ocean drifts (1-2Kn in places) and more tolerable life for both boat and especially crew 🙂

[@Sonya_Barnes_On_Move]

Evidence that now was the right time to journey home!

[@robertrenes9816]

Congratulations to you both. You are an amazing couple. I’ll miss your weekly adventure.

[@hereandthere6863]

Well done! Congratulations on completing the passage.

[@JoanOfArgghh]

Just. . . wow!

[@terrymeikle195]

U2 R ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️….done the dream of many….what an achievement!

[@chrismalkin4070]

Totally inspiring and very emotional. I haven’t missed one episode since the first. What a sensational ride you have taken us on. Thank you so much. Congratulations and continue to go well.

[@SailingRippleEffect]

Agreed. Their storytelling is amazing. Get pulled right in

[@alexandersunter4899]

Yours is the one I wait for. Well done.

[@isabellaSonia-uc8bt]

OMG can you tell me what you saw that made you open your mouth so wide?

[@patriciathorp4911]

Congratulations... Marvellous achievement 👏👏👏👏

[@anthonyyates2309]

Your voyage is the achievement of a lifetime.

[@michaellawson6533]

Justifiable sentiment and nostalgia, all in one, after a seven year absence.

[@colettedagny-4972]

I hope you two enjoy a long life together with many more adventures. I also hope someday when you are very old that you clearly remember this adventure

[@windingroad9678]

Congratulations on your smooth passage to England!!

[@barrykingston9604]

Well kept Boat proper sailors welcome home

[@edgarchegwin961]

Hi Matt and Amy, yes you made it, Congratulations!. I was very happy to see you dropping anchor just a couple of hundred meters from land somewhere up in the coast of England, after seven years of setting off from the same, and after you have succesfully completed your circumnavigation of the globe. I dont know the exact location where you arrived, but I am sure has to be somewhere up in the southern tip of the peninsula of Cornwall. I dont know how far you are at this moment from the tini tiny town of St Agnez in that area, but that´s the place where my great-grandpa was born in England, just to let you know I have plans to visit that area this coming year just for the sake of meeting some of my long realtives who still live in that area.I wish and hope we can meet in person some day in the near future. Thanks for all the wonderful videos you guys have released over these couple of years I have been watching your KZbin channel. bear hugs to you both.

[@ABeriault]

Welcome home Florence What a trip it was to follow you two since you started! Cheers

[@hendrikstrydomHS]

Felt rather emotional watching your return.I love the Ilse of Silly,best sunset in the world,i have thousands of photos from there. I rember sitting on the hill behind were you are ,looking back the way you just returned ,thinking i would love to sail there one day,,it remains just a dream.

[@thomasthornton5737]

😀👍👍👍❤ Thank you both!

[@isabellaSonia-uc8bt]

If there are more people like you who express encouragement and support, their motivation will be endless. what you think?

[@fritsified5952]

Absolutely amazing guys, quite emotional after such a long and good journey. I've been following you since the early episodes, as I spotted you were anchored next to a boat I've sailed on that same season. So that made me watch more episodes and got me hooked. And a year later I also did an ocean crossing. Now it feels like its (almost) foul round, as the Scillies is also familiar territory for me. Thanks for all the amazing videos, I hope you keep on doing this in your future sailing plans.

[@Dicky-the-Driver]

Welcome back home sailors!

[@regbyrne4237]

It's been a pleasure.

[@RonaldJHElzenga]

Thanks again for this wonderfully enriching episode.❤ Wonderful sailing weather and conditions, beautiful images, fun together, good food, boat in her element, dolphins playing.🎉 Gives me a lot of pleasure and energy...and needed after the tarpaulin over my sailboat (=house) gave way in the storm here😢😅 (wasn't quite 8+ storm proof yet...the storm unfortunately came too early for me to make it that and won...will soon when wind downs remove it and find other solution for to leaking teak deck...always been in awe of the wind, definitely now😅).

[@chrismcgann8448]

I must say I cried a little!!!

[@MrIannott]

Well done the pair of you. 👏I had a lump in my throat as I was watching! ❤🫶

[@robertwilliams8974]

Congratulations Matt and Amy! You guys are inspirational. Hope you are now coping with life shore and all its' challenges. Sometimes it's far easier to be at sea! Cheers, Rob from Tasmania. (A place you should visit next time.)

[@kevinmulvihill3249]

What an awesome achievement. Well done you guys, its been a pleasure travelling the world with you. Can't wait until the Northward journeys begin.

[@mackagerton4860]

Congratulations on your return.

[@isabellaSonia-uc8bt]

Looks like I've found another old fan. Have you also seen their previous works?

[@bernardlawson665]

Never Never forget both of you with Hope Eternal you return with stunning and Erudite cruising Latitudes! Bernie, Capt Cape Dory 30 Ketch and USN took a shallow draft wooden coastal minesweeper from Calif hopping islands and attols at 8 knots with a huge fuel ladder to the Mekong River, Vietnam war. Bravo Zulu ("Well Done") and God Speed 🎉

[@SailingSteelSapphire]

Yay! Welcome home! Loved how still and peaceful the anchorage was, and how your energy reflected it so perfectly - calm, content, and a good cup of English Breakfast Tea 🙂

[@gavinwhindus2932]

I know you are long home but I have followed you faithfully for seven years!! You are true blue sailors, who have told your wonderful story, starting out as amateurs bloggers to pro’s. I have loved every moment of your trip!! Congratulations and I look forward to hearing your plans for the future!! Well done!!

[@isabellaSonia-uc8bt]

If more people like you express their encouragement and support, they will have a steady stream of motivation. what you think?

[@gidge34]

Y’all are fantastic, God bless and welcome Home 🇬🇧

[@WilliamTheuer]

Well done, you two!

[@isabellaSonia-uc8bt]

If there are more people like you who express encouragement and support, their motivation will be endless. what you think?

[@marujomarcos]

Congratulation guys. Welcome home again. I hope that both of you dont stop sailing.

[@smulismuli7976]

Congrtaulations for circumnavigating! It's been a pleasure to follow your journey. Ps. cam tech is starting to go to far...if you watch the footage at around 3:30 Amy looks like she's on green screen...doesn not look natural at all anymore

[@sybillegorn1702]

I really like you two. Each of your commentary is genuine and helpful. I wonder what you might do now.

[@bigbadthesailor5173]

years ago we were challenged by some 'out and out' dingy racers about our dinghy cruising. 'what is the point?' they asked 'to get home safe again' we said. Thank you for sharing your amazing voyage - I find myself deeply moved: glad and sad that this particular voyage has reached its conclusion - a beautfiul and peaceful one.

[@DD-xx8wh]

Cheers! to you two (and of course Florence) seems like I "visited" every unique ocean sea and interesting port in the world!!..thanks for taking us along on this wonder filled adventure, so well done !

[@davidlevitz3119]

you two do a really great job (REAL PROS )

[@richardstever3242]

Orcas are extreemly intelligent. Maybe they need to be sent a message. Of course that could make them even more tenacious for all I really know.

[@newforestobservatory9322]

Around the World in a 37 foot boat - you two are completely mental. But I really enjoyed the ride :)

[@SiC886]

Well done guys. Amazing achievement, so happy for you. I am so envious!

[@justme.9711]

OMG THE GREATEST OF CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@donw9393]

So happy for you guys been with you for almost the whole journey congratulations and look forward to your next adventure

[@reloadncharge9907]

Hope Blighty is what you expected! Well done, awesome imagery….Thanks, Andrew

[@RappinIggyG]

Well done guys! Next up refit videos, woo-hoo!

[@bishopkinlyside8477]

Hi guys, you must be excited but a little bit sad. I think the trip is nearly over but the good news go around again. If you desire is plenty of places in the world that you didn’t see and half the time we just travel through these places in a hurry and they are one of the greatest places that you’ll ever been to in your life keep up the good work. I love your Videos Cliff from Logan City Queensland, Australia 🇦🇺🧑🏾‍🦽

[@uma8]

Congratulation🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@okcantbelieveit294]

You’ve arrived back to a country which has changed dramatically since you left! Not for the better I can assure you!

[@ranger2316]

Epic! Congratulations, what a trip. I'm so proud of you.

[@julianbatcheler9970]

Thank you for being part of the inspiration which has got me back into sailing. And for being the beat sailing channel. And for just being yourselves… you can’t watch a channel if the people are not lovely. And you are both fab. :)

[@Gilespargiter]

I found this episode very moving (as a Brit), not sure why. Welcome. Can't see why you would want to stay for very long, after you have said your "hello"s". Sorry I can't support you more than watching and subscribing - I know you have been backfor a while now. I wish you both the very best wishes for your futures and thank you so very much for entertaining me so well.

[@Osprey6m]

Well done for taking us on a journey.

[@georgemorris9971]

So: now we know how old you are! You have worn well. There's quite a chunk of your lives behind you now - I would love to think ou will settle down. As I survey the North Sea from my home in Scotland, I confess I have little yen to sail to the Arctic or even round our local bay. But each to his or her own, I suppose. If I knew how I would nominate you for Yachtsman of the Year or BBC Sports Personality of the Year or some such!

[@yvonnekneeshaw2784]

Wow a beautiful sail…congrats on 7 years

[@wrap-itsolutions2387]

Welcome home guys!!

[@pamelawaring6836]

Such a beautiful episode and so thrilled you had such a wonderful sail! I didn’t cry as you arrived back on English Shores….not a bit! 🥹🥹 We were so happy to be your Patrons for a good while there…and look forward to your further adventures! Next cruising season its our turn! Fair Winds! The crew of StarFish NZ.

[@rolfpiotrowski4325]

We will miss you! 😢

[@tgchism]

Great passage! How wonderful it must be for you to be in English water again! Looking forward to the next videos!

[@isabellaSonia-uc8bt]

If they asked you to be part of a show, would you join?

[@Bleemus]

A wonderful journey. Congrats on the UK landfall.

[@MarkEdmonds-lb8wq]

I can only imagine in retrospect just how quickly that seven years went, it’s been a pleasure following your journey and learning about sailing along the way… I’ve never sailed, and I really wish I had. God bless the both of you.

[@elizaandalisa]

You put into words are exactly how I feel there an inspiration for all the young people in this shitty world cheers n beers Marty Australia

[@samuelgarofalo6910]

Awesome job!

[@isabellaSonia-uc8bt]

I think your smile could be made into a film and people would love it.

[@birdsongken]

Yummy yummy tuna!!! You guys are awesome!! Congratulations and welcome home!!

[@chrisnegele6875]

I starting watching you two or correction 3 (can't forget Florence) after your Atlantic crossing your videos are like a documentary and I have mixed feelings about the Journey ending. But it sounds like more to come. Congrats on an accomplishment of a life time and I really want to thank you for bringing me along!