SAILING ARCTIC AND ANTARCTICA ON A PRODUCTION YACHT -SwT 200

[@sempertalis1230]

Thomas, this was the most exciting story you told so far. This couple is an example of what real explorers are made of. They can tell more real life stories than most if not all you tubers together and have forgotten about things to tell which would make 100 new you tube channels rich. No punch intended, as you say you are also a sailor not a youtuber and your videos prove it. Please stay this way ❤

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you so much for your lovely comment and for watching. One of the biggest blessings on this adventure is the people I meet, and sometimes I meet some that’s extraordinary like now. I like to share things as real and unfiltered as possible without script or any acting. This time I was lucky to cross paths with sailors sharing a story I believe would be important to share here. Only to show that the reality of sailing and what people actually are sailing is quite different from what you might think based on KZbin. The response to this video makes me really happy and thankful 🙏🏻 All the best

[@SYAtlas]

Sailing with Thomas #200 is an iconic episode. 70% is water area of Earth's surface, Indian Ocean is 20%, and Caroline, Paul & Thomas met for just a day at the same spot. Great interview, fantastic insights, humble sailors. Thanks for sharing Thomas 🙏 and fair winds C&P.

[@saxon9163]

We spent numerous years in numerous countries with Paul & Caroline. Dead set legends!

[@tjhawaii1]

What a fantastic interview, done with respect and love with some of the most talented interesting and delightful people NOT on KZbin! 😍

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you so much for watching and for your kind words. It’s nice to have the opportunity to share stories that are different from the mainstream YT All the best

[@DocMacKay819]

I thought you were solo but see you have a wonderful mate...awesome!

[@anthonycook1406]

Amazing episode, thanks!

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you so much for watching and for your kind comment🙏🏻

[@anthonycook1406]

@@SailingwithThomas What are your thoughts of his practice of going upwind instead of running downwind in a big storm?

[@SailingwithThomas]

@anthonycook1406 I do the same in some situations. We share the ideas about just take down all sails and surf away on the rig only if possible. But sometimes it’s better to ride it out pointing into the weather by engine. There is no blueprint as the conditions are never the same. Sometimes just wait it out, sometimes surf away, sometimes try to sail out of it. It really depends what’s waiting in the other end. However this is strategies when it’s from 60 kts and above. Not KZbin storms but violent storms and cyclone force winds

[@antc5010]

A great spontaneous interview with an amazing adventurous couple. I think before everyone heads off to Antarctica with their production yachts 😀it would be best to fully digest the years of sailing experience / skill and the fact that they state their reliance on modern weather forecasting and good preparation of their yacht. Watching other sailors such as Skip Novak and Kirsten Neuschäfer - Pelagic expedition yachts and Phil and Lynda Christieson on Windora you get a better sense of what you're up for at these high latitudes if you need to wait it out or get caught in a storm.

[@Leosarebetter]

My boating time (sail & motor vessels) was late 1970's to late 1980's. Compared to today, navigation equipment, safety gear, communication was minimal or non existent. I was even using charts that were from Capt James Cook - as these were the most up to date at that time in that region (still have those charts) So many sailors I met and we just got on with it. Today YT is filled with so called superyacht captains all claiming how great they are, and ebegging sailing channels that have no idea of how to navigate and handle boats - take away their toys and they they wouldnt be able to get anywhere. To all the real sailors (this includes you Thomas) my congrats and admiration.

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you so much for watching and for sharing your story as well. It doesn’t take much to set sail today, so I guess it’s the reason why so many feel confident even with limited experience in good and bad. Thankfully the reality are quite different from the impression YT brings to the screen. I share your experience using only paper charts and no GPS. The most advanced equipment was a radio tool to triangle radio beacons from light houses when approaching challenging waters in reduced visibility. Worked very well. I guess I belong on a museum talking about navigation pre GPS 😆 All the best ⛵️

[@FreeRadicalslifestyle]

Great interview mate, capturing the true essence of what being a nomadic sailor looks like. No fuss No sponsors selling green drinks or bikini booty, just them getting on with experiencing the beauty the world has to offer in the purity of the beaten track sailing adventures.

[@Truecrimecommunity]

I mean why we got to be mad at the bikini booty ?

[@sailingbeyond9657]

I just meeting missed them with my friends Colin & Ingunn when they were in Wa. USA. So glad you met up with them 😊

[@Andre-yu3qs]

Fantastic, 99.99% of sailing channels on youtube don't sail, thanks for sharing.

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you so much for watching and for being here

[@mackerelman2078]

Fantastic and sooo interesting Thomas...a pleasure as always to follow your adventures! 👊⛵⛵

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you so much for watching and for your kind words as well 🙏🏻

[@Caliber40LRC]

Great job Thomas. I hope you keep in touch with them. It would be great to get an update on their status this time next year. Please let them know I enjoyed their interview. I hope to share a beer with you again.

[@jeromedixon1808]

I'm new to your channel, thank you, for sharing the most important aspect of cruising. The beauty of not just the lands, but of those special influential sailors, you meet along the way... I'll see ya somewhere ...🏴‍☠

[@giebateaugieb126]

It’s always nice to meet real sailors like Thomas who try to sail around the world, and have a boat that that can do,we had a short good time together,greeting Caroline and Paul sailing boat Giebateau

[@GroppeljohannKlotenkempe-vr6oh]

Wonderful people! Thx for the interview 👍🏻

[@SailingwithThomas]

They sure are! Thank you so much for watching

[@GroppeljohannKlotenkempe-vr6oh]

@@SailingwithThomas It was a pleasure 👍🏻

[@dutchglobetrotter4513]

First congratulations on the 200th episode. Oh man I could pick the brain of those two for hours and hours, such a wealth of information they must have. Cheers

[@OspreySailingAdventures-ch1mj]

Knowledge and intelligent planning is everything, what a wonderful video.

[@FatherTech]

I am just starting out, only 2 years living aboard full time sailing. This interview is incredible. True sailors in every sense. Very inspiring.

[@MrSham61]

Bon voyage and stick to your dreams

[@1968wilnis]

Ahh my schoolfriend for more then 40 years. She and Paul are great. Someday i will visit them on there boat! ❤️❤️ So good to see you all! Stay save and be free!!

[@SailingwithThomas]

@@1968wilnis Wow! That’s so amazing! I’m glad you enjoyed to see your friends here in this video. Thank you so much for watching and for being here 🙏🏻

[@1968wilnis]

@@SailingwithThomas lucky we are still in contact and meet in holland. Friends from 1984 until now. And it will always be this way. Happy to meet Paul, here soulmate and he is a really nice person.xx

[@alisaorth6955]

Wow what an impressing couple! 😍😍Highest respect for this lifestyle! Makes me dreaming about doing the same (again) 😂

[@twistedrace6885]

Thomas, Wow... I just have to thank you for this one... it is truly showing the Spirit of the Sailing lifestyle . This couple just shows their voracious appetite for seeing the unusual and the seldom seen locations by the mass of sailor out there today. Thomas this was one Heck of a great interview. Robert North Star

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you so much for watching and for your kind words. I’m really happy to know you enjoy this episode. All the best

[@marcgatto9675]

I've met a few of these intrepid sailors who challenge themselves in the North. I met two couples who traveled the North West Passage. One couple did it with two little kids! Thomas, I hope to see you one day here on Cape Breton Island. Loads of sailors travel through here in summer on their way North. As for me, it's back to Panama for winter!

[@hopemiles]

The old salts always have the best stories! Great story telling. I hope there is a way for you to stay in touch with them!

[@PatriciaHansen-Rhodes]

Thank you so much for sharing this. We met Caroline and Paul in Ensenada, Mexico. We so enjoyed our time together. Fair Winds my friends.⛵️

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you so much for watching and for sharing. I’m sure you had a great time together. As sailors we always say see you later, so hopefully we meet again somewhere. All the best

[@JeremySmith-h6g]

What an amazing interview. Thank you Thomas for doing this. An inspiring account of 18 years at sea.

[@Shepherdservices317]

This was great man. So awesome to hear stories rarely told.

[@SailingwithThomas]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for watching

[@painfree.yourself]

Thank you for sharing this story with us. The interview is very inspiring.

[@MikeSantis]

Neither of the three favourite places are among the normal places usually most sailors sail to. That tells a lot! Great interview Thomas. Thanks. I have done a couple of interviews my self a couple of years ago here in Denmark trying to find sailors that are different from the usual.

[@georgepeat5269iearth]

Life is as great as you make it, vad a crew! Some living to go with life is a good way to go! Thank you.

[@steamyb2]

How great that they found each other. Eighteen years on the ocean has to be a Guinness record. I'm just wondering how they support themselves traveling full-time? What a life! Great video, as usual! I always enjoy your adventures Thomas!

[@nooneanybodyknows7912]

You obviously haven't heard of Distant Shores Paul and Sheryl Shard. They've been sailing together since the late 1980's. They just completed their Enksail Orion 49 aluminum sailboat, Distant Shores IV.

[@steamyb2]

@@nooneanybodyknows7912 No, I haven't heard of them but I will do some research. Thanks for the tip!

[@nooneanybodyknows7912]

@@steamyb2 You're welcome. Check out Lin and Larry Pardey. They're referred to as the original sailing couple. Larry passed in 2020, but Lin continues. She was recently honored at the Annapolis Sailboat Show. They are sailing legends.

[@jasonmcintosh2632]

Awesome interview! I'd love more of these (with real sailors like these guys).

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you so much for watching and your kind words. I like to show the reality out here that’s quite different from what YT might give impressions of. All the best

[@noldushumlesnurr6169]

Greetings to Caroline and Paul for going through with the interview. Thank you for sharing your insights and experiences. I'm not sure Caroline was the only one who was tested on that trip to Iceland thought. 😂

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you so much for kind words and for being here! Quite impressive to sail so far and so hard only as a test sail. All the best

[@hasanemir262]

Thanx for Video Thomas

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you so much for watching 🙏🏻

[@playb4work447]

That was a cool episode. It’s always interesting to hear stories of long time travellers.

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you so much much for watching and your nice comment as well 🙏🏻

[@kailohre9336]

Utrolig kult! Liker så godt hvordan du er helt "nedpå"- både her og ellers. Takk for inspirerende videoer!

[@MarchTwentyfour-t8z]

Beautiful video. Well done! Cheers 🍻🍻

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you so much for watching and your kind words 🙏🏻

[@StemtoSternSailing]

Fantastic... just Fantastic. Bra jobba Thomas. Mvh Jarle

[@SailingwithThomas]

@@StemtoSternSailing Tusen takk Jarle! Varme hilsner fra Bali

[@admir_]

What a cool way to celebrate your #200 episode. Epic!

[@SailingwithThomas]

@@admir_ Thank you so much 🙏🏻

[@finnbhansen]

thanx Thomas!

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you so much for watching 🙏🏻

[@theespjames4114]

What a wonderful couple.

[@collinl.179]

Aww so cute they fell in love in the Shetlands 😉

[@Eid_Ali]

Thank you for showing up again :)

[@LorenHenriksen]

Thank you. From Canada

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you so much for watching 🙏🏻

[@hedleyjackson5131]

Great interview Thomas what lovely people.

[@SailingwithThomas]

They sure are! Thank you so much for watching

[@sailinglatis]

So awesome! I really enjoyed listening to your interview. It reminds us all to enjoy life! 🇨🇦

[@azul_5157]

Whish I could give you more than one like on this one, awesome!

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you so much for liking and commenting 🙏🏻 It’s most appreciated

[@XLTraderSoftware]

Great interview Thomas

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you so much for watching and for your kind comments 🙏🏻

[@kevburrows1955]

This is great thanks Thomas, interesting to see its a racing" product boat " Good on them. Really interesting couple.. would love to hear more from them. ❤

[@faelsinnes]

Amazing , someone else doing what I want to do ! Cheers Thomas

[@biankakoettlitz6979]

'ThatsThat's normal...40 knots is windy'- that's reminds me of us Norwegians living north of the Artic Circle 😁

[@Mesailing25]

What an amazing couple! Thank you for sharing!

[@SailingwithThomas]

True words! Thank you so much for watching and for being here

[@christophrenner7941]

Thanks for the recipe for testing my next wife before marriage 🎉 , very impressive 😊

[@SailingwithThomas]

She is a 1 in a million Lady for sure! Not many can handle bad weather, remote places, and rough climates. Fascinating couple in so many ways. And the no drama attitude I believe is a winner ⛵️🍻

[@MikeSantis]

Exactly. One in a million. The reason also that I don't cultivate any hopes or living with the illusion that I can find such a partner one day. So I just enjoy my solo sailing ​@@SailingwithThomas

[@makisp.1428]

Next wife? I guess some people require repeated lessons.

[@MikeSantis]

@@makisp.1428 ha ha ha indeed 🤣

[@LondonCarnaval]

​@@SailingwithThomasWonderful people all in one place. How exciting and amazing to have the privilege to sit down with you even that I'm thousands of miles away. Enjoyed it tremendously and Thank you all for making it possible 🙏👌👍👏💯 This is the BEST SAILING CHANNEL OUT THERE 🥰😍💪👏💯❤💝😊

[@Elcano5525]

Another good one 🎉

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you so much for watching and for being here🙏🏻

[@MikeStoj-wl8ct]

Fantastic video. Thanks

[@SailingwithThomas]

I appreciate you watching. Cheers!

[@Useless_Knowledge07]

Carolina and Paul were intriguing.

[@nooneanybodyknows7912]

Thank you Caroline and Paul for taking time and sharing your sailing experiences with us. My what you have seen and experienced. Truly yours are lives well lived. Thomas, I appreciate you keeping sailing real with real sailors not phony YT sailors who simply own boats and have a YT channel.🫡

[@georget.9496]

Great episode

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you so much for watching and for your support being here🙏🏻

[@RonRacer100]

Ofcourse they are Dutch. Known for their direct approaches to things. I love it as im dutch myself😅

[@SailingwithThomas]

As a finishing touch, God created the Dutch. I love Dutch people! Many long time friends in Holland. Thank you for watching

[@billhanna5455]

Those Benetua 40s are special boats , great in the light & Amazing to windward in a blow , I wonder if they had the deep keal model ?

[@anitahardesty2163]

Hope you are ok Thomas. Haven't seen a video in a couple of weeks. ❤

[@SailingwithThomas]

Yes I am all good🙏🏻 Thank you for patiently waiting for updates and even checking in here. Have tried to do some boat work and the next episode has taken way to much time. All the best

[@68Thunderbird]

Excellent! Thank you

[@RNVOS]

Great video Tomas ❤ from 🇨🇦 BC

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you so much for watching 🙏🏻

[@HikerBikerMoter]

Fair Winds to Caroline and Paul 🌬 ⛵

[@maurolimaok]

Amazing!

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you so much for watching and for being here🙏🏻

[@Lagoon380]

My previous boat was also named BE FREE, she is a Jeanneau 49 :)

[@robertlaird6746]

Those people are amazing. What a supper cool life.

[@harlankraft578]

Definitely a fascinating couple. Thanks for sharing this interview like video! Interesting favorites choices. Alaska Japan And Falkland Islands .

[@demetrisdemetrious8702]

What a great interview amazing sailors they are blessed to live the way they do Amazing, I am just wondering what boat they have? greetings to them and you Thank you Thomas

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you so much for watching and for leaving a nice comment as well. Their yacht is a First 40.7 from the Beneteau group

[@BigFiveJack]

Wonderful Episode!!!!!!!

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you so much for watching 🙏🏻 Truly Wonderful people so I’m really happy you enjoy this one

[@andersnilsson6625]

Just amazing! Thanks 🇸🇪😄😀💕

[@Jim-jh9bd]

Good video I bet there are thousands out there that do not post a video

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you so much for watching. It’s estimated to be almost 3 million sailboats globally. Even though the numbers that actually are doing full circle navigation or long distance sailing are not that many the diversity are much greater than the KZbin universe. Thank you for being here🙏🏻

[@biankakoettlitz6979]

Bad weather challenges and sar iling-there should be a Norwegian sailors heart sing😄😉

[@brucekuijpers7754]

Relationship, marriage , is an experiment of love.

[@SailingwithThomas]

True words! Thank you so much for being here

[@johnmayer3433]

I remember when a few years ago Sailing Project Atticus where looking for a new boat and all people advising them said a production boat can never be a true blue water cruiser. Once again I wonder to whom novice sailors should pay attention to for really precious advice when all those respected counsellors were at least too narrow minded in speaking against production boats. And in the case of that nice Dutch couple it isn't even from a respected Northern yard like Halberg-Rassy from Sweden but a "cheap" French product.

[@HebertCentrone-w4w]

The truth I never thought your bog sailboat would get knocked down

[@SailingwithThomas]

She can handle a lot, and proven to be very strong. But cyclone force winds are powerful and it was an extreme event.

[@will5989]

😊 so agree with your intro.

[@HebertCentrone-w4w]

I liked your knockdown video

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you so much for watching🙏🏻

[@hanssvanstrom-qb8xq]

Hi Thomas! You have been in Bali some time by now. When are you setting sails again. / Hans

[@PeteThecurious100]

I enjoyed that.

[@jknox2]

Wow!

[@TammyBillings-qt1ve]

Great couple, what an amazing lifestyle. How do they afford the lifestyle. Thanks

[@omarkn4371]

interesting!

[@gregsutton2400]

Ladies skin was in great shape for 18 years sailing. Many seem to get devastated skin in half that time.

[@SailingwithThomas]

I guess the reason is they mostly sail far away from equator. The UV radiation are brutal not only to the boats, sails etc. it’s hard on our skin as well. Thank you for being here

[@tiopirata2]

"...making most of us look like amateurs..." Yes, they certainly did.

[@agimap]

When talking about Drake Straight, they talk about seasons like winter and summer was that about the southern hemisphere or the seasons in the Nederland ?❤

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you so much for watching. The fun part of the question regarding Drake passage was how he downplayed it. A huge contrast to average YT sailor. His point was because they did it in the right season it was not much to talk about… I can guarantee this passage are rough experience no matter what. Quite funny point I guess not many not being active sailor would understand. All the best

[@user-xp3jb6ve9w]

Great always Thomas... I like you just as the sailor you are--- A lot of garbage on youtube so I do not watch them .. but you i certainly do.

[@rochus_wagner]

🥰WOW!🥰

[@andysmith-ne1qs]

He s very lucky to pass her test …

[@SailingwithThomas]

True! It definitely goes both ways. Not many are made of her formula that’s for sure. Lovely couple! All the best

[@markthomasson5077]

When she had a sparkle in her eyes talking about Shetland I knew she was a keeper! (Good pub, so I understand!)

[@wayneanderson1641]

What sailboat did they have?

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you for watching. They are sailing a First 40.7 ⛵️

[@ninihellmer516]

So happy to find your channel through Chasing Latitudes

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you so much for taking his advice to pay my channel a visit🙏🏻 Hope you will enjoy future episodes as well

[@IanLentonlentoni]

I’d love to know how they fund 18 years.

[@SailingwithThomas]

I believe that’s a private thing for someone not really a KZbin sailor in the first place. Thank you so much for watching though 🙏🏻

[@jantrygveolsen1109]

Whats the make and model of their boat?

[@wildcard1983]

Moitessier in 2024. Salty dogs..

[@kaptainkirk719]

Wow, he must've made some money in his youth to be able to afford it ?

[@Sterke-Yerke]

So you think you are good sailing material?

[@sailing_Noomi-II]

🫶🏻🙏

[@fritz3388]

How do they finance such a livestyle? Are they Erben-heirs? Such a livestyle is only possible in our time, with its hightech toys. Yes, a plastic boat is hightech too, it doesn't rot. Never before had sailors such good, usually precise weather reports, and could talk to anywhere in the world from the middle of an ocean. Most people don't really understand and appreciate in what tech-magic times we live! That is especially true for the U.S. Democrats, they want a second Communist Cultural Revolution, that as much people die of hunger as possible. And they will die by the billions very soon. Christian Prophecy Says So!

[@antc5010]

Are you here to add to the sailing discussion or to preach?