Sailing from the French West Indies to the Dutch Caribbean - Sailing Greatcircle (ep.340)

Nice new rudders on Greatcircle at the last GLYWO technical stop in Martinique before we sail north towards the Dutch Caribbean islands of St Eustatius and Saba, both for the very first time

[@ralfsxm851]

Greetings from Saint Martin, the Northern Part of St Martin. I have my boat there on the shipyard for the Hurricane Season. And of course I live there.

[@daveebitson2771]

Your photography, videos and music add so much to your journey, it is though we are with you.

[@Redvikingable]

Qué buen tiempo invierto en ver sus vídeos. Mark, felicidades por tu excelente gusto musical.

[@CatGreatcircle]

Muchas gracias Hugo

[@isabelle_Unity]

Thank you for this nice sailing trip to the Caribbean including Les Saintes...with good music ! 🌴🍹⛵🎼

[@rdembow]

Micheal e. Is great music and fits the sailing lifestyle!!!

[@rayb3117]

The Outremer is a much faster boat and once again the photography and videography is exceptional. That landscape by where you dropped the hook is beautiful. And since the rudders were changed out, has the boats performance changed at all

[@CatGreatcircle]

Not noticeable

[@stefandominitzki]

It's unbeleavable but i'm pretty sure that i've seen you today. I am dreaming my whole life about living on a boat and i am following your adventures since many years. I wish i've had the courage to speak to you. I wish you all the best for your future plans and allways good winds.

[@CatGreatcircle]

Today might be difficult exactly in the middle between St Maarten and Bermuda drifting until the thunderstorms pass bye. But next time please come closer!

[@bryanhughes8373]

Excellent video once again, what’s up next then😊👍❤️

[@user-pe6hh4rp6c]

I can’t wait to see what you get up to❤

[@alfreddaniels3817]

Lovely video. Very nice sailing there. 👍👍

[@malgraham351]

aaah lovely thanks again for sharing your wonderful boat and world trip with us See she is for Sale good luck with it

[@CatGreatcircle]

Will pass it on 😎 our sale was almost 5 years ago

[@malgraham351]

@@CatGreatcircle ok iam confused what was 5 years ago ??

[@CatGreatcircle]

@malgraham351 we sold the boat on the day we bought it with handover 3 years after delivery.

[@malgraham351]

@CatGreatcircle aaah ok so got it 👍

[@mountaindweller9118]

@@CatGreatcircle Curious as to why then it's listed for sale on YachtWorld if it has been sold 5 years ago? Sorry, a little confusing.

[@jeffzana4907]

Excellent

[@timrees786]

Can't believe Cat Greatcircle and Saga are both up for sale on Yachtworld! End of an era... (end of GLYWO). What are you going to look at next?!

[@allanjfotos]

Maybe they're gonna go and get landlocked again and grow old disgracefully.

[@CatGreatcircle]

@allanjfotos what fun would that be, even gracefully

[@CatGreatcircle]

Different situations of course for a young family compared to senior citizens but both as addicted to sailing that you can be sure there’ll be a new boat very soon

[@timrees786]

@@CatGreatcircle Looking forward to all that's coming over the horizon!

[@scottkircher2262]

Privilege 580?

[@andrearagao6322]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@TradeWindgng]

😍😍😍👏👏👏👌👌👌

[@thomasthornton5737]

😀😀👍👍❤❤

[@Frank-E]

Hi, I was wondering if you could give an update on your ASTender 340. Would you buy the same today? I see they have two options with a steering wheel, thoughts on this? Thank you.

[@CatGreatcircle]

I would be in doubt between the jockey seat and the console version. If you use it a lot with 2 people only I think the jockey seat wins

[@Frank-E]

@@CatGreatcircle Has the quality improved much over the prototype you think?

[@CatGreatcircle]

@Frank-E the base design has always been really good, the boat is much more stable than the competition but indeed the accessories needed improvement to make the boat less vulnerable. No complaints there anymore with the new accessoires and the new side and top protection

[@mountaindweller9118]

Great episode as always! We made stops in Sainte Anne, Anses d'Arlet, and Sainte-Pierre 3 weeks ago on our way to Dominica. Such a bummer to see the grounded Amel 60. Hopeful they didn't sustain too much damage. Curious why the new rudders are smaller? A change by Outremer? Cheers.

[@CatGreatcircle]

Yes it is really nice there, even if we had to get used to Deja vues again. Good that Statia and Saba were at least new

[@mosca3289]

Has the boat handling changed with the new smaller rudders?

[@CatGreatcircle]

Not noticeable really. You would expect to reef a bit earlier maybe

[@mosca3289]

@@CatGreatcircle thanks

[@roberthone1230]

any chance of going back to a mono? They are getting as wide as the cats now.

[@CatGreatcircle]

We still have one at home but it’s less than 3m wide 🙈. Well it depends on the purpose, for blue water sailing I don’t think it’s an option for anyone who has sailed a decent cat before. We have been able to see the differences pretty good during the last 35.000 miles in the rally

[@roberthone1230]

@@CatGreatcircle just spent a week in Puget Sound on a Beneteau 60, its huge. I think the options for blue water depend on the bank account more then the platform.

[@geoffliletofficial4595]

Hello why every time I have to subscribe to your channel ????

[@CatGreatcircle]

That I do not know, is there anyone in your direct environment who doesn’t want you to buy the same boat maybe?