Sailing SOLO the ATLANTIC side from Grenada to Carriacou - SwT 35

Thank you so much for watching and for your support.
In this episode, I'm sailing solo from Grenada to Carriacou on the Atlantic side. Experience nice wind and eventually sailed much faster than I expected. It was so amazing to finally be out doing some serious sailing again.
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About this channel:
I'm Sailing around the world in a Bavaria 55 Cruiser, making videos whenever I have time for it. Most of the time I sail singlehanded but occasionally I do have sailing friends onboard.
Please be kind in the comments!.

[@harlankraft578]

I came here from sophisticated Lady and Captain Rick Moore. Very nice I enjoyed your video! And now I know where to come if I want to party with the Vikings on the boat! Thank you Harlan Kraft Von Texas

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you so much for heading over to my channel as well! Much appreciated and also the help from Rick and Maddy to grow my tiny channel. The BE FREE parties are always fun and good energy! So if you ever see BE FREE and the BAR sign is up just head over. All the best and cheers 🍻

[@harlankraft578]

@@SailingwithThomas thank you Sir!!!

[@tommystrm4983]

Fast boat ⛵️🍾👌🏻🇳🇴⚓️

[@SailingwithThomas]

Yes sometimes she sails pretty well for her size and weight. Bruce Farr design is working very well and just love the twin rudders when its windy⛵️ Thank you for watching 🙏🏻

[@woundedwhale786]

What a great chilled out video. My six year old daughter has been inspired to sail the world! Single-handed sailing a Bavaria 55...WOW!!

[@SailingwithThomas]

Ahw!!! Thank you Hussain 🙏🏻 That’s so cool that your daughter is being inspired. Who knows she might be sailing around this beautiful world on her own one day! Thank you for inspiring me to keep on making videos 🙏🏻

[@woundedwhale786]

@@SailingwithThomas Nice to hear we've inspired you too Thomas! I hope she will sail. I was in a sailing club when I sailed my Laser One and Solo dinghies at a reservoir here in England, UK...and I will be teaching her to sail. But I've never been on a yacht on the open seas as yet myself. Will put that right soon. We came across your video and noticed the Norwegian flag as my wife is of Norwegian nationality. Subscribed and will be watching your videos!!

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you so much for subscribing and watching 🙏🏻 Dinghy Sailing is the fastest and best way to learn sailing properly. The instant feedback you get and the feeling you build inside you. Started with dinghy sailing myself and still love it and any time I got the chance I grab it and sail ⛵️ I think it’s awesome if you have the possibility to teach your kids sailing at young age. You might even get a very competent crew member for your future ocean sailing. Who knows! All the best and cheers to you and your Norwegian wife🍻

[@290Alenka]

Good to see you posting again Thomas - I need to catch up

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you for still being here🙏🏻 Cheers 🍻

[@kathleendurnwald5757]

As usual I enjoyed your video. Tom walked by and watched for a few minutes. He said to say hello and tell you how jealous we are. Keep living your dream 😎

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you Kathleen 🙏🏻 Wish you both all the best! Please say hello back to Tom, and I’m so thankful you guys enjoy following my adventure

[@anthonyfrancis5857]

Well did not expect to see the owner of this boat. Saw this boat from my house and decided to build my own. Thanks for the inspiration

[@SailingwithThomas]

Whoha!! That’s so cool 👍🏻 I am so thankful for your message and really hope you reach your goals and can follow your dream! All the best for your future and this new year⛵️

[@billhanna8838]

Glad to see you stopped the leach shacking , Nice post , A sailor enjoying sailing = Fair winds .

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you so much 🙏🏻 Love to have observant sailors here👍🏻 All the best and thank you for watching

[@lynnlevy5061]

Loved this video!

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you 🙏🏻 Cheers from Be Free🍻

[@MichaelWilliams-in3iz]

Another great video, thanks from Rome Georgia USA

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you so much Michael 🙏🏻 All the best and stay safe

[@sailingsvgenevieve3970]

Nice setup ! Great episode... Cheers

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thnx mate🙏🏻 Enjoy your weekend and thank you for being here! Cheers 🍻⛵️

[@Danielj60]

Good luck to you Thomas. That's quite the sailboat.

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you so much🙏🏻 Tomorrow I’m gonna publish the solo overnight sail from Carriacou to Martinique. All the best🍻⛵️

[@HasbaraBuster]

Cool journey, thanks for posting Thomas.

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you 🙏🏻And thank you for being here! All the best ⛵️

[@Anmeteor9663]

Nice to see you enjoying sailing in such great conditions. Jealous here in locked down Britain!

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you 🙏🏻 Totally understand you and hopefully we all will see better times soon! Thank you for watching

[@Junkerstu]

Hey Thomas, saw your main sail prep and had some thoughts for you, single handed hacks: instead of disconnecting the main halyard, just put a double length sail tie between the mast and halyard and use it to pull the halyard away from the mast. For the lazy bag, try a loop running parallel to the boom with blocks on each end. Tie the rope together at the zipper toggle and then you can stand on deck in one place and hand over hand the rope slowly to unzip the bag. Hope that helps! Keep having fun!

[@SailingwithThomas]

Hey Stuart! Thank you so much for great inputs! Love it and will definatly look into that zipper things. Have had some solutions with the hayljard but its never been very good. So putting it out on the side have worked pretty well. Its so cool to get great ideas and to learn something new. Thank you for watching and all the best🍻⛵️

[@Junkerstu]

Glad I could offer food for thought. I do the halyard trick myself, i take the sail tie to the turnbuckle on the shrouds and tension it. That keeps the halyard off the mast in an easy way. For my dad, I set up a boat hook with a line whipped onto the end so he didn’t have to climb the mast - same idea.

[@SailingSula]

nice video Thomas, thanks.

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you 🙏🏻 Love to have you here! All the best from Be Free ⛵️

[@israellewis1916]

I so wanna sail solo one day

[@SailingwithThomas]

Hopfully you will do so one day if thats your dream👍🏻 All the best🍻⛵️

[@rolandharb3012]

Great video thanks Thomas

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you 🙏🏻

[@benwoodford2408]

Amazing video! The more frequent posts are great!

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you Ben🙏🏻 I will try to do my best to keep them coming. Stay safe and healthy

[@tfhmobil]

A beautiful boat. Everything seems well thought out. 👍

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you 🙏🏻

[@bryonensminger7462]

You said there wasn't a lot of wind but she seams to be healed over and running with the wind pretty good looks like fun

[@SailingwithThomas]

Guess I just enjoy more wind than majority of sailors 😅 It was great fun!! Next Monday I will share my solo overnight sail to Martinique! That was an unbelievable awesome experience 👌🏻💪🏻⛵️

[@gleaningthescriptures5897]

relaxing is a priority!

[@SailingwithThomas]

Yeah your totally right💪🏻👍🏻 Thanks for being here

[@memekulittv5164]

wow i wish i was there to be with you and sailing around the World...

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you 🙏🏻⛵️ Also Thank you for watching and being part of my adventure here! Cheers 🍻⛵️

[@dianabentley2619]

Enjoying the regular posts! Stay free⛵️

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you 🙏🏻I will try to improve this year. All the best

[@peterpocock9062]

Love your end credits!

[@TheMorganMonroeShow]

Hey dude! Stoked for this gig for sure.

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you 🙏🏻

[@TheMorganMonroeShow]

Sailing with Thomas Indeed.....

[@CaptMarkSVAlcina]

I remember doing that trip but on the other side with Sailing britican as a friend

[@SailingwithThomas]

Cool👍🏻 Was it with the Grenada Race? Their yacht is beautiful.

[@CaptMarkSVAlcina]

@@SailingwithThomas I was not in a race but I do believe they do race some times

[@miyagisan9971]

Fantastic video . I'm so curious what kind of boat is that

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you 🙏🏻 Be Free is a Bavaria 55 Cruiser designed by the famous Naval architect Bruce Farr. Thank you for watching and being here! All the best 🍻⛵️

[@jimmybrokos4610]

👍👍👍

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you 🙏🏻

[@VictoriaWargaming]

Single handing a Bavaria 55 - that has to be a tough job.

[@SailingwithThomas]

Its actually not that hard but if something happens it can be a challenge. Maintenance and cleaning is another story not to mention running costs😅

[@VictoriaWargaming]

@@SailingwithThomas understandable.

[@stevenr8606]

😳 sailing alone without a harness

[@SailingwithThomas]

Normally not, and definitely not out on deck! Remember it’s not always how it looks like😜

[@M-Swede]

Hi Thomas, are you planning to go North towards the Bahamas after hurricane season or back to the South Pacific? The Bahamas has Covid restrictions, but they are basically just centered around testing for entrance.

[@SailingwithThomas]

Hi there! My plan is to sail north first for a better angle for my sail down to Panama and the Pacific. Don’t think I will go as far as the Bahamas. St. Martens would most likely be the most northern island I stop this time.

[@georgethalman1639]

It would have been cool to see you take the black guy who helped you out 2 * for a hour or Sunset Sail sometimes I wonder why we say all these places but don't interact with any of the people and I'm just saying it's good for your view is to see your Generous Heart Thomas otherwise you look like a rich guy just sailing around showing off his 55 foot boat just saying! Peace and generosity!

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you for your feedback George, and also for watching. I get your point and will for sure try to share more of that in the future. You might wanna look at the episode 2020 in 20 minutes where Im also in a local wedding with theese beautiful souls. Please remember that one short video not nessesary shows everything done in a week or two. Also not everyone are comfortable of being exposed in social medias or KZbin. Sometimes I also just wanna live in the moment and enjoy my adventure interacting with others without a camera rolling. Im sailing a 55 for many reasons but shoving off is definatly not one of them. So im sad if thats the impression people will get out of this, as I see myself as a pretty down to earth normal guy. And definatly not rich. All the best! Stay safe and healthy 🍻⛵️

[@johanvantonder4642]

Hi, great video! Do you ever allow crew on your passages between the islands?

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you 🙏🏻In normal times I would not mind taking onboard guests between islands, but now it’s to high responsibility and risk. Entering rules can change overnight and also access can be denied.

[@Kompressor2007]

I don't speak norsk but as soon as saw the norwegian flag I was like "hopefuly speaks norwegian!!" but nope haha any saling channel in norwegian? I'm starting to learn it little by little

[@SailingwithThomas]

HA HA🤣👍🏻💪🏻 Im sorry to disappoint you😅 I started this channel mostly for my friends and family around the world and figured out it was best to do it in English because transcript takes so much time. Anyway I’m probably one of few speaking Norseman English 🤣 I you haven’t seen Norseman I can recommend it on Netflix 👍🏻 Making fun of Vikings

[@Kompressor2007]

@@SailingwithThomas hahah yeah I get it, it's a good idea to speak in english, way more audience too. I'm subbed anyway, good video! Hopefuly someday you get tired of english and speak some norwegian hahah See you around!

[@SailingwithThomas]

LOL🤣 Thank you 🙏🏻 Cheers 🍻

[@MiQBohlin]

These plastic camera mounts are not for action reality. I use proper GoPro mounts of aluminium.

[@troublackgod4755]

Mash, the black man looks like the white man. It's two men look alike on the face.

[@SailingwithThomas]

Im not 100% sure if I understand what your saying, but Im guessing we look the same which is cool! At least both of us enjoy helping others, drinking beer, and share good storries. So we where like good brothers

[@troublackgod4755]

@@SailingwithThomas YES LOOK LIKE FACE LIKE TWO BROTHERS TWINS .

[@jimmybrokos4610]

If you need help I’ll be glad to help

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you for your offer! And thank you for being here as well 🙏🏻

[@jimmybrokos4610]

@@SailingwithThomas You are living my dream brother

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you 🙏🏻 Hope you can realize your dream one day my friend 🍻

[@troublackgod4755]

Purée, l'homme noir ressemble à l'homme blanc .. C'est deux hommes se ressemble au niveau du visage ..