THE WORLDS BUSIEST SHIPPING LANE, AT NIGHT! - SwT 104 - BACK IN PANAMA AFTER 2 YEARS OF WAITING

Sailing solo into the Worlds second busiest shipping lane at night, after a 1300 nautical miles nonstop solo sail from Martinique to Panama. After 2 years of waiting, I'm back in Shelter Bay Marina again. I'm sharing the last hours of my sail and also some of the things around entering busy shipping lanes and communication with the traffic control. Even though I normally don't anchor at night I felt confident enough to do so outside of Shelter Bay as I have been there so many times and know the place pretty well.
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I`m sailing around the world in my 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. Still in the Caribbean due to Covid and was supposed to be in Asia by now.
Even though this is season 4 on youtube I did not make that many videos in the beginning. Before full-time sailing, I have sailed several seasons in the Med prior to this, and obviously also in Scandinavia. I have been traveling the world before and have also been an active regatta sailor for decades. I had my first sailboat at age 7 and have been sailing ever since. Also, more than 10 years of experience as a captain in Search and Rescue at sea in Norway.
PLEASE BE KIND IN THE COMMENTS!
I'm just a normal person sharing my travel adventure through my eyes and experience from my perspective! Remember how I do things might work for me but not for you. It might even not be the correct way to do things, and I don't have the blueprint either. I'm not perfect and nobody is. The day I believe I know it all and don't think I can learn new things I should go ashore. I enjoy sharing my mistakes as well my knowledge and experience without trying to teach you anything.

[@treeman2685]

That’s is so cool to reunite with the sewing machine!! Right on. Good sewing. Enjoy a cold one from Maine 🤙🤙

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you so much for being here and for watching. I can’t wait to get started with some projects with my new toy aboard. Cheers 🍻

[@dennisfromoz6436]

Zig & Zag on the high seas, and now to Zig & Zag your Bimini. OK, in between pool pleasure time and a few coldies.. Pleased with your safe arrival and the coverage of that journey. Always a pleasure to view and listen to your adventures. Thanks heaps Thomas. Enjoy yourself in Panama.....Cheers

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you so much for your kind words and happy to have you here! All the best and cheers from Panama 🍻

[@stevesteel6066]

Awesome job, as usual and great advice that’s not selling anything to us. I believe the busiest shipping channel is the English Channel. Fair winds to you always!

[@NoBullshitJustGaming]

Great!! Cheers, stay safe!!

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you so much! Cheers 🍻

[@ThoughtfulWander]

great episode! Stay safe, Thomas! 👍👍👊👊

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you so much! All the best and cheers 🍻

[@tomcraddock244]

As always another great video!! Glad you got in safely and can now just relax !! Well done Thomas!! Let us know what all your friend left for you in the locker!! Fair winds ⛵️

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you so much for watching and your comment. Thank you also for being here! All the best and cheers 🍻

[@StemtoSternSailing]

Gledere meg til første episode av "Sewing with Thomas" ..... det blir bra ! mvh Jarle

[@SailingwithThomas]

Ha ha🤣 Ja det er en god tittel på en episode👍🏻 Skål fra Panama🍻

[@mememe5231]

Congratulations on your safe passage. Can’t wait for the canal! Thank you

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you so much for watching and for being here! All the best and cheers 🍻

[@biankakoettlitz6979]

Hei Thomas, off topic, but as a former regatta sailor, you’ll appreciate that: the Norwegian king Harald sails the WM in Geneva in the end of July 2022👍with his boat ‘Sirs’ .

[@SailingwithThomas]

Hey Bianka, it’s a sailing channel so I find it relevant👍🏻 Amazing that or King still is going strong with sailing and racing. All the best and cheers 🍻

[@donnakawana]

Heya Thomas, Great episode I enjoy it very much! It's nice to get lil bits an bob's you need in life.. I love that the sail right machine is so flexible in us uses... Very nice... Oh that cake looks yummy... Well deserved my friend!! Shelter bay is nice...! ✌🏻💗😊⛵❣️

[@robertscranton8293]

Nice video. Thank you.

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you for watching and for being here 🍻

[@jankareaustinat310]

Takk igjen, beste læreren

[@SailingwithThomas]

Takk for hyggelig kommentar og for at du ser på filmene jeg legger ut! Cheers 🍻

[@dutchglobetrotter4513]

Cheers 🍻

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you for watching and cheers 🍻

[@peterstocker6863]

Thankyou

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you so much for watching 🍻

[@francleo2002]

Your solo-sailing, and the way you handle each situation during your voyage, is such an inspiration for me, and I can assure, to many others! Thanks again for such a balanced and cheerful recount of this leg of your passage. Cheers!!

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you so much for being here and for your kind words. Comments like this means a lot to my motivation investing lots of time into my videos. Much appreciated! All the best and cheers 🍻

[@milkoberben2963]

Nice

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you so much and cheers 🍻

[@Cptnbond]

Thomas, thanks for another update on your adventure. I always like it when you go into some discussion of choices you made and why. Keep up making real food, and treat yourself well during the passage with your homemade cakes. They look delicious. Cheers.

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you so much for your kind words and for watching. Happy to know you enjoy my way of sharing my adventure. Much appreciated. Cheers 🍻

[@ingeebeltoft]

Hei Igjen Tomas. Ditt kunnskapsnivå er mildt sagt imponerende. Jeg følger beundrende med deg. Ship Ohio 😎😎

[@SailingwithThomas]

Hei Inge! Takk for hyggelige ord og for at du er her. Ekstra hyggelig med seere hjemmefra. Cheers 🍻

[@aribach]

it's like.... FINALLY! So happy you can finally get underway with your plans Thomas. Covid sure was a curveball. Safe travels....god vind!

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you for watching and your kind words. It’s for sure nice to finally be out sailing again and experience the world is opening. It’s been two long years of waiting not only for me but everyone. Hopefully we will not experience closed borders and lockdowns again. Now it’s going to be lots of sailing again that’s for sure. All the best and cheers 🍻

[@k1mgy]

As I have watched a few of your presentations lately there is something I notice throughout: a consistently careful, safety-conscious approach to sailing. It makes me want to learn from you, because I want to be a competent, safe and careful sailor, too. Please keep sharing your adventures, and especially your experience. There's a lot to learn from you!

[@nickgoodall578]

Strong agree. I watch some other KZbin sailers and they all seem like slow-motion train-wrecks compared to Thomas!

[@Anmeteor9663]

Depending on where you are in the world, go and sign on for some decent approved training such as the RYA program that operates in UK and Europe. This is always very safety first approach. Thomas was a Rescue boat captain for years so he has seen all the mistakes others make and is a properly trained and experienced captain.

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you so much for your kind words and for being here! I’m happy to hear you enjoyed the episodes you have been watching, and your kind words are much appreciated. I try not to do click baiting and instead hoping those who bother to watch my videos find it more interesting than expected. Not always I feel that I succeed but trying hard to give some value for my viewers in one way or another. I definitely don’t have the blueprint in sailing and navigation etc. But decades of sailing and also professional side with lots of experience at sea is hopefully shining through it how and what I do. However I’m just a human and also do my mistakes and are not afraid to expose this side either as I go. My intentions is to share things in a transparent and honest way as real as possible. So feedback like yours is much appreciated and gives me also motivation to keep investing time and money into my videos. Thank you so much! Cheers 🍻

[@knutbakken9987]

Fine videoer du lager Thomas,,,,,,

[@SailingwithThomas]

Tusen takk Knut, og takk for at du ser på! Cheers 🍻

[@MiQBohlin]

Lucky you to put your hands on a Sailrite! Excellent storytelling and nice shots edited with a good hearing 👂

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you so much! Yes I was very excited to get my hands on the Sailrite so can’t wait to have some projects done. All the best and cheers 🍻

[@gefginn3699]

Great post my friend Thomas. Cheers 🍻 🌞🌴⛵️

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you so much for your kind words! All the best and cheers from Panama 🍻

[@JasonHampel]

Wow that lava cake looks tasty! Maybe one day you will publish a recipe book with all your favorite meals, desserts and snacks you like to make while on board Be Free! :) I bet it would be a real money maker too! lol :) I imagine trading recipes is something sailors do every now and then when they get together to share a meal with each other. That Sailrite sewing machine must be worth its weight in gold to a sailor. Amazing how many skill sets you have to acquire when you cruise full time around the world on a yacht! How much do they sell for if you had to buy it brand new?

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you so much for taking your time to not only watch my video but also leaving such a nice comment. Much appreciated! I have quite a lot of videos never published from preparing and making different dishes onboard. Maybe one entire episode with recipes could be something one day there is not so much other things going on. Or even a book for long distance sailing tips and tricks from the galley. This sewing machine is 1500US$ new plus all the equipment threads and much more. But you don’t need much canvas repairs or stitching your sails after a sail to have defended your money spent. Been wanting one onboard for a long time, but timing it with shipping etc is a challenge as sailor and especially last two years. So it was a no brainer when my friend listed this for sale. Thank you so much for being here! All the best and cheers 🍻

[@JasonHampel]

@@SailingwithThomas Investing in the right tools is definitely worth it. :) I actually imagined it would cost more just for the machine but it sounds like you got yourself a great deal with the machine and all the supplies and stuff that came with it! :)

[@sailingsereiawithgary8385]

I'm glad you had a safe and fun voyage Thomas. You are so close to the Pacific now. I can only imagine how excited you are to go the canal.

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you so much for watching and your kind words! I cant wait to transit the Canal but will visit a few places here first. All the best🍻

[@ghhammer3498]

Great video Thomas. You have a relaxed personality. Looking forward to next weeks video.

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you so much for your kind words and for being here. All the best and cheers 🍻

[@oakleyjack7600]

👍⛵️ Glad you had a smooth passage !

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you so much for your kind comment and for being here. Cheers 🍻

[@markhumphreys5042]

Thanks for another great episode it’s been pissing down rain and blowing a gale here in Sydney Aus so it was nice to see you getting some sunshine

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you so much for watching and for being here! I noticed it have been quite a weather on your side of the world. We took some from the potential hurricane that just passed north of us here. A very rare thing it goes so far south and west. Even continue out the Pacific with the same storm. All the best and cheers 🍻

[@markhumphreys5042]

The rain we had earlier this was insane nothing on record like it. From Queensland to past the south coast of Sydney that’s over 1000km my mother has a house on the Richmond river north coast of NSW the highest flood before reached the bottom step on the ground floor this flood was halfway through the second floor nothing a record like it. Thanks for the reply I can’t wait to see “Be Free” flying again I also love how you give sailing advice it’s been years since I’ve sailed you have given me the bug to get out and sail again.

[@daveBit15]

A man, a plan, a canal, Panama...

[@SailingwithThomas]

You got it all summarised pretty much there! Thank you so much for watching and for being here. Cheers 🍻

[@nooneanybodyknows1321]

The cleanliness of your boat should be a badge of pride for you. It is picture-perfect. 👍 It is sad when humans build in the wild and then kill animals in their homes. I wish there were a way to better coexist.

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you so much for watching and your kind words! I like to have it nice and clean as it’s faster to discover things. I could not agreed more with you we should be more careful with our wild life. It was the navy here and not the marina killing the crocks, as they where afraid of goo in the water at their base in front of the marina. Thank you for being here! Cheers 🍻

[@nooneanybodyknows1321]

@@SailingwithThomas Thanks for sharing that. I feel better about the marina. And, it sounds like the Navy has a legitimate reason for their action. I guess it would be hard to relocate them.

[@davidyendoll5903]

@@SailingwithThomas I just watched a Gold Globe video that covered keeping hulls free of barnacles etc Thomas. There was a new technique , new to me at least , that uses silica film sheet . The hull needs to be flattened right down before applying the silica , but nought can stick to the silica when you relaunch . A bit like Teflon , but not nasty to the environment apparently . Nice clean hull means a faster hull speed .... Tell uncle Rick that next time he feels like he is falling he must not use his hands to save himself . As a rugby player , many years ago now , I learnt to roll so that my shoulder took the first impact . This saved me in many motorbike slow speed accidents due to ice and diesel . No hospital visits , maybe a bruise . Just saying ! And slow down . Lol. Stay well and happy sailing to you .

[@ingridutne469]

Imponert over matlagingen! (Og soloseilingen også selvsagt). Kan du dele oppskriften på sjokoladekaken? Har selv Omnia :-)

[@SailingwithThomas]

Takk Ingrid! Hyggelig med positive tilbakemeldinger og seere hjemmefra. Omnia er genial til matlaging! Alt fra rundstykker til fisk går i den. Kanskje jeg får lage en kokebok for langturseilere og samle alt av oppskrifter og tips der? Cheers🍻

[@robinmalina2645]

👍👍👍

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you 🙏🏻🍻

[@petterandersson7429]

How many copies of your documentos did you need? 🤔

[@SailingwithThomas]

It’s plain crazy here with waiting and back and fourth with stamps and forms to fill out. 3 copies of all your documents and passport. And no one trust anyone here, but it’s for a reason. Honest people is rare to find in Panama. All the best and cheers 🍻

[@petterandersson7429]

@@SailingwithThomas I know...I lived there 10 years. SMH

[@sailinghooponopono2457]

Fikk meg en pizza stein, kun bakt brød en gang, men ikke brendt i bunnen denne gang... Takk

[@SailingwithThomas]

Pizza Stein er genialt til baking og pizza i gasskomfyr! Glad du fikk testet dette👍🏻 Cheers 🍻