600 Miles Solo to the Canary Islands

[@SailingYachtZora]

PS. I smashed my phones camera hence that weird reflection in some of the shots at bottom right

[@alva35100]

Hi Niamh and RHY, I watched your video so many times reminds me of sailing a long time ago now. CONGRATULATIONS on your forthcoming wedding. Your work on the boat is great and shows how much you both love the sea and sailing . Your tenacity is very admirable.I wish you both a great wedding day and your forthcoming trip around the world. You have hit a lot of unfortunate things go wrong on board but that will pass. Call them teething troubles. Happiness and good sailing to you both. Keep safe and in God's hands. Hugs Nana.

[@Cerbydave]

A long way from Pwllheli. Fantastic to see how you are doing. I love Lanzarote so am a tad jealous!

[@Stuwy2]

To help the rolling. Try and have the 3rd reef in the main sheeted midship and tight. So the sail itself is doing very little but providing resistance to the roll. Still in Tangier, pleased you made it ok. Was watching on AIS

[@paul42592]

Keep them coming. Best wishes for the wedding and looking forward to the Atlantic crossing.

[@kmathers101]

Thanks mate for the nice video

[@hexsailing49]

Nice one dude .Congratulations on the Wedding

[@MickLay]

Thanks for the video!

[@joandonnelly9187]

Safe trip home for your wedding and look forward to the next videos.

[@vxnova1]

Hope all is going well.

[@andrewmortimer3317]

Congratulations on your coming marriage! Always a great day when you post a new video.

[@SailingYachtZora]

Thanks buddyA

[@patrickwentz8413]

Okay! Glad you are on your way and looking ship shape!

[@SailingYachtZora]

Thanks mate

[@janlouisjohnsen7240]

You're a legend brother!

[@SailingYachtZora]

You're a bigger legend

[@davewalsh2390]

super job buddy. Well done.

[@JakMang]

Monitors are great. Watch for chafe on the sheeves at the bottom of the legs that lead to the pendulum rudder.

[@owenwalters7186]

❤awesome video as usual bro. Class to be able to see voyage xxx

[@Servant_of_Christ]

Mainsail dampens the rolling, get it up!

[@shanequinn1988]

Living the dream bud 👍

[@SailingYachtZora]

A long way from living in a connect in stryker car parkv

[@WildlingSailing]

Bloody great sailing mate, very well done

[@SailingYachtZora]

Thanks brother, hope your search is going well!

[@MarkSmith-rk3iv]

I do enjoy your videos ,, keep them coming :-))

[@TheDigitalMermaid]

Damn I miss Zora... I need to get back onboard!

[@almath9987]

Thanks for the video, appreciate the update even if its not that exciting still interesting 👍 hope you enjoy the trip and the seas are kind ,🤞👏⛵🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@SailingYachtZora]

I think if I was a normal sailing vlog it would have been a far more dramatic video 😅

[@chrisyarnold6205]

Just subscribed, first time I've come across your channel. No expert at all but I would experiment with raising mainsail a little to dampen down rolling when sailing downwind. May have to adjust vane or course if wind on one quarter.

[@SailingYachtZora]

Good thinking, I'll give that a go

[@mattevans-koch9353]

Great video Rhys. Enjoy the realness of the footage and the commentary. Not all sailing is heeled over in 30 knot winds with 20 foot seas and green water over the bow. Most of the time it is just moving along at 5 to 6 knots with rolling seas under reduced sail and watching the time go by. Best wishes for a great wedding. Take care.

[@SailingYachtZora]

Cheers mate, good to see you pop up

[@nigelmorgan3449]

With all the work you did on her ya got to be over the moon with the performance and how nice she looks

[@SailingYachtZora]

She sails really well man, once I have wind she flies along. The med really wasn't good for her

[@LakesideProductions]

Fair play! Amazing to see the progress you've made after not checking in on your videos in so long.

[@SailingYachtZora]

Getting on well mate! Hope your project is going good

[@rolandtb3]

Congrats. Safe passage home. Time with family and friends. Boat work in 4 - 6 weeks.

[@thecivvie]

Glad you had a safe sail and happy wedding or whatever they say

[@SailingYachtZora]

Thanks mate

[@sailingsomeday5975]

Great job bud! You might consider putting a lock on the stove to stop the swing…you only really need it to him Le when cooking

[@SailingYachtZora]

Good idea mate, I did come with a bolt lock but that broke off immediately....

[@ianhorne8144]

Great job Rhys, I envy you that trip. Re the rolling - have you tried a partially unrolled staysail sheeted hard amidships? Best wishes to you both from both of us. SY Eliana.

[@SailingYachtZora]

I'll give that a go, but usually I use the staysail poled out. Maybe I'll try some.main that way

[@ianhorne8144]

@@SailingYachtZora ! Mmmm…. Not sure about that. My suspicion is that there is a risk that by moving the C of E aft by having the main up and then sheeting the main in hard, may make life a lot harder for your ‘vane gear. If you try it, maybe try it triple-reefed? If you can carry the main trimmed normally, flattened and prevented, then that would help - either on the same gybe or ‘wing and wing’. Let us know what works best!

[@SailingYachtZora]

@@ianhorne8144 ill try some things on the crossing and report

[@luisbelmonte1532]

Hey! Have you tried hoisting the satysail and sheeting it to the centerline in order to minimiaze the rolling?

[@brunomendonca5967]

Hi Rhys, which is the brand of the windvane?

[@SailingYachtZora]

Its a monitor

[@medicdad]

Glad you made the passage safely. Maybe boring for some but how did you provision for this trip? And talk about planning for the transatlantic x-ing? Fair winds dude.

[@SailingYachtZora]

Ya mate I can defo do that, I'm enjoying making videos again without feeling any pressure so it's good

[@arnteriksen5773]

As always a good video, but why are you sailing alone? That distance it would have been better to be atleast 2 persons onboard. Have a safe trip! And have a great wedding!

[@SailingYachtZora]

Niamh is at home preparing for the wedding.

[@CheersWarren]

Rolling? Sometimes that’s just life but it can be caused The vortices coming off a sail. This causes the death toll you see on dinghy sailing sometimes. Sail adjustments can help. You might find adding more ballast ( internal) could reduce the roll period. I know you added ballast to the lines but Ballast in the right places can make a difference. Cheers warren

[@RidgeRunner5-]

I heard there was some kind of Orca pod in your area that likes to tear off the rudders of sailing vessels?

[@SailingYachtZora]

Ya! They are active from Northern Spain right down to Gibraltar. We were lucky and avoided them all

[@DVolvoguy777-x7o]

This is what pay off looks like. Well done Sir!

[@SailingYachtZora]

Long time coming mate!

[@DVolvoguy777-x7o]

@@SailingYachtZora you’re going to have one heck of a honeymoon. That’s for sure. Fair winds and following seas! Wish I wasn’t in the middle of the US, would be fun to put the Catalina 270 through its paces!

[@deeryker]

boring,,no one died no fire,,,fekkin boring leg shots

[@SailingYachtZora]

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[@deeryker]

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[@SailingYachtZora]

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