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I Nearly Collided with a Ship Sailing the Aegean!
19 July 2026 · 11 min · 1K views · Aegean Sea, between Skiros and Psara
What this video covers
Giuseppe sails his boat, Maruzza, on a 46-mile passage from Skiros to Antipsara in the Aegean Sea.7:57 During the transit, he crosses a commercial shipping lane and encounters multiple large freighters.4:30 While sailing downwind of a freighter, he enters the ship's wind shadow, causing his sails to luff and his boat to lose steerage.5:33 When he attempts to start the engine to manoeuvre away, the motor fails to engage, leaving the vessel drifting within 20 metres of the freighter.6:16 He eventually regains control and clears the shipping lane before reaching the anchorage at Antipsara.6:41 Throughout the passage, he utilises a wind vane, which he calls Giacomo, to maintain his course.2:31 He notes that approaching an anchorage upwind of the destination provides a safety margin against wind shifts.7:09 The passage concludes with a quiet night at anchor in the uninhabited waters of Antipsara.9:54
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