Preparing to go from Great Lakes to Blue Water Sailors. Canada to Europe, via Greenland.
28 janvier 2025 · 56 min · 255 vues · Toronto
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Marie and Erin, sailing the 42-foot Baltic sailboat Northern Brees, present at the Toronto Boat Show on their transition from Great Lakes sailing to a transatlantic passage via Greenland.0:36 They began on Lake St. Clair in a 27-foot Mirage, moved to the 1982 Baltic 42 picked up in Rhode Island in 2019, and spent COVID in Lake Erie learning the boat intimately — replacing plumbing, rebuilding the teak deck, and diagnosing her poor behavior in short chop before confirming she performs well offshore.2:35 Their Canada-to-Greenland leg departed St. John's, Newfoundland, crossing to Narsarsuaq, Greenland in six days of continuous fog; weather router Chris Parker, hired for $250 for 10 personal forecasts, steered them away from the Labrador Current ice and advised a mid-June departure for maximum daylight.7:33 Safety gear included survival suits, VHF PLB, jack lines, tethers, and a cockpit enclosure.12:18 Pre-passage preparation covered months of physical training, RYA skipper certification, ICC credentials (required and checked multiple times in European waters), meteorology coursework, NOAA sailing directions, pilot charts, and ice charts from Denmark's DMI.6:14 PredictWind breadcrumb tracking kept shore contacts informed.13:17 The sailboatdata.com site and the ISO Category A ocean classification guided their boat selection.19:37
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