BIG SEA ADVENTURE
10 de abril de 2026 · 23 min · 64K visualizações · Mid-Atlantic Ocean
Sailboat at sunset with dramatic clouds and moon above
O que este vídeo aborda
Barry Perrins sails his boat Schadmeister solo across the North Atlantic toward the Azores, then England, enduring a 10-day becalming in a roughly 1,000-mile windless zone where he drifted close enough to Newfoundland that it became his nearest landfall.8:15 Speed dropped to 1.5–2.5 knots for days; his best 24-hour run during the calm period was 70 miles.8:02 He discovers a tear in the mainsail with 777 miles still to go, repairs it at sea by hand-stitching through the torn section and around the batten pocket, reinforcing it with sail tape — a fix that held to the finish, though the sail proved worn out beyond further use.9:03 Portuguese man-of-war jellyfish appear in numbers, ruling out swimming.3:10 A large ship passes dangerously close with no audible warning, triggering the collision alarm.6:41 Perrins sets wing-on-wing by hoisting an inner forestay sail given to him in Panama alongside the headsail.17:05 A chronic leg injury sustained in Australia adds urgency to reaching England.10:37 He announces this around-the-world voyage will end on arrival — two years longer than planned due to COVID and a stranded season in Darwin.11:16 The passage ends in a violent squall with 9-knot boat speed under reduced sail.21:58 A field repair using sail tape and hand-stitching can hold a blown mainsail together for hundreds of miles, but a worn-out sail will not survive another passage.13:39
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