Maruzza's Horizons · vídeo

O que este vídeo aborda

Giuseppe sails Maruzza, a sailboat on a roughly 1,000-mile test cruise in Greek waters, through the notoriously narrow Chalkis strait between Evia island and the mainland.▶ 0:27 The passage is part of a shakedown to verify recent upgrades before a planned voyage to the coasts of West Africa.▶ 0:32 En route, Giuseppe misjudges a weather window: with a favorable tailwind five miles short of Chalkis, he stops for the night; the wind shifts 180 degrees overnight, turning a 90-minute run into a five-hour upwind slog at 40°C.▶ 1:04 He reaches Chalkis entirely under sail, including through the bridge passage against strong current.▶ 2:21 The Chalkis strait produces tidal currents exceeding 6 knots as the tide forces water through the narrow gap between Evia and the continent; the old Chalkis Bridge opens only briefly at slack water, typically around 2 a.m., to avoid blocking city traffic.▶ 3:36 Giuseppe anchors south of the bridge, waits from 9 p.m. until after midnight for the delayed opening, then transits north into the Aegean in a chaotic queue of boats.▶ 3:58 The lesson he draws: when the wind turns favorable, stop everything else and sail — over-reliance on the engine makes it easy to forget that rule.▶ 1:25

Mais de Maruzza's Horizons

Deserted Bay Adventure: Life Alone on a Sailboat06/2026I CAUGHT a GROUPER in the DESERT from a Sailboat!06/2026The Way Nobody Talks About Going Poop on a Sailboat06/2026Solo Sailing on a tiny boat: Stormy Seas around Greek Islands06/2026

De Maruzza's Horizons — veja o barco, a tripulação e todos os vídeos analisados do canal.