Caught in a 40-Knot Storm | Starlink Lost, Storm Rising... Daniel Pinsky’s Solo Atlantic Fight
May 10, 2026 · 7 min · 4K views · Atlantic Ocean
What this video covers
Daniel Pinsky, sailing solo across the Atlantic east-to-west without GPS or weather forecasts, is caught in 40-knot northerly winds and 6–7 meter seas.0:58 His Starlink fell overboard earlier in the passage, leaving him communicating only through a satellite phone with delays of several hours per message.0:14 When large waves struck the hull and heeled the boat dangerously, Pinsky recognized the danger and shifted from fighting the storm to heaving-to and drifting.0:49 He deployed a Jordan Series Drogue — approximately 100 small parachutes on a long line with a weighted end — off the stern, and set a trysail to keep the bow downwind, stabilizing the boat.0:49 He then sealed the boat, went below, ate fish he had caught days earlier, drank tea, and rested while drifting south at two knots.1:35 Morale is low; the next 48 hours are forecast to bring 40–50 knot north-northeasterly winds — directly on his intended heading — forcing continued southward drift.2:21 A second segment covers pre-departure storm-sail preparation: a trysail rigged to the forestay and a tire-and-chain drogue on 70 meters of line as backup heavy-weather tools.5:35
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