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Sailing Into The Atlantic, Solo.
April 2, 2026 · 16 min · 6K views · Atlantic Ocean
Dark mainsail billows against blue sky, rigging taut.
What this video covers
Chris departs Cherbourg solo aboard a high-performance racing boat, entering the Bay of Biscay bound for Canada, with the Atlantic crossing serving as his qualifying passage for the Global Solo Challenge 2027.12:06 The new mainsail went up for only the second time after leaving Cherbourg — the first was a penalty 720 at the Fastnet start when a headboard car hardware fault caused a late start.0:48 He sailed the first couple of hundred miles under mainsail alone, deliberately, to familiarise himself with it.0:37 The gearbox oil cooler sprung leaks on both its water and oil sides on the first evening out, spilling oil into the bilge; 15 litres of spare oil are aboard.7:12 The throttle cable is jammed, forcing him to manage engine revs from a secondary control.7:49 Wind instruments and the windex were lost in a previous 55-knot storm off Ushant.4:30 Cockpit safety lines had been cut out and needed a temporary replacement.3:55 Starlink is yet to be mounted on the stern post.2:27 He announces a Bermuda–Plymouth record attempt on the Transatlantic in August, targeting the mark set on Artemis 1, and is recruiting paid crew spots for both the Newport Bermuda Race ($3,000) and the Transatlantic ($4,000).12:17 Sequencing jobs to reach a departure threshold — rather than completing every task — is the practical framework he describes for getting a boat out of a marina.3:29
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