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Chris departs Cherbourg solo aboard Osprey on a 2,800-nautical-mile transatlantic passage — his 37th transatlantic crossing.0:03 He motors out of the harbor at sunset, timing the departure to ride the ebb tide out of the English Channel.0:52 Pre-departure preparation included a full rig inspection to the third spreader, checking all diagonals, the mast, halyards, reef lines, and stowing the dinghy aboard.1:20 He powers up the Raymarine autopilot and navigation instruments dockside, noting the absence of a Windex as the only outstanding issue.11:14 Chris flags the risk of complacency on experienced passages, framing it as a second "mount stupid" that builds quietly after many uneventful crossings.0:33 Upcoming plans disclosed: crew berths available on the Newport Bermuda Race aboard Osprey (roughly a 10-day event from the 16th to the 27th), followed by a Bermuda-to-Plymouth transatlantic in the second week of August targeting Richard Tolkien's Hamilton-to-Plymouth record.10:33

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