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BETWEEN MADEIRA AND GRAN CANARIA
December 7, 2025 · 42 min · 6K views · Funchal, Madeira
What this video covers
Sailing an ETAC 38 named Odin, a singlehander departs Funchal, Madeira, bound for Las Palmas de Gran Canaria — roughly 248 nautical miles — on a Sunday, timing the passage to stay ahead of a forecast 25–30-knot blow due Tuesday or Wednesday.19:07 The Funchal anchorage gets a harsh assessment: constant swell makes it worse than open sea, and the skipper has no interest in riding out 35 knots there.21:04
The passage takes four days.40:43 Conditions include 25–30 knots, 3-meter beam swell, heavy rain, lightning, and a squall that briefly exceeds 35 knots.28:25 Sail configuration throughout: two reefs in the mainsail plus staysail, with the genoa added or removed as wind allows.25:19 The staysail holds without seam failure.29:17 The final 30 miles run under motor after wind drops to 5 knots.30:48
At Las Palmas, the anchorage at Las Palmas holds roughly a hundred boats with 20–30 meters between them; a second anchorage not charted on Navili is also in use.40:24 Before departure, the skipper replaces a failed 800W generator inverter with a 2,000W unit sourced in Funchal for €248, needed to power Starlink underway.15:00 Goose barnacles found on the hull require scraping; a full dive clean is deferred to the Canaries.2:32 Solar panels at 400W prove insufficient during two overcast days — the skipper recommends doubling capacity or adding a wind generator.32:20
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