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Solo Sailor Atlantic Circuit - Morocco Nonstop to Cape Verde
March 24, 2026 · 23 min · 2K views · Fuerteventura
Sailboat cuts rough seas at sunset, double-reefed main
What this video covers
Atom departs Agadir, Morocco solo at 12:30 p.m. and sails 1,200 nautical miles nonstop to Mindelo, Cape Verde aboard his Pearson Triton.▶ 0:37 The first three days run fast — six-plus knots downwind wing on wing with a double-reefed main in strong northeast trades.▶ 4:09 Day four brings a transition: winds drop, go fluky, and force repeated sail changes, including shifting the whisker pole to the opposite side and briefly sailing a broad reach.▶ 4:46 Once past the Canary Islands through the six-and-a-half-mile strait between Fuerteventura and the African coast — where tidal currents run up to 2.5 knots — shipping traffic thins and the boat moves progressively offshore.▶ 3:26 At 900 miles out, roughly 290 miles remain; Atom targets a daylight arrival in Mindelo and plans to heave-to outside the harbor overnight if he misses it.▶ 11:24 The Monitor windvane steers throughout. On arrival, several maintenance issues surface: chafe on the furling jib, a broken plastic flange on the furler drum (repaired with stainless plates), a chafed jib halyard cut and re-spliced, a cracked Monitor windvane rudder latch caught and welded in Mindelo, and chafed whisker pole control lines.▶ 19:28 The passage takes approximately eight days.▶ 14:21
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