Cool video. I am one who is inspired by Erik. I bought my first boat this summer in Sweden, a Joker S30, and with help from an experienced skipper, we sailed it to Denmark. Fantastic trip with night sailing and all - and I took her out of the swedish "skærgården" and into open water. myself. Im living in the boat as well, but cant wait to start sailing when I have done insulation and repairs. Eric is amazing but it was nice to hear your comments on the video. What he does - I would never do - but your comments gave me new wisdom on small boats in big swells and the tipping over factor was very educational. Thank you Wish you all the best and good winds and smooth sailing.

Erik's boat I believe is a Contesa 35.

Eric is extreme and his ability to film it is spectacular , in my opinion he's exciting to watch !

One of the most impressive storm sailing films I recall seeing is "Around Cape Horn 1929" shown by the Antarctic Digital Heritage footage on KZfaq - Captain Irving Johnson sailed aboard the German windjammer 4 masted bark "Peking" (115m length, 32 sails, 4100m of canvas) in 1929, reminds me of the saying "when ships were made of wood and men were made of steel" (even though this is a steel ship) ..... not only an impressive story but the footage for the time is absolutely amazing, and he seems to have a similar outlook as Eric

Eric’s boat is a Contessa 35 so from the same stable as the Contessa 32 who’s reputation in heavy weather is well known. Fastnet 79 and John Kretchmer’s adventures at Cape Horn etc are testament.

Eric sails in a boat where he feels the wind and the waves He actually has done a lot of sailing and his boat is very capable Its a contessa 35 . I find you are a bit mmm how do I say .... most people cannot afford your level of equipment Eric is a true Viking he has lots of safeguards in place, is well sponsored with good equipment. Eric is very capable and has sailed a lot so your comment about him being inexperienced is far from the truth. I have sailed in heavy weather down wind in a similar sized boat it's tiring and a rough ride and I do agree about the learning curve, so good point. Bravo Eric !

Chris all Erik’s sailing is like that. He sails in storms because he wants it, he loves it . He knows it’s dangerous, and he accepts that. Also he doesn’t ‘talk down ‘ to people… Yes, Maybe you should go sailing with him!

Fantastic - thanks for doing this. Erik is a real inspiration to "normal boat" people like me. Small boats are limiting in some ways, but in other ways they're absolutely liberating to people on normal incomes, and boats smaller than Erik's have made amazing passages. But it's really sobering to me, and a good lesson, to hear you say - flat out - that you don't know how to make a boat like that safe. That tells me "how much I don't know." As for what to do next, a commentary on the boats and rules of the Golden Globe Race would be fascinating.

For the fear part: I think both types exist. Irrational fear that can be overcome by learning that something isn't dangerous and rational fear when you have learned that something is dangerous. These types can also blend.

Erik's boat is a Contessa 35 if I remember correctly

tanks for your insights on this Eric (one of my favourite) adventure, really helpfull to put toghether Eric film with your high level seamanship.

Excellent discussion of heavy weather sailing and potential problems

I think it’s great the safety aspect that your bringing on line, sharing stuff that you haven’t just read but really been in it! Please keep sharing I found your pod cast a few months back and now excited to see you on KZfaq! I’m refitting my first sailboat a Westsail 32 now and live on the Columbia river in the Pacific Northwest a hour inland. Been boating all my life my father was a tug captain pull log raft’s down from Alaska to puget sound but sailing I’m happy to be able to listen to someone as yourself with such great experience 👍👍

He’s got a proper dead-cat on the microphone 🎤I believe it’s also a shot-gun mic

Erik Aanderaa’s "A Wild North Atlantic Crossing - Jan Mayen to Iceland" kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bNJxmb2g07qulo0.html

Came here from your podcast. That was a fun and informative take on a video review! 😊

I love that you’re not using music on deck really conveys the actual essence of being there.

Interesting concept, one professional and highly experienced sailor watching and commenting on another professional and highly experienced sailor's videos. I spent 3 days in a bad storm with 30 foot waves on the Flemish Cap one November, but that was aboard a 100 metre research vessel...and we still found that tough...I can only imagine being in a Force 10 on a Contessa 35 😱 but I like to think I'd jump at the opportunity. But not solo, holy crap.

He uses a Rode VideoMic Pro+ with a deadcat and I’m guessing runs it through a denoise filter of some sort in post production to clean it up even more.

If you meet Erik you'll understand him far better than his videos portray him. His skills elevate thru Knowledge and Trial & Error. His concept on Fear is that ... Fear is the Danger that an unknown circumstance can hurt you. So know your equipment, know your skills , and go to THAT limit , but don't exceed it. Eriks boat is the Contessa. He has built her with overkill on all the rigging , and the Rolly Tasker sails are custom made for brutal conditions. Raymarine/Raytheon/FLIR have given him the very best gear, including the new FLIR IR Camera on mast top that detects icebergs !! Now saying that Erik isnt very experienced is you not knowing him. You need to watch more of his journeys and his ' attempts ' where the sea has sent him home. The Iceland video where Eddys-Waves nearly swallowed his vessel. Mind blowing footage. Eric is arguably the BEST sailing channel on KZfaq. It truly is No Bullshit , Just Sailing. Sailing in 70ft+ Ocean yachts and Racing yachts is a challenge but honestly the vessel is able to easily handle roaring 40's with the right person at the helm. Safety in numbers when the numbers are Footage ( length & beam ) Erik has taught me imperative skills and helped my confidence to become a much better ( and safer ) sailor than I was 3 years ago. You might wanna check out another friend of ours Sam Holmes. He has crossed BOTH Oceans in 26' & 28' Sailboats , very basic , Solo runs , and is a great guy ! He has a lot of silly videos as well , but the Ocean passages are great achievements.... Anyways. There you have it. Erik is a Legend already and if he was in your 80' World Class vessel , he'd sail that to the Moon and back !

As you suggested , yes, would like you to comment on the GGR race boats, 35/36 foot boats Circumnavigating by the three great capes ,eastward, single handed….

New Sub - enjoyed this critique. Respect to you Chris.

Chris, you're amazing. I mean, reaction video while sailing sólo upwind at night. When I grow up (and I'm 52) I want to be like you 😂. We love everything you do. 🙏 Suggestion videos, or mostly channel, "the sailing Frenchman". He's quite good too. Thanks again, Saludos, Carlos

I like your belt, SS double buckle. Gerber and knife handy, not in a pocket! Where did you get that? ..... Now that I am thinking about it, you mentioned it in one of your podcasts. Something about selling them? It was an older Podcast.......BTW I believe he has a Sennheiser Lavalier mic under his coat. The EW 112P G4 is a nice setup.

Erik puts a lot of effort in shooting, narrating amd editing those videos Chris.

Chris this is hilarious.. Best video yet from a fun point of view, well done. Question... Where can I purchase a Spartan cap?

For the most I find JSNB to be well done. It is important to question and think critically nowadays. I cannot help but to point out the many obvious mistakes in some of the popular sailing KZfaq channels. Most certinely when they are showing a technique which is out of sorts. My intent is not to be an arm chair critic, but merely offer a prospective and to educate myself along with the viewers, who may be looking at these thinking; this is the way to do it. From my own part I would like to see you do this more often on other popular video blogs like you have done in sailing movies.

Erik is amazing and has been producing very high quality content. You won't see any bikini's in his video's.

Great video... I've wondered many times while watching different KZfaq sailing videos, what would CSM or othe folks of that ilk think of the situations people get themselves in... there aren't a lot of people with over 300k miles under their belt. So thanks for doing the KZfaq videos and making yourself available to relative noobs like me 😁

Slartibartfast made Norway 😄

Great stuff! Rycote makes great stuff for cutting down wind noise - lil furry covers do a lot to make mics usable in wind

Chris, have you seen Alluring Artic, equally amazing footage and production. Juho is somewhat more calm and considered than our Viking friend

Interesting to me is the sail setup and how badly it is done is these conditions. The rig is completly out of balance, think COE (center of effort) the stresses placed on the rig due to this are a reciept for diaster. Better staysail & trisail or staysail with reefed main. I agree with you headsail furling is a short term fix and another threat. Doing dangerous exicting sailing for sure can be fun. Maybe not so much at my age. Althougth when doing such you need to identify the risks an mitagte them as much as possible. I believe they call this seamanship 😉

Hi Chris, enjoyed your reaction and thoughts on Eric’s effort, I saw it a while back. I wonder if he informed the Coastguard of his intentions before setting off - doubtful, I would think: and in terms of ethics, having chosen to (cheerfully) put himself at risk, would he call, and expect to be rescued by others if it all went pear shaped. In the mountains, rescue team members are generally more than willing to set out in atrocious weather to help bring climbers in difficulty back to safety. I’m not sure if this type of attitude prevails to the same extent in a maritime setting, particularly in this case where our gung ho Viking is not some unfortunate fisherman caught out unexpectedly, or something of that nature. Have a good trip on to Iceland. I was not far from the Faeroes at the end of Summer…Fin Whales all over the place, daily for six weeks. Now don’t go hitting one of the those. All the best to you.

Erik is a Viking sailor, they discovered and populated North America centuries before Columbus sailed into the Caribean.

Thanks for the great channel. It was great to see the reactions to Erik's adventure. As previously requested, I would also like to hear opinions about GGR boats and thoughts about the sinking of Tapio Lehtinen's Asteria boat

Chris, love your content and its great to see you building your channel and brand. I have picked up some really useful ideas and you have confirmed a lot of my thoughts about sailing on my 35' 1980 cruiser which I short and single hand around the western approaches. Eric has also been an inspiration, but I am, like you certainly not inspired to deliberately put myself well outside my limits, but being OK at the edge of our comfort zone and just beyond is the only way we gain experience. If I can though provide a little feedback. Your comments on your guess of Eric being maybe a 50,000 mile skipper being inexperienced are a bit of a poke in the ribs. It isn't only distance that counts, it is time. Does 30 years sailing in UK waters in all seasons not build experience - of sailing in UK waters? Clocking up miles crossing oceans at 300+ miles per day makes the comparison a little unfair. How many hours dodging fishermen at night do you clock up in the South Atlantic? Size matters also. It may be worth reflecting that in the mid 20th century 35' was quite a big boat. Most yachts in the early days of round the World single handing were production 30ish footers. Please bear in mind that a lot of your audience sail or aspire to sail smaller boats and sail fewer miles, your work provides inspiration to us all, keep up the good work.

It’s like sailing from Kauai to Oahu.

It's dryer inside ,

I like his videos to a point. However, he's ripped more headsails in the last 3 years than I have in 25. And your point about is he strapped on! He often isn't . I'm considerably more cautious.

If it had gone wrong, there'd be no video!

As you say, it wasn’t F10 when sailing, 8 gusting 9? That said boats of that design are crap down wind…and going between those skerries…yikes. I don’t think the boat size is as much the issue. Great video, yes…foolhardy…absolutely

I had a very professional sailor taught me the little I know and it was all about knowing your limits, being conservative and being sensible. It's always a case of 'what if' and how you then cope. If you're a dick and play the Nordic hard man that's fine until some other poor bugger has to rescue you or drag your battered body out the sea. Thanks for backing up what I've been taught

got about 9min in and could take trying to hear you over Erik.

Contessa 35 Tessi capsize Ratio 1.98