charming presentation and so much more enjoyable than the brash 'pretty sailing couple' channels that are more about them than sailing. Learnt loads here. thank you.

best vid i have ever seen on the subject, covered everything and no waffle.

This is great. So much better than 99% of the other so-called sailing channels.

i;ve watched 1,000 cruiser/sailing videos from 100 different channels is THIS one is by far the most detailed informative video. Thank you for making this video and sharing such valuable information.

Now THIS is the sailing channel I've been looking for!!! Once the t and a boaters wear your patience and your eyeballs thin - you know, the sunbathing, and the disasters that aren't, and the 'Big News' that isn't , and the sudden, unexplained influxes of tens of thousands of pounds (actually, usually dollars) from the ether, you start looking for something like this. I already thoroughly enjoy Barry Perrins, the old sea dog, and a few others, but I am a new sailor of 62 years ancient, and there is very little out there for us.

It takes a very clever person to put things across simply. Thank you for this!

What a wealth of high quality information. 👍

I listened to this video while driving home after sitting on sailing / cruising class at a local community college, learning never stops, thank you.

Whew! A wealth of knowledge in less than an hour.

Tons of good stuff.....Felt like I should have been taking notes!

This is a phenomenal resource for a young aspiring liveaboard sailor such as myself - thank you very much for gifting us with your wealth of information and wisdom!

Thank you. I will be doing the crossing this November. I am 68yrs. old and a coastal cruiser . I am a little nervous. Your calm demeanor put me at ease . Thank you .

Literally answered every question I had about transatlantic crossing. 😂👍 You should be a professor. I can listen to you all day. I just got into yachting during the pandemic. It's like a whole new world.

Just brilliant presentation. So interesting and with such calm and assured delivery from someone who clearly knows what he is talking about. Thank you.

Fabulous knowledge bombs . Thankyou for sharing and in my future I will think of this wisdom you shared when hopefully I have travelled these passages . Good health and good luck .

Thank you for sharing your experiences, amazing as they are, thank you

Really appreciated your Atlantic crossing video. You inspired me to plan a crossing. Doing my sailing licence preparation and exam in Italy now, though I'm Irish, a long story...😅 . Just found your channel and very happy to subscribe. Compliments

Just started sailing and found your channel. This was a joy to watch and i'm looking forward to doing this one day. Thank you!

Absolutely great video guide. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and personal experience. There are few video channels with this type of information.

Btw, I am 83, and have cycled camped over lots of Europe till suddenly I got old, creaking. And very cranky. Goodness knows why I found this good to watched but it was/is. Nice to listen to good sense

I can't believe I watched this whole video and even took out a pen and paper to take notes....this was loaded with great information

A wealth of very useful information, tips, hacks and advice from a sailor with first-hand experience, not just theory. A valuable resource for trans-Atlantic crossings.

And what a life you've obviously had!! How fantastic! Thank you for sharing.

An excellent tutorial on the Atlantic Crossing. Concise, well stated, and a "Fact Zone" differentiating you from all others. Well done. Good luck with your channel.

I watched a couple video advertisements for cruising sailboats and youtube suggested this video. now I guess I'm looking for a blue water boat lol. great information. subscribed.

Fantastic and so much useful information in clear words. You brought me closer to my own crossing - sooner than later…thank you Sir!

Very well put together sir, keep it up 👍

Great info. and very well put across. I sailed from Antigua to Portsmouth in 2009 - thanks to Crewseekers - to get sea miles and experience before buying my own boat in Greece. Now, 10+ years and 3 boats later, I'm still drawn to sailing the Atlantic again. Solo next time as I want a very different challenge. I will be rowing it in 2022 as part of the TWAC race after which, and on successful purchase of a boat (currently looking for a Vancouver 27), I'll sail the Atlantic again. Fair winds to you.

So earlier this year I finally got round to doing my Day Skipper course/exam. Watching this has shown me just how much I still need to learn. One day maybe, but a couple of years sailing up and down the Algarve first I think.

Absolutely fantasic video! Clear and informative and definately a wonderful reference. I have just purchased several of your books and guides for my cruising library - Many thanks! - Colin

This was a gold mine of information learned by years of experience.

What a nugget! Absolutely fantastic information.

I think this is the fourth time I watch this video. I'm getting more and more serious taking my 31feet moody to the Caribbean. Thank u so much for taking the time to share your knowledge! It helps more people than you ever could imagine! Keep up the good work!

If We Ever Meet in real life you will get a beer for me very useful information I absolutely like the way that you inform people I'm going to follow you on KZfaq thank you

Great video! I am new to sailing and just got my American equivalent to day skipper/navigation certs for coastal cruising while in Greece (Poros area). Next, I will be working on the advanced coastal cruising skipper cert (all conditions) then onto doing a passage course to Bermuda (from the US). Your videos give a whole lot of context about the realities of sailing/passages. There are so many 'sources' (much of it conflicting) of info out there that it gets a little overwhelming for us newbies. Thank you for sharing wisdom from your years of experience. It's extremely helpful to those of us just starting our journeys!

Thankyou for the wonderful stories. My wife, Irene, and I sailed the Maine Coast for many years. It is lovely, if you get the chance, There are hundreds of islands and quiet coves.

It was the most instructive atlantic crossing video I've ever watched, thanks for sharing your experiences.

Another brilliant video. Lots of useful information. You make it sound so easy. 😉 Thanks Michael.

Thank you so much for this. It’s the exact type of presentation I was hoping for on this topic. I could compliment all day but clear, concise, and accessible without limiting the context. Thank you for hitting that mark.

Simply Brilliant! So happy to have found your channel!

Sir this was AMAZING... You mentally travel us through the Atlantic. 53 minutes of pure gold here.

An absolutely brilliant video. I look forward to more!

Micheal, Thank you most kindly for sharing your experience and wisdom . I love your attitude Reguarding water and music on watch. Your information about sat phones absolutely super . I must aquire single sideband radio. Down wind for me is a symmetrical spinnaker without a pole attached to snatch blocks forward of the mast on the gunnells operating like a parachute which drags my boat by the nose . Your videos are excellent and most informative Fair winds and safe passage.

Thanks for sharing your wisdom and experience. Not everyone would do that. Your vid is a gem. Bravo and thanks!

Great video, simple and back to basics - love it. Thanks very much, going to visit your website for more information, cheers and happy sailing 😀👍

You are awesome! Thanks for your kindly info/skill sharing!

Hurry up and write the book, I want one. Great video, very informative. Thank you Captain.👍

Hugely informative, considered and engaging. Thank you for taking time to share your knowledge.

Great information sir. Tank you very much!

Thank you Captain for all these informations.Very good vidéo. I want to learn more with you.

Been looking for a video like this for years. I crossed the Atlantic Southampton to New York on QM2 in 2016 half way across I see a sail boat and it freaked me out from then on. I couldn't believe people were on a boat so small so far from land and I've been watching videos of people sail around the world ever since. I would love to cross the Pacific on a sail boat. Barry the old sea dog is my favourite sailor he's so hard core his boat shaddy has the bare minimal equipment she's old and tired and Barry sails her across oceans all alone. Barry is the man. Thanks for the video it was very detailed and presented great. I've subscribed and will be watching closely. Thanks Darren

Absolutely delightful to hear and learn from this amazing gentleman

Good info I think I am going to attempt this on my Hunter 340

So well explained, excellent thank you.

I watch a lot of sea voyagers but I don’t know why I happened on this vlog. Wow so interesting and no video bait which really gets me a tad uptight. Even the logs on my high list don’t give, so very gently such an good log on line. Many thanks!

Very well done Sir. Thank You. Every one of your vids so far is a prefect balance of point and detail.

Outstanding, informative presentation.

Great video, very well presented in an easy and understandable manner but I would never put my boots in your boat.

I've absolutely no experience of sailing, but learning for the first time now that I'm in my 60s. A delight to find out what can be done and how to plan doing it. Many thanks for your efforts in putting this together. 🙂

Super informative and prepares sailors for the voyage of a lifetime, I’m leaving now! Thank you.

I’m absolutely skint but I’m working my ass off to accomplish this and live for long periods on my boat.

Absolutely great, you managed to lecture in less than an hour what took me 2 years of evening reading 😊

Half way through this new find (sailing gently)…I’m an absolute novice with a strong desire to sail and intent on finding my first boat, having watched 100’s of you tuber sailing vids I can honestly say your teachings are amazing, captivating and extremely knowledgable…a real sailing raconteur! Looking forward to all your other offerings. Many thanks and all the best Simon (Yorkshire)

We crossed in 1978 on 45' yawl in late October early November. Gibraltar, Canaries and Antigua. I was one of 5. It was HOT!! We had to get the canvas cockpit cover up by 9:30 or 10:00 AM or you'd bake. Bring alcohol for the sweat induced skin rashes. Water ration was 1 gallonTotal per person per day, washing & food. Having done Halifax to Cork Ireland 18 months before, I much preferred the North Atlantic. Yes it was cold and rainy but the motion of the boat on beam reaches or closer to the wind was much better that the constant rolling is the trades.I lost 13 pounds on the North and 18 on the South with a food ration in excess of 3500 to 4000 calories. In July in the North there is total darkness for 4 hours. In the South 8 to 10. I've only done these two long passages and some off shore racing but I would say do not forget small stuff, the day to day stuff that if wrong can ware you down and make life miserable.

Very interesting!! -Thank you!

Subscribe for sure Sir. Absolutely great information and you are radiating experience! If you manage to keep this level of quality on the information you share you will definitely grow your channel easily and rapidly. I am sure people will love to listen to you simply because of the experience you reveal. Much appreciated and many thanks! 💪

Watching a simple talking about sailing video, I was dubious. But wow, I was mesmerized. So interesting and informative. Simply brilliant. Thank you

As someone setting out next month on their first crossing as Crew I found this extremely valuable! Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

Anyone can learn from videos like this, not all sailors take the same rout or stop in the same places.

Excellent video. Very well done. Agree with everything, but think that if you give the Iridium GO a chance (€1000 up front, then €50/month for unlimited email + GRIBs --- and cancellable month by month), you may be willing to jettison the SSB. :-) Again, one of the best Transat videos I have seen.

Tips like this based on experience are always helpful, thanks.

I love your B8 Paillard Bolex film camera at the back! I still use mine from time to time. Thanks for this priceless video.

Not trying to be mean...but you would make a fortune in the horror genre of Hollywood by just renting your likeness...and if you could act. Money in the bank. . Use what the world has given you...thanks

Im about to do my first atlantic crossing with a crew of four. This was a great find. Im getting very excited

Brilliant and informative as ever Michael thank you for your relaxed clever delivery

Tons of useful information presented in a most charming way. Thanks for this great video. Fair winds, captain sir!

I enjoyed your video I must say that for your older viewers you reminded me off Jack Hargreaves in out of town he had that soft approach that would keep you mesmerised. Well wish you all the best with your book

Just found this channel, but Mr Briant’s Gentle Sailing books are largely responsible for me managing to get my Catalac catamaran from the Essex Coast to the Med. I’m currently in the Algarve, pondering where to sail next, and as if by magic this wonderful video popped up 😊

Thanks for this. My 43’ Hunter is nearly ready, and so am I. Bought your book.

Geat info thanks, I noted that when discussing nav you did not mention that maybe learning how to use the sextant for a noon fix as a backup.

Great video packed with loads of salient information delivered in a clear concise coherent relaxed and non pedantic way. Thanks..Nice one !

Great advice from someone so experienced. Thank you so much.

Thank you, best overview I’ve seen.

Really enjoying your videos. Very informative and you are a good story teller. Thanks for putting them up

Super informative and morale boosting for the challenge ahead. I’m leaving now! Thank you.

Very detailed and comprehensive video...outstanding!!!

Ive watched dozens of video about sailing and I learned more in the first 5 minutes from you than those videos. Great vid..

Absolutely excellent guide!

Thanks for a very informative video. Well done. Just thought that I would mention that my wife and I cruised many years with just the two of us. Our method of watch standing ( and yes, we kept watch 24-7 ) was to not have a formal system. We had no formal watch in the day and at night, being a natural night person I would stay on watch for typically 6 hrs so would wake my wife around 0200- 0400. Then she would watch for about the same amount of time. During the day one or the other might nap here and there. This worked well for long periods taking advantage of our natural biorhythms. Standard watch keeping does not do this. During the late night watch I would usually read and sometimes cat nap with a timer set to 15 minuets. For a good horizon sweep and look at the radar. But tried to minimize this. We carried 220 gallons of water and 270 of fuel on our 46 ft ketch so didn’t have to mess to much with Jerry jugs. A real down fall of many supposedly dedicated “cruising” boats is lack of good tankage. And yes, they were broken up into several tanks. Again thanks for the great info. Most of our cruising was in the Caribbean and the Pacific. So very informative.

Thank you for sharing your knowledge. This was a gold mine of information for aspiring cruisers.

Very enjoyable, key informative facts without annoying music. Great that you showed the routes, distances and times on maps. Thank you!!

A pleasure listening to you

I'll probably never do it , but I'm glad I watched your video, concise overview with all the major do's snd don'ts . Then again I might actually give it a go .....

thank you so much sir! very-very informative and such a straight forward way of trensferring your immense knowledge. much appreciated indeed! we will set sail with a friend of mine with a 27ft jouet from the canaries to martinique in a week or so, and then bring my boat - 23ft karlskrona viggen - down to the canaries from sweden in early april. such exciting times - thank you again ❤️

I have been out on the Solent with my good friend a very experienced sailor in his 30ft boat and it has been really really rough and he has crossed the Atlantic 2 times and told me it was rougher out in the Solent than he encountered in the Atlantic.

Brilliant explanation. I love it. I am planning to have boat of contest 60 footer. lets see

I've never been sailing, only on a few weeks on a Canal Boat and yet I found this enthralling and I really want to give it a shot now!

Wonderful and REAL!

We really enjoy listening to your interesting and informative videos. Thanks for sharing your knowledge

Very educational video for anyone thinking about making the crossing (including myself) Hung onto every word from start to finish.