Sailing across the Pacific Ocean - 4,000 miles & 32 days at sea (Part 1)

Sailing across the Pacific Ocean - 4,000 miles & 32 days at sea (Part 1) | Ep 29 - Sailing Beaver

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This is the first part of our 4000 mile crossing of the Pacific Ocean, a journey that took 32 days at sea direct from Panama to French Polynesia. We have a good forecast as we set sails from the Las Perlas Islands on the first leg of our route aiming to the north of Galapagos. We encounter a bit of drama on our last night before the crossing as some local fishermen manage to wrap us in their fishing net while fishing in the bay at night. Luckily no damages occurred to the Beaver and we can keep our schedule to set off the next morning.
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00:00 Intro
01:00 New Crew member
03:42 Pre-departure preparations
06:46 Caught in a fishing net
08:20 Set sails from Panama
12:40 Downwind sail plan
13:35 Fish on the line!
17:07 Making good ground
18:53 Day 3

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@michaeldouglas6872 9 ай бұрын

Nice how you leave music off so viewers can enjoy the sounds of the boat and the ocean ..kind of like Sailing Cloudy Bay couple would do often on their channel. Enjoying your channel!

@robertscranton8293 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe the best "real" sailing channel out there..certainly in the top 10..no drama .. just the real deal..Fun To Watch !!

@SailingBeaver 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers for watching mate and appreciate the comment. Fair winds 🤙

@russellesimonetta9071 Жыл бұрын

That trip in a Wharram Tiki would be so cool!

@rondefly Жыл бұрын

You guys are doing what I have dreamed or all my life, with all the great improvments you have made to the boat it has become a true ocean crossing boat. Wow, that must have cost plenty, and needing deep pockets. Enjoy the ride. Ron

@ElviajedeBohemia 2 жыл бұрын

Right behind you guys! Just Crossed the Carribean Sea, chilling in San blas for a couple of weeks! Great production on this vid! I know how hard it is to film and show a story like this

@SailingBeaver 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers and thanks for watching. Fair winds

@arottie4097 2 жыл бұрын

A most excellent episode! Whoever is editing, is killing it!! You guy's are amongst the best @ capturing the size of the waves coming from behind. It seem a tricky thing to capture the true sea state? Thanx for the share.

@SailingBeaver 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers mate glad you enjoy! Filming on a crossing is tough all round and almost never does the sea condition justice. Thanks for watching 🤙

@sailingbeluga1886 2 жыл бұрын

Cannot agree more

@SailingBeaver 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers

@guysarahmant533 2 жыл бұрын

Well done, Just the best episodes. Can wait for the next one. Keep safe.

@SailingBeaver 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks guys. Coming soon, take care 🤙

@KingXRP007 10 ай бұрын

Just wow!! You guys are living the dream, I’m so happy for you, and a little jealous lol. Have a safe and amazing time ❤

@johnstanham6151 2 жыл бұрын

Great piece! Thanks for sharing.

@SailingBeaver 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers thanks for watching 🤙

@allenkemp3124 2 жыл бұрын

Great to see you guys are all well. Thank you for sharing your journey with us, I wish you all well and fair winds and following seas.

@SailingBeaver 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers and thanks for tuning in! Your most welcome, take care 🤙

@carolinajanssen6451 2 жыл бұрын

Wow. So nice that you are sharing this with us. You are really making great video’s to watch 👏love them 👍I must be patient but can’t wait for the next 🤭😇

@SailingBeaver 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers for watching. Won’t be to long til the next one, take care 🤙

@wildandbarefoot 2 жыл бұрын

Can't wait for the next upload. As I write it's been 11 days since this. I'm assuming that's because you're so far from a hot spot.

@SailingBeaver 2 жыл бұрын

Should be up this time tomorrow. Flat out with the editing as we speak. Stay tuned 🤙

@rickkwitkoski1976 10 ай бұрын

catching up...

@barryholiday8998 2 жыл бұрын

Can’t wait for the next one

@SailingBeaver 2 жыл бұрын

Yew 🤙

@theubiquitusgastronaut8273 2 жыл бұрын

So damn good to see. Thanks for sharing. Really enjoying your videos. Rob is a brave dude. Keep safe.

@SailingBeaver 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much mate! Lovely to meet you both! Take care X

@jameswyllie831 2 жыл бұрын

Epic! cant wait to do that trip on day!

@SailingBeaver 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers for watching 🤙

@steveburke7675 2 жыл бұрын

Just found your channel. Quite nice. I don't normally watch couples channels these days...obvious reasons. Nice mix of sailing, tactics and boat fix-it. Good music. Subbed. Cheers.

@SailingBeaver 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers for the comment and welcome aboard mate. Take care 🤙

@jorgenvinblad7296 2 жыл бұрын

Perfekt videos as always ! Hope for the best winds for the crossing!

@SailingBeaver 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching, take care 🤙

@stefanor8187 2 жыл бұрын

..fair winds guys, and cheers 🍻🍻 to the Beaver

@SailingBeaver 2 жыл бұрын

Yew, cheers and fair winds 🤙

@nerradnewo6328 2 жыл бұрын

It always feels like the Atlantic crossing is the "training wheels" for the big one, the Pacific crossing! Best wishes.

@SailingBeaver 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah for sure. Was about half the distance in comparison. Thanks for tuning in, take care 🤙

@darell9936 2 жыл бұрын

Same as before guys...Brilliant...Fair winds.

@SailingBeaver 2 жыл бұрын

Thank for watching glad you enjoyed 🤙

@joeltatham5673 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome

@SailingBeaver 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers 🤙

@hakansjoquist1754 2 жыл бұрын

Jättefin video, ser fram i mot nästa.

@SailingBeaver 2 жыл бұрын

Tusen takk Håkan😊🙏🏻

@FourSheetsToTheWind 2 жыл бұрын

I see my boat! 😍 Truly beautiful story telling friends.

@SailingBeaver 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers guys! And what a beautiful boat for an opening scene right. 🚁⛵️

@DiabloSpearguns 2 жыл бұрын

Great edit

@SailingBeaver 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers 🤙

@BohemianBeatster 2 жыл бұрын

Stay groovy and stay safe.

@SailingBeaver 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers 🤙

@willmccammon2192 2 жыл бұрын

so impressive! we hope to join you all soon in the south pacific. -sv sapphire.

@SailingBeaver 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers! Fair winds 🤙

@phillipbaritone3843 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve always dreamt to circumnavigate the globe via sailing, I can’t imagine what type of lifestyle it must be, how surreal and mind expanding it must be. Granted, it’s an incredible challenge especially just transiting (keyword Just!) the Pacific!?… I mean, it’s quite an incredible journey and an even more spectacular experience. What sort of things go through the mind when on the water with so much open water, hundreds of not thousands of miles from any land!? Especially the sort of intimacy in the connection to the elements, the water? The weather, the wind? It must be humbling; and, It has to be a powerful experience, one that truly gives much life and likely changes one’s perspective.? I really would love to experience this in my life, at least once! Cheers for what you guys do and thank you for sharing :) I’ve only ever spent several hours at anytime on the open seas (relatively), on a powered vessel albeit, and I fell in love! I can only imagine days, weeks even at a time how that must feel… Maybe scary at times? I’d love to hear how this lifestyle and your journeys like that has been for you both; how is experiencing that journey for you been like? From just this footage alone, it’s work, a lot, but you handle everything calmly, Cool and collected! :)

@SailingBeaver 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for all your kind words here mate. To answer you questions, yes it was an amazing experience and it really does change your perspective on many things. The most common thing crossing our minds when offshore is hoping that nothing breaks or malfunctions. Thanks for tuning in 🤙

@kentgillespie3390 2 жыл бұрын

Well done intrepid sailors

@SailingBeaver 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers, fair winds 🤙

@rainfinger 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, showing what life is really like on passage, but your Hydrovane is hero-gear for a cruiser eliminating hand-steering.

@SailingBeaver 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you mate. Our Harry Hydrovane sure is a hero, looks after us passage after passage.

@nurseae 2 жыл бұрын

Hope you make it to Australia 💕💕

@SailingBeaver 2 жыл бұрын

🤙

@travisjohnson5213 2 жыл бұрын

Another great one! Thx for making these. What do you do for a watch schedule w 3?

@SailingBeaver 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers for tuning in. We do a 4 on - 8 off which works well 🤙

@tugginusta7723 2 жыл бұрын

Have a nice trip guys, my friend Fatih aksu (blue horizon_boat name) left Salinas for the pacific crossing on January 22, if you see him say hi for me,,good luck

@SailingBeaver 2 жыл бұрын

Roger that! Cheers will do 🤙

@yeahyeahbutno4749 2 жыл бұрын

I'm still up for adoption 😁

@sailingmivida3093 2 жыл бұрын

Been following a while . Nice to see what you do . Question. As I am preparing to set sail in 23 for some years . Are you satisfied wint de windgenerator? Or not ? Hoping to hear from you Stay safe and fair winds

@SailingBeaver 2 жыл бұрын

Thankyou and great to have you onboard. Yes we are happy with the silentwind. On passage especially downwind you cannot rely on it and sometimes we wish instead to have a hydro generator. Although at anchor it has been great and keeps our charge up all night with good Tradewinds.

@sailingmivida3093 2 жыл бұрын

@@SailingBeaver thanks for the info . How is the noise at anker you here all sorts off stories about vibration and all We are from Belgium and wil start in 23 to sail up north around the Baltic sea spent a winter in Sweden 🇸🇪 after cross from Norway 🇳🇴 to Shetland and down trough Scotland towards the rest of the 🌎 .

@SailingBeaver 2 жыл бұрын

It is not too bad to be honest and doesn't really bother us when we know we are getting charge during the night. But you can turn on a manual break if you want it to stop and dont need the charge. Wow that sounds like an epic route to take, we really want to go back up there and explore more! Really miss it! Best of luck on your journey!

@aiubwahed7975 Жыл бұрын

32 days in sea

@Whicheverworks 2 жыл бұрын

Hei dere. Har bare sett en av de andre filmene deres, fine poster ! Hvilken båt seiler dere ?

@SailingBeaver 2 жыл бұрын

Hei Terje! Tusen takk! Vi har en Beneteau Oceanis 40😊

@peterward8349 2 жыл бұрын

Just found your channel what is crew make up where are yous from?

@SailingBeaver 2 жыл бұрын

Glad ya found us. Two Aussies and a Norwegian for this crossing sir 🤙

@helgetaanevig26 2 жыл бұрын

👍🇧🇻

@SailingBeaver 2 жыл бұрын

👌

@PANDIT_BOY982 2 жыл бұрын

Sir you do boat sailing so who gives you salary ?

@franciscotauro7064 2 жыл бұрын

Why you skipped the stopover in Galapagos?

@SailingBeaver 2 жыл бұрын

A combination of too much money and paperwork required to enter.

@yottiechick 2 жыл бұрын

@@SailingBeaver Definitely !!

@roncanizares9966 2 жыл бұрын

Another great video. Question: Do you have an SSB and if not, what was your thinking in not getting/installing one?

@SailingBeaver 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you sir. No SSB onboard, we decided to go down the Iridium pathway when we left Europe for the ease of instillation, although we would like to have an SSB onboard.

@roncanizares9966 2 жыл бұрын

@@SailingBeaver A decade ago I had one with a Pactor modem so I could get GRIB charts when at sea. But IridiumGo and Predict Wind has now made all weather and communication so much easier. What I still like about SSB is the ability to connect with other boats that are out of VHF range. Installations are much easier these days with GAM-SSB antennas and KISS- SSB Ground radials. Although I have a similar setup to yours, I am toying with the idea of adding an SSB if I can find one in good condition at a reasonable price.

@SailingBeaver 2 жыл бұрын

Some food for thought there, thank you! Although we love the ease of use with the PredictWind setup we don’t like the $140US per month fees for intermittent use and the lack of backup. Maybe an SSB is a future option for us, cheers for the intel.

@roncanizares9966 2 жыл бұрын

@@SailingBeaver An used SSB would cost, in the US, about $1700-$2200 for everything, including what one would need to install one and get it working. SailMail is $200 per year. But it really isn't an adequate replacement for your IridiumGo and Predict Wind set up.

@SailingBeaver 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting. Cheers for tips 🤙

@usefulcommunication4516 Жыл бұрын

Put a non-Norwegian/non-Aussie on that boat and they'd be driven mad answering the endless stream of questions.

@SailingBeaver Жыл бұрын

This comment lacks clarity ??

@usefulcommunication4516 Жыл бұрын

@@SailingBeaver The voices of both Norwegians and Australians go up in tone at the end of every sentence. Which makes everything they say sound like a question. Used to confuse the hell out of me when I had an agency in Oslo. I was forever asking, "Was that a question?"

@SailingBeaver Жыл бұрын

Ah ok, well neither Norwegians or Australians speak the English language perfect but it depends who’s listening.

@shanevillis4079 2 жыл бұрын

32 days?? Another 20ish days you could have hit Newcastle or Sydney.

@SailingBeaver 2 жыл бұрын

Yep that’s correct. She’s quite a long crossing and a lot of light winds as you cross the equator.

@shanevillis4079 2 жыл бұрын

@@SailingBeaver I'd try for a straight run myself, not really interested in the Sth pacific Islands.

@SailingBeaver 2 жыл бұрын

We have heard it’s rather beautiful but ya never know, could just be rumours.

@shanevillis4079 2 жыл бұрын

@@SailingBeaver So I've seen by other youtubers, but that's just me.

@jth8399 2 жыл бұрын

Two things. Where the F**k is the part where you pass the Panama canal? Oh shoot me. That was the last one.🥴 Second. Rob seems like a nice and chill guy, but he could take a page out of his captains book and get a SERIOUS haircut and a shave. Ya look like a bum mate.😄 The rest was fantastic. Thanks.

@SailingBeaver 2 жыл бұрын

Haha, the captain has a little beard and hair envy 👶. Glad you enjoyed! Trust you found last weeks panama canal episode but just in case I’ll put it here. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/htKJjdV2xtSsk4U.html