And now for the last bit of days from our passage across the Atlantic Ocean.
Atlantic Crossing #2 Completed (Part 2)
It was a lot of days, and apparently the website could only support 12 embedded video links per page, so here are the Days 13 onward!
Atlantic Crossing #2 Completed (Part 1)
If you are dreaming of sailing across an ocean and want to see what it’s really like, we filmed a daily vlog of our last transatlantic passage. If you are worried about storms, calms, lightning, or just want to know what to expect out there; you will be able to see exactly what it was really like!
Follow along as we cross the Atlantic Ocean right now!
We are embarking on a rather long voyage, from Madeira to Suriname (with a short stop in Cape Verde). For the duration of the voyage, we will not have internet access so the blog posts will pause for a bit. Once we make landfall, they will resume again!
During our voyage, you can follow us along in real time on our live tracking map and even message us directly to the boat! All you need to do is become a Patron on Patreon to receive the password to the map.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Herby and Maddie
Starting our second Atlantic Crossing
We are almost ready to leave Madeira to sail to Cape Verde and then on to Suriname. The batteries are all charged up, the water tanks are filled to the brim, the food lockers are stuffed to capacity. We are ready!
Except we forgot to download movies on the iPad! Weather windows and tides can be ignored, there is always a “next one later.” Crossing the Atlantic without any movies would make for a very long crossing, so our departure time has been rescheduled to “whenever Netflix finishes downloading.”
For our first crossing, I was much more nervous about all the unexpected and unknown that awaited us out on the open ocean. Now, I know to expect endless blue swells and the need for some entertainment. We have books, games, conversation, and plenty of editing to do for our YouTube channel; but sometimes it’s nice to just turn off your brain and unwind with a silly movie.
Out at sea, we will watch anything. It can be good, it can be cringeworthy bad, but it’s the only thing we have so we will watch it for the duration of the passage.
Yes, a properly downloaded movie collection on the iPad is a requirement for going out to sea! A large enough requirement that it could postpone the very start of our long voyage. 1,100 nautical miles to our next island in Cape Verde and then 2,600 nautical miles to Suriname. We are expecting to be disconnected from the outside world until mid November, so having some shows is always a comfort.
