THE HELL of Solo Sailing - English Channel | Ep. 002

Welcome to my adventure, sailing solo 1,000 nm from the Netherlands to Guernsey in the channel islands. A wild trip through the notorious English channel. Underway we encounter sleepless nights, a lot of cargo vessels and numerus problems which may end the trip.

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:42 Ijsselmeer (Netherlands)
3:25 Amsterdam
4:58 Leaving the Netherlands
7:16 Engine failure
9:22 Zeebrugge (Belgium)
11:37 Sailing along the French coast
16:35 Buologne sur Mer (France)
20:21 Dieppe (France)
22:05 Passing a lighting storm front
23:50 Crossing to Cherbourg
26:45 Cherbourg-en-Contentin (France)
28:24 Cap de la Hague (France)
29:27 Night arrival on Guernsey
31:26 Work on the engine
32:24 Exploring Guernsey

Thanks for watching!

[thesailingdonkey]

Hi mate, great video! If I'd discovered you earlier I'd have said let's meet up! I'm based in Guernsey and have a youtube channel :) Best of luck on your adventures!

[porreiraxo]

Impressive with 18y having that sense of responsibility and skill - even on the fixing stuff. Congrats.

[philipwright]

Hats off to you (as we say in England), a great solo journey and a very mature attitude towards problem solving. Looking forward to more episodes.

[Felix.sailing.adventures]

Haha lucky guy with a nice engine. On my old volvo pents the whole system needs to be flodded with diesel and aired out which means opening several valves, turm the starter, close the valves when diesel comes out. Difficult when singlehanding.

Like you, I learned the hard way...

But really, solo sailing is not hell. It is amazing, you just need to know what you are doing, and as long as you keep it up, all of that will come mate!

Looking good already. The ability to solve problems will always be as important as the ability to avoid them.

[bilbywalkabout]

Your an impressive young man and I wish you all the best with your sailing from Australia

[onsdagk]

Impressive! Not just your calm focus on the sailing, but the editing and filming 👌, guess I will see a lot more from you, , fair winds buddy 😎⛵

[maksimsku]

Great post-production and camera work! I love all the small infills you put between main story. It makes video so easy to watch. And I admire your courage to go solo and deal with all the stuff on the way! Every failure makes you a great sailor!

[Sailspirit]

Great video, thanks for uploading. Suggestion: learn about sheet to tiller steering so that when solo sailing you don’t need to rely only on electronic self-steering. Fair winds ⛵️ Keep sailing and posting

[albertofourie]

Wow, you're a brave young man showing maturity well beyond your age! I started sailing when I was 14 years old and now 64 but have never done a voyage as what you have done. However, it's on my bucket list!
Look forward to watching your next episode.

[borup]

Would have loved to see more of the troubleshooting and repair of the boat. Very valuable information for newcomers and fellow solo sailers

[nickgant]

Great inspirational video. Safe travels, I’ll be following your journeys.

[rangie]

Great to see the spirit of adventure is still alive. Well done on the wise decisions made when all did not go to plan.

[janetcutler]

Just found your channel young man and I am so impressed with your boat skills and it comes down to your passion and determination in this second episode. I am also enjoying your editing and especially the back ground music, it's awesome.! I will be following all your journeys where ever it takes you. God bless and stay safe hello from Australia.🙂

[micharsenault]

Respect! Very interested in seeing you manoeuvre these busy ports of the world of which you're from. Stay safe and anxious to see you next videos~

[EmptyNestSailingAdventures]

So inspiring. We are just starting out on our sailing adventures and loved this video. Stay safe out there!

[tonybrown]

Well done Jakob, you can only get better with time, keep it up best regards, Anthony

[vkcwtgb]

Hi Jakob,
Great channel! You are right up there with Erik Aanderaa; no bullshit, just sailing! Very well done, I look forward to many more adventures.

[StormSignal]

This video came up in my YT home feed and I am so glad I clicked to watch it.
Well done young man. I enjoyed your cinematography and narration.
Subscribed and look forward to following your future adventures.

[andrewdavies]

There is no hell to sailing alone, it's a dream of solitude and peace

[Analog_nomad]

Great video views good camera work and good commentary. Thank you!