Overcoming Fear: Conquering Biscay on Our Atlantic Sailing Journey

The start of our Sailing Adventure to cross the Atlantic Ocean. This is the first stage crossing the feared Bay of biscay , through High winds and big seas. We explain how we handle reefing our Oyster 47 in heavy seas, and how we set our sails. We take on an extra crew to make the 24 hr watch system less stressful. Our weather reporting system gives out on us as we head into the forecast 30 knots of sea and 4 m (12ft) seas. The long hours of sailing are balanced with superb sunsets, moon rises and moon sets , oh and the stars in the clear air away from land light pollution were fantastic . This was our first taste of fully offshore sailing with ocean swells , flying fish and far far from land. We have loved sailing all around the shores of the UK , but this was always our dream , to sail into the sunset crossing oceans, and visiting warm sunny shores, only one way to do that , by taking the first step across the channel around the NE capes of France and out into the 15000 ft deep waters of the Bay of Biscay. Join us as we fulfil our dream . #sailing #arc #Bay of Biscay #Atlantic Crossing #yacht #sail into the sunset #ARC #ARC + #Crossing Biscay #sailing life #life afloat #Atlantic crossing