From Europe to Africa: Crossing the Strait of Gibraltar #57

In this video, we start in Gibraltar and end up in Tanger, Morocco, after welcoming the crew that will sail with us to the Canaries. 

We were not gonna take any crew on any of our passages across the Atlantic, but when friends of ours (who we met through these videos!) expressed their wish to acquire a little more offshore experience ahead of their own boat purchase and cruising life, we invited two couples to sail with us from Gibraltar to Lanzarote, and from Lanzarote to Cape Verde. 

Our first crew, Linnea and Kelly, joined us just a few days after selling their apartment, packing their belongings in a bag-pack and leaving their hometown to go buy a boat and live the sailing life.  And it all starts on Polar Seal, where we set sail from Gibraltar! 

The Strait of Gibraltar is notorious for its many shifting currents and the heavy ship traffic that goes through its narrow body of water every day. We tried to time our crossing and woke up at 5AM in an effort to make the most out of the currents, only to fail miserably. 

Crossing the Strait in the dark is quite an experience though, and watching the sun rise over the rock made up for the early wake-up! 

Hope you enjoy this video :) 

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River run dry - Easy to entertain (Epidemic Sound)
Örjan Karlsson - Acoustic dreams (Epidemic Sound)
Ben Winwood - The Himalayas (Artlist)
Anthony Lazzaro - Something new    / anthony lazaro - topic  
Mike Franklyn - Low Tide (Epidemic Sound)


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