#70 Our 1st Storm with 5m Breaking Waves on Passage to Gibraltar | Sailing Sisu Leopard 45 Catamaran

So it finally happened . . . We experienced our first storm at sea 8 days into our passage from the Canary Islands to Gibraltar, on route to Turkey. What a hectic new experience and a very challenging 3 days, with very little, or rather no sleep at all. Sisu proved to be a tank, taking everything thrown at her with total ease. Our heads are 4m above sea level when seated and we saw many time breaking waves rushing down to our helm, which meant they were most probably higher than 5m! We lost a couple of lines, our Code D fell into the ocean and our Genoa sheet line snapped. So loads of repairs and replacements at sea. Unfortunately, we could not capture those during the night and the moonlight were good for eyes adapted to night vision, but not for our cameras, not that we were rushing for a camera when those waves hit us :-D Thank you for all our subscribers! If not yet subscribed, please click on subscribe (it's free) and click the bell next to the sub button (it's free too) for quick notification. And please click the like button (it's free too!) :-) www.YouTube.com/c/SailingSisu Reward us on Patreon and watch the videos earlier! patreon.com/SailingSisu More information on Sailing Sisu Blog: sailingsisu.blog Real-time social activities on Facebook: facebook.com/SailingSisu Koowl photos on Instagram: instagram.com/SailingSisu Twitter: @SailingSisu. Tumbler: sailingsisu.tumblr.com Flickr: flickr.com/people/SailingSisu Theme Song: written, composed and performed by Ghapi, song name is Sisu. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLX503ZjWWskPLE3jAIEfIyQTwUz1Jq9pA Music: epidemicsound.com Leopard Catamarans: leopardcatamarans.com (mention Sailing Sisu and see what happens ;-) We purchased a Leopard 45 Catamaran to sail around the world and now we are going through the preparations of getting her kitted out for our needs. We want to visit off the beaten tack places and need to prepare for ice bergs, storms, heavy seas, as well as nice tranquil tropical waters... Follow us on our journey as we learn from legends when Sailing La Vagabonde upgraded from a monohull to a catamaran...SV Delos wants to upgrade to the latest Amel 51 monohull....Gone with the Wynns chose a Leopard Catamaran....choices choices choices. We looked at other sailing channels such as Wicked Salty, Satori, Jessica and Ryan, Catamaran Impi, MJ Sailing, Happy Together, Sailing Uma, Sailing Yacht Ruby Rose, Zingaro, Miss Lone Star, Sailing Doodles, Drenched, Lucky Fish gets Away, RAN Sailing, Out Chasing Star, Follow the Boat, Rigging Doctor, Sailing Lady Africa, Abandon Comfort, and many others to find our answers and solutions, whilst we prepared our yacht in Cape Town, South Africa.