Near-Death At Sea: What I Learned

🔴 LAST CHANCE – Signed Books Disappear July 24. Get the Collector’s Edition of Be The Captain™ before it’s gone → https://bethecaptain.com This is what I learned the night our catamaran cracked open 100 miles offshore. It wasn’t a rogue wave. It wasn’t one bad call. It was a chain of decisions—some rushed, some careless, some just unlucky. And the truth is, the biggest problem was built into the boat from the start… we just didn’t know it. In this video, I break down what went wrong, the gear we had (and didn’t), the timing we messed up, and the storm planning we should’ve done before we ever left French Polynesia. If you sail offshore—or plan to—this might be the most valuable 17 minutes you’ll spend on YouTube today. 🎥 Watch the FULL STORY: https://youtu.be/o__mcZS-jfU 👉 Support the channel and get behind-the-scenes content: https://www.patreon.com/svzingaro ⚓ Learn more, sail smarter, and stay afloat. Chapters 00:00 The Craziest Story 00:44 The Cyclone Season 2:12 Bad Decision #1 2:50 The Adventurous Route 3:59 The Hurricane/Cyclone Overlap 4:44 Bad Decision #2 5:18 Lesson #1 6:13 Lesson #2 7:39 Lesson #3 9:04 Lesson #4 10:42 Lesson #5 11:10 Why our Sea Anchor Failed 13:28 Be the Captain 13:51 Design Flaw 15:47 Lessons for Life