ROUGH Crossing of the CARIBBEAN SEA - 1200 miles direct to Panama (nearly hit a ??) | Ep 27 Part 1

#sailingbeaver #beneteauoceanis #offshoresailing #roughweather JOIN OUR PATREON TEAM - For extra content, our eBooks, real-time updates, sea stories & more. https://www.patreon.com/sailingbeaver Crossing the Caribbean Sea 1200 miles nonstop from Guadeloupe to Panama was a new milestone for us, as we completed our longest crossing with just the two of us (and Harry the Hydrovane as well of course, our unofficial crew member). Another first for us was a very close encounter with a whale that crept up on us one early morning and appeared right alongside our hull. A scary moment for sure! In this first part of our crossing we experience some rough weather conditions with heavy squalls, acceleration zones and a bumpy sea state as we depart Guadeloupe and the Lesser Antilles. Make sure to buckle up and get the popcorn out for this one! To elaborate further on our little whale encounter we have put together an article with a break down of the chain of events that morning including photos, our general thoughts on whale collisions at sea and if there is anything that could have been done to prevent this. The full story can be found over on our Patreon, via this link https://www.patreon.com/sailingbeaver Please Subscribe to help support the channel. Sam & Nicole X JOIN OUR SUPPORT TEAM If you would like to help crowdfund our small production, head over to our Patreon page where you can contribute a few dollars each month to keep the videos coming and gain access to all our additional content. https://www.patreon.com/sailingbeaver Or https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=LPXRTXCDDTTUU DOWNLOAD OUR BLUEWATER CRUISER EBOOK HERE! https://www.sailingbeaver.com/product/bluewatercruiser/ Ebook also available for FREE download to our supporting Patrons: VISIT OUR WEBSITE: https://sailingbeaver.com FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/sailingbeaver CONNECT WITH US ON INSTAGRAM: @sam_hawk @nicolecarlsen https://instagram.com/sam_hawk https://instagram.com/nicolecarlsen 00:00 - Intro 01:23 - Departing Guadeloupe 05:50 - Squalls 14:27 - Day 2 20:26 - Whale encounter 24:20 - Next time