Two Years to Get Out of This Sea || Sailing SV Goat ep 112

It took us two years to get out of the Mediterranean. This is the day we finally did it. We slipped the mooring at 7:26 in the morning and pointed at Punta de Europa — the corner where the Mediterranean stops and the Atlantic starts. Between us and it: an entire day of motoring in nine metres of water, hugging the coast, because the closest thing there is to a defence against the orcas is staying in water too shallow for them to work in. That's why the route looks insane on the chartplotter. The straight line to Gibraltar would have been quicker. It also would have taken us across a stretch with attack reports in 2023, 2024 and 2025. So we went the long way round, in and out of every bay, dodging an absurd amount of unlit fishing gear that only the radar could see. Then the Rock came up out of the haze, and about an hour later we went past it and out — England on one side, Africa on the other, close enough to be strange. Next week we start up the Atlantic coast toward Lisbon, which is the part everyone warned us about. CHAPTERS 0:00 7:26am — the day we leave the Mediterranean 0:26 Why the orcas are the problem 1:08 Nine metres of water, as close to shore as possible 1:55 Watching for fins 2:47 The navigation plan to Lisbon 3:19 "The whole orca thing sucks" 4:10 Why we can't sail the straight line 5:05 Dodging fishing gear on radar 5:30 Twelve miles out — "that's my rock" 7:13 The plan for the attack point 8:43 Officially out of the Mediterranean 9:59 An unwelcome surprise in the water 10:56 "We made it. This is the Atlantic." 11:44 The hard part is still ahead 11:59 Watching it go astern Filmed aboard SV Goat, a Lagoon 400 we live on full time. Vlad supervises. #SailingLife #Liveaboard #CatamaranLife #Lagoon400 #SailboatLife #SailingVlog #Catamaran #Gibraltar #Orcas #StraitOfGibraltar #Mediterranean #Atlantic #BlueWaterSailing #Furuno