Across the Atlantic SOLO on my Beneteau Oceanis 40 - [2200nm from Cape Verde to Antigua]  

That's awesome Roy :) I think that mitigating the risk of complacency starts with taking a good look at ourselves and being honest!

The flight was great today. I thought about you as I remembered to do my checklists. Got to do a simple instrument approach with about 1200’ broken. Sometime you should talk more about your aviation background. Maybe you’ve done that, but I missed it. What did you fly?

As you know, they teach you in aviation about some pilots that don’t like rules. I forget the term. After flying for many years it’s easy to take on those characteristics - going where you want, when you want. That’s when I have to avoid complacency. I often think flying is like sailing. You have to put aside your worldly concerns and totally focus on the task at hand. That makes it relaxing because it’s a form of escape.

Thanks!

Anytime the phone rang outside of our daily 6PM satphone call, I would freak out :p Thanks GOD it was only for mashed potatoes, hahaha!

A Healthy Medical EMERGENCY Bag, which should include Several Month's Of whatever Medical Prescription's Along with a Practicing Medical General Practicing Doctor Report + Certification + A Good Strong Antibiotic to Treat most of the Serious Medical Infection's which May Require Antibiotics Plus You Should Receive Vaccine's Against The Tropical Diseases which you Will Be Exposed in The Areas Which You intend Visiting Which You *Must Ensure Are In Date And Were Stored before being Administered at The Correct Temperature. This I Discovered the Hard Way BECAUSE I Did Get Vacinne But the Vacinne DID NOT WORK. Which resulted in a Hospitalization, in a Country where if the Hospital Failed THEN Your Body is Without Your Permission an immediate Body Parts Donation to Every Wealthy Drunk looking for a Clean Healthy Liver, A Good Heart, Two Kidney's, Two Eyes, Just about any Body Donation Part . As it turned out , i Paid Over Thirty Thousand Euro to get out of Hospital. Thanks to A Vacinne which was not able to work, either because i Did Not Ask to Check the Expiry Date +Or i Did Not Cross Examine The Doctor with regard to Storage Of Vacinne at The Correct Temperature. Generally, We Trust Doctor's in My Nation! With regards to Any Prescription Medicines You Require, it is Absolutely Necessary that you have A Qualified Practicing Medical Doctor's Prescription to be kept with Your Medicine's. Just a few minutes before Landing in the Country i was visiting, after a Very Long Flight Halfway Around The EARTH, i was handed a Landing Card by a Airline Stewardess, without explanation. Just a Routine thing the Stewardess did five minutes before the End of Every Halfway Around The EARTH Flight. So i started to fill out the Landing Card, when i Read for the First Time "Death" to People who bring Drugs into the Country i was now two minutes from Landing. See i have a Medical Prescription for Prescription Medicines which had been Prescribed for Injuries which i had received. My visit was to a Friend who it happens is a Medical Consultant in that country, but now i was one minute from landing. As i am a Lawyer, i was Astonished to be put in such a Position. Normally, i would Ensure I would Protect Myself AGAINST such unwelcome Threat's Of "Death". But, when the Aircraft Landed, i Declared the Prescription Medicines, And, i was assured by The State employees in the Airport Arrivals Customs Area, That it was ok, that i Declared the Medicines. All the Time My Friend was going back and forth in front of the Window of the Arrival Hall. One moment, before Crossing the Arrival Line , the somewhat invisible line in ALL INTERNATIONAL PORTS OF ENTRY , I was Prepared to Hop on the Same Aircraft Home, i was Astonished to Read the Threat to ALL Visitor's. Indeed, if i had i hopped on the same Flight Home, i would have Saved Myself from Tropical Illnesses, A Huge Hospital Expensive stay, Along with a Threat of becoming A Body Parts Donation Target, And, Threat Of Execution for Arriving into Their State with Prescribed Prescription Medicines which The State could Actually Execute Visitor's. Believe it or Not, i actually Helped That Nation Subsequently when it was Suffering at the Bad Action's Of its Neighbouring Countries. But, let me get back to the Life Saving Information with regard to Medical Prescribed Medicine, i cannot state strongly enough, if you are Prescribed by any Qualified Medical Practicing Doctor Any Medicines, Then Make Absolutely Certain That you bring Your Original Doctor's Medical Prescription with you And Keep Copies on And in your Various Safe Places. Multiple Copies! If you have any doubts, About Prescribed Medicines, Then request the Embassy of the Nation which you plan to visit, in Their Embassy in YOUR own Nation, to confirm that you are Lawfully Permitted to Enter Their NATION with the Medical Prescribed Drugs which you provide a copy of your Medical Practicing Doctor's Prescription to that Embassy for THAT Nation you are visiting. Otherwise, without following Legal Advice You + Your Body May be Arrested, Prosecuted, Executed, And, Your Body Parts May become Donations to people who would pay any amount of Money for a Healthy Heart, Lungs, Kidney's, Liver , Eyes , Limbs , even your Face can be MEDICALLY Transplanted. The List Of Human Body Donation's increases as MEDICAL Expertise is Gained! When, i Questioned the Hospital Consultant about Medical Practice in the nation, where i was Hospitalized, and , i was told if i underwent any procedure and if i died during a Medical procedure, That the Hospital Automatically would without My Written Authority would take My Body as a Body they could take any organs, any limbs, any part of my body, WITHOUT MY AUTHORITY AND WITHOUT MY PERMISSION FROM ME! THAT WAS ASTONISHING a Hospital which had no reason to succeed, would be in Danger of Profiting from selling Healthy Parts. In My Nation, at least Hospital's cannot Automatically Take A Patient's Body for Body Part's. But, the Government have been looking to Adopt such A Bad Law, into Law in My Home Nation. Which is Odd, as the Number Of Volunteers to Donate their Bodies Parts are mostly Not utilized in My Nation. Instead, the Majority Of Lawfully Donated Body Parts are sent to The United Kingdom. Even though Hospitals in My Nation have Long Waiting Lists for Kidney Operation's, Heart Operation's, Lung Operation's, Liver Operation's, Eye Operation's, YOU GET THE POINT I AM MAKING!?!!! Odd, Very Odd. The above, i have stated, in Order to Save Human Lives. 1. Human Lives on The Ocean's or Sea's...But Remember Keep to The Prescribed Permitted Dose Of Medicines. Do NOT OVER DOSE! Too much Paracetamol can Kill You also, if you over dose! 2. SAVING HUMAN LIVES who do not Remember to Bring An Original Medical Practitioner Prescription stating That The Medicine's ARE PRESCRIBED MEDICALLY NECESSARY MEDICINE'S. 3. SAVING HUMAN LIVES Who have NOT DONATED THEIR LIVES to a nation they are visiting. Ryan, if you are reading the above, it really does not apply to you, specifically. But, you do need to Relax Tell Sophie your feelings. But, your feelings for Sophie should not be shared with The People on your show channel, unless you and Sophie agree. However, i Believe, it should be Private. Keep Sophie for yourself, she may Appreciate it. Now, this is where i will say goodbye for now to Ryan and Sophie. Be kind to each other. Sail together and build your family. After Reading the above , And , Before Writing it, i knew that the Medical Matter's matter, And, That Landing in A Country Half Way Around EARTH , Being Threatened with "DEATH" because i had not been pre=warned before joining my Flight from EUROPE, has ALERTED Me to Be Aware Of Real Danger's. That Night, i joined my Flight, i had just come another Flight from My Nation, And, i had been given The Fastest Airport Internal Electric Vehicle Ride Through Frankfurt Germany to Join My Flight to Half Way Around The EARTH. The Airport Electric Vehicle Driver was Like A Formula One Driver as she Floored The Electric Vehicle Accelerator...it was literally a Flying Visit. Life Changing! So Much has Changed as A DIRECT Result! But, the above input is intended to HELP PEOPLE! Which it Will Do, if PEOPLE Listen...They May Save Their Lives

Thanks so much Norman! It feels good to go back to creating fun sailing vlogs :)

Hi Patrick. I'm not sure why but that comment ment a lot to me. Thanks. Yes, I was a marathon running a Ironman athleat. I also did a lot of alpine mount and rock climbing.

The recording was the very hard part

(Ryan being dramatic, hahaha :D) /Sophie

@@RyanSophieSailing LOL. I think the camera part comes so naturally for some people like you, Sophie, or at least you make it appear that way. For others..like me...well it's a bit more stressful. I'm way more comfortable behind the camera than in front.

Thanks Dennis. Lots of people have comments to these videos but unless you have solo sailed an ocean you'll never understand. I appricate the comment. Ryan

Thanks so much luke

Thank you Donna

Thanks so much!

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 it’s called IKEA frozen mashed potatoes. I wouldn’t dare. /Sophie

Ryan misses Harley cuddles