ARC 2018 on Hanse 675 

The boat performed spectacularly on the Atlantic crossing. We had breakdowns, but they were related to sails and rigging, not the boat. When we took delivery of the boat, we had normal shakedown issues. One problem with a helm station was major, but was repaired by Hanse quickly. All other warranty items were similarly covered without issue.

As a former racer I find the T Top a bit dumpy looking but the advantages are too numerous to catalogue. I will never go back.

@@mfinlay1967 yes I am a former racer as well and initially thought the same, but I am gradually coming around😁. Once the boat gets big enough the profile starts to look ok, and Hanse seems to do a good job drawing these. Yet another reason to buy a big boat!

As not a former racer, would either of you two like to tell me more. 😇

Great video, how fast was this freight train moving?

Might we see you next time crossing in a Michael Schmidt Y7 ?

The swell was bigger than it appears in the video, and yes, we had trouble getting the autopilot to handle it, given that we were trying to sail as low as possible without jibing. We could have sailed higher with the autopilot, but it would have taken us longer. If I had to do it over again, I'd have done it with two poles, special headsails and no main. Then you don't need to worry about accidental jibes of that huge mainsail.

Everything was standard kit with the 675 (which is quite comprehensive). We did purchase a spinnaker which helped a lot of course. We have a watermaker, which was excellent. We even ran the washing machine twice, keeping us all smelling nice!

@@mfinlay1967 OK, thank you very much for your reply

@Kyle Jeffery who cares

There was nothing dangerous, just normal wear and tear for a 3,200 mile crossing. We shredded a Code 0 when it caught on the radar housing in a flog; snapped a genoa sheet in a squall (had to go up the mast to replace because of a very high clew); had a couple of mild broaches while sailing with the chute in big waves and wind; had three unplanned jibes, one of which caused a snapped preventer; and we chafed through the cover of the spinnaker halyard three times.

@@mfinlay1967 thanks

Mega, have a look at my reply to Miguel, who had the same question.

@@mfinlay1967 thanks for the reply. Disappointing such an awsome boat like that had such an important failing. Seems like alot of work to have to handsail for 3 weeks. However, when you showed the speed a few times it looked like the boat was pretty fast.

And my ears.

See answer below!

Did you watch the video? I saw many shots with life jackets on. They inflate when you hit the water. They were also using jack lines as well.