Woman Solo Sailing Across the Atlantic | Full Documentary 

Emma, I'm 79 years old. I lost my beautiful wife of 25 yrs. 9 years ago when she was only 60 and I've been living alone ever since. I watch a lot of RU-vid, and can truthfully say that this is the best thing that I've ever come across! You sitting alone, singing and playing the ukulele in the middle of the Atlantic ocean really got to me, it was so beautiful! You are one fascinating lady! Thank You, Best of luck to you and the new baby!.....Much love from Minnesota, USA

As a circumnavigator I find all the sailing videos( except a few)abit boring following a “ clickbait” formula. So when I happened upon this documentary I watched it to the end as it captures the philosophy of artificial adventure that we have to create today.I know what it’s like to sail in Gale / storm conditions as well as the doldrums( which we motored through which is the smart thing to do if you can) so for her to do this in a minimally equipped and older boat is inspiring.To control your mind and body to deal with adversity, fear, danger and Mother Nature is the real feat and this young BRAVE woman Did a great job. I will pass this one on to my sailing friends who will understand!

Brilliant. I so loved this video. My longest at sea was 71 days so I know what its like. An inspiring film.

I am a sailor, crossed North Atlantic 6 times, twice solo, 28 days as longest passage. Thank you Emma for sharing your story. You definitely are an exceptional person. 😎😘

A beautiful film. Thank you Emma. So nice to see a human being express openness, loneliness, and vulnerability with such eloquence and fortitude 🙏

I am a sailor, as well as have ocean crossing experiences. The levels of emotions reflected in this short film brought tears to my eyes. Absolutely beautiful and spot on🤙. Thank you

I wonder if she can inspire other women to be bright, strong, inquisitive, courageous, thoughtful, articulate, indomitable, and enduring like her.

I'm 71 and had a romp of a life but I can't remember being moved so unexpectedly and deeply. And I don't know why. What an extraordinary piece. I

I did my solo Atlantic crossing in 1986 on my Beneteau 456 from Portsmouth England to Antigua when I was 26. Royalties from my first book paid for the boat and royalties from my second book paid for 3 years cruising the Caribbean and USA East Coast. Wonderful time. I am 65 now and stopped solo racing a couple of years ago but what I learned being alone on the boat changed my life - a magical time and I am so happy I did this. I had never sailed more than 200 miles solo before the crossing.

I've watched hundreds of sailing videos, but none has explored so well the extreme range of emotions felt by the solo sailor. It was moving and thought provoking. Well done and thank you to those involved in the production.

Hello Emma, really strong and emotional! I love it! The Best for you all! Marcello

gem of a person who has found beauty.

Wow, what a gift to the world this film is. Thank you.

I'm sorry that my english is not good enough to explane what I feel..... But... you get all my respect.... This planet needs more person like you..... I need more person like you....

Wow, inspirational. I have felt the STRONG urge to sail for the last 2 years or so. I need it;

This is a lovely video. 20:14 I know EXACTLY how you felt. Let me tell you a story. It was the summer of 1975, I was just 17, and hitchhiking through Europe (I'm from Canada). I was by myself. I had next to no money. Not sure where I was going to stay most nights. I was on the autobahn outside Hamburg, and it was pissing down rain, and I was getting NO lifts. None, nothing. Four hours I stood there, in the rain. No one was stopping to pick me up. I began to get really annoyed and upset with myself for being there, and depressed, and I was imagining what my friends back home were up to -working summer jobs, dating, partying, etc. "And here I am," I thought, "on on some fucking highway miles outside Hamburg, hitchhiking in pissing cold rain." and feeling so down. And then, literally, as though a light bulb went on, I said to myself "Yeah, it's pissing rain, and here I am on an autobahn in Germany, but I'm not working some shitty summer job, and I'm only 17, and I'm hitchhiking through Europe, and I'm taking care of myself, and none of my friends are doing anything even close to this. This is fucking awesome." And just like that, in 30 seconds it went from being shitty to fabulous...it's all a matter of perspective and perception. One of the best moments of my life, it was literally the length of that thought when I went from being a child to adulthood. And about 5 minutes after that someone stopped and I got a lift...

Åh vilken historia, oj vilken kvinna. Du är en modern Pippi Långstrump!

Probably my-film-of-the-year (usually it's only a book) - worth slowing down enough to take in two or three viewings. Naunced. Haunting. Depth over speed!

Watching videos like this puts life into perspective.

Hi Emma. I’m a long distance sailor, writer and film maker. I thoroughly enjoyed your account of being alone on this voyage. I especially appreciate the honesty of your storytelling; a very refreshing change from all the ‘blue sky’ narcissistic stuff people upload about sailing.

wonderful ! well done ! some people get seasick. I am getting landsick when I see this. Bernard Moitessier .. what a great inspiration. I read his books in the 80s and 90s already … keep it going !! sail on, sailor !👍

I've been inspired to linger here. I had faster plans for the evening, but they were foolish compared to this. What a blessing, in retrospect, that the engine was lost. Engines, those witless smoky things that chant little but doom doom doom endlessly, fouling the air and our minds and our senses. I thought that when our heroine lost the engine on the far isle she ought to leave the beast there, but then I understood what a curse it would be to those people. Bad if the engine didn't work, and worse if it did.

There is a lucky man out there that gets to share a life with miss Emma

Full of wisdom in simple words and in between. I often felt a lot of joy and gratitude for Emma being on that journey. Much appreciation for the journey and the film! It was nourishing to watch.

Emma, thank you for this film you made, it was magical, the atmosphere, yr play&sing, slowing down the time. Simple, true, great. Fair Winds ⛵

Greetings from Germany. Wow! What a fantastic journey. You will have stories to tell your children and grandchildren. Stay beautiful.

Such a beautiful and well told story! Congrats to everyone involved :)

Not a film, but a life story with sensibility and love. Sensibility in each moment, in each breath. At all little things we see the life as a great gift. Love, in each thought that takes your spirit at a superior plane of life. Congrats, Emma! You are blessed. I loved it.

Mattias, this is such a profound film. I am humbled by the emotions that is has left me with and find that it has touched on a deep ache inside to seek out my own "quiet". I suspect that in "slowing down time" you find how to finally be within each moment and within that everything changes... As always, deep gratitude for your work and the humanity that it reveals. Take care.

You seem to manage the storms and the loss of your engine fearlessly. Fantastic adventure.

I was wishing I was on this trip with Emma, but this enjoyable video is the next best thing! Thanks for sharing!

I repeated this documentary more than 4 time is the most beautiful documentary i watched in my life how you can you can travel alone and crossing the pceans that's a really unbelievable

Wonderful video. What a woman. So skilled. Thank you for sharing your trip.

What a fantastic story and story teller. Thank you

I was very touched to see how your dad looked so proud of you and so glad to have you home safe. This is a beautiful film, so inspiring, I love the music too. You are wonderfully brave and gentle at the same time. I wish you many adventures to come

She flies over the Iberian Abyssal Plain. That's some mythic poetry right there.

I just watched this again, the best Solo sale video I have seen. So well done, beautiful person, she shares the heart and soul of every sailor. So cute in the doldrums up on the top telling and singing to the wind to come and blow 🌬️ 😂 such a sweet person. Thank you ❤️

I'm glad this video came up in my suggested video list. Well done🏴‍☠️🍺

What a beautiful strong person, thank you

Beautiful history. I don't have anyone who has anything to do with the sea, and yet since I was a child I've wanted to be a sailor and I dream of one day being able to sail like that too. Congratulations for transmitting the beauty of the adventure of sailing.

She really did say at the beginning that basically she sailed one day alone. In other words she goes from sailing one day alone to 164 days alone. Whoah.

Emma, this is so wonderful, thank you!! At the time i followed your descriptions of you travels, and was in awe (as well as a little jeaulous). After the Zeitouna i took up sailing, after the short time sailing with you on Caprice (so lovely to see how well she sails) in Sweden, i got my own boat. You were an inspiration then as well as now. Thank you so much!!! And enjoy motherhood!

Wonderful authenticity which we miss so much on the lands and in the towns

Connecting to yourself the greatest journey of all, great stuff, be well, safe travels...

Thank you for presenting Emma’s quest. Just wonderful. Her journey left me basking in the profound teaching that arose from the loss of Caprice’s engine, Emma’s confrontation with the doldrums, her enhanced appreciation of resources that grew from scarcity; a renewed relationship with her experience of being social. Fabulous journey of the mind, body & soul. It helps me remember that I am free to resist temptations to be hyper-cautious. Risk does have its rewards. ~ Also, the Stephen Jenkinson content gave this film even more meaning & depth; I love where his mind takes me. In a smaller way I too have down-shifted my life. In 2017 I gave up the fast-paced lifestyle of commuting & the stress of a long law firm career - in favor of practicing just “staying” and diving deep into all the oodles of small things in which I find enjoyment & that whet my natural curiosity. No news or TV in our home=enhanced freedom of thought. Communing with our young dog & elder cat (plus many wild critters) is beyond satisfying. 💝

One of the finest sailing documentaries I've ever seen. And I've watched a lot over the years! What a wonderful adventure.

Thank you for sharing your beautiful story

Oh my God, as I hear You I see me. One day... Beautiful amazing woman, you are. Paul

I'm full of admiration for your epic journey alone. Fantastic video and excellent music. Well done!

What a wonderful journey. I too dealt with quite a bit of engine failure (water getting into my fuel tank in the keel). But you are so correct that learning to sail onward with no engine is a powerful experience. We left Bermuda and lost our engine. We only had to endure a couple of days with no wind. Then the absolute joy when the winds came. We blasted all the way to the Virgin Islands.

I cried for her. I'm thinking of teaching myself how to sail and doing this when I have enough money to buy a boat. Thank you for this video, as it is a huge encouragement for women and people from everywhere. Love from Warsaw

I could feel the rollercoaster of emotion. What a unforgettable trek! 8 days in the duldrums. Losing your engine. Meeting the island descendants. All crazyM

Emma congratulations! This movie beautiful, true story! The Ocean, the Sunrises and Sunsets are imressive! You are a very authentic and honest girl, and very brave! ⛵️ Thak You!

Such a great story Emma . You should be very proud of your achievement . Had a tear there at one point. Brilliant if you can get that out of me I salute you . All the best raising Your child .

Inspiring. Calming. Beautyful.

Beautiful story just beautiful , don't know how else to describe it.

Wonderful... well presented.

Well that was excellent showing all of the emotions a single sailor can go through. Loved it ..

Beautiful. Thank you for producing this film together and sharing.

I need to something like this. I imagine myself just packing a backpack and just start walking. This feeling gets stronger every year. Thank you for sharing this journey.

Emma, I am impressed with your bravery! You are an extraordinary woman, I can't believe what you have done! You have managed to achieve your dreams and inspire other women to achieve theirs! Congratulations, for your courage and for your baby, may GOD protect you enormously! Thank you for sharing this beautiful trajectory with us! Ah, I am Brazilian, I live in England and I am planning to sail with my husband to Brazil.

I find your description of wanting to explore solitude much like my own. I hiked into the bush of Alaska and spent 3 years with just me and my dog. I didn’t really miss people but did enjoy their company when with others. I just hadn’t heard someone else describe it similarly. Happy Trails.

now thats a fantastic story/video , I was spellbound until the end . Congratulations young lady on your accomplishment and your smile and baby bump is a beautiful thing to behold . I wish you much happiness .

Beautiful story, thank you 🙏

Brilliant simply brilliant in every aspect. How many life lessons within this video, how much inspiration and pause for thought, to look deeper inside.

This is an outstanding peace of art you created! I’m just on my way to start my own journey, and this inspires me so much. Thanks a lot!

Excellent.. No other words needed

Love your film. And your music. Cheers.

Well done, thank you for sharing

You have captured this journey in such a deep soulful way. Thanks for sharing.

Absolutely beautiful ! Please keep going We love you and we need you.

I love your guitar playing, fingerpicking and singing. Thank you so much for sharing your journey with us! 🙏🏼💚🙏🏼

Very beautiful and moving video - one of the best on RU-vid. As a sailor/writer/composer, I mainly wish for silence and slow time, but it rarely happens; it’s a constant struggle - unless you make it happen. She did, and gloriously so. Congratulations on the baby. He/she will experience things most human beings will never experience because his mother (maybe father) understands…

A remarkable journey! So well produced! Continued success in all your adventures!

Brilliant, and inspiring thank you .

Thanks for this, it was amazing and beautiful to watch.

You are an inspiration. Bravo!

WOW! well done you! Such an inspiration! Alone with all those doubts you must have had. Thank you and so inspiring. Keep going!

That was a Very special film. Thank you

I'm just flabbergasted by your soul , ease of determination and the inherent kindness that you most certainly have. WOW . To have a friend like you would be life changing... just to sit with you and very little conversation if any would be wonderful. Just incredible...

I was watching another sailing film & I was just falling asleep even though I really enjoy watching Sailing on RU-vid & then your film came up & thought to myself I must take a look at this. I loved watching this & especially your songs. You have a lovely voice & you are also so brave most people would have quit when their engine broke, but you made it all the way home. 🏅brilliant. Well done you.

Thank you for an inspiring story, so beautifully done.

Just wonderful. Thank you.

Lovely, thank you

I can't put into words how much I enjoyed this, touched me deep in my soul. Thank you so much for sharing your story with us. Your singing wa so beautiful too.

seen so many cross this ocean and that ocean stuff. but this is different! love it! the journey, the person and the way the film is made... beautiful! good luck, tack så mycket!!

Nice sailing and wonderful music. Thank you

A lovely film. Congratulations Emma

Emma, this was an exceptional journey and such fantastic video creation. Thanks for letting us follow you on the adventure. I hope to see more from you. Cheers.

I came back to say this is one of my most favorite videos ever. You have no idea how many times over the last 10 months that I've talked to others about it, or shared it.

Great, great 👍 great 👍 great story. Amazingly good job. Thank you.

What a wonderful film!

Wonderful, I really enjoyed watching your journey and hearing your nice singing voice and calm story telling. Greetings from a Norwegian sailor

Thanks for sharing your sailing experience

Wonderful. Thank you!!

Wonderful film. You should be very proud of yourself for taking on such a challenge. Very few people will do such a journey, let alone by themselves. Having a loving and supportive family and friends makes the journey that much more fulfilling to come home to. Well done!

I so enjoyed sharing some of your experiences - thank you. We are aiming to cross the Atlantic and it is so inspiring to see your journey. Loved the music and poetry, really impressed with your Uke playing - I am learning so now have something to aim for.

Thank you for showing the realities of sail life, the good and not so good. As a new sailor myself, your honesty has been very refreshing and uplifting. Thank you.

Wholly Molly! That was an awesome video Emma! You are one Brave Flicka !

Such an inspiring history, I hope that one day I could do it too