Why is it harder to cross the Atlantic from West to East? (with Andy from

Three days before Ryan, Anett and I left Bonaire to cross the Atlantic to the Azores, we connected with Andy from ‪@59NorthSailing‬ for a full weather routing brief.
In this video, we go over the differences between crossing the Atlantic from East to West and West to East, the seasonality of both passages, the kind of conditions that are to be expected, and what our weather will look like as we tackle our longest passage to date.
00:47 Weather patterns in the Atlantic
03:46 Routing for a crossing from West to East
05:00 When to cross the Atlantic and in what direction
07:04 What conditions will we encounter?
08:40 Challenges and decisions points
11:59 The hardest part of crossing West to East
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