Hull and high water

High seas

Sailing through the world's waterways, including the Baltic Sea, the English Channel, the Kiel Canal, the Strait of Gibraltar and the Red Sea, for Han, the sea is always changing and sometimes merciless.

At the beginning of his voyage, Han was given a lesson in how small man can be in the face of nature.

Sailing the Baltic Sea to the Kiel Canal in last April, Han and his friend, surnamed Gu, detected a storm brewing on their route that they were on course to meet that afternoon. They had no time to change the direction, instead having to face it and sail directly through it. The whole dramatic incident was recorded on his video blog.

Entering the thunderstorm in the darkness, waves reaching a height of one or two meters were hitting the boat and Han couldn't tell when and where the next wave would come. In the pitch black, moonless night it was hard to even tell the direction in which the boat was headed.

The only thing the two sailors could do is lashing themselves tightly to the boat with safety belts, wish of good luck and get tossed about with the vessel at the mercy of sea.