Day 5 of Pacific Crossing as a Solo Sailing Super Nooob

Hi, my name is Oliver. Three years ago, I was diagnosed with Clipple Fail Syndrome, a rare spinal disorder, and I do run the risk of going paralyzed. That reality shook up my world. After 11 years, I quit my career, purchased a sailboat, knowing nothing about sailing with the goal of sailing around the world. Follow the journey and watch this solo sailing super noob take on the world's oceans. What's up YouTube? I just wanted to give you guys an update. Since my Starlink is working so well, I figured I'd post a YouTube video. We are day five and finally sailing downwind, which I'm not sure how much I like it actually. The boat was much more steady with the wind on the side, but I think I've gone 500 miles and what was I going to say? We've gone 500 miles. This is going to be an unedited video, but we've gone 500 miles and I'm less than 2,000 miles away from Hawaii now. It is getting warmer, however, it is still cold. I'm excited for it to get much warmer. Right now, we're attempting to fly wing on wing. Things are looking good. Somehow, my dinghy has stayed on. I don't really know how to be honest with you, but it has. My dumpster dinghy and also my hard dinghy that was given to me. Solar is working good. All of the work I put in the boat, nothing is broken yet. I don't know how nothing is broken, but nothing is broken. I keep doing my rounds and making sure everything's working and it's working. My God, we're having a great time. My cat's doing great considering it was a rough couple of days for her, but she's completely gotten her sea legs and it's back to normal. She is a wonderful creature. It's a short video. I do have my hands full. It's been really hard to film and record, but I am filming everything for YouTube as well. By the time we get to Hawaii, we'll edit the video. My brother is a filmmaker. He offered to make a sweet YouTube video. It's just going to come down to me if I can get good shots. We'll see because I'm having a hard time with it because there's a lot going on all the time. Also, you guys, I blew up on social media, which is crazy. I don't even know what it is, like 430,000 followers now on Instagram. My God, it's absolutely crazy. All it took was me going all in on absolutely everything. I went all in on everything and it's freaking working out, man. It is working out. It's paying off. I can't believe it, but we're not over yet. There's no time for celebration. I've been not letting myself really think too much on it just because I've got to get to Hawaii still. I've got to get there in one piece. It's not over, but it's been crazy. It's just been crazy. Life's insane. Chase your dreams and just trust yourself. I don't know. Sailing Phoenix is out.