Hi Sophie and Ryan, I just watched your video. Even it is almost 1 year later today, I shall help you to solute problems catching a boje. Any buoy. In fakt about 30 years ago I was watching a couple on a very high boat catching the boje next to my ship. The bow of this boat was at least 2,5 meters above the water, so they had no chance to pick up the boje by hand or even by hook. But they had a method witch was so easy, comfortable and save, that I asked myself: "Why, the hell was that not my idea?" My wife Geli an I improved the matter a little and practiced it for more than 30 years. I was working well for 100%. There was not any fail at any time. And since then I will not get tired to recommend this method to all sailors. And here is, how it works: First of all - as you do - Geli always took the helm and I was doing the mans work. Thumbs up to you! While anchoring or buoying I was using my "remote control" named boat hook. So we had never to shout against each other and there never was any misunderstanding. Standing at the bow of our ship I only pointed the hook toward the place Geli should steer the boat. Coming closer - as you know - the helmsman looses the sight of the buoy. So I counted down the last distance in meter with my fingers. A short "cut sign" with my Hand meant stop. Circling my hand upwards meant "go forwards" and downwards meant "go backwards". A short pistol shot like sign meant "pull the lever fully backwards for a short time" to grab in the anchor fully. To catch a buoy I prepared a normal harbor line which was not able to float above the water. I fixed both ends on a front clamp by taking them over the fence and back on board underneath the fence to the clamp. So I formed a very big loop lying on deck crossing the top wire of the fence. It is very important, that this bow is short enough never to reach your propeller. So it can never turn around it even everything goes wrong. When we reached a position within 5 Meters to the buoy I opened the loop by putting it over the top of the hook and spreading it with my other hand to a wideness of about 3 meters. My hook still pointing to the buoy I was deciding on wich side I want to catch the buoy and counted down the distance with my fingers. When the buoy was positioned beside - not in front of - my boat, I positioned the open loop over the buoy and let it fall over it. This is very easy and safe because the loope is so wide open and controlled by the long hook and the other arm. You will never fail it. Because the line is heavy and can not float it grabs the chain or rope of the buoy very easy. From this moment on, your ship is fixed and you have not wasted any power for taking the heavy buoy on deck to fix your line in a hurry or danger for your fingers. If you want to stay only for a short time, this is enough. If you want to stay for a longer time, you can now pull the buoy to your boat to stick another line through the upper ring of the buoy or - much better - even to the ring below the buoy. Please try it. I am sure you will like it. If so - please tell your friends about it. BTW: I really like your videos a lot. Keep on making sailing easy. Best greetings from Bavaria/Germany
I like Ryan’s maturity. He’s very risk averse (which considering he only learned to sail a few years ago is unusual) A safe outcome has to be assured. Best wishes to both of you.
Welcome to the MED! Anywhere around the med is like this. Ever changing winds due to the lands. So it’s even hard to sail because you can never set a sail and “let it go”. Always turning fine tuning etc. For the buoys....let me tell a way after years in Croatia (tons of buoys). Take it from the back. Put in reverse, get close the second one pull it up, put the rope on the side and tie it up ASAP. Stop the engine then move ropes+buoy on front. Can be done even single handing. I thought immediately your friends had the rope tied up. I don’t think they were dragging, simply straightening their rope and the buoy chain/rope. In Croatia I took 60kn at buoy and nothing happened (Bavaria 44). There is a huge cube of concrete under it. So rely on your ropes (if they are of the right size and quite new), and you are ok. On the med look for the Anchorage for the night. Once planned that go around exploring other areas, but the first thing to chose is where you are going to spend the night (because of sea and wind).
Love you guys and really enjoy the vids :-)) Thoughts: On a mooring close to a leeward shore by all means start the engine but dont try motoring up to the mooring or even keeping the engine running, you just want to know the engine will start reliably (and keep running) and then keep an anchor watch - the 'wonderful' thing about a mooring line parting is that you are already free and can motor away within the 'x' minutes available to get into gear. If you were say 100 metres/yards from shore and you drifted at ~ 3 kts, it'll take 100/(3/2) = about 3 minutes to be on the rocks SO the mission is to (1) keep an appropriate lookout (visual, GPS, radar, whatever), then if the line parts (2) start the engine and motor upwind and (3) have a Plan B that may be no more than dropping the anchor somewhere upwind where you have already scoped out a spot - not fun but no tragedy. Good to check that your line(s) to the mooring ball are secure and chafe free so at least they are eliminated as a source of failure. Cheers
As a psychologist, I can confidently say the best way to treat anxiety is to stay in the moment. Eventually, the anxiety will go down. Exposure works! So basically, the wait approach was the best. Great vid as always friends!
I feel sorry for you that your anchoring experiences ended up so stressful. You may consider that it was still "early" in the year, the calmer times in the Med start in June. Now it is almost unbearably hot and wind is not much left, at least here in the Adriatic. However, I don't think crossing Atlantic and going totally remote places will be of less surprises. The Caribbean will definitely bear other surprises and winds will be present at all times. Like one said here further below, you can trust the buoys as long as you don't tie on with a 50M motor yacht. I like to wish you lots of stress free days and sailing experiences. If you want to see things, the Med is definitely the place to be. Many thanks for your professionally made videos , either Sophie's entertaining parts or Ryan's tutorial parts. From SY ALMA Portoroz, Slovenia
stress......per many comments...add a second mooring line to the buoy. Chill...there will be days like this as long as you are cruising. Watching Ryan's anxiety/ demeanor was tougher than the anxiety you felt. Think about heading to the Caribbean to enjoy a year of cruising in the sun. Lots of history, not ancient....but better weather.
Ryan is a good guy...maximum skills...man, your “ I gotta list “ is long....good job.... I’ve been trying to place Sophie’s English accent..fur shure French...with a Swedish cadence and a Midwest twang...very familiar now I guess after touring the Mediterranean Sea, crossing the Atlantic and covinding in some back bay in San Martin ....peace
Maybe head for the Bahamas and the Florida Keys? Great cruising grounds! AND...two lines on the mooring, start the engine intermittently and get Drag Queen app on your phone...then try to relax.
Lock your wheel at anchor. It will reduce the skittering around you do and save wear on the rudder bearings. If you can snorkel on the mooring buoy to reassure yourself that all is good when you first get there. Tie a second line to mooring in case the first chafes. I think I saw free mooring buoys next to you. No reason why you can't pick up two at once. Even make up a Bahamian moor.
Great beer choice! You really deserved it after the stress. Love Ryan teaching seagulls how to behave. Edit: If weather is unstable in the Med, it isn't better in the Bay of Biscay where I live, we had Miguel two weeks ago and this week also looks like late winter instead of summer start.
Ryan and Sophie, just some advice from someone who has spent many years sailing and anchoring around the Balearics. Use a good weather site that gives swell charts, and keep a good eye on it. Wind is not the major problem but swell is! Also never, never pick up a vacant buoy unless it is managed and charged for. I haven’t been in Port Roig for a few years but recall that the buoys there were private and might have been laid for a small rib and not designed to support a heavy sailing yacht. Stay in the Med and explore all of the Balearics but just watch the weather, even when the sun shines and there is no wind, a blow out of the golf de Lyon can send swell down through the Islands, with Minorca getting the worst of it. Oh......and it’s easy to say after the event but you should have got out before the contions deteriorated.
Zeki yes I have recently started using Windy a lot. Having had to cross the golf de Lyon this winter with NW gales blowing almost every few days I used Windy along with others to find a weather window to take me to Minorca then on to Mallorca, Ibiza and Spain. It worked out very successfully. But when looking for a good anchorage i also consider the size and shape of a Cala or beach which can have a great effect on the level of swell.
Great video! Moring sickness is like morning sickness..... you’re already made the decision to be pregnant so you might as well grin and bear it. Happy sailing!
I believe the high winds they are experiencing is called Mistral in France. It has many different names throughout the Med regions. I lived in the south of France near St Tropez and it felt like tornados rolling through. Many time I thought the roof was going to be ripped off my house. It blew off and on like that for over a month. Great video. 👍👍👍 Head to the Caribbean. All we have is hurricanes. 😂😂✌️✌️
Two things for you. One pass a secondary line directly in the chain below the buoy Block the wheel when morning and or at anchor. With two line you will have no problem Check the weather better and don’t try save few bucks, if is bad go in a Marina for one night. Even with just the hook you would not have any problem up to 40/50 knots if the hook is nicely down.
Very stressful for you ,thank God you are ok and your Beautiful Yacht ,think the Med is a very unpredictable place and too dam busy ,good luck and Fair Winds
...been years since i was ashore in ibiza; loved that place...! wasn't on a sailboat, it was when i was aboard a ship working for the u.s. dod... good times, great places to eat...! didn't experience what you did, but sometimes it was a trick getting aboard a liberty launch from the ship's gangway...!
Hey, maybe I will run into you somewhere in the Med, I am heading out from Montenegro in mid-july and pointing to Almerimar by mid-August. Stopping along the way in southern Italy, Corsica, Sardinia and Ibiza. Hopefully the weather improves a bit by then. Cheers to you guys, love the videos.
I agree, lock your rudder(helm), add a second line preferable ahead of the winds, stand-by on anchor and make sure you have engine power if needed ie: battery is up, and engine ready if needed. It’s all about learning. Be safe, think about Western Hemisphere, the Pacific?
Great video thank you! If you didn't have anxiety with that much wind and waves in your Anchorage there would be something wrong with you! The only thing worse would be if you were stuck on Shore watching your boat thrashing around in that weather.
No, the mooring were free to pick up in May, which is before the season starts. The marinas nearby were a good 6 to 9 hours sail away and EXTREMELY expensive (all over 100€ for our size boat) this felt like a good spot to be sheltered from the upcoming blow, but it didn’t turn as we expected...
Hey Guys, the Navily app tip is very useful! Thanks for that! I hope they sponsored this video?! Im still trying to figure out where to go from Portocolom in beginning of July. I have two weeks of holidays and im not sure whether to head south to ibiza / Formentera or go around the more quiet Menorca, you guys went to both , whats your preference? In most buoys that they deployed now for the posidonia stuff they say that maximum 10kt of winds, any excess and the owner is responsible for damages, so you guys were quite lucky to not drift away.. Be safe!
Navily did not sponsor this video (we would have stated it otherwise!) but we really love what they do! If it was totally up to me only, I’d go to Menorca. The entire island is absolutely amazing. If you do, don’t miss Mojito Man, AKA Carlos, in Cala Galdana. Raws to your boat to prepare and serve the most delicious mojitos in the world. Ciutadella and Mahon are magic as well. We loved it so much!
Hello Ryan and Sophie. The buoy can be caught by the stern. Large platform and near the water. The easiest way is to carry the cable at the stern and take it to the bow for mooring. Handling the boat in reverse is easier. everything is in cockpit. I pass the ditching cable and when it is stuck I take it to the bow. when a short team, or single handling is what I do. fair winds and good luck.
Have u tried a flopper stopper. Boom out to the side. Weighted wood thingy in the water. It creates resistance to rolling. It's not going to fix a major issue but is a tool in the box for a residual swell. Right to be nervous about being close to a Lee shore on an unknown mooring. But perhaps safer to stay than go. Sailing is all about making judgement calls. It keeps things interesting. Makes the good days seem earned and sweeter for it. You can check your position by lining up something in the foreground comparing it to something in the background. It gives you a clear sight line and shows clearly if you are dragging. Sorry. Arm chair tips. But trust me I've been there and will be again.
Yes I spent 6 months on Ibiza island . and many other months or years in Greece South France Spain and some Italy and Turkey . The Mediterranean in winter spring and autumn can be a very nasty sea when the wind blows . Winds often have local names .The Summer tends to be very light winds with the odd blow like stink day. The inboard engine is your best friend in the summer going around the Mediterranean .The big problem is the top two feet of the water tends to move the direction of the wind which makes sailing upwind very hard . One Fiber glass Dutch boat with a 3/4 keel 55 foot length a typical cruising boat with 110 HP motor left Sardina . A Mistral type wind arrived when they were 1 mile away from the marina. The boat was protected being in the lee of the island from the winds force . . Anchoring wasn't a possibility It took 24 hours tacking back and forwards on two mile tacks with storm sails and engine on full speed gaining a few feet per tack to get the one mile back to the Marina . However the Mediterranean has many fantastic places to visit and many anchorages in places like Greece . However boats with larger crews do best as they can all take turns with anchor watches while the rest of the crew go ashore .
Just had similar experience about 10 days ago anchoring on the West coast of Sweden with hard winds during the night laying only about 60 meters from the rocks. Needless to say I spent the night in the cockpit.
A Rocna anchor is a very relaible anchor . Rocna is also used an a Garcia exploration . Video to be seen on you tube and recorded in the high north in stormy weather . I did not know that Sophie could sing sarkastically , hahaha .
Hahaha! Singing sarcastically is my way to deal with fear. That’s how I survived crossing the North Sea! Pretty sure that drove all the birds and fishes away from our boat 😂
Don't come to the Philadelphia area. The rain has been relentless since April. Having thunderstorms right now with flood warnings issued. Try further south if you do decide to cross the Atlantic, but not too far south. At least not for hurricane season. I was having a little bit of anchor anxiety as well watching the waves in the background.
Panic videos are really funny to watch but i get why you have anxiety looks like you might have rolling wave cabin fever, i sure things will get better
No, no we are NOT going to cross the Atlantic right now, I really do not want to die 😂 but we need to make a decision soon, as it will dictate how Far East we will go before turning west to cross :)
Just to repeat what someone else stated after moored or anchored center your wheel and set the wheel brake. Your Beneteau like my Catalina like to swim about in a breeze and worse in a blow.
If you come to Greece the go to weather site is Meteo. Type in - i.e. Poros weather meteo - for a five day forecast. There are sudden unpredictable storms that come around and can be very bad. I was caught in one in a bay that hit at night and lasted 8 hours. Boats were dragged onto the rocks. One boat tried to leave and it took 5/6 attempts. Another boat and myself we just hunkered inside. Trust my Rocna. Did not budge. Broke my safety lines. Boat felt like it was being jolted with every wave as it crashed over the boat - yes the waves were that large. I threw up twice that night and I never throw up. The marina just south of me had lots of boats with their sterns smashed in from the force of wind/waves pushing them into the docks. Last winter 5 boats sunk in Epidavros from the winds smashing their boats into the docks. When a storm approachs or the winds are really bad you may not want to be in some ports or marinas. Always have a safe bolt hole nearby. What you guys expereinced was really mild in comparision. I regularly anchor in 30-40 kts. It can not be avoided. Trust your gear but make sure your gear is good to go as some have advised already. Having said all that it is really nice here and there are really nice places to anchor in with very well protected bays that everyone knows about. Have a great summer.
You know now that an anchorage can be heaven one day and hell the next day. You had a nicely protected lee shore with a sheltered anchorage (cala Llentrisca) just two miles West of where you were. Why didn't you go there when you knew what was coming? Never stay in anchorage hoping for the best when you know it's coming your way.
We didn’t go there cause it was a very exposed place right before the wind shifted in our direction. Porroig almost has 360 protection, with a little hole right where the wind hit us that day. To get full protection from that blow, we would have needed to sail 9 hours to the other side of the island. So we elected to stay :)
@@RyanSophieSailing Behind a lee shore, you may not be fully protected from the wind, but for sure you don't have to deal with the choppy seas. A partly protected spot (from either wind or sea) is always better than a spot that gets hit with both.
Yes, and if one is nerveous about the line braking then it's to old, to thin or both, either way it should not be used at all. I have a 24mm rubber shock absorbed (7500kg) spliced to 2 cleats with screw schackels on the mooring end for those occations. A knife and axe is always close in case of the need to cut the line.
You guys are getting real adventures now! You should watch Drake Paragon....I thought if they don't sink the boat trying to figure out how to tie up in that maze. Then surely the people in the village would kill them. It looked straight out of a horror movie. ua-cam.com/video/1Vt9EDzbJiM/v-deo.html
.... well you sure would not be able to find that extended excitement at any midway ... the choice you made in the end was the best choice .... there is that old saying .. said in a good old Texas drawl ... "shouda woulda coulda followed by a great big buuut" .... laughing .. wouldn't want things to get dull for you two .... have fun be safe, save our oceans .....
Sailing the seas around Ibiza is a bit work. Noting wrong but you need to plan a bit and be prepared to move so now and then. If in between islands it possible that you park right in a acceleration zone. That’s why the wind picks up twice as fast. Look at the maps and check the wind prediction. Not all morning ball spots are perfect.. ( some are not made for big ships. )but for 99% you can trust the ball cable on strength. But Find a good sheltered bay or harbour and your ok. Picking up morning balls on your vessel ..use the back first and walk around. Motoring backwards is way easier ...the vessel likes to sit that way into the wind and you can use the swim platform. Sail slowly against the ball and grab it. You can prepare a line that go’s out and around the binimi. The only thing is .. never drop that line of course Go towards greese .. for a bit more comfort .
@@RyanSophieSailing , hello!, bien y uds., En que lugar se encuentran ahora , yo soy un Chileno que le gusta la navegación, mi city es Viña del Mar, Chile.
The med is not the best place for sailing, there is only one problem predicting the wind, it's no wind wrong wind or to much wind, beside that there is the possibility that without warning the wind shifts 180 degrees and gets from 5 knots up to 40 knots in 10 minutes. The area from Denia north including Ibiza is not the most predictable place, but the whole med is messy
Sophie keeps calm and doesn't loose her sense of humor through it all. Great attributes when dealing with tough situations! Good job!
Always the upbeat positive Sophie. You balance the realistic Ryan. Great combo!
Hey, great video where you kept the honesty and hard conversations, no papering over. Love following your adventures.
Thanks so much Peter! :)
Hi Sophie and Ryan, I just watched your video. Even it is almost 1 year later today, I shall help you to solute problems catching a boje. Any buoy.
In fakt about 30 years ago I was watching a couple on a very high boat catching the boje next to my ship. The bow of this boat was at least 2,5 meters above the water, so they had no chance to pick up the boje by hand or even by hook. But they had a method witch was so easy, comfortable and save, that I asked myself: "Why, the hell was that not my idea?"
My wife Geli an I improved the matter a little and practiced it for more than 30 years. I was working well for 100%. There was not any fail at any time.
And since then I will not get tired to recommend this method to all sailors.
And here is, how it works:
First of all - as you do - Geli always took the helm and I was doing the mans work. Thumbs up to you!
While anchoring or buoying I was using my "remote control" named boat hook. So we had never to shout against each other and there never was any misunderstanding. Standing at the bow of our ship I only pointed the hook toward the place Geli should steer the boat. Coming closer - as you know - the helmsman looses the sight of the buoy. So I counted down the last distance in meter with my fingers. A short "cut sign" with my Hand meant stop. Circling my hand upwards meant "go forwards" and downwards meant "go backwards". A short pistol shot like sign meant "pull the lever fully backwards for a short time" to grab in the anchor fully.
To catch a buoy I prepared a normal harbor line which was not able to float above the water. I fixed both ends on a front clamp by taking them over the fence and back on board underneath the fence to the clamp. So I formed a very big loop lying on deck crossing the top wire of the fence. It is very important, that this bow is short enough never to reach your propeller. So it can never turn around it even everything goes wrong.
When we reached a position within 5 Meters to the buoy I opened the loop by putting it over the top of the hook and spreading it with my other hand to a wideness of about 3 meters. My hook still pointing to the buoy I was deciding on wich side I want to catch the buoy and counted down the distance with my fingers. When the buoy was positioned beside - not in front of - my boat, I positioned the open loop over the buoy and let it fall over it. This is very easy and safe because the loope is so wide open and controlled by the long hook and the other arm. You will never fail it.
Because the line is heavy and can not float it grabs the chain or rope of the buoy very easy. From this moment on, your ship is fixed and you have not wasted any power for taking the heavy buoy on deck to fix your line in a hurry or danger for your fingers.
If you want to stay only for a short time, this is enough. If you want to stay for a longer time, you can now pull the buoy to your boat to stick another line through the upper ring of the buoy or - much better - even to the ring below the buoy.
Please try it. I am sure you will like it.
If so - please tell your friends about it.
BTW: I really like your videos a lot.
Keep on making sailing easy.
Best greetings from Bavaria/Germany
I think that you both handled it very well guys well done!
All of a sudden, Ryan got human, at the end. Nice to see the big smile!
Thanks for posting the good and bad. This is reality. You guys are awesome! Ryan and I have the same attitude, he’s all about keeping it real.
Love it, so real. With you all the way.
I like Ryan’s maturity. He’s very risk averse (which considering he only learned to sail a few years ago is unusual)
A safe outcome has to be assured.
Best wishes to both of you.
Welcome to the MED! Anywhere around the med is like this. Ever changing winds due to the lands. So it’s even hard to sail because you can never set a sail and “let it go”. Always turning fine tuning etc.
For the buoys....let me tell a way after years in Croatia (tons of buoys). Take it from the back. Put in reverse, get close the second one pull it up, put the rope on the side and tie it up ASAP. Stop the engine then move ropes+buoy on front. Can be done even single handing.
I thought immediately your friends had the rope tied up. I don’t think they were dragging, simply straightening their rope and the buoy chain/rope. In Croatia I took 60kn at buoy and nothing happened (Bavaria 44). There is a huge cube of concrete under it. So rely on your ropes (if they are of the right size and quite new), and you are ok.
On the med look for the Anchorage for the night. Once planned that go around exploring other areas, but the first thing to chose is where you are going to spend the night (because of sea and wind).
To moore, or not to moore, THAT is the question! You´re doing quite well so far 👍👍👍
Thanks Karsten :)
Great video. Crappy seas. All is good now. Love you two.
Keep having fun.
👍🙏❤️
Thanks Dave! :)
Love you guys and really enjoy the vids :-)) Thoughts: On a mooring close to a leeward shore by all means start the engine but dont try motoring up to the mooring or even keeping the engine running, you just want to know the engine will start reliably (and keep running) and then keep an anchor watch - the 'wonderful' thing about a mooring line parting is that you are already free and can motor away within the 'x' minutes available to get into gear. If you were say 100 metres/yards from shore and you drifted at ~ 3 kts, it'll take 100/(3/2) = about 3 minutes to be on the rocks SO the mission is to (1) keep an appropriate lookout (visual, GPS, radar, whatever), then if the line parts (2) start the engine and motor upwind and (3) have a Plan B that may be no more than dropping the anchor somewhere upwind where you have already scoped out a spot - not fun but no tragedy. Good to check that your line(s) to the mooring ball are secure and chafe free so at least they are eliminated as a source of failure. Cheers
Great job sailors good decision , waited it out great work
As a psychologist, I can confidently say the best way to treat anxiety is to stay in the moment. Eventually, the anxiety will go down. Exposure works! So basically, the wait approach was the best. Great vid as always friends!
Feel free to use this video in your class ;) i can come and talk
@@RyanSophieSailing hmm, psychology taught using only your videos, I like this idea!
I feel sorry for you that your anchoring experiences ended up so stressful. You may consider that it was still "early" in the year, the calmer times in the Med start in June. Now it is almost unbearably hot and wind is not much left, at least here in the Adriatic.
However, I don't think crossing Atlantic and going totally remote places will be of less surprises. The Caribbean will definitely bear other surprises and winds will be present at all times.
Like one said here further below, you can trust the buoys as long as you don't tie on with a 50M motor yacht.
I like to wish you lots of stress free days and sailing experiences. If you want to see things, the Med is definitely the place to be.
Many thanks for your professionally made videos , either Sophie's entertaining parts or Ryan's tutorial parts.
From SY ALMA
Portoroz, Slovenia
stress......per many comments...add a second mooring line to the buoy. Chill...there will be days like this as long as you are cruising. Watching Ryan's anxiety/ demeanor was tougher than the anxiety you felt. Think about heading to the Caribbean to enjoy a year of cruising in the sun. Lots of history, not ancient....but better weather.
tu as raison, Navily is THE app for anchoring
Never thought of Queen as nautically-minded 🎸 “She will ... she will ... ROCK you....” 😜🇨🇦⛵️
Hahaha! 😆 👩🏼🎤⚡️💃🏻
Caribbean and Bahamas sounds good right about now! You guys are great and the video's just keep getting better and batter. GOD bless. JC
Thanks JC! 😊🧡
We were in the same storm - Talamanca Bay close to Eivissa, pretty safe.
Happy you made it too!
It's a Wave Rave in Ibiza. ;-) Looking forward to less anxiety filled vlog. Sail safe.
When Ryan does his wink and his thumbs up... you need to video edit a sparkle in his teeth for effect!
Ryan is a good guy...maximum skills...man, your “ I gotta list “ is long....good job....
I’ve been trying to place Sophie’s English accent..fur shure French...with a Swedish cadence and a Midwest twang...very familiar now I guess after touring the Mediterranean Sea, crossing the Atlantic and covinding in some back bay in San Martin ....peace
Maybe head for the Bahamas and the Florida Keys? Great cruising grounds! AND...two lines on the mooring, start the engine intermittently and get Drag Queen app on your phone...then try to relax.
Drag Queen app... why have I not come up with that myself?! 😂
This episode was an absolute treasure besause it shows boat life how dangerous can be...
Lock your wheel at anchor. It will reduce the skittering around you do and save wear on the rudder bearings.
If you can snorkel on the mooring buoy to reassure yourself that all is good when you first get there. Tie a second line to mooring in case the first chafes.
I think I saw free mooring buoys next to you. No reason why you can't pick up two at once. Even make up a Bahamian moor.
I would have been nervous with those waves.
Ryan talking to seabird was a welcome addition, I feel he should have been more indulgent to it 😉.
I thought only Solo Sailors like Barry the Sea Dog did that :)
Yeah well, I guess it speaks about how good of a company I am onboard 😂 /Sophie
Maybe Sophie just needs to work him more. He has to much free time to talk to birds :)
Great beer choice! You really deserved it after the stress. Love Ryan teaching seagulls how to behave.
Edit: If weather is unstable in the Med, it isn't better in the Bay of Biscay where I live, we had Miguel two weeks ago and this week also looks like late winter instead of summer start.
Oh. Yes. We crossed the bay of Biscay in August last year and I think I pooped my pants a little. /Sophie
Great video! No matter where you are, you take the good and the not so good. 😉 Thanks for sharing "real life cruising". 👍👍👍👍👍😍⛵⛵⛵⛵⛵⛵
Thanks Bill! 😊💜
Ryan and Sophie, just some advice from someone who has spent many years sailing and anchoring around the Balearics. Use a good weather site that gives swell charts, and keep a good eye on it. Wind is not the major problem but swell is! Also never, never pick up a vacant buoy unless it is managed and charged for. I haven’t been in Port Roig for a few years but recall that the buoys there were private and might have been laid for a small rib and not designed to support a heavy sailing yacht. Stay in the Med and explore all of the Balearics but just watch the weather, even when the sun shines and there is no wind, a blow out of the golf de Lyon can send swell down through the Islands, with Minorca getting the worst of it.
Oh......and it’s easy to say after the event but you should have got out before the contions deteriorated.
Chadwick Hall which site would you recommend for swell in the balearics? Is windy any good
Zeki yes I have recently started using Windy a lot. Having had to cross the golf de Lyon this winter with NW gales blowing almost every few days I used Windy along with others to find a weather window to take me to Minorca then on to Mallorca, Ibiza and Spain. It worked out very successfully. But when looking for a good anchorage i also consider the size and shape of a Cala or beach which can have a great effect on the level of swell.
Great video! Moring sickness is like morning sickness..... you’re already made the decision to be pregnant so you might as well grin and bear it. Happy sailing!
Gorgeous scenery, but can be scary!
"Anchorage anxiety" = sailing Polar Seal to Alaska! :-D
Hahahaha!!! Love it :) although I would LOVE to sail to Alaska, I’m afraid Polar Seal isn’t the right boat for that though :/
I believe the high winds they are experiencing is called Mistral in France. It has many different names throughout the Med regions. I lived in the south of France near St Tropez and it felt like tornados rolling through. Many time I thought the roof was going to be ripped off my house. It blew off and on like that for over a month. Great video. 👍👍👍 Head to the Caribbean. All we have is hurricanes. 😂😂✌️✌️
Two things for you.
One pass a secondary line directly in the chain below the buoy
Block the wheel when morning and or at anchor.
With two line you will have no problem
Check the weather better and don’t try save few bucks, if is bad go in a Marina for one night.
Even with just the hook you would not have any problem up to 40/50 knots if the hook is nicely down.
Wonky winds, shorwards swell in every anchorage but, just sometimes outstanding place to be. Sail safe xx
Thanks Ant and Cid! Hug the pooches from us 😊 /Sophie
Very stressful for you ,thank God you are ok and your Beautiful Yacht ,think the Med is a very unpredictable place and too dam busy ,good luck and Fair Winds
Thanks Howard! :)
...been years since i was ashore in ibiza; loved that place...! wasn't on a sailboat, it was when i was aboard a ship working for the u.s. dod... good times, great places to eat...! didn't experience what you did, but sometimes it was a trick getting aboard a liberty launch from the ship's gangway...!
Anchorage Anxiety noooo that was at least at a couple filming points, full on Ancho-Rage.
Sailors of the U.S. Navy call the Med the arm pit of sea's for a reason....
Go West young man !
Keep idiot comments about YOU!! not the USN.......
@@walterquick8649 screw off..did I offend you..you twat...
@@br5498 Cool down! You're not in America now.
Hey, maybe I will run into you somewhere in the Med, I am heading out from Montenegro in mid-july and pointing to Almerimar by mid-August. Stopping along the way in southern Italy, Corsica, Sardinia and Ibiza. Hopefully the weather improves a bit by then. Cheers to you guys, love the videos.
Could be! We’re in Corsica now, Sardinia by mid-July and Sicily by late July :)
@@RyanSophieSailing Nice! looks like we might cross paths somewhere along the way :)
I am so much like Andy, been there on our cat, I feel your anxiety, things can change in a moments time
Early in the summer over your way makes for changeable conditions it will improve as mid summer approaches I guarantee.
We hope so! Luckily, the beauty of the destinations we get to reach totally make up for the struggle it is to get there :)
I agree, lock your rudder(helm), add a second line preferable ahead of the winds, stand-by on anchor and make sure you have engine power if needed ie: battery is up, and engine ready if needed. It’s all about learning. Be safe, think about Western Hemisphere, the Pacific?
Prevent prevent prevent is what you do with everything!
A bad day at sea is still better than a good day on land 😉
Oh, how I envy you guys who have a sailing partner like Sophie; few and far between.
Great video thank you! If you didn't have anxiety with that much wind and waves in your Anchorage there would be something wrong with you! The only thing worse would be if you were stuck on Shore watching your boat thrashing around in that weather.
Yeah, that would have been awful... but we’d never leave the boat knowing that a blow is coming!
Hi from Turkey.
Hi guys. Great video! Question. Did you have to pay for the mooring buoy? Also was there a Marina nearby where you could have taken shelter?
No, the mooring were free to pick up in May, which is before the season starts. The marinas nearby were a good 6 to 9 hours sail away and EXTREMELY expensive (all over 100€ for our size boat) this felt like a good spot to be sheltered from the upcoming blow, but it didn’t turn as we expected...
Nothing to be ashamed of Ryan. There are 115,326 AA support groups in 175 different countries. Help is close by (at the next anchorage).
Great one...Sophie were you an actress?...because you are great...Thanks again for sharing...
Haha! Thanks :) my career as an actress stopped at 17, when I had to quit my theater group to go study in Paris. That was a while ago! 😅
Hey Guys, the Navily app tip is very useful! Thanks for that! I hope they sponsored this video?! Im still trying to figure out where to go from Portocolom in beginning of July. I have two weeks of holidays and im not sure whether to head south to ibiza / Formentera or go around the more quiet Menorca, you guys went to both , whats your preference? In most buoys that they deployed now for the posidonia stuff they say that maximum 10kt of winds, any excess and the owner is responsible for damages, so you guys were quite lucky to not drift away.. Be safe!
Navily did not sponsor this video (we would have stated it otherwise!) but we really love what they do! If it was totally up to me only, I’d go to Menorca. The entire island is absolutely amazing. If you do, don’t miss Mojito Man, AKA Carlos, in Cala Galdana. Raws to your boat to prepare and serve the most delicious mojitos in the world. Ciutadella and Mahon are magic as well. We loved it so much!
Hello Ryan and Sophie.
The buoy can be caught by the stern. Large platform and near the water. The easiest way is to carry the cable at the stern and take it to the bow for mooring. Handling the boat in reverse is easier. everything is in cockpit. I pass the ditching cable and when it is stuck I take it to the bow.
when a short team, or single handling is what I do.
fair winds and good luck.
PS: in less of 10 min.Storm at Ibiza, Formentera. August 2017.
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Yeah we still have a little practice to do on mooring buoys! But we’re getting better now :)
I’d want to know what the length of boat the mooring is certified for then you would be safe
Have u tried a flopper stopper. Boom out to the side. Weighted wood thingy in the water. It creates resistance to rolling. It's not going to fix a major issue but is a tool in the box for a residual swell.
Right to be nervous about being close to a Lee shore on an unknown mooring. But perhaps safer to stay than go. Sailing is all about making judgement calls. It keeps things interesting. Makes the good days seem earned and sweeter for it.
You can check your position by lining up something in the foreground comparing it to something in the background. It gives you a clear sight line and shows clearly if you are dragging.
Sorry. Arm chair tips. But trust me I've been there and will be again.
The flipper stopper is Ryan’s new craze. He hasn’t ordered it yet, but he really wants to! If he takes the leap, we’ll do a little review ;)
@@RyanSophieSailing nice. Look forward to it.
Yes I spent 6 months on Ibiza island . and many other months or years in Greece South France Spain and some Italy and Turkey . The Mediterranean in winter spring and autumn can be a very nasty sea when the wind blows . Winds often have local names .The Summer tends to be very light winds with the odd blow like stink day. The inboard engine is your best friend in the summer going around the Mediterranean .The big problem is the top two feet of the water tends to move the direction of the wind which makes sailing upwind very hard . One Fiber glass Dutch boat with a 3/4 keel 55 foot length a typical cruising boat with 110 HP motor left Sardina . A Mistral type wind arrived when they were 1 mile away from the marina. The boat was protected being in the lee of the island from the winds force . . Anchoring wasn't a possibility It took 24 hours tacking back and forwards on two mile tacks with storm sails and engine on full speed gaining a few feet per tack to get the one mile back to the Marina . However the Mediterranean has many fantastic places to visit and many anchorages in places like Greece . However boats with larger crews do best as they can all take turns with anchor watches while the rest of the crew go ashore .
When you come to New Zealand we can go sailing
Ryan would LOVE to go to New Zealand. But he’s afraid that if we go there, we never leave! ;)
Just had similar experience about 10 days ago anchoring on the West coast of Sweden with hard winds during the night laying only about 60 meters from the rocks. Needless to say I spent the night in the cockpit.
Really makes you wonder what your doing sometimes :)
@@RyanSophieSailing it is all worth it after all.
Ankering in the Med is compactly different then i Schandinavian waters muddy bottens. Sand and rock in the Meds make you learn a ader techie.
A Rocna anchor is a very relaible anchor . Rocna is also used an a Garcia exploration . Video to be seen on you tube and recorded in the high north in stormy weather .
I did not know that Sophie could sing sarkastically , hahaha .
Hahaha! Singing sarcastically is my way to deal with fear. That’s how I survived crossing the North Sea! Pretty sure that drove all the birds and fishes away from our boat 😂
how is the water making that Ryan built working ?
Answer in next week’s video!
Don't come to the Philadelphia area. The rain has been relentless since April. Having thunderstorms right now with flood warnings issued. Try further south if you do decide to cross the Atlantic, but not too far south. At least not for hurricane season. I was having a little bit of anchor anxiety as well watching the waves in the background.
Porta Mahon Balearic Islands, very protected.
Uauuuuuu that was really an experience! Not the best one I am sure
We’ve had worse though 😂 but it was the first time that it happened to us and I guess we were a little impressed!
Panic videos are really funny to watch but i get why you have anxiety looks like you might have rolling wave cabin fever, i sure things will get better
Well, crossing the Atlantic now isn't the best plan...IMO.
Hurricane season starts real soon.....but hey, I could be completely wrong.
No, no we are NOT going to cross the Atlantic right now, I really do not want to die 😂 but we need to make a decision soon, as it will dictate how Far East we will go before turning west to cross :)
@@RyanSophieSailing well, you have 4-5 moths before the season is over. How far into the Med can you get in 2.5 months??
interesting how people handle stress
Just to repeat what someone else stated after moored or anchored center your wheel and set the wheel brake. Your Beneteau like my Catalina like to swim about in a breeze and worse in a blow.
If you come to Greece the go to weather site is Meteo. Type in - i.e. Poros weather meteo - for a five day forecast.
There are sudden unpredictable storms that come around and can be very bad. I was caught in one in a bay that hit at night and lasted 8 hours. Boats were dragged onto the rocks. One boat tried to leave and it took 5/6 attempts. Another boat and myself we just hunkered inside. Trust my Rocna. Did not budge. Broke my safety lines. Boat felt like it was being jolted with every wave as it crashed over the boat - yes the waves were that large. I threw up twice that night and I never throw up. The marina just south of me had lots of boats with their sterns smashed in from the force of wind/waves pushing them into the docks.
Last winter 5 boats sunk in Epidavros from the winds smashing their boats into the docks. When a storm approachs or the winds are really bad you may not want to be in some ports or marinas. Always have a safe bolt hole nearby. What you guys expereinced was really mild in comparision. I regularly anchor in 30-40 kts. It can not be avoided. Trust your gear but make sure your gear is good to go as some have advised already.
Having said all that it is really nice here and there are really nice places to anchor in with very well protected bays that everyone knows about. Have a great summer.
You know now that an anchorage can be heaven one day and hell the next day.
You had a nicely protected lee shore with a sheltered anchorage (cala Llentrisca) just two miles West of where you were. Why didn't you go there when you knew what was coming?
Never stay in anchorage hoping for the best when you know it's coming your way.
We didn’t go there cause it was a very exposed place right before the wind shifted in our direction. Porroig almost has 360 protection, with a little hole right where the wind hit us that day. To get full protection from that blow, we would have needed to sail 9 hours to the other side of the island. So we elected to stay :)
@@RyanSophieSailing Behind a lee shore, you may not be fully protected from the wind, but for sure you don't have to deal with the choppy seas.
A partly protected spot (from either wind or sea) is always better than a spot that gets hit with both.
Single line to mooring ball? Should have a backup, always.
Yes, and if one is nerveous about the line braking then it's to old, to thin or both, either way it should not be used at all.
I have a 24mm rubber shock absorbed (7500kg) spliced to 2 cleats with screw schackels on the mooring end for those occations. A knife and axe is always close in case of the need to cut the line.
We had two really strong lines attached to each sides of our bow. But still, one always wonders what the limits of those lines/mooring buoys go! :)
Ryan: I don't have anxiety...
Sophie:
Ryan: ...about anchoring.
Sophie: whew
😂😂😂
You guys are getting real adventures now!
You should watch Drake Paragon....I thought if they don't sink the boat trying to figure out how to tie up in that maze. Then surely the people in the village would kill them. It looked straight out of a horror movie.
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.... well you sure would not be able to find that extended excitement at any midway ... the choice you made in the end was the best choice .... there is that old saying .. said in a good old Texas drawl ... "shouda woulda coulda followed by a great big buuut" .... laughing .. wouldn't want things to get dull for you two .... have fun be safe, save our oceans .....
There’s never a dull moment in boat life, is here? ;)
Sailing the seas around Ibiza is a bit work. Noting wrong but you need to plan a bit and be prepared to move so now and then.
If in between islands it possible that you park right in a acceleration zone. That’s why the wind picks up twice as fast. Look at the maps and check the wind prediction. Not all morning ball spots are perfect.. ( some are not made for big ships. )but for 99% you can trust the ball cable on strength.
But Find a good sheltered bay or harbour and your ok.
Picking up morning balls on your vessel ..use the back first and walk around. Motoring backwards is way easier ...the vessel likes to sit that way into the wind and you can use the swim platform. Sail slowly against the ball and grab it. You can prepare a line that go’s out and around the binimi. The only thing is .. never drop that line of course
Go towards greese .. for a bit more comfort .
Oops - that would be 3 minutes for 300 metres :-(((
Yeah, pretty sure it would have taken less than a minute to hit the rocks if the mooring ball had failed... but it didn’t and we’re in Corsica now! :)
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@@RyanSophieSailing , hello!, bien y uds., En que lugar se encuentran ahora , yo soy un Chileno que le gusta la navegación, mi city es Viña del Mar, Chile.
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The med is not the best place for sailing, there is only one problem predicting the wind, it's no wind wrong wind or to much wind, beside that there is the possibility that without warning the wind shifts 180 degrees and gets from 5 knots up to 40 knots in 10 minutes.
The area from Denia north including Ibiza is not the most predictable place, but the whole med is messy
Yep, we’re experiencing the full Med effect these days! But the beautiful places we get to experience make up for the struggle :)