I came back and my boat was gone
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- Опубліковано 26 лют 2023
- I return to my boat after a quick ski trip to Norway to find in missing.
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Wow so you get a free boat, anchor it in a very tight anchorage with ground tackle you know is insufficient and just leave it and the other boats at the mercy of your whim for a couple weeks while you play in Europe? Good job captain.
There's a reason I call him 'Hapless Sam'...
I'm still amazed that he would just do that. At first I thought it was a joke to get views...but i think he really did it.
@@daveyporterpictures5368 id call him Lucky Sam.
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I don't get it either. This was jus stupid. Maybe Sam is not such a great sailor as some people think.
ahh the assholes know better section
Great job by Burt of Atlantis. Never heard of him or the outfit but it does a phenomenal community service. Unbidden, the boat is saved, others escape damage or injury. The Coast Guard must love a business that is an effective partner. That's how it seems to work, anyway.
This is why my boat has 3 different anchors out in Boot Key Harbor when I'm away. It held and maintained during the last hurricane, as we evacuated to the mainland. Of course, the holdings are better down there too. I think you should relocate your boat if you're not going to stay on it all the time or use a mooring.
Man boat people are some of the coolest people. Of course there's still that one, or maybe two in every crowd.
Sam, you might want to use a galvanised thimble when you splice your rope to the anchor chain. That rope on metal connection will wear through in a heartbeat. Put a metal thimble in there and you’ve got a metal on metal connection.
It's the way to do it to help it run through the rollers etc. When under load there isn't any chafing.
I like your videos Sam. You don’t just show the good stuff but when something goes wrong you walk us thru your fix. In this way maybe others can be better prepared. You are a humble guy living the boat life.
Ties the anchor to rotted rope and buggers off.. Damn lucky to still have a boat and not be sued for damage. Ridiculous.
Sam, Sam, Sam...I won't be the scolding father because I was young and foolish once, too...still am sometimes. I lived on my boat in the Florida Keys back in the mid-80's, so I know the area where you are and in fact had my own "boat is gone" moment in Key Colony Harbour. It is a sinking feeling when you look out where your boat usually is and it isn't there! I was lucky--a Norther had blown in and my boat had dragged down to the end of the harbour, ending up just 10'-15' away from a seawall! My good-sized Danforth had become one giant ball of mud that broke loose from the bottom. Lesson learned--anchor types matter; have more than one.
As a solo, limited-budget sailor, ground tackle IS your #1 insurance policy.
1. You simply MUST find a way to afford at least TWO good anchors. The smaller one could be something easy to handle and lightweight, like a Fortress or Danforth. But make it one size larger than recommended (so get at least a 16 lb. for the Danforth, for example). Make the second one an even heavier S.O.B. and of a different design--either a Bruce, CQR, Delta, Rocna, or whatever. Say, a 10kg Bruce or a 25 lb. CQR--and it wouldn't hurt to go to 35 lbs. It should have its own anchor rode, too.
2. You want to have AT LEAST a boat-length of chain--two would be even better--and I know some veteran sailors who have all-chain rode (I'm not that extreme). For your Bayfield, I would get at least 30' of 5/16" or 3/8" chain.
3. Three-strand nylon is CHEAP and I suggest 200'. Size matters, so go to 1/2". You might be okay with 100' of nylon on your everyday anchor and save the 200' for the heavy anchor--you're only going to use it when it really matters--like when you go away for two weeks! 🙂
I do enjoy your videos, but you narrowly avoided calamity this time and I'd like to see you avoid such close calls in the future so I can keep enjoying them! Oh, one last thing--I suggest you take another dive down under your boat to look things over. You might have grounded when your boat parted from its anchor--I'd look for damage under/along the keel and the bottom and rear edge of the rudder. I've done that, too.
Take care, keep living life to the fullest.
I am so glad that guys are finally giving Sam some shit for being so irresponsible. I watched him run into the USA one time....
LOL I dragged it that area also.. but I was on the boat and stopped it.
He's constantly making stupid decisions and mistakes that will eventually catch up to him.
Dan, you are a good soul. Most responders criticize (and that is warranted here) however you took the time to lay out a solution from your own experience. Hopefully Sam will read your comment and apply your knowledge.
All's
fair in love and anchorage 🕶
Hope you didn’t damage anyone else’s boat. Like your videos but that was negligent
so irresponsible...and now you see why so many water communities in Florida want to outlaw anchoring.
I totally agree. Or harm to others. It would have cost him nothing to have someone local, just make sure it's in place, every day, at least.
he half-asses everything. He breaks down at the entrance to a lock! he putties leaks. all good. his decks have rust. his lines and grommets are frayed ... it goes on, i wonder if that's really the joke. I cringe watch. I come just to enjoy being annoyed by it all. I test myself to see if i can take it. EVERYBODY knew the boat would drift. When he was panning his anchorage I was like I wonder how he's annoying his neighbors. he's probably the worst neighbor 🙌🏾☮️
@@jameswingert9596 Yeah. I don't really care if it's only his life he's risking (not even) but when he puts others in danger just because he doesn't seem to care about anything. Can't believe he couldn't even ask his many viewers in Miami if they would keep a lookout while he leaves it on a frayed rope and flies off to Europe. Or ask to use their docks. LOL.
@@jameswingert9596 We never know what others are going through. I too enjoy his adventurous and resourceful side. And for that I really love his channel. But I don't want to stick around to see how it ends. I think he needs some help getting through whatever it is. Hope he finds it.
Wow sorry about the board. Another awesome video Sam take care of yourself. Always waiting on another Sam Holmes video ❤️👍
One of the reasons I love your channel is your calm, unflappable, roll-with-the-punches attitude when you encounter unexpected difficulties and setbacks. I remember achieving that state occasionally, years ago (before I had kids). It's kind of inspiring to remember that we have the option to not be stressed out when things go wrong.
I like the new fast pace format changing scenes quickly. I was like oh my, who's that, and oh, who's that...
SPOT ON!! UNFLAPPABLE
You took the words out of my mouth
. I'm.trying to roll with the punches like he does
Outside of the fictional Captain Ron, I think you nailed it. If I tried to get by with half this stuff, I’d be good company with Davy Jone’s locker. Meant as a compliment.
Sam's "calm, unflappable, roll-with-the-punches attitude" could have resulted in many boats been damaged...it was a totally irresponsible attitude devoid of remorse for the devastation he could have caused. He's lucky he's not been sued for damage by some pissed off sailors!!! Much as I love the guy's courage in his life's journey, he can be irritatingly irresponsible.
My wife and I use airtags to keep track of things. It would work well with your boat.
Glad you got the boat back. It's a bit reckless to leave a boat at anchor for two weeks with an undersized fluke anchor and rope rode. Hope next time you get a mantus or rocna and get more chain. Could've fouled up another person's anchor and scratched up their hull. I live at anchor and would've been a bit upset if I was near you and watched this play out. Love you though.
It’s amazing how much energy you have
Sam's rocking that 80's yacht rock look. Good on ya
You really woke everyone up with this episode, Sam! 😂😂😂😂
Such a postive attitude "the search begins" Glad you found the boat !
Good judgement comes from experience and experience comes from bad judgement. Keep living Sam you're the man.
What he did was beyond bad judgement. Could have killed someone or had catastrophic damage to the environment and other boats.
@@jackfntwist coulda this coulda that. Sometimes you get lucky and you learn from it.
@@petecanning290 That would be great if you were the only person in the world. Selfish. Glad he learned and didn't kill anyone this time.
Well, it looks like there are 123k other people watching this channel who will never make this mistake! So, it’s been a PSA, and only Sam has the LUCK to have screwed up without any harm having been done. All I can say, is: THANK YOU Sam! I’m learning a lot. Now, I just need to learn how to pick up the hotties like he does!… VA VA BOOM!! 😁
I've got lots of good memories cross country skiing on mountain logging trails in northeast Oregon with my family growing up. It's definitely a workout when you're going up hills to the summit first. Good fun.
I love listening to you! Truly!! Does anything rattle you? Thinking about what could've happened in the storm and wind, you did pretty well. Looks like you have a nice trip to Norway, too! Keep on Keeping' on, Sam!
He to slow to react any other way of.
As someone born and raised in South Florida, I thought she was a goner. So glad you and Carlos were able to find her! And that a stranger found and moored her. Another great video.
the stranger does that for a living !!
@@rhett7716 Yup, hit “enter” on my comment about 20 seconds before he introduced the salvage guy! Oh well, I’ll leave it up there.
@@rhett7716 wonder what the salvage fee was
The salvage guy came and found him. He was going to get paid. Don't blame him.
So happy they saved your boat!! Most places don't give a crap an will watch it float away. Much love from the coast of Maine 🤙🤙
i am living in Norway and i much prefer the warmer weather! Glad it turned out ok
A nice video and really great that you found the sailboat. Congratulations also in connection with Jessie Higgins, who has just won America's first individual gold medal in a world championship in Nordic cross-country skiing. This is quite an achievement and for a Norwegian who loves cross-country skiing in addition to sailing, this is really nice and fun :)
Cool, thanks!
*Diggins??*
@@SteifWood My bad, yes Jessica Diggins.
Sam your gold man a real attitude of graduate love it bro ...not a worry in the world and your 100% right
Lol "cruising at a knot and a half, be there in no time" so chill. Glad you got your boat back
Yep, might as well take a swim alongside while under sail, no problem...
Kudos to Bert for saving the day.
Action Packed Video. Glad your boat got saved. Cheers.
Really enjoying the journey, like your style
“Dude, where’s my boat?” -Sam probably
Nordic skiing and paddle boarding in the same episode. That’s living life large. 😎
Living the dream 🏄♂️ ⛷️
Quite sad, actually. Flying is unmoral habit in these days of climate crisis.
@@Beorninki tell that to Al Gore…. Who said the polar icecaps would be gone by now..
@@svglorious Hmm. Polar icecaps are not gone, yet. But in the south and north poles have undergone enormous changes, the ice cover is thinning and disappearing. Especially the speed of changes is incredible. Of course, changes have happened before, but the speed of current changes is completely different, now in a hundred years something has happened that before (before human industrial activity based on the use of fossil fuels) took thousands or tens of thousands of years. If you don't understand the difference in the scale of the speed of change, there is no doubt that you can't tell the difference between the head-on collision of two cars and the rusting of a hundred-year-old scrap car in a field; look, those cars always break down, no difference.
I have been following Sam since he first sailed to Hawaii, then across the Atlantic.
Although some of his ‘McGuyvering’ has been adequate, Sam keeps doing stupid s*it, frequent negligence and am still amazed how far this guy has sailed without serious consequences, to himself or others.
I had a feeling he would walk out of West Marine with an inadequate anchor and sure enough…!!
Because he is such a likable guy I wish him no misfortune.
But come on Sam, shape up mate!!
Hi Sam;
Eric in Newport, RI here. I work composites and marine systems. I didn't see you build your mast on that foil but what is a common failure would be "bridging" where an excess of resin gets in a corner and while you might think it's strong like that, a resin bridge is actually quite brittle. Hope that helps you out a bit. love the channel. hope to see you on the water.
Good info mate. 👍
Thanks for the tips!
Why not use something like a foilmount drop in gofoil v2 / deep tuttle adapter plate. Looks like it would spread the forces/loads to the board better than your current design.
@@georgemacdonald8899 this was a homebuilt foil
Brilllllliant Sam - thanks for sharing 👍
Pretty awesome someone was able to save your boat. I'm a bit disappointed you didn't pull out the drill to fix the foil. I got a fever, and the only cure is more drill
nice vid Sam. but thought u mite have learned a lesson after losing yr boat b4.
that anchor looks about the right size for my 14 foot runabout !!
That my friend is a lucky break. But as others say, you're pretty calm so there ya go.
I caught myself breathing in from my nose to smell that jellyfish LOL. Your videos really take you there!
The stache is great! Rock and roll!
Hey Bro, I’m a new subscriber. Loved this episode (Norway was cool) keep ‘em coming much health and luck.
👍🏻⛵️⛵️⛵️
Nice Portuguese Man of War
Really clear shot.
I wish I had lived my life as chilled as you do! Because all that stressful worry about everything just wears a person down and in ones old age is kinda like, "um, that was unnecessary!"
Great episode...man i would have totally freaked losing my boat!
Glad you found the boat. Quite a scare !!
Tracking that headsail through the slot is easier if you leave the staysail backed when tacking. It will help guide the headsail through the gap.
Thanks for the tip. I will try it
winch mounted umbrella is brilliant!
Thanks for the great video and you had good luck, the boat could have had more damage! Love from Sweden 🇸🇪❤️✨
Nothing like going for a solo swim while your sails are up
Wow, I can relate to what you just went through. I always had two anchors but one time I dropped just one and for a couple of weeks was checking for line chaffing. I became confident and lax, sure enough one morning I came to the anchorage to find my vessel missing. I was lucky the city owned marina saw my ship and bought it in. They charged me 150$ for “overnight docking”. Lesson learned. I now have my anchor line wrapped and taped in a garden hose where there are chafe points…live and learn. Oh yeah, been to the Dinner Key Mooring…overcrowded, shallow, exposed and the weekend boat traffic is insane…not a good place to drop the hook and the mooring balls are usually not available.
So happy you got your boat back, I woulda freaked
Another Magruber sailing episode, what a life you are having . Skiing and foiling et al.
love your journeys
Thanks Sam... Always a pleasure... Let me know if you ever plan on doing the north atlantic crossing...
Exactly how peewees big adventure started
Hi . Besides my last comment I love what your at. I'm a sailor & paraglider from Ireland. Keep it you 😊
Thanks Sam, you just do you mate👍👍👍
Love the umbrella!
You are so lucky. Glad your boat did not get damaged & did not hit another boat. That would have been very sad.
As an earlier follower, this video was one of your best! Sailing, water sports, a trip to Norway w a little skiing mixed in. And a search for your missing boat. You even solved the mystery of who saved it! Great stuff.
Awesome, thank you!
Glad you found her. Just received your new shirt in the mail. Rocking Sam Holmes wear
Awesome! Thank you!
That was an awesome video, a top tenner if not in the top three. Totally thought provoking. An in the moment style modus operandi. The key, the clue, if it bothers you, is in the beginning an early story about doing the math in your appx. 10minute wakeup computations that become befuddled : when you are tired.
What a sojourn. Thanks for sharing your humanity. As if life is tumbling from one mistake to the next, that's how we know we are made in the image of god. But then, what about it, getting the second anchor before you left, like you said you were going to.
The best of Sam is thanks to his mom he is more comfortable and confident and trusts having fun more than anyone. So much fun, as on the foil flying thing. Hold on to that for as long as you can! The best of courage.
I wish I could be like you so cool in all these drastic situations in life. Loosing a sailboat! You won't see smile on my face :)
Skiing & boating were cut from the same cloth🥳 thank God for Bert I thought your boat was stolen or sank I've got an 11' inflatable boat like the guy who helped you out getting her geared up for some more crazy adventures on the great lakes, stay safe! 🤪🙏💥🤗👍
happened to me the same or almost is moored in a marina where there was a lot of apartment complex and someone cut the ropes of my person 28 , looked for it for a whole day after I went to talk the people who opened the bridge to find out if the boat had gone out but only it did not keep the record and finally the other side of the channel the coastguard found my boat stranded on a small beach at the end everything ends well .I really love what you do
More videos my friends. Fan of the channel
I hate to chastise you, but... Really like your videos, the adventures you're willing to undertake and your ingenuity in dealing with situations that come up, but what an irresponsible move to leave an anchored boat unattended for a few hours let alone 2 weeks. Glad no one else's boat was damaged.
When you get back to Pickled Herring, you should start a trip along the Portuguese spice route, down to Elmina, Luanda, Mozambique, Mombasa, Muscat, Mumbai, Malacca, Singapore, Macao and eventually invade Nagasaki and start the fall of the Shogunate.
From there you could reverse the trip and try for the Suez canal, sail it over to Alaska and down to the Panama canal or (my personal favorite) go down through Indonesia and take a picture of it anchored in front of the Sydney Opera House.
Generally very good holding in Biscayne Bay. I anchored through 2 hurricanes at Miami Beach, and broke 6 chain links throwing out anchor at southern most end, traveling a couple knots.
The flow is making a comeback
Rockin that seventies look Sam the man
This is one reason I don’t give to permanent vacationers/UA-camrs. Take things for granted. A free sailboat; many would appreciate that boat.
Glad you got your boat back without damage to yours or anyone else’s. I’m sure one of your viewers would have watched your boat if you had asked.
You’ve got a lot of followers. Pretty sure someone would have helped you out.
Since he's had people show up to help him do all kinds of physical labor, I'm going to guess you're a hundred percent correct.
Tip , never jump of for a swim and leave the boat un manned with sails up....never... anyhow glad you found your boat , when leaving your boat for longer than a day try opt for a mooring and dive to check warp and attachments...Just my 2 cents
I know the feeling of a lost boat. Happened to me in the Caribbean. On a mooring but with strong winds my 3/4” line tore and off she went. Ended up on some rocks with keel damage and rudder damage. Nothing money can’t fix. Bummer!
Sam, you are the most calm person I know. You rock!!!!
"My boats gone, Kind of a bummer." Gotta love his attitude!
@@chrisclarke4775 my boats taken out 10 other boats...
Sam: oh well 🤤
Sam you should use 2 anchors in the keys because the bottom is mud and sand. 1 danforth and 1 plow set them out in V. If one fails the other on will hold. Or pay for mooring if you are leaving...
Samwich, that’s just like Christian Williams. He uses an umbrella too.
Mr. Gel! Conserving energy and focusing on the desired result says everything about your seamanship. You are a captain the entire crew would look up to. Marine needs more like yourself, Sir.
Bro I got to give you credit I love watching your videos I always have but you got to have one of the best personalities you would be the only person whose boat is gone and you're excited to go on a search for it I wish I had half of that attitude because mine tends to be the grumpy one who gets in trouble with his wife LOL
So surreal to see you in Florida one minute then in snowy nordic mountains the next. That''s the modern world.
The foreshadowing is immense
I'm anchored in the area as well and I heard there is something shady going on with the salvage situation, someone is cutting ropes and then they just happen to salvage your boat for a few thousands, hard to tell if this was your case due to your poor anchor but who knows.. next time have someone keep an eye on your boat
I've heard this is pretty common in many anchorage areas. Piss on you and sell you an umbrella at the same time
Dude, that stash is 👍.
Sam - drill out your hydrofoil and board, run a hardwood dowl in the holes. Then use your epoxy and glass. If you just epoxy and glass it, there will probably be too much stress on the repaired joint to stay intact.
That’s pretty good foreshadowing for whats going to happen in the next episodes lol.
@@samholmessailing Ha! Well, my dad was a carpenter. Hope you are doing well.
This place is always good for a laugh, for the content and his disciples.
Someone took care of your boat, the US is a great country.
Norway in the summer beautiful
A big plough anchor is a good investment. For a storm anchor I have a 60 lb which I would use if leaving my 24 footer for any length of time. As for Danforths I had one drag and retired it.
Whew! I'm glad you got her back! I hope one day to achieve even 10% of what you have accomplished!
Me too !😅
@@samholmessailing @ 16:20 you said you "paid the boat salvage guy"..?
As in, the guy who saved you boat and tied it to the mooring?
Did he actually ask you to pay anything, or did you just feel like it was the right thing to do, if I may ask?
@@DatsWhatHeSaid He commented further down that the guy wanted $6000 but they settled on $500
@@KingTuckMusic What the fuck.
On what basis did he "charge" him?
So you could theoretically basically just swim/dive around a harbor whenever there's severe winds/storm, cut loose anchor lines here and there, "save" the boats, and demand absurd amounts from the owners (given that you actually catch the owners in flagranti once they return -- that guy was very lucky or very vigilant to catch Sam in time..)?! 🤔
@@DatsWhatHeSaid "In order to claim a salvage reward, the salvor must meet three requirements. There must be (1) a marine peril; (2) service voluntarily rendered; and (3) success in saving persons or property. If these three requirements are met, the salvor may present the owner of the salvaged property with a claim for his reward. The size of the reward will vary from case-to-case based upon the circumstances presented by the salvage situation." "Many salvors will base their claim upon a percentage of the value of the salvaged vessel. This can range anywhere from 1 percent to 100 percent."
International marine laws are very well established, the guy could have done nothing at watched the boat sink itself and damage other people's property. Look at that carbon fiber cat he passed, Sam's relatively cheap sailboat could have easily done many multiples of its value in damage.
I'm disappointed in you, buying an anchor, LOL, all you needed was a five gallon bucket filled with cement and some old twine
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Good shot of that Portuguese Man O War!
The pleasures of boat ownership. Not a bad idea having at least two anchors onboard AND using them.
Always nice to see you sam
I'm not sure if you can find it there, but try get pratley putty, its from South Africa, and it even hardens underwater. It's really awesome stuff and I have even used it to plug holes in an engine block and drove 500km's with it like that to get home so I could fix it properly. I seem to recall they once used it to repair the golden gate bridge and they took it with on Apollo missions because you can mold it into any shape you need. I also used to use it to make prototype parts for things before 3D printing came along.
Sam, I enjoy your adventures very much. Please please pay more attention to the traditions of marlinspike seamanship and splice a thimble into the terminus of the anchor line and shackle that to the chain. Splicing the line to the chain will chafe through in no time. Please be safe so we can enjoy your travels and we'll produced documentaries. Best regards.
That putty is good stuff,, overturned my trailer put a 3 inch hole in my aluminum boat. Patched it with that putty. Went ocean fishing. Good stuff
Nice work!
I love the water in general, swimming, body boarding and I can't find a surfboard I like & can afford a little pricey.
I love it….Sam just rolls with it…lost boat, no biggie👍👍👍
Last famous words…. “Hopefully it doesn’t float away..”
Quite the variety of events.
Tasty treats in Norway (what was that?)
Lost boat (not too upset) 😊
Broken hydrofoil (bummed out) ☹️
Half a ton of chain and anchor on a paddle board. 😜
And a boat show 😎
Now that's entertainment 🤙
Snadderloff! 😋