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Hello Sailors On my catamaran after a bad gale experience with my main anchor ! I added a second anchor and roller permanently ready to use if primary anchor is fouled. During a gale, it's tough to rig a spare anchor that's stored away in a locker. I enjoy your videos Thanks for sharing 😊 Cheers
I worked on a 180' work boat in the oil fields of S. Louisiana. The boat had a couple of large anchors (700 lbs?), each attached to a 1" steel cable that wrapped around a 5' diameter cable spool. One night at anchor a storm came up and snapped one of the anchor cables, so they raised the other anchor and headed into port. A week later we went back to the same location and finished our work. Then we dragged an anchor and snagged the lost cable. We used every piece of equipment we had to pull enough of the 1" diameter cable on deck to get a couple of wraps on the cable spool. Come alongs, walkie dogs, hydraulic jacks, etc., inch by inch, foot by foot we raised the heavy cable. We spent about 8 hours of hard work pulling up about 75' of cable and tied it up to the pipe railing of the work boat to take a break. The current was running strong, and the handrail was not built to take the load of a180 foot long work boat in a strong running tidal current pulling on it. The 2" pipe rail ripped loose of the steel bulwark with a shriek and the 75' of 1" steel cable and 300 feet of manilla rope snaked around the deck quickly as people danced to keep from getting snagged and the last thing we saw was a stream of bubbles going down into the depths, while looking over the side of the boat. The head guy of the operation turned to us and said, "I'm going to tell the company that we couldn't locate the anchor, is everyone good with that?" He got a resounding yes. I'm glad you were able to retrieve yours.
Great neighbours in that anchorage. Your yacht is better prepared now from this experience with the new line and smoothing of those sharp metal edges. Glad everything worked out for you in the end.
I've seen videos when everything fails and no one is on board. You were and to watch the video from the top of the mast (I saw it last video), my jaw still drops as I watch you steer through all those other vessels and are still able to tie up to a mooring ball. Most other people would have froze, you two didn't, you took the proper actions at the proper time, THAT is the definition of true magic!! The whole thing happened with a sudden big gust of wind and a sharp edge. Don't you dare think any less of yourselves for saving your family, your vessel and all of the other vessels that could have been destroyed with a less competent skipper and crew. YOU DID GREAT, don't let anyone tell you different!! Your sailing neighbours are fantastic!! With all their help and camaraderie helping you get the chain up and attached once again to your vessel is truely amazing to to watch! The WOW factor on your whole experience is huge and will be with you forever and you might have taught a few others on what to do. Well done to you all. 🥰🥰🥰🥰
Great videos guys! A solid perspective on not only the unvarnished reality of boat life, but also the quick thinking, clear actions and especially a great attitude to get done what is necessary in the moment and afterwards Inspiring!
Your event experience shows that the human brain of most people reacts to stressful situations automatically and can perceive and react to dangers at high speeds faster than a supercomputer. I am not sure that I am explaining it correctly but most sailors, and first responders (police officers, firefighters, rescue workers) have the ability to see a dangerous situation and automatically react correctly to mitigate that danger.
We edited the near divorce out of it :D. No, seriously it was actually very calm. The was some yelling. Not emotional, but rather practical to get across the noise of the wind and waves. Cheers. B
You absolutely need more than 40 meters of chain, I have 60m and 20 of rope... Aside from that, congratulations on recovering it and your anchor! Fantastic anchor!
The best verse I ever wrote in my song writing career was: "happiness is a brief interlude between the crap that life throws at you". (written from experience I might add)
It's not an easy and short road, but it's well worth flipping the ratio. I'm talking from experience about spiritual personal development path. Cheers mate.
You guys did a great job dealing with the situation you were in!! Ignore the "back seat drivers" they weren't there and thus have no right to criticise you. We all learn from out mistakes, nobody was hurt and no damage was caused by the incident. You have come out of it stronger.
I'm really glad it all ended well for you. I'm not sure i would ever trust a snap shackle. That is a big boat and i'm sure the loads on the system were awesome in that storm. Maybe a good thing it broke. I don''t know if you would have had much control if the anchor was dragging. Thank you so much for sharing. I learned a lot from this too.
The saddest part is they missed the Carnival! Hats off to you cap for not having a crash in that wind. I would like to say I did learn a few things from this video and I thank you!
I was in the same anchorage 12-15years ago on our 40ft cat, and know how crowded it was then! We spent hurricane ivan in Chaguramus Marina Trinidad.... you cab imagine. All to say, well done!!
At the moment bridle is made of polyester ropes for flexibility attached to the 10 mm chain with a soft shackle and at the bottom of it all 32 kg Lewmar Delta. About to swap the bridle to 8 plait and chain hook. The former is already on my desk :). Cheers mate. B
Great job retrieving your anchor! I would definitely switch to a Mantus chain hook and some nylon 8 plait line for the bridle. 8 plait is somewhat stronger than 3 strand and stretches a little more. We went up one size when we switched for even more strength and about the same stretch. Love your boat!
I'm kinda speaking outside of my personal competence. However I was 9 years old when I took a boating class. I still remember the instructors speech about people trusting there 100k boat to 10$ rope. He was a real big advocate of having allot of chain.
Very happy it all worked out for you. Good you found your chain and anchor like that. Good neighbors and good friends now that helped you out. I saw one of the boys, Kuba I think helping Bartek get the anchor chain attached again. The boys must be getting camera shy, we don't see them much anymore. Take care and see you next time.
That was a fun storm eh? I think the high wind speed was 56kts and I had wondered why you moved halfway across the bay…. Glad you found your anchor tho and great you also met Randall!
I think your problem may lie in the type of rope used for the bridle.... Definitely never use some old jib sheet..... this should be nylon rode so that it can stretch in the gusts, remember these should be replaced after they have work hardened. The bridle should also be attached with a chain hook although ii prefer the old school method of a rolling hitch, as it spreads the load over a few links. Then same goes for the anchor rode, it should not be dyneema it should be nylon for the stretch characteristics. JMHO take or leave it, cheers Rustie, ps you did an awesome job of missing the other boats....
I agree with you. I spliced the dyneema, because it was the only thing aboard I could trust to replace the old rode. But I am also concerned about the lack of flexibility. Though if we had a longer chain there would be no flexibility at all should the bridle break or detach. I any case my end game is 8 plait for the bridal with the chain hook. The former is sitting on my desk, the rest is coming. Cheers mate.
The only problems I've had anchoring was on a mooring on a lee shore. Bad idea to stay on it when I knew the weather was going foul. Should have gone to a protected location on the pick.
Great episode. Of course I thought of different ways to retrieve your anchor.. but that's just nerdy hindsight. After our Pacific crossing I'm still proud of all the amazing solutions I came up with but accept that almost every single one had a better solution we didn't know about. Some required another bit of hardware, but most were better. Are your fixes staying ahead of the problems? Is the boat still floating? Does it sail? Is everybody happy? Then it worked!
We were there when this happened. We were lucky enough not to drag. We have a stainless chain as well and put out 95 meters as the storm was coming in. Weird question. Why does portions of the stainless chain turn yellow in that environment. I saw this on your chain as well????
I am glad you haven't dragged. I tell you, no fun. I have no idea about the chain. I was actually worried that my stainless is substandard and it's starting slightly to corrode, but maybe it's something from the local rum distillery :O
You both did an awesome job! I’m just glad you were on the boat still because it could’ve been way worse. Hopefully it never happens again! I hope that one day I will be able to sail because I have always wanted to but never had the chance to try it unfortunately. I am a new subscriber and I am looking forward to more information about your beautiful boat!
There is this thing on the FRONT of your boat called an ANCHOR WINCH... Works with rope or chain. Has a Nice ROLLER on it so one does not damage things... why the Hell did you not use it again? 🤣 EDIT: Never mind, sanity finally prevailed. EDIT: The ROUND edge must be ~at least 1 diameter of the rope to obtain a large percentage of strength of the rope so it does not break. That tiny radius you made, yes is better than it was before but it needs to be MUCH larger and there is not enough material there to do so unless heated up and bent.
Duh, I know. We could have lifted the whole way with the windlass not just from the dinghy, but then it would not be so much fun. I agree with you. I spliced the dyneema, because it was the only thing aboard I could trust to replace the old rode. But I am also concerned about the lack of flexibility. Though if we had a longer chain there would be no flexibility at all should the bridle break or detach. I any case my end game is 8 plait for the bridal with the chain hook. The former is sitting on my desk, the rest is coming. Cheers mate.
Yes. Thank you Chris. We're OK. Just concentrating on the Polish channel. We hit 3.8 mln views last month. Unfortunately the algorithm killed us 6-7 years ago when it decided to turn off our comments on the English channel. Plus we do not have any sailing channel competition in Poland as opposed to the international scene. What I am waiting for is the capability to transcribe the Polish episodes into English dubbing in our own voices. It's there but it is still a bit scratchy, so we're waiting for improvements and we'll start feeding the English channel back again. Otherwise it's a bit suicidal to maintain 2 full fledged channels at the same time.Cheers. B
@jachtemprzezswiat congrats on hitting the 3.8 mill views! Allgood I just stumbled across ur guys channel and watched several of your videos love the content & the upgrade on the boat I believe the last video was of the anchor braking during high wind glad everyone is okay and the boat as well and thank you for replying back as well I subscribed to your guys channel so when u guys get it all figured out I'll be here to continue watching. So untill then u guys have a blast what ur doing I'm jealous by the way of the adventures and the beautiful scenery u guys get to see daily.
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I fkn love you guys! Your determination to find your anchor is awesome! Great episode and boating skills. :)
Have you guys lost the boat?
Love how the cruiser community comes together in an emergency
Hello Sailors
On my catamaran after a bad gale experience with my main anchor ! I added a second anchor and roller permanently ready to use if primary anchor is fouled. During a gale, it's tough to rig a spare anchor that's stored away in a locker.
I enjoy your videos
Thanks for sharing 😊
Cheers
I worked on a 180' work boat in the oil fields of S. Louisiana. The boat had a couple of large anchors (700 lbs?), each attached to a 1" steel cable that wrapped around a 5' diameter cable spool. One night at anchor a storm came up and snapped one of the anchor cables, so they raised the other anchor and headed into port. A week later we went back to the same location and finished our work. Then we dragged an anchor and snagged the lost cable. We used every piece of equipment we had to pull enough of the 1" diameter cable on deck to get a couple of wraps on the cable spool. Come alongs, walkie dogs, hydraulic jacks, etc., inch by inch, foot by foot we raised the heavy cable. We spent about 8 hours of hard work pulling up about 75' of cable and tied it up to the pipe railing of the work boat to take a break. The current was running strong, and the handrail was not built to take the load of a180 foot long work boat in a strong running tidal current pulling on it. The 2" pipe rail ripped loose of the steel bulwark with a shriek and the 75' of 1" steel cable and 300 feet of manilla rope snaked around the deck quickly as people danced to keep from getting snagged and the last thing we saw was a stream of bubbles going down into the depths, while looking over the side of the boat. The head guy of the operation turned to us and said, "I'm going to tell the company that we couldn't locate the anchor, is everyone good with that?" He got a resounding yes. I'm glad you were able to retrieve yours.
Thaaat is a really cool story. Thank you. Cheers mate. B
Great neighbours in that anchorage. Your yacht is better prepared now from this experience with the new line and smoothing of those sharp metal edges. Glad everything worked out for you in the end.
I've seen videos when everything fails and no one is on board. You were and to watch the video from the top of the mast (I saw it last video), my jaw still drops as I watch you steer through all those other vessels and are still able to tie up to a mooring ball. Most other people would have froze, you two didn't, you took the proper actions at the proper time, THAT is the definition of true magic!! The whole thing happened with a sudden big gust of wind and a sharp edge. Don't you dare think any less of yourselves for saving your family, your vessel and all of the other vessels that could have been destroyed with a less competent skipper and crew. YOU DID GREAT, don't let anyone tell you different!! Your sailing neighbours are fantastic!! With all their help and camaraderie helping you get the chain up and attached once again to your vessel is truely amazing to to watch! The WOW factor on your whole experience is huge and will be with you forever and you might have taught a few others on what to do. Well done to you all.
🥰🥰🥰🥰
Thank you so much Paul for these kind words that truly landed in our hearts. Cheers mate. 😍
Great videos guys!
A solid perspective on not only the unvarnished reality of boat life, but also the quick thinking, clear actions and especially a great attitude to get done what is necessary in the moment and afterwards
Inspiring!
Your event experience shows that the human brain of most people reacts to stressful situations automatically and can perceive and react to dangers at high speeds faster than a supercomputer.
I am not sure that I am explaining it correctly but most sailors, and first responders (police officers, firefighters, rescue workers) have the ability to see a dangerous situation and automatically react correctly to mitigate that danger.
You handled it all so well, no shouting, swearing, cursing that we saw. Thank you.
We edited the near divorce out of it :D. No, seriously it was actually very calm. The was some yelling. Not emotional, but rather practical to get across the noise of the wind and waves. Cheers. B
You folk's are awesome 👍
You absolutely need more than 40 meters of chain, I have 60m and 20 of rope... Aside from that, congratulations on recovering it and your anchor! Fantastic anchor!
Thank you. Imagine, this is the first place in years where we actually needed more than 30. Hence my unusual setup that bit us in the a... ;).
The best verse I ever wrote in my song writing career was: "happiness is a brief interlude between the crap that life throws at you". (written from experience I might add)
It's not an easy and short road, but it's well worth flipping the ratio. I'm talking from experience about spiritual personal development path. Cheers mate.
God job. Hope never experience again. Love your videos
Thanks for watching!
You guys did a great job dealing with the situation you were in!!
Ignore the "back seat drivers" they weren't there and thus have no right to criticise you. We all learn from out mistakes, nobody was hurt and no damage was caused by the incident. You have come out of it stronger.
Thank you. We actually like constructive criticism. We have learned more than one cool thing from our viewers. Cheers.
I'm really glad it all ended well for you. I'm not sure i would ever trust a snap shackle. That is a big boat and i'm sure the loads on the system were awesome in that storm. Maybe a good thing it broke. I don''t know if you would have had much control if the anchor was dragging. Thank you so much for sharing. I learned a lot from this too.
GOOD WORK !
a lot of luck in this case ! Divine protection
Ready for the next upload😁
Getting there 🤣
Great teamwork guys!🥂
Grate save and recovery. Interesting to watch.
Thanks 👍
The saddest part is they missed the Carnival! Hats off to you cap for not having a crash in that wind. I would like to say I did learn a few things from this video and I thank you!
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I think you guys were brave and did well with what you had.
I was in the same anchorage 12-15years ago on our 40ft cat, and know how crowded it was then! We spent hurricane ivan in Chaguramus Marina Trinidad.... you cab imagine. All to say, well done!!
Where are you guys, we need more videos😁❤️
Glad it ended well.❤
Tell me more about your Anchor Bridle/Snubber System.. what type are you using,, I couldn't see ...... best wishes and ............ Cheers
At the moment bridle is made of polyester ropes for flexibility attached to the 10 mm chain with a soft shackle and at the bottom of it all 32 kg Lewmar Delta. About to swap the bridle to 8 plait and chain hook. The former is already on my desk :). Cheers mate. B
Love it!
Great job retrieving your anchor! I would definitely switch to a Mantus chain hook and some nylon 8 plait line for the bridle. 8 plait is somewhat stronger than 3 strand and stretches a little more. We went up one size when we switched for even more strength and about the same stretch. Love your boat!
Thanks for the tip! I might do that soon. Cheers. B
I'm kinda speaking outside of my personal competence. However I was 9 years old when I took a boating class. I still remember the instructors speech about people trusting there 100k boat to 10$ rope. He was a real big advocate of having allot of chain.
So much wahala for this anchor. Well done guy's
alls well that ends well 😘
Very happy it all worked out for you. Good you found your chain and anchor like that. Good neighbors and good friends now that helped you out. I saw one of the boys, Kuba I think helping Bartek get the anchor chain attached again. The boys must be getting camera shy, we don't see them much anymore. Take care and see you next time.
Good to see you Lama :). They actually starting their own channel in Polish though :). Kuba was filming part of this episode.
That was a fun storm eh? I think the high wind speed was 56kts and I had wondered why you moved halfway across the bay…. Glad you found your anchor tho and great you also met Randall!
Yes. Thank you. Which boat you're on?
So happy you found your anchor.🎉 You’ve both helped inspire me and my direction with Sailing
Cool 🙏
I think your problem may lie in the type of rope used for the bridle.... Definitely never use some old jib sheet..... this should be nylon rode so that it can stretch in the gusts, remember these should be replaced after they have work hardened. The bridle should also be attached with a chain hook although ii prefer the old school method of a rolling hitch, as it spreads the load over a few links. Then same goes for the anchor rode, it should not be dyneema it should be nylon for the stretch characteristics. JMHO take or leave it, cheers Rustie, ps you did an awesome job of missing the other boats....
I agree with you. I spliced the dyneema, because it was the only thing aboard I could trust to replace the old rode. But I am also concerned about the lack of flexibility. Though if we had a longer chain there would be no flexibility at all should the bridle break or detach. I any case my end game is 8 plait for the bridal with the chain hook. The former is sitting on my desk, the rest is coming. Cheers mate.
The only problems I've had anchoring was on a mooring on a lee shore. Bad idea to stay on it when I knew the weather was going foul. Should have gone to a protected location on the pick.
Great episode.
Of course I thought of different ways to retrieve your anchor.. but that's just nerdy hindsight. After our Pacific crossing I'm still proud of all the amazing solutions I came up with but accept that almost every single one had a better solution we didn't know about. Some required another bit of hardware, but most were better. Are your fixes staying ahead of the problems? Is the boat still floating? Does it sail? Is everybody happy? Then it worked!
We were there when this happened. We were lucky enough not to drag. We have a stainless chain as well and put out 95 meters as the storm was coming in. Weird question. Why does portions of the stainless chain turn yellow in that environment. I saw this on your chain as well????
I am glad you haven't dragged. I tell you, no fun. I have no idea about the chain. I was actually worried that my stainless is substandard and it's starting slightly to corrode, but maybe it's something from the local rum distillery :O
gonna try my hardest to make it to buy a 47 or 52 Neel, they look insane!
Get in touch with us first at lovingyachts.com . Cheers. B
Nice video. Thanks.
You put in a new splice but what’s the solution for the snubber link that broke? That seem to be the primary failure.
You both did an awesome job! I’m just glad you were on the boat still because it could’ve been way worse. Hopefully it never happens again! I hope that one day I will be able to sail because I have always wanted to but never had the chance to try it unfortunately. I am a new subscriber and I am looking forward to more information about your beautiful boat!
So what are you using now to connect the bridle to the anchor chain instead of the snap shackle?
I forgot to mention in the English edition. It's a soft shackle, about to be replaced by a dedicated chain hook. Cheers.
What damage did you do to the underside of your boat when you hit the reef?
We never hit it. No damage whatsoever. At least I can't find any.
@@sailoceans Glad to hear that.
What brand is your boat?
Neel. If you're thinking about a purchase, PM us please.
The lost anchor, is usually easiest to be pulled out of the water, by another anchor. Not sure, why you added the dinghy intermezzo.
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I know what Ania try to say: "this is my godmother recipe"
Shit happens, and when it does - be prepared, keep an even keel, and move forward with what you have, Well done.
We miss you guys. Any update. Are you ok?
Yes. We're fine, thank you. We're preparing something for the English channel. Cheers. B
Brazilian music in the end...
No videos anymore?Like the part 3 of the boat tour?
Good job getting thru the drama.. well done.. its a real bitch when you get caught with your pants down, lol.
So what happened to the channel after the anchoring incident?
They still recording but on polish channel, maybe you will find EN subtitles there
Where are you guys I've been hanging for your next video, I really hope you're all OK.
I have been busy retraining to fly again for the last 2 months. Just finishing. Will get back to editing soon.
Anybody know what happened to this channel? I was really looking forward to the next two videos about the refit.
Are you going to post more videos we miss the,
the boat sunk no more videos
There is this thing on the FRONT of your boat called an ANCHOR WINCH... Works with rope or chain. Has a Nice ROLLER on it so one does not damage things... why the Hell did you not use it again? 🤣 EDIT: Never mind, sanity finally prevailed. EDIT: The ROUND edge must be ~at least 1 diameter of the rope to obtain a large percentage of strength of the rope so it does not break. That tiny radius you made, yes is better than it was before but it needs to be MUCH larger and there is not enough material there to do so unless heated up and bent.
Duh, I know. We could have lifted the whole way with the windlass not just from the dinghy, but then it would not be so much fun. I agree with you. I spliced the dyneema, because it was the only thing aboard I could trust to replace the old rode. But I am also concerned about the lack of flexibility. Though if we had a longer chain there would be no flexibility at all should the bridle break or detach. I any case my end game is 8 plait for the bridal with the chain hook. The former is sitting on my desk, the rest is coming. Cheers mate.
Well done! Rename it "Part 2" otherwise it gets a bit confusing - second video with similar title.
HI you are awesome! Calm seas and fair winds for you. What is the name of your yacht model?
It's the Neel 50. Cheers.
She bailed?
?
part 3 missing ?😅
Bellissimo il nudo, sfortuna coperto, e bellissimo il capezzolo maglietta gialla
Not making videos anymore?
Updating your ground tackle should be voluntary.
What happened to you guys, no upload for the whole year
It's been a year since post every1 okay?
Yes. Thank you Chris. We're OK. Just concentrating on the Polish channel. We hit 3.8 mln views last month. Unfortunately the algorithm killed us 6-7 years ago when it decided to turn off our comments on the English channel. Plus we do not have any sailing channel competition in Poland as opposed to the international scene. What I am waiting for is the capability to transcribe the Polish episodes into English dubbing in our own voices. It's there but it is still a bit scratchy, so we're waiting for improvements and we'll start feeding the English channel back again. Otherwise it's a bit suicidal to maintain 2 full fledged channels at the same time.Cheers. B
@jachtemprzezswiat congrats on hitting the 3.8 mill views! Allgood I just stumbled across ur guys channel and watched several of your videos love the content & the upgrade on the boat I believe the last video was of the anchor braking during high wind glad everyone is okay and the boat as well and thank you for replying back as well I subscribed to your guys channel so when u guys get it all figured out I'll be here to continue watching. So untill then u guys have a blast what ur doing I'm jealous by the way of the adventures and the beautiful scenery u guys get to see daily.
If you're going to quit making videos, at least do us the courtesy of telling us.
Looks like english paid for the boat. Cause they come over to England and still are jobs.