I have been watching you guys for a while. This episode forced me to write a comment. Sophie is obviously the icing on the cake, her wit and gentle sarcasm is perfect. However the two of you are just delicious. You turned a potentially extreme weather incident into a perfectly edited and interesting episode. Apart from Ryan having the best sailor tan I have ever seen, Sophie has a way of using her eyes in a glance that tells everything. Ryan you are lucky to have Sophie and Sophie knows she has one of the most proficient sailors on TH-cam. Love you guys!
Brilliant experience for you both- imagine now how confident in your skills, Polar Seal, and ground tackle this experience has made you. Good, measured decisions and risk analysis, and you kept a sense of humour throughout which is great for the psyche. Positivity is everything! Great job.
Great production Sophie. So enjoyable and inspirational. I cant imagine how much time you spend to deliver this but no matter I really enjoy your content and your delivery (both of you).
Thank you! it is quite a bit of time and resources that go into the production, but we really enjoy the process and sharing those stories with everyone :)
Well done! You guys produced a great real life drama film, much in contrast to the current "reality shows" on TV today. Glad you came through the storm OK.
Bonjour, Toutes mes félicitations c est impressionnant de voir votre manière de gérer Alex. Pourriez vous faire une vidéo plus technique, lesson learn, notamment comment était votre mouillage, ancre xhaine profondeur sol, pourquoi vous n avez pas décroché contrairement à atticus ... Bonne continuation.
Rick Moore on Sophisticated Lady had an interesting anchor set up to ride out a storm at anchor (Ep. 487). After getting the primary anchor set, a crewman dove to the anchor and attached a second anchor to the anchor chain, 7 or 8 meters from the main anchor. I helped the main anchor reset when the wind changed direction.
No can do, you will severely weaken the chain link and defeating the strategy by doing so. Better set an independent anchor by all means! Cap Rick showed the damage to the link in a later episode. Be safe!
Capt. Rick from SV Sophisticated Lady once said that two items you definitely needed to have in working order was an autopilot and a great anchor and chain setup! Now you can have a “Tropical Storm Survival Party” with Rum Swizzle’s. 😁
Sophie, Your hair at the end summed up the whole episode !Though I do believe you guys rode it out beautifully !!Scope is everything!! Ryan, You did great.. You never cease to inspire me to push through my anxiety!! I appreciate you both an thanks for sharing ✌🏼💗😊❣️
Well done, salty sea sailors. Calm seas and gentle winds do not make for salty sea sailors. Doing the hard stuff makes for salty sea sailors. Both of your skills have come so far in a short amount of time because you are doing the thing. As always thank you for sharing.
Your adventures keep my boring life, hopeful and my imagination alive! Thanks for the videos. ps: Off to find the 1st video and then let the adventure begin! ❤️
Thanks for sharing and nice to see you made it. Seems you were lucky the anchor held. I learned that for stronger storms, setting up at the mangroves are a superior option.
Sophie u have the most amazing personality, ur such a beautiful person, u take the worst life throws at u, and still smile and calmly deal with it, thanks for being real. Thankyou for showing us what ur life is really like somedays, its awesome footage. I cant help but smile even when ur seasick 🤣🤣 sorry. Top vlog again 🌈🤣🌟😍 Ryan ur just so supportive, stop being such a sook and man up and help ur partner, wheres the positive attitude.
Hey! I recognized that storm on Predict Wind. (Alex) I was on a 15m catamaran moored in Little Harbour, Abaco, the Bahamas for two days. More protected than you guys, so less intense. I did feel a little guilty. The wind, blowing rain, lightning were thrilling, the waterspout a few days earlier also exciting...I felt guilty because I enjoyed it worry free: it wasn't my boat.
No expert here, but I would think two anchors (not just the main and a kedge) would be good for riding out a storm, especially in a small anchorage and with a tropical storm where the wind can change directions during the storm. Just a thought.
First time watching your channel, great video thank you for sharing. I'm curious why you didn't take the dodger down earlier ... a lot of force against it? Having so much chain was a great idea. :)
I reckon you can't have enough chain on a cruser. I'm gonna get 100 m when we go. At least. And a HUGE anchor, and two extra. Those are the life-lines. You did good, guys! Jobba smartare, inte hårdare... /Catta
The only thing you have to be mindful of with how much chain you have on a boat is the weight that you put at the bow. You don’t want to create imbalances! But yeah, having upgraded to that setup made us much more confident “anchorers” :)
So you are some weeks behind Atticus in your vids. When this one opened I had the feeling that the info was old. Yeah. Because of Atticus' vid. Thanks for your perspective
We were safely at anchor at Hog Island, Grenada watching and tracking Alex sweep in and move Northwards and away from the Lesser Antilles, having minimal effect on us. I thought then with concern, that there would be many boats having to combat it's wrath in Bermuda. So glad to see that you all survived it relatively unscathed. Well done; good seamanship gave you the best chance. Quite harrowing though.
Nice job guys!!! Good to see you all made it safely through the storm!! Also great job anchoring!! Wondering how some of the other boats around you fared with their anchoring... any close calls with others around you?
hay Sophie and Ryan, remember i correct, that also James from Zingaro was there during this storm? James was checking the positions from PolarSeal and Atticus - or my old brain got something wrong. my best regards from austria.
Everytime we are pushed outside of our comfort zone, we are very nervous… but it feels like such a confidence boost when we make it out unscathed! We are one experience richer :)
Its important to remember that while the anchor is important as the "anchor" it is not everything when anchoring. Location, depth, bottom type and probably most important, scope all okay major factors when knowing if the setup will hold. People put a lot in to the specific anchor only to have 30m of chain... and in our case that would have only been 2 to1 scope... not enough and asking for an issue. . We had cost to 90m out which in my opinion is what held us.
It's strange, for me watching cruisers go through storms is exciting, but I realize now too for you guys your entire life is on that boat. I guess that can be very stressful. You're TRUE adventurers ⛵💖 don't you use your air conditioner much?
Hey guys! What anchor alarm system do you use? Curious as we are out here too during hurricane season and also deal with Courmel winds, Elfantes, and Chubascos in the Sea of Cortez... So basically 30+ knots unpredictable coming in whenever they feel like it 🤣 Would sure feel loads better if we had a good anchor alarm to help us take action sooner than later if we are dragging.
We use “anchor”. It’s a super easy app. We also use the Raymarine anchoring wizard on our plotter which is pretty awesome actually! What we’ve learned is that as important as the anchor, chain and snubber setup, knowing what kind of seabed you anchor on is crucial. Atticus dragged a few times, and honestly the only difference between them and us were a couple of hundred meters. We think it’s the seabed they were on that wasn’t as “sturdy” as ours.
@@RyanSophieSailing aw yea! Poor Atticus. 😱🥺 Not looking forward to our “first” storm. But, what doesn’t kill you makes you drink more, right? Lol Thanks for the info!
Rocna have a sizing chart. I would check that before spending. Also see that anchor will fit your bow rollers. They have a cutout template on their website.
Hey, it could have been worse...you could have been out of coffee! Seriously though...you guys were saying you were stressed, but you didn't look it or sound it. I hope you can catch up on sleep. LOL Are you planning to stay in Bermuda all hurricane season?
I have been watching you guys for a while. This episode forced me to write a comment. Sophie is obviously the icing on the cake, her wit and gentle sarcasm is perfect. However the two of you are just delicious. You turned a potentially extreme weather incident into a perfectly edited and interesting episode. Apart from Ryan having the best sailor tan I have ever seen, Sophie has a way of using her eyes in a glance that tells everything. Ryan you are lucky to have Sophie and Sophie knows she has one of the most proficient sailors on TH-cam. Love you guys!
You know what is better than a Rocna anchor. Two Rocna anchors. Thanks for the video folks, it really is good to see your approach to that storm.
Love your enthusiasm and humor! 👍
I am so happy you were able to ride out the storm with Des and Jordan and Steve. They are awesome. Heidi
Brilliant experience for you both- imagine now how confident in your skills, Polar Seal, and ground tackle this experience has made you. Good, measured decisions and risk analysis, and you kept a sense of humour throughout which is great for the psyche. Positivity is everything! Great job.
Great production Sophie. So enjoyable and inspirational. I cant imagine how much time you spend to deliver this but no matter I really enjoy your content and your delivery (both of you).
Thank you! it is quite a bit of time and resources that go into the production, but we really enjoy the process and sharing those stories with everyone :)
Well done! You guys produced a great real life drama film, much in contrast to the current "reality shows" on TV today. Glad you came through the storm OK.
Thanks for that great comment George!
Bonjour,
Toutes mes félicitations c est impressionnant de voir votre manière de gérer Alex.
Pourriez vous faire une vidéo plus technique, lesson learn, notamment comment était votre mouillage, ancre xhaine profondeur sol, pourquoi vous n avez pas décroché contrairement à atticus ...
Bonne continuation.
Rick Moore on Sophisticated Lady had an interesting anchor set up to ride out a storm at anchor (Ep. 487). After getting the primary anchor set, a crewman dove to the anchor and attached a second anchor to the anchor chain, 7 or 8 meters from the main anchor. I helped the main anchor reset when the wind changed direction.
No can do, you will severely weaken the chain link and defeating the strategy by doing so. Better set an independent anchor by all means! Cap Rick showed the damage to the link in a later episode. Be safe!
Capt. Rick from SV Sophisticated Lady once said that two items you definitely needed to have in working order was an autopilot and a great anchor and chain setup!
Now you can have a “Tropical Storm Survival Party” with Rum Swizzle’s. 😁
Ahhh yes Rum Swizzles!
Celebratory Swizzles DEFINITELY happened 😂
He's no mug.
Sophie, Your hair at the end summed up the whole episode !Though I do believe you guys rode it out beautifully !!Scope is everything!!
Ryan, You did great.. You never cease to inspire me to push through my anxiety!! I appreciate you both an thanks for sharing ✌🏼💗😊❣️
Well done, salty sea sailors. Calm seas and gentle winds do not make for salty sea sailors. Doing the hard stuff makes for salty sea sailors. Both of your skills have come so far in a short amount of time because you are doing the thing. As always thank you for sharing.
W0W!
Your adventures keep my boring life, hopeful and my imagination alive! Thanks for the videos. ps: Off to find the 1st video and then let the adventure begin! ❤️
Thanks for the very kind comment John! This keeps us going.
That has to be such a stressful situation ... ! I'm glad it worked out. I was surprised Atticus was with.
I watched Atticus' video riding the storm and it is so cool to see them from Polar Seal! You guys did great!
Great job riding the storm out! I'm glad it did not strengthen to a hurricane.
Sophie, you hilarious!!!love your personality and expression.
Oh my, great job the both vessels... what a good start of a day, after the storm.
Well done. Wondered if you considered reducing windage before the storm, eg take bimini off, sails off etc?
Thanks for sharing and nice to see you made it. Seems you were lucky the anchor held. I learned that for stronger storms, setting up at the mangroves are a superior option.
In case you haven't watched Patrick Lane, he does a really good job of planning and being cautious. Very enjoyable also as are you.
Sophie u have the most amazing personality, ur such a beautiful person, u take the worst life throws at u, and still smile and calmly deal with it, thanks for being real. Thankyou for showing us what ur life is really like somedays, its awesome footage. I cant help but smile even when ur seasick 🤣🤣 sorry. Top vlog again 🌈🤣🌟😍 Ryan ur just so supportive, stop being such a sook and man up and help ur partner, wheres the positive attitude.
Use to sail (fly) in that kind of wind in a 470, so much fun!
Hey! I recognized that storm on Predict Wind. (Alex) I was on a 15m catamaran moored in Little Harbour, Abaco, the Bahamas for two days. More protected than you guys, so less intense. I did feel a little guilty. The wind, blowing rain, lightning were thrilling, the waterspout a few days earlier also exciting...I felt guilty because I enjoyed it worry free: it wasn't my boat.
You looked quite stressed young lady. I'm happy you came through it in good shape. Naan bread Yum !!!
Great Video !
Love the episode! We are sailors, paraglider, and hang glider pilots.
No expert here, but I would think two anchors (not just the main and a kedge) would be good for riding out a storm, especially in a small anchorage and with a tropical storm where the wind can change directions during the storm. Just a thought.
First time watching your channel, great video thank you for sharing. I'm curious why you didn't take the dodger down earlier ... a lot of force against it? Having so much chain was a great idea. :)
Hi! Please can you explain shortly how you did put the second anchor?
Thanks a lot.
Yup. No question now. I'm a land lubber. But sure do enjoy watching you.
You two have been through quite a bit, a storm is just a speed bump for you. Glad your safe.
I reckon you can't have enough chain on a cruser. I'm gonna get 100 m when we go. At least. And a HUGE anchor, and two extra. Those are the life-lines. You did good, guys! Jobba smartare, inte hårdare... /Catta
The only thing you have to be mindful of with how much chain you have on a boat is the weight that you put at the bow. You don’t want to create imbalances! But yeah, having upgraded to that setup made us much more confident “anchorers” :)
How do youz not even have 100k subscribers yet? There must be something wrong with the universe.
Sophie you are my French fashion sailor. Don't think a little storm is going to give you a pass. :) Best wishes. Always enjoy your videos.
Thank your lucky stars nothing broke. Sailing in the tropics looks like so much fun!
Cept Bermuda ain't tropics
Not even close
Thinking this is same storm saw a while back in sailing Atticus, yep same lol. They aired 3weeks ago
So you are some weeks behind Atticus in your vids.
When this one opened I had the feeling that the info was old. Yeah. Because of Atticus' vid.
Thanks for your perspective
Not sure what is more shocking - the storm or Ryan’s t-shirt tan! 🤣
You seemed to take this storm in your stride.
Hahaha, yes, Ryan’s farmers tan is world class 😂
We were safely at anchor at Hog Island, Grenada watching and tracking Alex sweep in and move Northwards and away from the Lesser Antilles, having minimal effect on us. I thought then with concern, that there would be many boats having to combat it's wrath in Bermuda. So glad to see that you all survived it relatively unscathed. Well done; good seamanship gave you the best chance. Quite harrowing though.
It was a bit stressful for a minute, but we made it ok! The waves were impressive though 😳
Nice job guys!!! Good to see you all made it safely through the storm!! Also great job anchoring!! Wondering how some of the other boats around you fared with their anchoring... any close calls with others around you?
Well done guys.
hay Sophie and Ryan,
remember i correct, that also James from Zingaro was there during this storm?
James was checking the positions from PolarSeal and Atticus - or my old brain got something wrong.
my best regards from austria.
He was!!! We were checking each other out
@@RyanSophieSailing thanks for your replay - so my brain is still ok *ggg*
Storm be damned , coffee comes first 😃🤪☕️
Despite this being now a was, still harrowing stuff - anytime one's home (and livelihood) comes under assault. Glad ya'll and PS came through okay ⚓❤🖖
Everytime we are pushed outside of our comfort zone, we are very nervous… but it feels like such a confidence boost when we make it out unscathed! We are one experience richer :)
@@RyanSophieSailing absolutely. Everything that you successfully overcome teaches you lessons for the next thing.
@@VisionaryGardener [Insert Nietzsche quote!]
I was watching Zingaro when he went live during the storm. It was awesome to watch but I wouldnt want to be the person riding it out..
Who do you have your boat insurance with?
It's interesting the Rocna doesn't to that great on SV Panople's tests but both you and Uma have had great experiences with it.
Tested as the best in Yachting World with shifting and turning winds
Its important to remember that while the anchor is important as the "anchor" it is not everything when anchoring. Location, depth, bottom type and probably most important, scope all okay major factors when knowing if the setup will hold.
People put a lot in to the specific anchor only to have 30m of chain... and in our case that would have only been 2 to1 scope... not enough and asking for an issue.
. We had cost to 90m out which in my opinion is what held us.
It's strange, for me watching cruisers go through storms is exciting, but I realize now too for you guys your entire life is on that boat. I guess that can be very stressful. You're TRUE adventurers ⛵💖 don't you use your air conditioner much?
Intense!
Hey guys! What anchor alarm system do you use? Curious as we are out here too during hurricane season and also deal with Courmel winds, Elfantes, and Chubascos in the Sea of Cortez...
So basically 30+ knots unpredictable coming in whenever they feel like it 🤣 Would sure feel loads better if we had a good anchor alarm to help us take action sooner than later if we are dragging.
We use “anchor”. It’s a super easy app. We also use the Raymarine anchoring wizard on our plotter which is pretty awesome actually! What we’ve learned is that as important as the anchor, chain and snubber setup, knowing what kind of seabed you anchor on is crucial. Atticus dragged a few times, and honestly the only difference between them and us were a couple of hundred meters. We think it’s the seabed they were on that wasn’t as “sturdy” as ours.
@@RyanSophieSailing aw yea! Poor Atticus. 😱🥺 Not looking forward to our “first” storm. But, what doesn’t kill you makes you drink more, right? Lol
Thanks for the info!
@@RyanSophieSailing - I’m not sure their anchor/chain is adequate for their boat? Did you discuss their system with them?
Looking at hand held VHF right now. What model are you using at 4:20 and 4:52?
It is not a handheld, it is a wireless VHF that tethers to our main VHF! It’s a Ray90 wireless handset. Love it :)
Bermuda
? In June .
? Holly happy Crappy. Not many rivers or creeks to hide in.
Not exactly no :(
Most important question…did you get the maple sirup?
Hahahaha 😂 NO!!! 16$???? 🤪🤪🤪
That's interesting. I was looking at 25kg rockna anchor for my boat. Would you guys recommend it? (15t 42ft)
Yup! We’ve had it for three years now. It holds :)
Rocna have a sizing chart. I would check that before spending. Also see that anchor will fit your bow rollers. They have a cutout template on their website.
Hey, it could have been worse...you could have been out of coffee!
Seriously though...you guys were saying you were stressed, but you didn't look it or sound it. I hope you can catch up on sleep. LOL
Are you planning to stay in Bermuda all hurricane season?
Well… we didn’t intended on it but… we may have been a bit forced 😵💫
That was great, the cheap joke!
Could you please you a darker color for your captions.
gosh! Sophie you are beautiful!!!
12:10 honest to goodness, how does anyone see waves,boats,sharks , whales etC in pure darkness ¿ iAm a 🐔, terrifying
Love ur jokes
😀👍👍❤
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:-)
But Atticus is not a great sailor. Have been watching him and you and Ryan.for ages abpnd you gys are nuch better and more experienced
oof this guy, a face only a mother could love.
Aaaah David, only a mother could love someone with your attitude 😊 see! You’re not so different! 😉
You seem to have the personality only you yourself could love with that negative trolling. 🙃
Lol relax you two, I’m joking because Im no better. I just like to take the piss.
@@dulichion your intention doesn’t matter. Just stop being sadistic.
Fragile I guess. I can take the joke you cant.