This has been an amazing season for you. I’ve enjoyed every episode so far. I spent a month in Shetland in the 80s it was an amazing experience. I was staying in the Norwegian fisherman’s mission in Lerwick. Your video brought it all back.
I was right😂🎉! OMG Daniel, you should have known it😂. Such a beautiful peaceful place. A little bit of action from birds and failing equipment adds for some excitement. Thank you for another wonderful video. I really like to be onboard!
@@sailingpolaris Hi Daniel, from sunny Algarve. This is interesting, I have the same anchor, Rocna 33, with 10 mm chain. I have sometime a feeling it is too much for my windlass, which is a new 1500Watt Lewmar VX3. Can you tell me which is your windlass?
We have a 1,000W Quick DP3 windlass. Just recently we blew a 100A fuse whilst lifting the anchor. But we were stuck on a rock... and some high officer on board pressed the "Up" button on the windlass control in the wrong moment... ;-). Its rated working load is 120kg, max WL 370kg. A WL of 120kg is enough to pull up the anchor including around 40m of fully suspended 10mm chain. We usually anchor in less than 10-15m depth, so there is plenty of "Oompf" in the windlass.
@@sailingpolaris very well, thank you Daniel. This means that my 1500W windlass should have no problem. I have trialled only once. Tonite will be the second
Consider SETTING your ANCHOR with about 1500 RPM's. 2300 RPM's seems excessive? Also, LINK to the Sailing Guide would no doubt be helpful for others considering this passage.
You may be right and for a lunch stop or with someone on anchor watch I would agree. For a restful night for the two of us however I prefer a shellproof approach. 😉 For passage planning we use different sources. In Scotland the Pilot Books from the Clyde Cruising Club are good. However, that‘s the only source that mentions Whale Firth as an anchorage. We also use the online apps like Navily and the CA‘s CAptain‘s Mate for inspiration.
What a wonderful adventure
Glad you like it!!
This has been an amazing season for you. I’ve enjoyed every episode so far. I spent a month in Shetland in the 80s it was an amazing experience. I was staying in the Norwegian fisherman’s mission in Lerwick. Your video brought it all back.
Thank you Jo! Nice know we led you back on memory lane… and thanks for watching our series… there are still a few in the making for 2023…
Excellent filming and editing, one gets a real feel of the areas you are visiting…
Thanks Anton!
As usually just excellent thank you love watching your adventures ( Mark Raynes)
Glad you enjoyed it
Really good just like being back there, I cannot wait for the next one.
We‘re at it…
I was right😂🎉! OMG Daniel, you should have known it😂.
Such a beautiful peaceful place. A little bit of action from birds and failing equipment adds for some excitement.
Thank you for another wonderful video. I really like to be onboard!
I know, I know… 😂 Kathrin was really unhappy to be woken up…
Wonderful video, as always. Which anchor do you have?
Being a male chauvinist I would never take orders from an Admiral..
Hi Maurizio
We have a 33kg Rocna. Normally it‘s a drop and hold…
I don‘t want to be a solo sailor… so, Admiral‘s orders are what they are…😂
@@sailingpolaris Hi Daniel, from sunny Algarve. This is interesting, I have the same anchor, Rocna 33, with 10 mm chain. I have sometime a feeling it is too much for my windlass, which is a new 1500Watt Lewmar VX3.
Can you tell me which is your windlass?
We have a 1,000W Quick DP3 windlass. Just recently we blew a 100A fuse whilst lifting the anchor. But we were stuck on a rock... and some high officer on board pressed the "Up" button on the windlass control in the wrong moment... ;-). Its rated working load is 120kg, max WL 370kg. A WL of 120kg is enough to pull up the anchor including around 40m of fully suspended 10mm chain. We usually anchor in less than 10-15m depth, so there is plenty of "Oompf" in the windlass.
@@sailingpolaris very well, thank you Daniel. This means that my 1500W windlass should have no problem.
I have trialled only once. Tonite will be the second
@maurizioferrario1949 The 1,500W / 12V Quick pendant to yours is rated 160/470kg…
Excellent! As reliable as the British railways 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
🤷🏻♂️
Consider SETTING your ANCHOR with about 1500 RPM's.
2300 RPM's seems excessive?
Also, LINK to the Sailing Guide would no doubt be helpful for others considering this passage.
You may be right and for a lunch stop or with someone on anchor watch I would agree. For a restful night for the two of us however I prefer a shellproof approach. 😉
For passage planning we use different sources. In Scotland the Pilot Books from the Clyde Cruising Club are good. However, that‘s the only source that mentions Whale Firth as an anchorage. We also use the online apps like Navily and the CA‘s CAptain‘s Mate for inspiration.