@@sailing_scout I didn't mean that in a derogatory way. We now know why many experienced sailors actually dive down and take a look at how and if the anchor is set. The best thing about life is it's a learning experience.
@@sailing_scout One of the sailors boought a submersible drone. I think it was Jupiter. You could troll for fish with it too. I don't think it was worth the money though because I only seen them use it when he first bought it. Maybe a fish took off with it. Lol. I'll have to ask him if I remember the next time he post.
Congratulations Nate with your navigation skills. I am from australia and have cruised the globe on more than one occasion I would like to wish you all the best on your adventure . Do not become discouraged when things go wrong trust me they will occur from time to time just work through them because the rewards for what you are doing are much greater. Tip :- Navel regulations for anchoring are 6 to 1 minimum . I will follow your journey !
Thanks for the encouragement and feedback Anthony! We’re doing our best to not get too up or too down, but still can be a bummer when things break / don’t go as planned. Thanks for watching!
Thanks Tim! We’ll be in the Bahamas for a while - generally working our way south. There’s a bit of a lag in videos at the moment as we get our feet under us.
Your videos are really good. Keep posting this good content and it will grow quickly. A little nugget. We carried a Hugh storm anchor for just those kind of situations. We had a 52ft SeaRay and where anchored at Big Major looking at the Pigs. A very big (not forecast) storm blew in. We started dragging but threw that 77lb storm anchor in and disaster was averted. It was raining so hard you could not see the shore and stung the skin. Used the storm anchor a bunch of more times. Anyway glad you guys are safe and sound.
Thanks for watching and thanks for the feedback! We’ve got a 105 lbs mantus as our primary and then a big Bruce anchor ready as backup. Honestly, we just dropped on the wrong spot - we were on hard pan. Must have been chaos at big major in a sudden storm w all the boats that are typically there!
@@sailing_scout We were there in late September and only 3 boats were around us. The whole Exumas was very sparse. Watching you guys makes my wife and I a little nostalgic. Looking forward to your next video.
Good video. Really great discussion of dealing with the Gulf Stream (which, in the South, would be pronounced “GULL-F” and not “golf”). I know very little about sailing, and most of what I do know comes from reading the Aubrey-Maturin novels of Patrick O’Brien, but it seems the most important rule about sailing is to beware the perils of a Lee shore. I gotta think y’all were border-line terrified.
When we were raising the anchor in the pitch black, it was definitely a ‘what on earth are we doing’ moment, but you never get too far in anything unless you’re willing to push your comfort zone. Thanks for commenting / watching!
Ahoy. You may have already learned this. It looked like your chain was above the sand. Everyone has different calculations, but it’s not the anchor that holds the boat, but the weight of the chain. I don’t have the answer, but check it out.
Yes, the vast majority of the time the chain does all the work. When the chain is all the way stretched out by the wind or the current the anchor does matter. We put ourselves in a bad situation and luckily it was a cheap lesson. Thanks for watching!
I wouldn't be able to sleep soundly without setting 2-3 anchors after watching this.
Yeah - cruising is definitely not a 9-5:00 job! Thanks for watching!
@@sailing_scout I didn't mean that in a derogatory way. We now know why many experienced sailors actually dive down and take a look at how and if the anchor is set. The best thing about life is it's a learning experience.
Absolutely! The funny thing is that I did dive on it. I just didn’t recognize that it wasn’t in a good spot. Like you say - live and learn!
@@sailing_scout One of the sailors boought a submersible drone. I think it was Jupiter. You could troll for fish with it too. I don't think it was worth the money though because I only seen them use it when he first bought it. Maybe a fish took off with it. Lol. I'll have to ask him if I remember the next time he post.
Great video. Thanks for taking the time and glad you are all ok.
Thanks for watching!
Good job guys! Great job on the video.
Thanks Thomas!
Congratulations Nate with your navigation skills. I am from australia and have cruised the globe on more than one occasion I would like to wish you all the best on your adventure . Do not become discouraged when things go wrong trust me they will occur from time to time just work through them because the rewards for what you are doing are much greater. Tip :- Navel regulations for anchoring are 6 to 1 minimum . I will follow your journey !
Thanks for the encouragement and feedback Anthony! We’re doing our best to not get too up or too down, but still can be a bummer when things break / don’t go as planned. Thanks for watching!
Congrats on making the passage! Loving following you guys. Stay safe. Where to next?
Thanks Tim! We’ll be in the Bahamas for a while - generally working our way south. There’s a bit of a lag in videos at the moment as we get our feet under us.
Your videos are really good. Keep posting this good content and it will grow quickly. A little nugget. We carried a Hugh storm anchor for just those kind of situations. We had a 52ft SeaRay and where anchored at Big Major looking at the Pigs. A very big (not forecast) storm blew in. We started dragging but threw that 77lb storm anchor in and disaster was averted. It was raining so hard you could not see the shore and stung the skin. Used the storm anchor a bunch of more times. Anyway glad you guys are safe and sound.
Thanks for watching and thanks for the feedback! We’ve got a 105 lbs mantus as our primary and then a big Bruce anchor ready as backup. Honestly, we just dropped on the wrong spot - we were on hard pan. Must have been chaos at big major in a sudden storm w all the boats that are typically there!
@@sailing_scout We were there in late September and only 3 boats were around us. The whole Exumas was very sparse. Watching you guys makes my wife and I a little nostalgic. Looking forward to your next video.
Good video. Really great discussion of dealing with the Gulf Stream (which, in the South, would be pronounced “GULL-F” and not “golf”). I know very little about sailing, and most of what I do know comes from reading the Aubrey-Maturin novels of Patrick O’Brien, but it seems the most important rule about sailing is to beware the perils of a Lee shore. I gotta think y’all were border-line terrified.
When we were raising the anchor in the pitch black, it was definitely a ‘what on earth are we doing’ moment, but you never get too far in anything unless you’re willing to push your comfort zone. Thanks for commenting / watching!
Ahoy. You may have already learned this. It looked like your chain was above the sand. Everyone has different calculations, but it’s not the anchor that holds the boat, but the weight of the chain. I don’t have the answer, but check it out.
Yes, the vast majority of the time the chain does all the work. When the chain is all the way stretched out by the wind or the current the anchor does matter. We put ourselves in a bad situation and luckily it was a cheap lesson. Thanks for watching!