I’m old enough to be your Nona and you are teaching me so much!!! I just retired and got a pontoon boat and need to learn everything. I’ve never had a boat, never came from a family of boaters but it’s something that I’ve always wanted. Thanks so much for helping me. I want to be able to take the boat on my own without waiting for one of my kids. I appreciate so much this channel!!!!
This is a genuine and informative TH-cam channel runs by genuine people. I like the twin because they don't try to absorb the audience and make money by making themselves half-naked in bikinis with useless content. Good on you girls, keep going.
Planning to move to FL from IL soon. Have a lot of Great Lakes fresh water experience but your salt water/inter coastal navigation and fishing videos are so packed with information It’s awesome! Getting so I can almost tell you two apart until you both smile. Then you look absolutely identical.
good luck getting your silver plaque! I love how confident you sound, I get that as younger persons and not being men, tons of real life boaters probably think you are on your daddy's boat and no clue. Thats sucks, but here on the internet we are looking for helpful content. My only helpful advice as someone who is constantly the "new guy" to the boating community is say things like "this is how we do it " because someone where else it might be done exactly the opposite. Thank you for the videos.
The Gale Force videos are so helpful! I'm an imminent, aspiring boater so all of these tips will be put into use very soon. Thank you Amanda and Emily!
great job ladies i have watched your channel grow and you guys have convinced an old salt like me that you know what you are doing!!! I have learned from you and i appreciate it.
I can not express how much I appreciate that these young ladies have learned how important it is to know what to do when someone owns a boat and navigates on the water.I would have the peace of mind knowing that I would be safe around them if I were ever to encounter them on the water in my own vessel,
Correct; but then you’ve got up account for your keel or drive offset, which is very critical. In my opinion, that should be where the depth offset should be set to.
I liked the video. Very informative. I learned a few things. 👍 Just noticed you passed 90K subs. Wow! So fast. You're well on the way to the 100K milestone.
On the Gulf Coast of Florida I face bow towards West as the waves come in if the stern was towards the West the waves would be coming up over the transom. I have a pontoon boat with fiberglass Haulls.. great video
Thank you guys for the great info, bcuz i've seen ppl do exactly what u said not to do and thank God i didn't which is tie ur transom anchor to a tree. I guess that's bcuz i was in Miami, you guys are the bomb!!
Great video on the basics many overlook. Another observation is that anchors should never be thrown. I'd say 99.9% of boaters throw anchors. They should be lowered into the water, not thrown. For several reasons not limited to: avoiding injury with a heavy and awkward object onboard a slippery boat, avoiding tangling the anchor and rode which will never set, avoiding incorrect anchor orientation on the sea floor when deployed. IMO and what is taught in licensed captain's school (oupv, 6 pack, 50t+) is to lower while slowly backing down to set. Best wishes to Gale Force Twins from the Caribbean!
@@DavidCrosland42, wow, that is just mind-boggling!!! The currents in places where large bodies of water drain through narrow channels must be frightening.
I’m so impressed at these young ladies (and the level of trust their parents gave them at a young age). Clearly they earned that trust with their incredible knowledge and abilities. I realize you are older now but how young were you the first time you went out in the ocean alone?
I was always considered the wild child, the party kid, the kid parents don’t want their kids to be around unsupervised, but ever since I was 17 my parents trusted me out of my two goodie two shoes brothers to take the family boat out with my friends by myself due to my skills towing and operating the boat. And it made my older brothers and their friends so mad and jealous.
Love the channel and the content - haven't read through all the comments so someone might have brought this up, but you said "Fortress" anchor instead of Dan-forth Type Anchor as Fortress is just a brand of Dan-forth Type anchor. Great Content!
Great information. I really like this format for your teaching videos where you take turns talking/teaching instead of both talking at the same time. One question: if you anchor at low tide do you drift farther back than usual from the anchor before tying off?
In Germany we learn during the boat driving license to use a Drag Anchor to make sure, that the back side of the boat dont come up at bigger waves. Thats why we dont have so much wracks at the coast line.
Amanda, Emily I was right , on your last video , I told you how I and others beech our boats on mud island , across Rockport, Tx and we all fish off the sand bars just wade fishing 🎣 Amanda, Emily you two are amazingly awesome, be safe and have fun always #AFANALWAYS
BRILLIANT way to go GIRLS, you learn things the proper first time around it keeps you safe forever, the other guy was not young but the amount of people on his boat tells me he has experience , ( maybe not in sand bars but still ) dont have a boat never will have one but I want a inflatable Dinghy with outboard motor. what your teaching here applies to all boats, as a novice I would alway look to what other boat are doing positioning but you gals explain why in which is good education, Thanks for the education Ray K. UK. YNWA.
Great job. Please explain to your followers the importance of scope or anchor rode to pay out in different depths of water. Ex 5 to 1. Or 7 to 1. Along with an explanation of why the chain is so important. My apologies if that Information is in another video. Cheers Todd
The prudent mariner needs to keep an eye on folks like "that guy" who just drives in and drops the hook. Have seen several who thought they were all set and everybody jumps off the boat and heads to the beach. Twenty minutes later that boat is either dragging its anchor or has slipped the anchor and is now creating a hazard to other properly anchored boats. Or even if the hook does grab, they miscalculated the amount of rode paid out and are now right on top of another boat. Anchoring in a crowd is always an experience.
So much information, common sense but not everyone has that, you should have more subs, but you don't stoop to the level some do to get views. Keep the excellent content coming, looks so good there.
Probably be only a month or two before you hit that 100k milestone ladies, congratulations in advance! I was taught to reverse away from the anchor once I thought it was set (or at least solidly on the bottom). What are your thoughts on that procedure?
I have a Minn Kota Ulterra and I'm running 5 Lithium 110AH batteries where I can't drain these batteries in 32 hours of use. However seeing this this year I'd like to Anchor Up perhaps and use Zero Battery Power. 🤔🤔 Great Info.
That’s definitely something to consider, it will depend how different your low vs high tides are but if you want to be extra cautious that’s a great plan!
If you will allow a former navy radioman and current radio amateur give you some advice: Always keep your VHF antenna vertical (unless you have to lower it to go under a bridge or something like that). VHF stations use vertical polarization; if you are using horizontal polarization, you will have a hard time communicating with other stations. More importantly, the radiation pattern from that type of antenna is sort of like a doughnut with the antenna poking through the hole. With the antenna horizontal, all the power is going to port and starboard, with virtually none going fore and aft. In other words, you won't be able to communicate with stations ahead of or behind you. In any radio system, the single most important part if the antenna. A bad radio with a great antenna will work better than a great radio with a bad antenna. Radio amateurs can talk halfway around the world with just 5 or 10 watts if they have a good antenna, but if you put the legal limit of 1500 watts into a bad antenna, you might not be able to talk across town.
Thank you for making that comment. I, as a seasoned captain, have seen far too many captains with their antenna "swept back" because it looks so cool. See how cool it is when you're in trouble and nobody can hear you calling for help
The OCD in me is wanting to come and put a fresh coat of paint on your engines, argh! 100K is quickly approaching, where's the party? But seriously, congrats, it couldn't happen to a harder working set of twins. Your videos continue to get better and better, love the drone footage. Another fishing channel I watch (Life by the Bow), puts out some incredible drone footage - I'm sure you could do the same with some practice. BTW, many of the boats I see off of Tampa anchored on those keys use the stern anchor as well as the bow, is there an advantage in doing so?
I’m old enough to be your Nona and you are teaching me so much!!!
I just retired and got a pontoon boat and need to learn everything. I’ve never had a boat, never came from a family of boaters but it’s something that I’ve always wanted. Thanks so much for helping me. I want to be able to take the boat on my own without waiting for one of my kids. I appreciate so much this channel!!!!
This is a genuine and informative TH-cam channel runs by genuine people. I like the twin because they don't try to absorb the audience and make money by making themselves half-naked in bikinis with useless content. Good on you girls, keep going.
Thank you very much 😊
F’real!
Couldn't have said it better myself!! Totally agree!!
Agreed; great job!
@@GaleForceTwins no disrespect we wouldn’t mind if you did your content in bikinis
Another fine lecture by The Gale Force Twins Academy!🤙🏾
I could be your father. I thought I new boating. I have learned so much with you girls. Thank you. Keep the good work.
Dont forget most depth finders have an offset setting where you can input your vessels draft to always see your true depth automatically.
This is the one video I was hoping you would make - really needed this. Thank you!
Good video. There's quite a few Qualified Captain's that should watch this video. Seen enough in my day that's for sure.
Good work girls 👍
Planning to move to FL from IL soon. Have a lot of Great Lakes fresh water experience but your salt water/inter coastal navigation and fishing videos are so packed with information It’s awesome! Getting so I can almost tell you two apart until you both smile. Then you look absolutely identical.
I just love your videos. You have such a talent for teaching in a straightforward, clear way. Thank you!
good luck getting your silver plaque! I love how confident you sound, I get that as younger persons and not being men, tons of real life boaters probably think you are on your daddy's boat and no clue. Thats sucks, but here on the internet we are looking for helpful content. My only helpful advice as someone who is constantly the "new guy" to the boating community is say things like "this is how we do it " because someone where else it might be done exactly the opposite. Thank you for the videos.
The Gale Force videos are so helpful! I'm an imminent, aspiring boater so all of these tips will be put into use very soon. Thank you Amanda and Emily!
Great to see you two again. Really enjoy both of you young women and your adventures
It's very important to reverse back in idle after the anchor is deployed and tied off in order to set it.
Still the best advice out there - so clearly concise and professional - brill stuff
You girls are awesome! I’m learning a lot from you both! I’m looking forward to getting my boat and then I will be rewatching all your videos!
Wow! A great deal of information of beaching up at sandbar! Thanks.
im a first time boater this year. your videos are awesome helpful and very appreciated ❤
You two are awesome. Knowledgeable and straight to important points. Thanks for all good info.
I enjoyed watching this. I don't have a boat.
great job ladies i have watched your channel grow and you guys have convinced an old salt like me that you know what you are doing!!! I have learned from you and i appreciate it.
I can not express how much I appreciate that these young ladies have learned how important it is to know what to do when someone owns a boat and navigates on the water.I would have the peace of mind knowing that I would be safe around them if I were ever to encounter them on the water in my own vessel,
The drone shot of your boat at 5:34 is beautiful! The dark hull against the turquoise water, and the outriggers make it really standout! 👍
Hey just a trick with your draft. You can set that on your graph so it actually reads correct depth.
Correct; but then you’ve got up account for your keel or drive offset, which is very critical. In my opinion, that should be where the depth offset should be set to.
I liked the video. Very informative. I learned a few things. 👍 Just noticed you passed 90K subs. Wow! So fast. You're well on the way to the 100K milestone.
Thank you thank you 😊
Awesome Ladies
Love how informative these videos are. Keep up the great work
Another great video ! keep them coming and we will watch 'em !
Awesome advice for all boaters
On the Gulf Coast of Florida I face bow towards West as the waves come in if the stern was towards the West the waves would be coming up over the transom. I have a pontoon boat with fiberglass Haulls.. great video
Gale Force Twins does it again. Great video ladies!!!
Great video guys! I am Key Largo, new to boating, and this was extremely helpful.
Good info for new boaters.you two ladies are point on.love the videos
Thank you guys for the great info, bcuz i've seen ppl do exactly what u said not to do and thank God i didn't which is tie ur transom anchor to a tree. I guess that's bcuz i was in Miami, you guys are the bomb!!
Another well done, informative video which is why you'll be at 100K subscribers in no time. Keep up the good work.
full send bro never lift! knowledge is power!
Great video on the basics many overlook. Another observation is that anchors should never be thrown. I'd say 99.9% of boaters throw anchors. They should be lowered into the water, not thrown. For several reasons not limited to: avoiding injury with a heavy and awkward object onboard a slippery boat, avoiding tangling the anchor and rode which will never set, avoiding incorrect anchor orientation on the sea floor when deployed. IMO and what is taught in licensed captain's school (oupv, 6 pack, 50t+) is to lower while slowly backing down to set. Best wishes to Gale Force Twins from the Caribbean!
The fact the depth finder is at the bottom of the draft is so great to know,
Phenomenal Video As Usual !
And congrats on passing 90k subscribers!
Your getting close to 100K...! Amazing
Excellent video thank you again for this great information
Awesome Video, I’m going to start sharing it with folks that rent boats, give them something to watch through the No Wake Zones
Thanks for the Tide Alert app suggestion. Just downloaded it for use on the Chesapeake Bay around Annapolis. Keep up the great work!
Here on the northern Oregon coast, tomorrow's tidal change is going to be 10.5 feet!
It’s 30 feet here! (Guernsey, Channel Islands)
@@DavidCrosland42, wow, that is just mind-boggling!!! The currents in places where large bodies of water drain through narrow channels must be frightening.
Great content as usual. Simple techniques to anchor quickly and safely so you can comfortably relax, go for a swim, explore or whatever.
You Guys Are Awsome Love Watching The Videos Lots Of Helpful Info And A Joy To Watch
Great training! Thank you! Very professional!
Thanks Ladies for the great info. We will be heading to our first sandbar trip soon so this video came just in the right time. 👍
Nice video - great narration and camera work. Thanks!
I’m so impressed at these young ladies (and the level of trust their parents gave them at a young age). Clearly they earned that trust with their incredible knowledge and abilities. I realize you are older now but how young were you the first time you went out in the ocean alone?
I was always considered the wild child, the party kid, the kid parents don’t want their kids to be around unsupervised, but ever since I was 17 my parents trusted me out of my two goodie two shoes brothers to take the family boat out with my friends by myself due to my skills towing and operating the boat. And it made my older brothers and their friends so mad and jealous.
@@davelowesky8054 YOU WANT A COOKIE WITH WARM MILK, BRAVO
Great job with this video!
Straight to the point 👍
Love the channel and the content - haven't read through all the comments so someone might have brought this up, but you said "Fortress" anchor instead of Dan-forth Type Anchor as Fortress is just a brand of Dan-forth Type anchor. Great Content!
Awesome job Ladies. Very informative
Great information. I really like this format for your teaching videos where you take turns talking/teaching instead of both talking at the same time. One question: if you anchor at low tide do you drift farther back than usual from the anchor before tying off?
In Germany we learn during the boat driving license to use a Drag Anchor to make sure, that the back side of the boat dont come up at bigger waves. Thats why we dont have so much wracks at the coast line.
In USA can anybody have skipper licence. That is why so many wrecks. Same as driving licence...their education standards are pretty low.
Thanks for making this video! Very informative soecially for newbie boaters like me
Amanda, Emily I was right , on your last video , I told you how I and others beech our boats on mud island , across Rockport, Tx and we all fish off the sand bars just wade fishing 🎣 Amanda, Emily you two are amazingly awesome, be safe and have fun always #AFANALWAYS
Very important and helpful video. Thank you, guys. Take Care.
BRILLIANT way to go GIRLS, you learn things the proper first time around it keeps you safe forever, the other guy was not young but the amount of people on his boat tells me he has experience , ( maybe not in sand bars but still ) dont have a boat never will have one but I want a inflatable Dinghy with outboard motor. what your teaching here applies to all boats, as a novice I would alway look to what other boat are doing positioning but you gals explain why in which is good education, Thanks for the education Ray K. UK. YNWA.
Just subscribed to your channel. Great info, great gal's!! Very informative. Love it!
Awesome! Love your videos. Keep on 😎
Thank you so much for this informative video. Learning a lot from you guys. Show them how is properly done twins!!
Awesome thank you so much For the videos. Very helpful.
Great job.
Please explain to your followers the importance of scope or anchor rode to pay out in different depths of water. Ex 5 to 1. Or 7 to 1. Along with an explanation of why the chain is so important. My apologies if that Information is in another video. Cheers Todd
Your videos are great. I have learned alot from you. Thanks
Always watching here in Abu dhabi sending all my support thank you so much for sharing your amazing tips
Hi girls!👋 The channel is growing fast!!👍
Great information! Thanks for sharing.
Excellent video. Very informative.... I've learned quite a bit from your channel ... :)
This was Very good and detailed information! thank you 👍
The prudent mariner needs to keep an eye on folks like "that guy" who just drives in and drops the hook. Have seen several who thought they were all set and everybody jumps off the boat and heads to the beach. Twenty minutes later that boat is either dragging its anchor or has slipped the anchor and is now creating a hazard to other properly anchored boats. Or even if the hook does grab, they miscalculated the amount of rode paid out and are now right on top of another boat. Anchoring in a crowd is always an experience.
F your flag
The sand anchor is a Danforth anchor. It's the most common because it's the pound for pound best holder and pulls up easily.
Very informative. Thank you!
Lots of great information.
Thanks for the tips!
That was an awesome video Thank you
Great video. Don’t forget to put out enough line also. 7 to 1 ratio I think. It’s been a while since I took the coast guard class.
Great info!
So much information, common sense but not everyone has that, you should have more subs, but you don't stoop to the level some do to get views. Keep the excellent content coming, looks so good there.
Probably be only a month or two before you hit that 100k milestone ladies, congratulations in advance! I was taught to reverse away from the anchor once I thought it was set (or at least solidly on the bottom). What are your thoughts on that procedure?
Guys y’all rock, I’m also a fishing lover,
Congrats are your amazing channel
Excellent information!!
Great video
Always like learning. Thanks for the video 👍
Thanks you the lesson ! You both Rock ! 👍🥰
Yeah girl, I'm a female captain, my first year, I grew up on boats and finally have one of my own!
I have a Minn Kota Ulterra and I'm running 5 Lithium 110AH batteries where I can't drain these batteries in 32 hours of use. However seeing this this year I'd like to Anchor Up perhaps and use Zero Battery Power. 🤔🤔 Great Info.
You’re very professional.
Should one let out more rope when anchoring in a rising tide to maintain the optimal anchor angle at peak tide?
That’s definitely something to consider, it will depend how different your low vs high tides are but if you want to be extra cautious that’s a great plan!
Nice beach.(pantai yang indah)🖒
Great job
Another great video on how to avoid ending up on the Qualified Captain's IG page
These are great!
If you will allow a former navy radioman and current radio amateur give you some advice: Always keep your VHF antenna vertical (unless you have to lower it to go under a bridge or something like that). VHF stations use vertical polarization; if you are using horizontal polarization, you will have a hard time communicating with other stations. More importantly, the radiation pattern from that type of antenna is sort of like a doughnut with the antenna poking through the hole. With the antenna horizontal, all the power is going to port and starboard, with virtually none going fore and aft. In other words, you won't be able to communicate with stations ahead of or behind you.
In any radio system, the single most important part if the antenna. A bad radio with a great antenna will work better than a great radio with a bad antenna. Radio amateurs can talk halfway around the world with just 5 or 10 watts if they have a good antenna, but if you put the legal limit of 1500 watts into a bad antenna, you might not be able to talk across town.
Thank you for making that comment. I, as a seasoned captain, have seen far too many captains with their antenna "swept back" because it looks so cool. See how cool it is when you're in trouble and nobody can hear you calling for help
Thank you for your help.
The OCD in me is wanting to come and put a fresh coat of paint on your engines, argh! 100K is quickly approaching, where's the party? But seriously, congrats, it couldn't happen to a harder working set of twins. Your videos continue to get better and better, love the drone footage. Another fishing channel I watch (Life by the Bow), puts out some incredible drone footage - I'm sure you could do the same with some practice. BTW, many of the boats I see off of Tampa anchored on those keys use the stern anchor as well as the bow, is there an advantage in doing so?
Thanks ladies
Very informative
Can you please put link to the app you use ( Tide Alerts) I can't seem to find the one you were using Thanks In Advance
Great job!
What if you got one anchor? Should you throw it in shore or in water?