Whales, Dolphins, and Fog.. Lots of Fog!! Episode 16 | Sailing Stella J - Pacific Ocean Cruising
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ก.ย. 2024
- After a devastating reality check, we hoist the anchor and continue south. Mistakes were quickly forgotten as nature is in full attendance and provides an experience that is one for the record books. In this episode we make 2 overnighters as we head out of Santa Cruz and head for Santa Barbara.
Oh man I’m glad your boat was ok.
Thank you for the update - a gut wrencher for sure…..thankfully you are all OK. Seeing how you switched gears and regrouped after a nightmare of a night was pretty powerful.
Looking forward to to the next episode….The Channel Islands, yes please😊
Great video, I kept my Rawson 30 in Morro Bay for 5 years , great little town. I was right behind the Inn at Morro Bay. There is a really nice Farmer's Market there on main street. Cheap mornings, everything is close, walking distance from the bay. It has a bird sanctuary next to the Inn. The best time to be in Morro Bay is in the middle of October through December, offshore warm winds and a perfect time to do varnishing and a haul outs. During the summer right around the corner is Avila Beach and it gets hot 75 to 90 degrees most of the summer and there is a great boatyard as well. Nice Packet, beautiful boat!
Thanks for the great comment Mike!!
Looking good! I have been stalking your channel and am so happy to see you are finding your voice. Remember that if it were easy, everyone would do it. Be safe and keep pushing out content. Cheers!
Thanks for the kind words Tim!
Hi guys, What a scare! What anchor app are now using? What was the bottom type. Here’s to warmer weather /water and diving the anchor. Looking forward to more vids.
It was a sandy bottom yet the wind did seem to be switching directions, but without making excuses, I'm sure the anchor was either not set right, or not enough scope. Probably both. Being that I wasn't on the boat when it started to drag, I was not using an anchor alarm.
I subscribed to you a few days ago. Watched from your beginning to this point so far. As mentioned, 5:1 for day hook or 7:1 scope for over night. I personally use only a 7:1 scope. That said, and you may know this already, the depth of the water PLUS the distance from the water line to the bowsprit. So if you're in 20 ft of water and your bowsprit is 5ft from the water, you have 25ft to calculate scope. 25*7=175ft of scope. Now what I do is put the boat in reverse at idle to set the anchor. Increase to 1000 rpm. hold it for a minute then 1500 rpm for a minute to see if you're dragging. GPS or visual. Set Anchor drag on your GPS if you have it. If you're not dragging, you're good to go. At 1500 rpm, My understanding is that the force exerted is equivalent of a 40 mph blow.... Also, when you redid your chain locker.(previous video) I didn't notice the bitter end of the chain being bolted down. It should be. At worst your PVC piping will be damaged, but you'll still have anchor and chain. Good luck!
Thanks for the comment! Sounds like you've gotten your anchoring technique down! We have learned a ton on our way south and we now follow just about the same rules as you apply. We also upgraded our anchor and with the sandy anchorages we now find ourselves in, setting the hook is a breeze!
do some research on the Ultra Anchor man.....it's rated the very best by a lot of folks that would know, especially for the bigger heavier boats.....OnWard......
look into an oversized Mantus best hook out there
The chain you let out is far too short. Minimum recommended scope for safe anchoring is 5 and most recommend 7. I always go for a scope of 7. No anchor will do a better job with that scope in my opinion.
You are absolutely right. I thought 4 to 1 for those conditions would have been fine, well, I guess not!
What kind (and weight) of anchor were you using?! Glad your boat was safe
CQR 45, I've since upgraded to a Mantis 55.
@@svstellaj1530 the CQR is a dreadful anchor, lies on its side and doesn't dig in, especially on hard sand. You were lucky you dragged offshore. Look at it this way.......it was a perfect drag , no harm done. Glad you've upgraded.
@@grahamatsea3575 You are absolutely right! Also, I look at it as a great learning experience. It took me awhile to start trusting our hook again, but now we always pay even closer attention to how "set" the anchor is.