Jeanette, you're right, It's so much better to be at anchor than in a marina, it's cooler, but mainly Your boat feeeels like boat, mooving with the sea and the wind. I spent eight years at anchor, in the Carribean, I NEVER once thought going into a marina. Smart you guys checked the mooring, watching it bunnyhoping across the seabed🤣😂. a friend of mine lost his boat to a bad mooring. Keep safe, keep having fun, and keep cruising!!!
I'm curious about anchouring in the Caribbean. We discovered here that it is normally a swell of half a meter that comes into any wind direction9 of bay and then at night around eleven the wind stops so the boat goes sideways to the swell and my fairly light boat is rocking like crazy, so we sometimes go to marinas just to be able to sleep well.. never heard people constantly habe this in Caribbean, but perhaps it's the same? Or maybe there is mostly islands so you can find a bay " on the other side" there
Yes sailing in the Carrabean is different, the wind blows steady, day and night from the same direction, East North East. It's all islands, so 90% of the anchorages are on the leeward side of the island. One trick you might try is to sing the boom out then lift the dingy out on the end of the boom, sometimes this helps to dampen out the rolling, or buy catamaran!!! Joking! Have good day guys,@@sailingtilda
@MrBluebeard3 Have you guys heard of a "flopper stopper"? As you say, you put the boom out to one side (or, better still, a spinnaker pole) and, from there, suspend into the water something like a milk crate. That dampens the motion, considerably. It is common practice on roadsted anchorages on the Pacific coast, where a 2 to 4m, 12 second swell is your daily routine.
I hope you don't mind this question here, but I think I missed the info in your past episodes. When you were unable to continue down the french canals, what would you have needed your draft to be for that to not be a problem? I'm looking for a boat in northern Europe that I can take down next year. Thanks for your videos! So much good information.
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Thats a good routine checking the mooring chain every time
Indeed!
Jeanette, you're right, It's so much better to be at anchor than in a marina, it's cooler, but mainly Your boat feeeels like boat, mooving with the sea and the wind. I spent eight years at anchor, in the Carribean, I NEVER once thought going into a marina. Smart you guys checked the mooring, watching it bunnyhoping across the seabed🤣😂. a friend of mine lost his boat to a bad mooring. Keep safe, keep having fun, and keep cruising!!!
I'm curious about anchouring in the Caribbean. We discovered here that it is normally a swell of half a meter that comes into any wind direction9 of bay and then at night around eleven the wind stops so the boat goes sideways to the swell and my fairly light boat is rocking like crazy, so we sometimes go to marinas just to be able to sleep well.. never heard people constantly habe this in Caribbean, but perhaps it's the same? Or maybe there is mostly islands so you can find a bay " on the other side" there
Yes sailing in the Carrabean is different, the wind blows steady, day and night from the same direction, East North East. It's all islands, so 90% of the anchorages are on the leeward side of the island. One trick you might try is to sing the boom out then lift the dingy out on the end of the boom, sometimes this helps to dampen out the rolling, or buy catamaran!!! Joking! Have good day guys,@@sailingtilda
@MrBluebeard3 Have you guys heard of a "flopper stopper"? As you say, you put the boom out to one side (or, better still, a spinnaker pole) and, from there, suspend into the water something like a milk crate. That dampens the motion, considerably. It is common practice on roadsted anchorages on the Pacific coast, where a 2 to 4m, 12 second swell is your daily routine.
@@stephenburnage7687 yes, I've heard if the principle, maybe it's time for us to actually try it!
Wonderful video. Sounds like you are really enjoying Spain.
It gets better and better!!
Jeanette, wonderful to see you being so positive and taking everything in your stride!
Though you do need to get yourself a windlass!
I wish for one, but also it require space I don't have for installation and extra battery...
I hope you don't mind this question here, but I think I missed the info in your past episodes. When you were unable to continue down the french canals, what would you have needed your draft to be for that to not be a problem? I'm looking for a boat in northern Europe that I can take down next year. Thanks for your videos! So much good information.
Oh, som many canals closed completely so I don't know if draft made any difference in the end...
I think the most important is to start early enough so you're out already if it comes drought
@@sailingtilda oh, I see. What do you consider early? Get through by July?
I plan to go to the Mediterranean Sea. How much does it cost for a night in Marina in for example Torrevieja or Alicate.
All depends a lot on boat size and season. High season is July and August i the Med!