Why Anchoring Like the Swedes is Scary! [S5E10]
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I love these videos because they feel like a real documentary, with so much character. Such a refreshing to watch sailing channel. I feel like most of the others are just people showing off their vacation. This is beautiful done, and always hits me emotionally.
Hi Magic Carpet I am from Gothenburg and have been sailing in the waters you are in for 30 years. I started following you when you went through France on the canals. I now live on my Dutch steel boat for the winter in Decize. But you inspired me to go on the canals of Europe. Thanks again for your Friday movies which I follow.
Morgan "Lucky Dip"
Your picturesque descriptions and absolutely beautiful violin music is unique to your channel which keeps me returning every week, from the Philippines.
I lived in Gothenburg for about 6 months in 2017. It is such a beautiful and magical place. I was so excited to see you arrive there and am so happy that you have enjoyed it! You never forget your first crawfish party 😁.
Maya, I love your poetic narratives and your animated yet soothing voice. Thank you and the crew for another lovely episode.
You two have made all of the right choices for refitting your boat, it looks like a jewel upon the water.
This series is wonderful, I’m looking forward to the episodes to follow.
The Gothenburg part is truly magic. Very impressively done.
Being from Finland where this Swedish anchoring (a term I did not know before) is really common I had certainly fun watching you guys. As it is something you do so often you take it as granted and easy and by seeing it through your eyes I had to admit that it must be a quite extreme experience for others. I personally have spent very few nights in anchorage for example making it the most special feeling when having a chance to experience it. I wish you would have time to visit the most extensive archipelago between Finland and Sweden. It certainly would be a treat for you two!
As a fellow Finn, I had very similar thoughts. This is the normal way to anchor for us.
We use a similar technique in Desolation Sound but usually drop a bow anchor and go stern in. In fact many anchorages have rings on the rocks to facilitate it. The bow anchor is, of course, bigger and more reliable.
@@stephenburnage7687 We also have these rings. The point of bow first is to not have your rudder close to the shore, allowing you to often simply step off the boat onto the rocks.
@@TeemuSa So the point is to be able to step onto shore? We would always do that in a dingy.
@@stephenburnage7687 Yes. Because of the shape of the hull and how quickly most of these shorelines deepen you can get the bow right next to the rock and step right off. Also you are not riskin your rudder and prop etc if for whatever reason the boat and rock come into contact. Nordic boats often have handrails and steps on the bow just for this purpose.
Maya, each and every episode is much more a poem than a video. Thank you so much for your pictures and words. 💖💖💖
Thanks for taking me back. I more or less grew up on sailboats in these waters back in the seventies. I had never heard the expression Swedish anchoring, but that’s what we did all the time. Anchoring without the bow securely tied to solid granite, what you call normal anchoring, was considdered far less safe. We also had wedges like the ones rock climbers have to create safe moorings whereever there was a crack in the granite.
By the way. Since you’re sailing a Swedish built boat, normally there should also be another anchorbox in the aft.
Ok, that was a first for me, too. Ankoring with landline, stern to the rock, I have practiced myself, but never that close to the rock. Bow to the rock, never ever.
Looking forward to your future videos, showing that practice closer!
Always a good day when Magic Carpet shows up! Thank you Maya and Aladino!
The "shield" is properly called the carapace. And there is no "rib cage" ! Good eating!
22:50 the song that can be heard in the background is like an anthem song for the Swedish summer
you really must come back to visit Norway, not just the Southern part but the North,too. Saltstraumen near Bod
Ø, the Vikingmuseum (Borg/Lofoten) and the coast to North Cape. But be prepared for really. bad and cold weather, but northern Norway is a Beauty 😃
I hope you visit Ran ll ! They are building a sailboat! Alidino would appreciate this wonderful project!!
Fair winds ⛵️
Crawfish as we call them here in Louisiana is commercially farmed and harvested when we boil them they are highly spiced and sausages, whole garlic and corn on the cob is placed in the boil we dump the whole mess out on a table usually covered with news paper and then everyone digs in. Pinch the tails and suck the heads is a description of how we eat them from a boil after the boil any leftovers are shucked for the tail meat which is used in other dishes such as stews and étouffée's.
Incredibly beautiful and relaxing photography.
Thank you❤❤
Maya! Your voice is so pleasant to listen to. Its one of the greatest ”story telling voices” i have heard.
Thanks and fair winds to You guys!
I like your your videoes. Beatuiful and well discribed. I like the violin very much. Im danish and have been sailing since i was 6 years old.
Maya and Aladino, thanks for sharing another video of your journey. I love sitting in my recliner and enjoying another part of the world through your experiences. The quality of your videos continue to impress. And to top it off with Maya’s musical interlude was appreciated. Peace
Well , while in Sweden and anchoring without much tide and in a sheltered area, you can decide if you want to have your bow close to the shallows and the rock or instead turn around and expose your rudder and propeller..... . Also by using two ropes in the bow and only stay within stepping-off distance of the shore during calm and day and moving the boat OUT for the night you reduce the chances of exciting things happening .
Maia, the photographic shots are getting better and better
My first time sailing on a cruising boat was in Sweden when I was 13 (1979). I got really used to "Swedish anchoring" and thought it was the easiest thing but I can see how that spot you tried was scary and probably not a good choice for anyone considering the passenger ferry wake. The boat I sailed on was about 30 feet and full keeled. As a 6'3" skinny teenager I was ideal for making those jumps to the rocks and had my skateboarders agility to stick the landings on hard uneven surfaces. (my old knees ache thinking about it) We'd use the motor to nose up and drift in, then I 'd jump to the rock and the motor would reverse a bit just to hold the boat off the rock. Then I'd pull the line through the rings and bring the boat in so I could jump back on. As a teenager this seemed like great fun ( and it wasn't my boat). I'm from San Francisco but my mom was from Sweden where we have lots of relatives. I spent three summers there 1979, 1983 and 1989. The whole archipelago north of Goteborg is wonderful for sailing. Its great to see you folks sailing to some of the same places I went as a young person.
Maya, your stories make me want to close my eyes and simply listen to you sleepy voice and romantic descriptions of your travels. If your not already, you should be writing a book of your sailing adventures, or at least a novel based on your travels.
I should have known you two were there this summer... I was traveling and exploring Danmark and then the southwest of Sweden in a camper on and off the roads, I came up to Kungsbacka and then returned to slowly travel back to the NL. I wish I knew and just could have had a look at Magic Carpet 1 and said hello.... well who knows, maybe there will be some other possibility.
Aladino makes pasta! What a surprise 😊
Love your word pictures.
i think they do the swedish rock anchoring so it is easier to lift anchor and depart. Skilz.
Beautiful people, music, narration, realism, a few spots of stunning beauty in the cinematography. Another classy video from MC that never grows old.
Many years ago I traveled thru Gothenborg. Planned to spend a day or two there and ended up spending a week plus! Amazing, beautiful place with the nicest people! Enjoy your stay on the most beautiful coast! As alwsys a great video!
Such wonderful travelling and friends. What a great life.
Beautiful! I love your journey
Wonderful episode!! 👏🏻👏🏻this one had a different delicious taste… editing - smaller faster clips, fourth camera person, beautiful night shots, perfect narration, and fantastic music to match each scene!! WOW! Thank you 👍🏻😀👏🏻
I have been watching your endeavours for quite some time now and look forward every Friday to watch your latest chapter. Your skill with words is only surpassed by Aladino’s prowess in the workshop. He is an inspiration to all in his work ethic. Maya’s ability on the violin is also evident to all. I also like the incidental music you add - music which often is not available this side of the pond. Enjoy your summer holiday and look forward to more adventures in your new Blue Water boat when it is finally finished.
Thanks once again for taking me away from crazy times! Wonderful!
Beautiful scenery! We do our 🦐 spicy here in Texas.
WOW! What great story telling. This is Art & sailing. Fair winds and following seas ❤
It looked like lake crayfish? We don't eat that on the West Coast, here we eat sea crayfish. Love U!
Phantastic video. Thank you so much
thankyou for another lovely video and chapter in this trip.. lovely to meet your friends and just a very nice mix of content.. Thankyou Maya and Aladino from South Jane Australia
Happy to see y’all happy and on the Blue. Love your Violin Artistry!! Beautiful!!!!
We are blessed by you both sharing your amazing journey , beautiful scenery and incredible editing ⛵️⛵️⛵️💕💕💕
Been looking forward to your travels to my ancestral home of Sweden. Yes crayfish! Grew up trapping and eating them fresh out of the stream. So good. Btw my first name is Olaf so somewhat Scandinavian...lol
Love you both thanks for.the beautiful show
If this is just a taste of your Swedish adventure we must be in for some amazing videos in the next few weeks.
Sweden looks amazing by boat. Thank you for taking us along ⛵️
Nice to see your lovely boat sailing in the waters near its bitrthplace on the Swedish west coast!
Wonderful experiences especially the tutorial in crayfish eating. Thank you.
16:56 and your description of the vistas from SMC, reminds me of "Storybook Land" (a Disneyland ride/adventure for kids) - but, yours is the real thing.
Yes Aladino, as they say in our Parliament, the eyes have it. I think they mean Ayes. We bought a crab/crayfish eating set from a Swedish lady at a market, they were direct from Sweden.
At 17:35 I was intrigued to see your sails well filled and the apparent wind forward of the beam as evidenced by the ensign … but no chuckle at the bow or stern wash? Was this that old photographer’s trick of running the engine astern? Lovely episode, thank you
When the sails are up its all sailing, no engine :)
Hmmm, Swedish anchoring.
I tried Greek anchoring where you drop anchor from the bow and reverse the transom slowly toward the shore while letting out anchor chain, fasten 2 landlines and then tighten up the anchor chain again creating a tight triangle That works quite well. You put out a plank to shore. Easy exit/entry. Done.
The reason why the bow is placed towards the land is because there is no rudder in the bow that can hit the bottom and near land it is often shallow.
What you describe is called the “Med moor”, because it’s the norm in all of the Mediterrnean, while the Swedish moor is better known as “Scan Moor” since it’s the norm in all of Scandinavia. The reason is different geography. In Scandinavia you can find thousands and thousands of totally protected little coves with no wind and waves, and minimal tide. That’s why most want to go close enough to step straight off the bow onto the rocks, in nature. In the Med it’s far less normal to anchor with land lines in nature, but in marinas the stern go in first, to have the cockpit close to the promenade…
Man, this one took me a while to get to, but it was worth it! The crayfish scene was funny for me because there’s the same sort of culture around them over here in the States. The Southeast especially likes crayfish, although they can be found as far north as Massachusetts. The Marylanders and Virginians have the same sort of Summer Seafood Culture around the Atlantic Blue Crab. You should really try it if you ever visit the Chesapeake!
Fair winds as always,
-J
My heritage is Swedish, but I've never experienced a true "kräftskiva." Growing up on the West Coast of Canada, my parents knew some people who fished for crayfish here, but unfortunately I was so young I barely remember eating them. Fast forward to 2006 and my husband and I (fiancee at the time) visited family in Stockholm. We thought we were being invited on a crayfish eating cruise through the Skärgården, but it turned out to be a "räkfrossa," a shrimp feast cruise. And what a feast it was! We set out on a lovely boat, watched the sun sink behind the city that was slowly beginning to glitter as the night enveloped us, and we indulged in delicious shrimp, some beer, akvavit, and of course excellent company! 🙂Thank you for triggering this lovely memory. Perhaps one day I'll actually have the opportunity to enjoy a true "kräftsiva" in Sweden. And maybe even with friends and family on a lovely boat I've sailed into a quiet harbour.
I had to stop myself from applause when the jig was over
Hi! I’m looking forward to these videos so much!
I’m from Gothenburg and I’ve spent my childhood sailing the coastline with my family in a P28 just like magic carpet. Also have a tattoo of the boat as a tribute to my dad. It’s so fun seeing you explore our beautiful country in such a beautiful boat. Fun to see and also super weird hearing that anchoring like this is weird for you guys, since it’s the only way we know how to 😂 looking forward to more videos! ♥️
Beautifull again, fan of the voiceover! ❤️
As a swede I really look forward to this season, really fun to hear what you think about my country (and to hear you talk about normal anchoring like it's something weird 😀)
One thing I'd advice though is some reading into the scandinavian letters. I realize "ä" might look a bit like "a" but it is really a completely different character with it's own pronounciation, a bit like how you say "air". The same goes for "ö" (which sounds like the wovel in "burn") and "å" (which sounds like in "more").
Definitely a fun part the tutorial of „how eating a crayfish“ - thank you for another great episode.
If you're going to Gothenburg again you can dock right next to the Opera house in Lilla Bommen, it's not the cheapest place to spend the night but you're dead center in the city!
Heading up to Lake Vänern and exploring Dalslands Canal is another great summer trip.
Saltholmen, GKSS is in manyways a nicer harbour, thou the trip to central town is much much longer. There is also a small marina on the north side of götaälv on Ringön, a bit cheaper that the Grefab one by the Opera. They might be tight on spots so booking is a great advice there.
@@balp Haven't tried the one next to ringön, what side of the new bridge is it. Having to wait out the openings now that they run the new schedule can be a bit tedious. It depends on what you want out of your city stay. Lilla Bommen is in the city, GKSS is probably a nicer stay.
Beautiful video
Lovce your videos, thank you
It's never a mistake if you learn from it.. well done
Wonderful violin playing which really complemented the nautical scenery.
Only the westcoast this time though, next time in a future summer you taking the east coast up and maybe a trip to finland as well. 😄
Swedish crayfish seem similar to Australian yabbies, except we throw away the head and just eat the tail and claw meat. What we call crayfish are the same family but have 300 -400 mm long bodies and no claws. All taste excellent.
How thing change as time passes. In 1964 in spent 3 months in Norway. We ate lunch most days in the nicest hotel in Drammen. 3 course lunch was 70 cents US. Haircut was a dime. We rented a room for $10 a month. I had a budget of $100 a month and saved some every month. Just a tad more expensive now. Cool watching your excellent adventure.
You make a good point, why do we normally stern tie in North America? If wind overnight is from the water side, you're more likely to be nose to wind, which would make it easier to sail off without the engine. And with the stern line typically made of buoyant polypropylene, it is less likely to catch the rudder with the floating line. On the other hand, the vulnerable rudder is closer to shallow rocks with a stern tie. Double anchors in general are great to hold the boat at one angle, but if wind shifts to the side, line tension is multiplied, and the water anchor could drag. I hate double anchors, but in a busy anchorage you can get more boats into a tight space with double anchoring. And double anchoring allows very dissimilar boats to rest nice together in a tight space.
In sweden you often plan quite a bit before going on your nose-to anchorage (at least I used to), so you don't get caught with the win hard pushing you towards the rocks. Usually you anchor in the archipelago where you have different bays and anchorages depending on weather.
I've only anchored stern to in the caribbean (have a long kieled doubble ender and a windrudder so getting of using the stern is quite the hassle) and used the dingy to tie ropes and get to and from the shore.
For nose to anchoring against rocks I often rely on a SeaGrip (not sea grip) anchor as it's really good getting through the eelgrass and catching the mud.
Years ago we had a boat with a crank up keel and we used to tie up to rocks as if they were a dock with fenders down . In Baie Fine, off Georgian bay and in the Benjamins .
Amazing!!!!!
Thanks!
Thank you so much!!
Didn't even know that "Swedish anchoring" was a thing 😆 as it is what we always do. For us regular sailing in the Swedish archipelagos it is the normal anchoring, which mostly feels really safe! As others already mentioned, spending a night on anchorage, not safely tied up to a rock or an island feels rather scary for me 😅. Hope your enjoyed your time here in Sweden!
We are just starting our circumnavigation around the globe in our Najad 440 formerly RAN II from Ran Sailing. Johan and Malin were so very kind and gracious to leave us many tools and spares on boat. Thanks to them we not only have a truly awesome boat we also have a rock anchoring system in a bag ready to go if we ever make it up to the Swedish waters!
CHEERS from Southern Vancouver ISLE!
Tack!
Lovely video of my hometown, Thank you 🙏🏼 my sail area is around Orust, it’s the place where many famous sailboats are built. I hope you have tried real salt water 🦞 cocked only with dill, that is the westcoast way. Fair winds 💕
Thank you so much -- both for the donation and the comment! We also sailed around Orust and loved it, those videos coming soon!
Greetings from the Netherlands, I’m not able to sail my ship the Neeltje Jacobi so I’m extra enjoying your video’s ❤
Thanks
You were to moor to the worst place in the Gothenburg area, the place is called The Propeller Bay, for a good reason. Outside this place runs what we call the Marine E6! Ferrys to the islands are frequent and especially one makes very big waves. The bay where you finally anchored is called Donsö Canal, and you could have gone way further in, as seen in the video there is one boat moored to the cliff longside, but to the right (north side) you would have been able to a "Swedish anchoring".
It will be interesting to see how it works out in later videos, I have a feeling that it will be excellent moorings the further north you will come.
Thanks for including the tutorial at the end:) I was glad Aladino said he didn't bother with the intestine. I've never had crayfish, but I'm the same with shrimp.
Come to Louisiana is you would enjoy a crawfish feast. They grow them in rice fields and eat them in 45-60 pound batches for 15 people. Great fun.
We could not use the Swedish anchoring system in Scotland. We have very large tide rises and falls. It seems stange to me and the bow is the most awkward place to board or leave the yacht. In remote locations it is anchor down and pump up the dingy. Another good video 😀
Lovely episode! I've spent many summers tying up my parents boat to rocks. Correct term is "hoppilandkalle" which is slang for the first sailor jumping ashore. But nooo it is sacrilege to eat fresh water cray fish while on the west coast... But I guess you get off the hook since your friends cooked them! 😉❤️
Bedankt
Thank you so much Johannes!
Now you have to try our spicy southeastern U.S. Cajun/Creole style 'crawfish'! We cook 'em 35 to 50 lbs at a time, similar to crab boils.
Awesome and now we all know how to eat a crawfish. thank you
The swedish song ”Wallpaper Glue” in the background really fred in the eating of inland cray fish. Hope you got to try the west coast salt water version later - fresh, big and yummy as they are :)
Having grown up sailing in the Stockholm archipelago, I never considered how intimidating this manner of anchoring might be for some foreign sailors. I've never heard it called "Swedish anchoring" before. Is that an established term? I know that the method is commonly and proficiently employed by our dear neighbours the Finns, and I can only assume that the Danes and Norwegians also do it - at least to some extent. At any rate, I hope you get to sail the archipelagic waters of Stockholm-Åland-Åbo (Turku) at some point. The west coast is stunning and I love sailing there as well, but the Stockholm archipelago is, in my admittedly quite biased opinion, a truly special place.
Eastern Norwegians do it, the rest of the country has tides of 1-3 meters so can't do it.
The meditarian/Greece way:. We always like to anker backwards. Makes it easy to tie up the lines at the back. Then motor forward and take the Anker as far as possible in. And you lay perfect
This works well in a harbour, but on a natural shore you may want to have your rudder in deeper waters far from shore.
I guess we all do what we have to in order to enjoy time in the water. Tying up to rocks in uninhabited islands is not my idea of island hoping. Give me sandy Caribbean Islands any day.
Hope you had oppotunity to test salty water crayfish (pink). The red sweet water crayfish is a eastern coast dish.
Great to see you visit my home town.
Hej Maya and Aladino välkommen till Sverige! Nice to se you eat crayfish and to me they looked to be the Swedish version and they are absolutly the best and very difficult to get. Hope you go a bit futher north so you reach “my” waters and where your boat was made. Best Johnny
Another beautiful, calming episode. Next week we watch Aladino install the toilet?
Hahaha no, we'll spare you!
Thank you for the video! I was wondering, did anika leave before your swedish friends brought the crayfish and stuff?
The crayfish master!
btw, I actually had to do 3 point anchoring on two occasions against a concrete wall to get my 20 meter by 10 meter cat close enough to have the masts lifted out by a crane in a channel with ferry traffic. So I know exactly how edgy that is.
Marvelous dictatorial on crayfish eating.
There is no real damage if you do drag anchor while on Swedish anchoring. You'll hear somethings wrong by a loud bang long before it gets bad. You may have to leave, often in the middle of the night. Been there, done that ... several times :-). But I have never seen damage that can't fixed by a bit of paint.
I liked the lunch music on the fiddle.
Why didn't you use your spare anchor hanging on the port side in the stern? If you just will be moored to an island for a few hours that anchor would be enough.
You must try sea crayfish ,from the west coast of sweden,hey taste great!!
FLORIDA 🏖️⛱️💯
We´we done anchoring like this for a long time, propably because this is the only way to get feet on the ground out in the archipelago. The boats have grown bigger so that makes it more challenging, most of us propably still don´t have a dinghy which of course would make more sense. But old habits die hard and this is a good example. And it works, providing you choose your spot carefully and have somebody onboard who can manage to jump off on a cliff. These, of course are very slippery so it is quite common to slide off and in to the water. But it is not the best way, that would be to have a dinghy for landing and have the boat swing out at anchor, at sea. The problem with dinghies is, of course that it slows your boat down when you tow it and us "normal" people have boats where there simply is no space to stow a dinghy onboard. Also the season here is only 3-5 months per year, the marinas do not have space for dinghies and having an extra mooring would add a lot to the cost so there you are. We use a stern anchor, and tie our boats to the cliffs or trees on shore to be able to park for the night (or day) as this is how we can stay in these places. It is always a stress factor to anchor in new places, even when used to it and especially now when getting older. But still worth the effort, of course. 🙂
I'm a little disappointed you hade freshwater crayfish and not from the sea you have been crossing😉 I recommend saltwater ones for the next time!