You did well for Your first time. If there is no wind to help set anchor, use your iron sail to back away from the anchor to set. Dont worry about being nervous, we all are at first. Keep going out when you feel comfortable and practicing and eventually you will find you are going out in more and more challenging conditions.
Good stuff. You asked for comments. A snubber is basically a shock absorber for all-chain rodes. Not an issue on a very calm day, but when your boat is bobbing that will prevent the harsh motion and keep from dislodging your anchor. On a calm-ish day, the arc of the chain underwater keeps the chain from ever getting fully tight. You should read about scope for anchoring, it's a vitally important concept. Basically depth + height of deck (20+5 feet in this case) vs. the amount of rode you use. It determines the angle that the anchor is being pulled at. This is important because near horizontal pull digs the anchor in, but a slightly upward pull pulls it out. Generally use 5:1 (125 feet in this case). Less if all chain, calm, and crowded conditions. More if the bottom doesn't provide good holding, or strong winds are expected. Great move on keeping the radio on your person. It's a very good habit to keep your life vest on even when below unless it's a long period, because so many times you come up because of a perceived emergency and might forget it. When you start doing offshore, keeping yourself clipped to the boat at ALL times is a good habit. On the anchoring, good move on doing it with sails and furling the headsail first. I'd wait until the boat full stops, then let the mainsheet entirely loose, so the main isn't doing much of anything. (I leave it up mostly to be able to get underway quickly if you need to.) Then, once the boat is starting to move backward, start dropping the anchor, releasing rode to match the speed of boat movement. When you have enough scope, stop, watch the chain move, and with time you'll be able to feel whether the anchor has set or not by the way the chain and boat move. GPS can also be really good to be sure you're not dragging.
Thank you for that! Really appreciate good advice! I ended up dropping 100' of chain into a big pile. Gotta wait for the boat to drag back. Going to play around with using an anchor marker so I can keep track of where I dropped it. Thanks again for the useful comments 👍 😀
As a good average you want an anchor rode out of 5:1 20ft depth should equal 100ft of anchor rode, in high winds you want 7:1 in vary cam weather you can get away with a minimum of 3:1
I've learned so much since making this video! Really only anchored once or twice since the making of this video! I'm been marina hoping. When I anchored overnight in Drake's Bay, I put out at least 5:1... can't wait to get out there again.
You need to take a sailing course, or at the very least you need to watch an awful lot of sailing videos and learn about anchoring, Anchoring looks like it should be easy, but it is very easy to get wrong, But keep going, you will get there!
Love to take a class, but so far the Universe hasn't presented one. Currently I'm converting over to electric propulsion, and moving my dad across the country, so I've done very little sailing/anchoring. I'm optimistic for 2025! Thanks so much for watching and commenting on my videos!
there just wasn't enough wind or current to pull back and set the anchor :( basically, the snubber was totally not necessary for the conditions. But I'm learning!
@@EdwardSeatonSailings yeah.. you mentioned in the video, but never be over confident, things can change dramatically in minutes (unexpected wind, current)..
Lolol. Gonna make a comment probably better left to the men, but here it goes anyhow! My partner ended up using a dedicated bottle for peeing into while sailing...Have to admit I am more than a little jealous at times!
Take a piss haha, nice video
what do you call it!?
@@EdwardSeatonSailings the same hahaha
@@TheSailingBrothers oh, I thought you were taking the piss ;)
You did well for Your first time. If there is no wind to help set anchor, use your iron sail to back away from the anchor to set. Dont worry about being nervous, we all are at first. Keep going out when you feel comfortable and practicing and eventually you will find you are going out in more and more challenging conditions.
Thanks for that! Finding the confidence to do this alone has been the hardest part.
Good stuff. You asked for comments.
A snubber is basically a shock absorber for all-chain rodes. Not an issue on a very calm day, but when your boat is bobbing that will prevent the harsh motion and keep from dislodging your anchor. On a calm-ish day, the arc of the chain underwater keeps the chain from ever getting fully tight.
You should read about scope for anchoring, it's a vitally important concept. Basically depth + height of deck (20+5 feet in this case) vs. the amount of rode you use. It determines the angle that the anchor is being pulled at. This is important because near horizontal pull digs the anchor in, but a slightly upward pull pulls it out. Generally use 5:1 (125 feet in this case). Less if all chain, calm, and crowded conditions. More if the bottom doesn't provide good holding, or strong winds are expected.
Great move on keeping the radio on your person. It's a very good habit to keep your life vest on even when below unless it's a long period, because so many times you come up because of a perceived emergency and might forget it. When you start doing offshore, keeping yourself clipped to the boat at ALL times is a good habit.
On the anchoring, good move on doing it with sails and furling the headsail first. I'd wait until the boat full stops, then let the mainsheet entirely loose, so the main isn't doing much of anything. (I leave it up mostly to be able to get underway quickly if you need to.) Then, once the boat is starting to move backward, start dropping the anchor, releasing rode to match the speed of boat movement. When you have enough scope, stop, watch the chain move, and with time you'll be able to feel whether the anchor has set or not by the way the chain and boat move. GPS can also be really good to be sure you're not dragging.
Thank you for that! Really appreciate good advice! I ended up dropping 100' of chain into a big pile. Gotta wait for the boat to drag back. Going to play around with using an anchor marker so I can keep track of where I dropped it. Thanks again for the useful comments 👍 😀
Mike Kidd definitely seems to know his stuff, everything he said is good advice.
@@randylahey7343 Mike Kidd really knows his stuff!
@@EdwardSeatonSailings definitely
Check out the Mantus Marine videos
Awesome content. Keep it up!
Thank you so much!
This is awesome!🤙
Thanks buddy!
As a good average you want an anchor rode out of 5:1 20ft depth should equal 100ft of anchor rode, in high winds you want 7:1 in vary cam weather you can get away with a minimum of 3:1
I've learned so much since making this video! Really only anchored once or twice since the making of this video! I'm been marina hoping. When I anchored overnight in Drake's Bay, I put out at least 5:1... can't wait to get out there again.
You need to take a sailing course, or at the very least you need to watch an awful lot of sailing videos and learn about anchoring, Anchoring looks like it should be easy, but it is very easy to get wrong, But keep going, you will get there!
Love to take a class, but so far the Universe hasn't presented one. Currently I'm converting over to electric propulsion, and moving my dad across the country, so I've done very little sailing/anchoring. I'm optimistic for 2025! Thanks so much for watching and commenting on my videos!
you have to use complete the snubber length. The tension will goes thru the snubber instead the windlass..
there just wasn't enough wind or current to pull back and set the anchor :( basically, the snubber was totally not necessary for the conditions. But I'm learning!
@@EdwardSeatonSailings yeah.. you mentioned in the video, but never be over confident, things can change dramatically in minutes (unexpected wind, current)..
@@babillapr1 I'm trying to be super careful!
Lolol. Gonna make a comment probably better left to the men, but here it goes anyhow! My partner ended up using a dedicated bottle for peeing into while sailing...Have to admit I am more than a little jealous at times!
they make a little funnel for the ladies, but I can't say how well it works ;)
My wife used a small bucket, about 3 gallon I think.