Natures architect produced a majestic rock carving ignorant that us humans would consider 🤔 venturing by ⛵ into the area. You doing a ❤ job giving those less fortunate of having an experience of a lifetime. Keep going slowly and cautiously in what is certainly a remote location allowing for much anxiety 😮. Glad to be sharing it with you !
Awe thank you! Landscapes like this definitely make you feel ‘insignificant’ and get your mind thinking ‘who am I to think I should be here’? 😅 Happy to share it with you!
Good for you to really “be out there “ having adventures off the beaten track , trying new things ( anchoring challenges) and becoming more self reliant with experience. Keep going !
Thanks Nancy! We’re really enjoying seeing the ‘less travelled’ side of this coast and learning through all the challenges that come along the way. Allison has been reading a whole bunch of books about the BC coast and was telling me that there was 3 generations of a family living on a float camp in carlson inlet, hand-logging and working the land back around the turn of the century. When you think about all the history and the people who have lived up there, we think if they could do it so can we 😅
Yet another great episode! I think your anchoring technique for these types of inlets and river deltas is the only way to go. The stern tie is super important. But then, stern ties can become a bit problematic when the wind and waves clock around and end up on your beam. I think that you can usually count on the winds following the river valleys though which is helpful.
Thanks Bob, so glad you enjoyed it! Agreed! Our experience is that the winds very often follow the topography of the river valley. Ideally you want your anchor set well in the up-slope or otherwise be tucked into the lee of the predominant wind direction. Was very clear by the flotsam on shore that this anchorage gets hammered by the outflows during the cold szn!
Allison & James. Thank you both for your authenticity, courage and vulnerability... Bravo to your 'giddy up' = 'I may not be familiar with Dean Inlet, but wtf, it's going to happen because we determined it's going to happen'. "Comfort zones are where Dreams go to die". There's nothing like saying 'Sayonara' to 'head game' anxiety, and living in the 'Now'. Keep on, keeping on. "Life's short, so Live it wide." I thank you both for the joy and sense of adventure you both bring to thousands of others. Stay healthy and always be safe.
I love this! Found you guys recently and as a local west coast guy, sailor someone who's explored many of the same places. I love this! You guys are a breath of fresh air and are really inspiring me to move towards taking the plunge on another boat... I worked in the Kimsquit valley in the mid 90's (SO! many grizzlies up there!) as a timber cruiser and then ended up getting into flying helicopters. I've explored all these places in your videos mainly in the air but some of it on foot, and boat... I did spend a day at Bishop...landed on the dock and waited for a crew for the day...Pretty magical! I'm going to continue on watching, but just felt the need to comment.
Awh, love to hear that! So glad you found us! Super cool that you've experienced Kimsquit first hand! Heaps of grizz up there indeed 😅 Would be so cool to get to see the area from the air! Thanks for writing! Hope you enjoy the rest of the vids, cheers!
So grateful to you both for taking us along. The views are magnificent, your narrative is perfection, your editing is amazing. So glad you found safe anchorage. I live vicariously through your videos. Feeling grateful I found your videos.
Having read the entirety of Patrick O'Brian's "Master and Commander" series about four times I'm familiar with a lot of the terms you use even though I didn't know exactly what they meant. Now, from watching you guys I'm getting that education. For example now I know what a spinnaker looks like, and putting reefs in the sails, I'm still not that sure about luffing but I know it's something sails do sometimes, lol...I've only actually been sailing once, in the San Francisco bay and my cousins who took me out never let me handle any of the sailing bits of the experience, but I did get to pilot the boat and took us safely under the Bay Bridge on the way back to the berth we sailed from. I feel like I've been spending a lot of time with you and almost feel like we're friends, thanks so much for bringing me along on your adventures.
Hahah we were there not that long ago! So glad watching has helped to better understand the lingo! Wait until we talk about the Cunningham haha hope you get a chance at some more sailing experience soon (if that’s what you’re after)! Thank you for watching all of these videos we’ve made, and for commenting on as many! We’ve really enjoyed reading your comments. Maybe one day we’ll get to chat face to face over a beer, cheers friend!
Oh no way! That’s really neat, we walked around the there & checked it all out. I imagine spending a summer working there would have been a really cool experience!
I got a kick out of hearing the contents of the galley emptying itself on to the sole when you tacked. I always feel a bit ashamed when this happens on my boat as I feel I should know better. It is good to know that I am in good company :-) Thanks for bringing us along.
For me facing the anxiety is part of the allure of sailing. It makes me feel alive otherwise one tends to just be on autopilot with life passing by. I did note a comment about the anchoring technique being all good unless the wind clocks around to the beam. I will tell you this happened to us in the fiords of NZ. We woke up to 35 knots on the beam and the wind slowly trying to drive us on to shore. We could not pull up either anchor as we would not have time to get out of there safely. We ended up taking a spare anchor , dinghying out and dropping it and tying it on a cleat off the port bow. We brought in the stern anchor and then slowly brought in the bow anchor while trying to motor away from shore and adjusting the extra anchor tied to the bow. Once the bow anchor was free we quickly released the bow anchor with a float we already had tied to the line and got the hell out of there very quickly. A large sailboat passing by retrieved our spare anchor the next day. It had dug in very deep. Now that was an anxious, adreneline filled rush and was on a high for days because we survived it. So just keep that in mind when anchoring like that ♥️♥️♥️♥️ Loved the video with some fantastic sailing this time.
Agreed! Working to overcome challenges & getting off the comfort couch is really what it’s all about! I guess that’s why we find ourselves out in these places too! Thank you for sharing that story, that’s definitely a danger in a situation like this! Nice work getting that one all sorted! Totally possible to find ourselves in that situation if we were anchored here when outflow winds are predominant (cold weather szn). The debris on the beach point to wind on the beam! Glad you enjoyed it this one all the way from NZ :)
Wow beauty! Thanks for sailing and your videos in and of this beautiful place ! I’ve sailed since a child in Sicily then solo sailed the last 40 plus years but always in European Caribbean and Atlantic with only a couple pacific crossings as I don’t like the pacific at all! I’ve driven through parts of canada but never sailed inland. You’ve brought amazing videos to the world with your adventurous sailing! Fair winds! 👍🏼💙
Aww cheers mate! We would love to check out the Atlantic one day, we probably have similar feeling towards the South Pacific…. The high latitudes are what we live for!!!
My ex was from BC. She was though from far north in the mountains. My memories of BC are all of the splendid nature. It was a shock but no surprise that the BC Washington border was so well defined by the wall of trees the Canadians had left intact. Thank you for reminding me of that. Carry on, maties. Yaaahrrr! Fair winds and following seas will find you.
It’s quite the beautiful place to hail from! Too bad the Canadian gov is allowing the cutting of that splendid wall of trees at such an accelerated pace. We’ll enjoy it while we can. Thank you for being here, cheers to fair winds!
Im really enjoying your videos. Cant wait to head north next summer on our sailboat.we basically learned to stern tie last summer in Desolation Sound and the anxiety you feel is very real as i experienced it alot! We've only ever done 2 week excursions as we both work in Cowichan but are taking early retirement in june and will be full time cruising. I hope the anxiety dissipates over time. Keep up the good work. You're very inspiring.
Awe so glad to hear! Thank you!! Desolation Sound was our stern tie training ground as well! It’s also the first time we anchored this way in a river (after our engine overheated)! The first year was definitely the hardest 😅 Maybe the anxiety doesn’t go away but more confidence definitely helps! Excited for you guys to get to enjoy this lifestyle full time so soon! Ps we use to work & live in Cowichan :)
Another awesome video. Thanks! Your is an anchoring technique we've tried to good effect in Tenados in stable conditions. Not sure I'd want to do it in less than good conditions. Its certainly better than our experience up at the top of the indian arm (when were were still very green), tried to find a "better" shallower spot, misread the tides and ended up bounding on the bottom at low tide. Thankfully we got away before we were marooned...
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it! And that you didn’t end up marooned. The best way to learn is by doing 😅Stable conditions are def ideal! While we were in Carlson inlet (initial anchorage) we theorized that as the boat pulled back on the rode the angle between the rode and the anchor shank was decreased thus burying the anchor harder into the up-slope. We tested this theory thru 25 knots at less than 2:1 (15kg Rocna 30ft chain) with the hook dug into the bottom of a steep up-slope, and it didn’t budge. We felt confident that beyond 30knots we still would have been solid! Was interesting to test out! Sounding the area to gauge the slope steepness helps in feeling confident about using this technique
As someone who also anchors a boat along the inside passage, your anchor set up in those conditions is spot on. Especially using the stern anchor to keep the bow pointing out into the channel so that the anchor chain and rode are always being pulled up slope. I haven’t noticed yet, but are you guys using like a rocna or mantis anchor? If so, in those bottom conditions, that anchor will stick like nothing else. Also, curious what your scope is like at high tide. Couple of things I do in sketching anchorages is to deploy my bridle system, which reduces the amount of swing from side to side by about 50%. Besides setting an anchor alarm on my anchoring apps, I also use my hand bearing compass to shoot a magnetic line on both the port and starboard sides of the boat to some type of landmark on shore, like an unusual tree, or a big rock. Anyway, I haven’t finished an entire video yet but wanted to make a comment or two about anchoring techniques!
Yes one of our first purchases when we bought the boat was to upgrade to an oversized Rocna, couldn’t be happier with it, such a great hook! Excellent tips, thank you for sharing those!
Hello you two! I like your videos, and yes your anchoring style worked for us in the Norwegian fjords very well. Wish you a happy new year and fair winds and following seas all the time! Jens from Germany 😊
Never seen a crab killed before cooking. Grew up thinking it made you sick to eat a crab that was killed before cooking. Loved the shots of the boat leaning with the horizon running diagonally across the screen. great action happening! Also been meaning to mention how while it looks nothing like the river there is something about it that resembles the Hawkesbury and the hills. And the wind certainly behaves similarly ... westerlies that blow from all other directions ... noreasterlies that snake their way up the river.
Very much similar to the hawkesbury river in its topography! Although I’d say it’s a fair sight deeper up in our neck of the woods! I thought you grew up thinking all seafood made you sick?!?
Hey, after watching the video all the way through, I see that you’re using a rocna anchor. One trick you can do with those is to tie a trip line onto the hole that’s forward of the aft, end of the shank, and just above the actual anchor itself. Better yet, use a carabiner that’s attached to a line to the surface with a buoy. if you have trouble dislodging the head of the anchor by using the Anchor rode, pick up the buoy, attach it to either a winch, or the anchor, windless, and this will help pull the Anchor up with the shank, pointed down and will help dislodge it. It’s a good idea to do like you do by leaving the engine, ready to be cranked at a moments notice . Especially when you’re anchored in a Leeshore situation. Another good idea if it is getting gusty is to set up an anchor watch where one person is on watch from 6pm to 9pm, the other person on from 9 PM to midnight, the next person is on from midnight to 3am, and someone else is on from 3 AM to 6 AM. Lastly, I meant to ask if you guys are using anything like the Delorme inReach, an EPIRB, or any other satellite-based emergency communication system. I use my inReach on board because I single hand most times and I actually worked on my life just as I move forward to do work on the bow…
More great suggestions, thank you for sharing! We used the buoy trick last Summer when anchoring at the head of Bute Inlet, super glad we did because we snagged on the bottom and probably wouldn’t have been successful retrieving it otherwise! We do have an InReach onboard which gives us piece of mind in the backcountry. Was interesting to have Starlink this Summer because we had service in the inlets, could communicate with the world and check the weather!
@@AllisonandJamesSailing cool about the InReach. I use it to let my wife know when I'm leaving the harbor, when I've arrived at a destination, and when I'm returning home. I use the preset messages for that since they don't cost extra! I'm so cheap! I also use it when I go forward on the deck while I'm single-handing the boat. I have sailing friends who use Starlink and they love it. They also visit remote places along the Inside Passage and still post to social media! It's a bit expensive but I think it's necessary, especially for weather, downloading GRIB files, PredictWind, etc. I know that the IridiumGo is a way to get 'net service but it's a bit slow, while StarLink is as fast as home internet if not faster!
Some years ago we anchored "upslope" in Teakerne Arm in Desolation sound. Anchor went down in 70 feet and stern tied to shore. The stern was within 25' from shore. Our depth sounder is near the aft end of the V berth of a 32' sailboat and it read 30 ft I think. We were to the right of the falls as you face them in the next notch if you will. There were inflow winds and we felt secure with our 35lb CQR.
That’s awesome to hear, thanks for sharing your experience, it sounds really similar to the top of Dean channel at manitoo creek! We’ve seen a bit of desolation but never actually made it into teakerne arm, I’ve heard it’s beautiful and the lake has fantastic swimming!!
anchored the same way a few times in mediterranean. Just like Skagitrover said keeping stern tied is key. It allowed us to be further out of the inlet if winds pick up. nice to have extra room after seeing four or five keels on the bottom at the end of an inlet.
Great videos! The only other tip for anchoring that I can think of is that once you set your anchor at 2 to 1 in deep water and have a stern tie, is to row out with a second bow anchor, just rope and anchor, perhaps closer to the boat? I hear some people don't like the two bow anchors, but it would be twice the anchor weight and a degree of extra resistance when pulling. Still wondering about this idea...
Thanks for raising this idea. We’ve had a think about this, our concerns are a) difficulty setting second anchor properly b) potential of fouling the anchors on each-other in a good blow vs relying on one good set anchor dug well into the up-slope? Curious what other folks think?!
Great videos of this season! Almost a “Curve of Time” feel. We use a Bruce anchor on Puffin and have had success doing the same technique on sloped bottoms. Keeping the stern orientation constant is the key. Nice work!
Awww thank you! The curve of time is one of our favourite books about this coast! Totally agreed, keeping the stern of the boat orientated is key to anchoring on an upslope. We did have to reset our stern anchor at Carlson inlet because the swing of the boat ended up dislodging it and we sprung all the way forward and nearly fell out of the shelf!
Hey - loving the videos. What did you use for the boom brake? The little device on the car? It looked like a great (tidy) way to manage the mainsail downwind.
Thank you! Our preventer line is just run through a D-ring in the toe rail literally just a D-shaped car). Usually there is a block that you attach to them, but we just use it as a friction device to help control the boom when going downwind.
@@HalcyonGuitars haha no. It’s absolutely miserable out there right now!! Sailing up the fjords this time of year is downright sketchy. Also I don’t know of any creators who are able to film and post in the same month when they’re doing it all themselves. On average you’re looking at at least a 3 month lag time
Your track at anchor is a perfect example of the poor accuracy of tablet GPSs. They don’t have great antennas or receivers and don’t receive the WAAS correction signal, so at best you get +/-30 ft accuracy. With a cheap ($90) bluetooth GPS like a Garmin Glo, you will have accuracy as good as 9 ft and a higher refresh rate, which will give you a way more accurate track that you can use to actually see if you are dragging. No need to feel the rode, you’ll know just by looking at your track. And, with the higher refresh rate, (10Hz vs 1Hz) your heading line will be stable, so you can better tell your heading while sailing. I apologize that this sounds like a know-it-all comment, but I understand how useful quality GPS locating is and how much stress can be relieved using a good GPS, so I want to share. And your noisy anchor swing track is just such a perfect example of how useless a low accurate GPS can be for showing something really important like if you are dragging.
Defiantly agree about the accuracy of consumer electronic internal GPS, we know a few cruisers out there that use a Garmin Glo for positioning. From what I’ve heard they work fairly reliably.
Again, absolutely stunning scenery-of a place very few humans have seen or explored! Kudos for getting out of your comfort zones.
Awe thank you, cheers!
Natures architect produced a majestic rock carving ignorant that us humans would consider 🤔 venturing by ⛵ into the area. You doing a ❤ job giving those less fortunate of having an experience of a lifetime. Keep going slowly and cautiously in what is certainly a remote location allowing for much anxiety 😮. Glad to be sharing it with you !
Awe thank you! Landscapes like this definitely make you feel ‘insignificant’ and get your mind thinking ‘who am I to think I should be here’? 😅
Happy to share it with you!
Good for you to really “be out there “ having adventures off the beaten track , trying new things ( anchoring challenges) and becoming more self reliant with experience. Keep going !
Thanks Nancy! We’re really enjoying seeing the ‘less travelled’ side of this coast and learning through all the challenges that come along the way. Allison has been reading a whole bunch of books about the BC coast and was telling me that there was 3 generations of a family living on a float camp in carlson inlet, hand-logging and working the land back around the turn of the century. When you think about all the history and the people who have lived up there, we think if they could do it so can we 😅
Yet another great episode! I think your anchoring technique for these types of inlets and river deltas is the only way to go. The stern tie is super important. But then, stern ties can become a bit problematic when the wind and waves clock around and end up on your beam. I think that you can usually count on the winds following the river valleys though which is helpful.
Thanks Bob, so glad you enjoyed it! Agreed! Our experience is that the winds very often follow the topography of the river valley. Ideally you want your anchor set well in the up-slope or otherwise be tucked into the lee of the predominant wind direction. Was very clear by the flotsam on shore that this anchorage gets hammered by the outflows during the cold szn!
Allison & James. Thank you both for your authenticity, courage and vulnerability... Bravo to your 'giddy up' = 'I may not be familiar with Dean Inlet, but wtf, it's going to happen because we determined it's going to happen'. "Comfort zones are where Dreams go to die". There's nothing like saying 'Sayonara' to 'head game' anxiety, and living in the 'Now'. Keep on, keeping on. "Life's short, so Live it wide." I thank you both for the joy and sense of adventure you both bring to thousands of others. Stay healthy and always be safe.
Awe Agreed, life begins on the edge of your comfort zone. Thank you so much for your kind words!
I love this! Found you guys recently and as a local west coast guy, sailor someone who's explored many of the same places. I love this!
You guys are a breath of fresh air and are really inspiring me to move towards taking the plunge on another boat... I worked in the Kimsquit valley in the mid 90's (SO! many grizzlies up there!) as a timber cruiser and then ended up getting into flying helicopters. I've explored all these places in your videos mainly in the air but some of it on foot, and boat... I did spend a day at Bishop...landed on the dock and waited for a crew for the day...Pretty magical! I'm going to continue on watching, but just felt the need to comment.
Awh, love to hear that! So glad you found us! Super cool that you've experienced Kimsquit first hand! Heaps of grizz up there indeed 😅 Would be so cool to get to see the area from the air! Thanks for writing! Hope you enjoy the rest of the vids, cheers!
So grateful to you both for taking us along. The views are magnificent, your narrative is perfection, your editing is amazing. So glad you found safe anchorage. I live vicariously through your videos. Feeling grateful I found your videos.
Awe thank you so much, that's really kind! We're grateful to have you on the journey since Exploring Alternatives, happy you found us :)
Having read the entirety of Patrick O'Brian's "Master and Commander" series about four times I'm familiar with a lot of the terms you use even though I didn't know exactly what they meant. Now, from watching you guys I'm getting that education. For example now I know what a spinnaker looks like, and putting reefs in the sails, I'm still not that sure about luffing but I know it's something sails do sometimes, lol...I've only actually been sailing once, in the San Francisco bay and my cousins who took me out never let me handle any of the sailing bits of the experience, but I did get to pilot the boat and took us safely under the Bay Bridge on the way back to the berth we sailed from. I feel like I've been spending a lot of time with you and almost feel like we're friends, thanks so much for bringing me along on your adventures.
Hahah we were there not that long ago! So glad watching has helped to better understand the lingo! Wait until we talk about the Cunningham haha hope you get a chance at some more sailing experience soon (if that’s what you’re after)! Thank you for watching all of these videos we’ve made, and for commenting on as many! We’ve really enjoyed reading your comments. Maybe one day we’ll get to chat face to face over a beer, cheers friend!
In my younger days , I worked at a fishing camp on the Dean River - fantastic experience
Oh no way! That’s really neat, we walked around the there & checked it all out. I imagine spending a summer working there would have been a really cool experience!
I got a kick out of hearing the contents of the galley emptying itself on to the sole when you tacked. I always feel a bit ashamed when this happens on my boat as I feel I should know better. It is good to know that I am in good company :-) Thanks for bringing us along.
Stuff flying across the boat is the symptom of good sailing indeed! The days when you have more fun then you thought you would 🤘🏽haha cheers!
For me facing the anxiety is part of the allure of sailing. It makes me feel alive otherwise one tends to just be on autopilot with life passing by.
I did note a comment about the anchoring technique being all good unless the wind clocks around to the beam. I will tell you this happened to us in the fiords of NZ. We woke up to 35 knots on the beam and the wind slowly trying to drive us on to shore. We could not pull up either anchor as we would not have time to get out of there safely. We ended up taking a spare anchor , dinghying out and dropping it and tying it on a cleat off the port bow. We brought in the stern anchor and then slowly brought in the bow anchor while trying to motor away from shore and adjusting the extra anchor tied to the bow. Once the bow anchor was free we quickly released the bow anchor with a float we already had tied to the line and got the hell out of there very quickly. A large sailboat passing by retrieved our spare anchor the next day. It had dug in very deep. Now that was an anxious, adreneline filled rush and was on a high for days because we survived it. So just keep that in mind when anchoring like that ♥️♥️♥️♥️
Loved the video with some fantastic sailing this time.
Agreed! Working to overcome challenges & getting off the comfort couch is really what it’s all about! I guess that’s why we find ourselves out in these places too!
Thank you for sharing that story, that’s definitely a danger in a situation like this! Nice work getting that one all sorted!
Totally possible to find ourselves in that situation if we were anchored here when outflow winds are predominant (cold weather szn). The debris on the beach point to wind on the beam!
Glad you enjoyed it this one all the way from NZ :)
@@AllisonandJamesSailing I meant released the port tied spare anchor once the bow anchor was free
Wow beauty! Thanks for sailing and your videos in and of this beautiful place ! I’ve sailed since a child in Sicily then solo sailed the last 40 plus years but always in European Caribbean and Atlantic with only a couple pacific crossings as I don’t like the pacific at all! I’ve driven through parts of canada but never sailed inland. You’ve brought amazing videos to the world with your adventurous sailing! Fair winds! 👍🏼💙
Aww cheers mate! We would love to check out the Atlantic one day, we probably have similar feeling towards the South Pacific…. The high latitudes are what we live for!!!
My ex was from BC. She was though from far north in the mountains. My memories of BC are all of the splendid nature. It was a shock but no surprise that the BC Washington border was so well defined by the wall of trees the Canadians had left intact. Thank you for reminding me of that. Carry on, maties. Yaaahrrr! Fair winds and following seas will find you.
It’s quite the beautiful place to hail from! Too bad the Canadian gov is allowing the cutting of that splendid wall of trees at such an accelerated pace. We’ll enjoy it while we can. Thank you for being here, cheers to fair winds!
Im really enjoying your videos. Cant wait to head north next summer on our sailboat.we basically learned to stern tie last summer in Desolation Sound and the anxiety you feel is very real as i experienced it alot! We've only ever done 2 week excursions as we both work in Cowichan but are taking early retirement in june and will be full time cruising. I hope the anxiety dissipates over time. Keep up the good work. You're very inspiring.
Awe so glad to hear! Thank you!! Desolation Sound was our stern tie training ground as well! It’s also the first time we anchored this way in a river (after our engine overheated)! The first year was definitely the hardest 😅
Maybe the anxiety doesn’t go away but more confidence definitely helps! Excited for you guys to get to enjoy this lifestyle full time so soon! Ps we use to work & live in Cowichan :)
Hopefully, we will meet in person one day in an anchorage up north.
@tanyasoroka3314 yes, we’ll look forward to that :)
Another awesome video. Thanks! Your is an anchoring technique we've tried to good effect in Tenados in stable conditions. Not sure I'd want to do it in less than good conditions. Its certainly better than our experience up at the top of the indian arm (when were were still very green), tried to find a "better" shallower spot, misread the tides and ended up bounding on the bottom at low tide. Thankfully we got away before we were marooned...
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it! And that you didn’t end up marooned. The best way to learn is by doing 😅Stable conditions are def ideal!
While we were in Carlson inlet (initial anchorage) we theorized that as the boat pulled back on the rode the angle between the rode and the anchor shank was decreased thus burying the anchor harder into the up-slope. We tested this theory thru 25 knots at less than 2:1 (15kg Rocna 30ft chain) with the hook dug into the bottom of a steep up-slope, and it didn’t budge. We felt confident that beyond 30knots we still would have been solid! Was interesting to test out! Sounding the area to gauge the slope steepness helps in feeling confident about using this technique
I’m with you guys, adventure is what it’s about.
Happy to have you on the adventure with us every week!
As someone who also anchors a boat along the inside passage, your anchor set up in those conditions is spot on. Especially using the stern anchor to keep the bow pointing out into the channel so that the anchor chain and rode are always being pulled up slope. I haven’t noticed yet, but are you guys using like a rocna or mantis anchor? If so, in those bottom conditions, that anchor will stick like nothing else. Also, curious what your scope is like at high tide. Couple of things I do in sketching anchorages is to deploy my bridle system, which reduces the amount of swing from side to side by about 50%. Besides setting an anchor alarm on my anchoring apps, I also use my hand bearing compass to shoot a magnetic line on both the port and starboard sides of the boat to some type of landmark on shore, like an unusual tree, or a big rock.
Anyway, I haven’t finished an entire video yet but wanted to make a comment or two about anchoring techniques!
Yes one of our first purchases when we bought the boat was to upgrade to an oversized Rocna, couldn’t be happier with it, such a great hook!
Excellent tips, thank you for sharing those!
Hello you two! I like your videos, and yes your anchoring style worked for us in the Norwegian fjords very well.
Wish you a happy new year and fair winds and following seas all the time!
Jens from Germany 😊
We'd love to see the Norwegian fjords one day! Thanks for tuning in from Germany!
Never seen a crab killed before cooking. Grew up thinking it made you sick to eat a crab that was killed before cooking.
Loved the shots of the boat leaning with the horizon running diagonally across the screen. great action happening!
Also been meaning to mention how while it looks nothing like the river there is something about it that resembles the Hawkesbury and the hills. And the wind certainly behaves similarly ... westerlies that blow from all other directions ... noreasterlies that snake their way up the river.
Very much similar to the hawkesbury river in its topography! Although I’d say it’s a fair sight deeper up in our neck of the woods! I thought you grew up thinking all seafood made you sick?!?
Great Video! Now that's sailing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you! Despite the unknowns ripping to the heads of those inlets was the highlight of the sailing szn for sure!
Hey, after watching the video all the way through, I see that you’re using a rocna anchor. One trick you can do with those is to tie a trip line onto the hole that’s forward of the aft, end of the shank, and just above the actual anchor itself. Better yet, use a carabiner that’s attached to a line to the surface with a buoy. if you have trouble dislodging the head of the anchor by using the Anchor rode, pick up the buoy, attach it to either a winch, or the anchor, windless, and this will help pull the Anchor up with the shank, pointed down and will help dislodge it.
It’s a good idea to do like you do by leaving the engine, ready to be cranked at a moments notice . Especially when you’re anchored in a Leeshore situation. Another good idea if it is getting gusty is to set up an anchor watch where one person is on watch from 6pm to 9pm, the other person on from 9 PM to midnight, the next person is on from midnight to 3am, and someone else is on from 3 AM to 6 AM.
Lastly, I meant to ask if you guys are using anything like the Delorme inReach, an EPIRB, or any other satellite-based emergency communication system. I use my inReach on board because I single hand most times and I actually worked on my life just as I move forward to do work on the bow…
More great suggestions, thank you for sharing!
We used the buoy trick last Summer when anchoring at the head of Bute Inlet, super glad we did because we snagged on the bottom and probably wouldn’t have been successful retrieving it otherwise!
We do have an InReach onboard which gives us piece of mind in the backcountry. Was interesting to have Starlink this Summer because we had service in the inlets, could communicate with the world and check the weather!
@@AllisonandJamesSailing cool about the InReach. I use it to let my wife know when I'm leaving the harbor, when I've arrived at a destination, and when I'm returning home. I use the preset messages for that since they don't cost extra! I'm so cheap! I also use it when I go forward on the deck while I'm single-handing the boat.
I have sailing friends who use Starlink and they love it. They also visit remote places along the Inside Passage and still post to social media! It's a bit expensive but I think it's necessary, especially for weather, downloading GRIB files, PredictWind, etc. I know that the IridiumGo is a way to get 'net service but it's a bit slow, while StarLink is as fast as home internet if not faster!
Some years ago we anchored "upslope" in Teakerne Arm in Desolation sound. Anchor went down in 70 feet and stern tied to shore. The stern was within 25' from shore. Our depth sounder is near the aft end of the V berth of a 32' sailboat and it read 30 ft I think. We were to the right of the falls as you face them in the next notch if you will. There were inflow winds and we felt secure with our 35lb CQR.
That’s awesome to hear, thanks for sharing your experience, it sounds really similar to the top of Dean channel at manitoo creek! We’ve seen a bit of desolation but never actually made it into teakerne arm, I’ve heard it’s beautiful and the lake has fantastic swimming!!
Such raw beauty, indescribable. Thanks for sharing
Thank you for tuning in! Such a small snapshot of the beauty of this place✨
anchored the same way a few times in mediterranean. Just like Skagitrover said keeping stern tied is key. It allowed us to be further out of the inlet if winds pick up. nice to have extra room after seeing four or five keels on the bottom at the end of an inlet.
Right on! Curious, do folks stern tie in the med to make more room for boats because the anchorages are so crowded/too deep?
Great videos! The only other tip for anchoring that I can think of is that once you set your anchor at 2 to 1 in deep water and have a stern tie, is to row out with a second bow anchor, just rope and anchor, perhaps closer to the boat? I hear some people don't like the two bow anchors, but it would be twice the anchor weight and a degree of extra resistance when pulling. Still wondering about this idea...
Thanks for raising this idea. We’ve had a think about this, our concerns are a) difficulty setting second anchor properly b) potential of fouling the anchors on each-other in a good blow vs relying on one good set anchor dug well into the up-slope?
Curious what other folks think?!
Thanks!
Thank you so much!!! Your support really means a lot 🙏🏽
Great video!
Thanks so much Curt! Hope you’re having a great week :)
Thank you for the video! Best ever.
Awe so glad you enjoyed it, cheers!
Great videos of this season! Almost a “Curve of Time” feel. We use a Bruce anchor on Puffin and have had success doing the same technique on sloped bottoms. Keeping the stern orientation constant is the key. Nice work!
Awww thank you! The curve of time is one of our favourite books about this coast! Totally agreed, keeping the stern of the boat orientated is key to anchoring on an upslope. We did have to reset our stern anchor at Carlson inlet because the swing of the boat ended up dislodging it and we sprung all the way forward and nearly fell out of the shelf!
@@AllisonandJamesSailing you might also like Upcoast Summers by Beth Hill.
@Skagitrover thanks for that! We recently picked up a copy from a second hand store, we’ll be sure to give it a read :)
Loving your videos, they are refreshing & so interesting ❤
That really means a lot, thank you! So glad they're bringing joy
Beautiful tyvm
You’re very welcome, cheers!
Hey - loving the videos. What did you use for the boom brake? The little device on the car? It looked like a great (tidy) way to manage the mainsail downwind.
Thank you! Our preventer line is just run through a D-ring in the toe rail literally just a D-shaped car). Usually there is a block that you attach to them, but we just use it as a friction device to help control the boom when going downwind.
@@AllisonandJamesSailing - so simple. Love it
What month was this filmed in?
This was filmed 2nd week of august, 2023.
@@AllisonandJamesSailing Thanks! I was pretty sure it wouldn’t be quite that nice in November…
@@HalcyonGuitars haha no. It’s absolutely miserable out there right now!! Sailing up the fjords this time of year is downright sketchy.
Also I don’t know of any creators who are able to film and post in the same month when they’re doing it all themselves. On average you’re looking at at least a 3 month lag time
Your track at anchor is a perfect example of the poor accuracy of tablet GPSs. They don’t have great antennas or receivers and don’t receive the WAAS correction signal, so at best you get +/-30 ft accuracy. With a cheap ($90) bluetooth GPS like a Garmin Glo, you will have accuracy as good as 9 ft and a higher refresh rate, which will give you a way more accurate track that you can use to actually see if you are dragging. No need to feel the rode, you’ll know just by looking at your track. And, with the higher refresh rate, (10Hz vs 1Hz) your heading line will be stable, so you can better tell your heading while sailing. I apologize that this sounds like a know-it-all comment, but I understand how useful quality GPS locating is and how much stress can be relieved using a good GPS, so I want to share. And your noisy anchor swing track is just such a perfect example of how useless a low accurate GPS can be for showing something really important like if you are dragging.
Defiantly agree about the accuracy of consumer electronic internal GPS, we know a few cruisers out there that use a Garmin Glo for positioning. From what I’ve heard they work fairly reliably.