Nice sailing, thanks for the tip on binoculars, just realized we need them as our monoculars are not working for us, just not powerful enough and you can’t get a sense of depth/distance, plus no compass, a must have!
The other tip I would give is "Never buy them online". Go somewhere that sells them, hold a pair, look through them and if the image is nice and crisp and clear buy the pair you are _holding_ in your hands. I have known shops to have a "demo" pair and then to sell a pair that has been dropped or has a fault in them. Glad you enjoyed the sailing and thanks for watching and commenting 👍
Just for my two penneth. Dump that Delta! They are notoriously bad a resetting. The are called a plough anchor for a reason. You need a swivel to take out the twist in your chain. Don't get one that has two jaws that clamp to the sides of the anchor. They fail under side loads. The Mantis or Ultra are the best. Ditch that anchor marker. Before it gets you into some serious trouble they are never a good idea. Use a hand bearing compass to take transits and a golf range finder to record distances so you know where your anchor is. Or just mark it as a wp on your plotter and watch the plott form a banana behind your anchor to know where it is. Just our thoughts 😁 Sail Safe Guys, Ant & Cid.
So... junk our entire ground tackle? Can we keep the Lofrans windlass? 😄😄 In mud, the Rocnas have a reputation for mud-fouling and failing to set. Our delta held in a 60kt blow a few weeks later and held beauffully in several F6 gusting F7s as well. Our two jawed swivel is not attached directly to the shank but to a short length of 10mm chain. The anchor marker has allowed us to retrieve the anchor three times this season and without it we would likely be on our third anchor purchase of 2023. It's main purpose to to support the trip line. In short, our anchor setup works for us and works very well. If we anchored in sand I would look at a Rocna type, but for mud the delta sets every time and plenty of "banana plots" will be in evidence over the next few episodes.
@@SailingYachtSaltyLass yes. It's it's Achilles heel. It is probably the best performing anchor but unlike Ant and Cid's lovely Stainless Ultra, it is prone to shed it's galvanizing as fast as speedy Gonzales. All that being said I shall replace it like for like. I love the sound it makes on a quiet night. 😜😜😃
Just watched your video whilst anchored in the Ria Arousa in Galicia. A 20kg delta on 10mm chain has been good for us on a 11,000 kg sailing boat all over the place.
We do get people who seem to think we will die because we do not have a Rocna / Spade / Mantus / Ultra / etc etc etc 😮 So far, our experience mirrors yours and our 16kg Delta (8mm chain) has been good for us. We have an episode coming up in a few weeks where it holds in 60kt gusts.
@@SailingYachtSaltyLass Yes it is really interesting to see how many people with shiny new boats have shiny Rocna anchors and the old boats with crew that have been at it for years mainly have delta anchors. I was wandering around the marina in A Coruna a couple of weeks ago and delta were definitely the most popular anchors by a country mile. We have had delta anchors for 20 years and done lots of miles. and some quite dodgy anchorages, lost one when it was fouled irretrievably in Western France but it was replaced with an identical delta.
We will look at anchor options whenever our Delta fails to come back up or fails in some other way. We do have a 10kg danforth as a backup/ kedge on 30m of nylon rode. I think that the Deltas are so prevalent because it is the standard option supplied with many production builds, but whatever the reason, we have no complaints about our anchor.
I would assume your back in Bangor because as I was coming back to my boat after a shower this morning I happened to notice a Bavaria 36 with a pink Dan buoy and the most telling feature Beverly was standing in front of it.
That's an impressive anchor track! I had a similar experience recently where I was doing laps around the anchor all night, but I was fortunate enough not to drag. It looks like it was just bad luck for you, and didn't have anything to do with the quality of your ground tackle. That ghost rope probably caught on the chain near the anchor and tied itself and the chain into a giant chain-rope hairball as you rotated around it. You guys are one of my favorite channels. Thanks for keeping it real.
We're glad that you are enjoying the channel - thank you for commenting and welcome aboard 👍 Our anchor hairball was a first for us so we are attributing it to something in Kinsale 😄
Fully agree sailing with crew, safer , entertaining, and less work most of the time, depending on crew. For crew they can sail, learn, enjoy without the hassle of wining a boat what’s to loose
I crewed on a 60 ft Oyster that had a 65kg anchor with 75m of 12mm chain. No way I could get the ground tackle up without the windless. A wonderful vid like always lasses.
One of the considerations when we bought our boat was that everything had to be manageable by just one of us. That is why we have an oversized dinghy rather than a sixty footer 🤩
@@SailingYachtSaltyLass That was probably the reason why the 60ft needed crew, just their dingy was a 50hp rib. I'm looking for my own boat and thinking about something in the 34-38ft range.
@@SailingYachtSaltyLass Yes I have to agree, although a bigger boat comes with a bow thruster (and newer boats with a stern thruster) what makes handling in tight quarters way easier. I also crewed on a 56 with a bow thruster and that boat was so easy to manage. I will be solo sailing so any advantage I can get will be nice.
That's one way of spicing up the sailing :) All good experience. I managed to anchor there and didn't drag too much. With wind and tidal flow the boats swing all over the place and often not together. At times the boats would come pretty close to each other and all the while the tour boats would weave in and out of the moorings and anchorage. Did you go ashore there? I remember wellies being the order of the day.
We did go ashore and it was often a long dinghy ride up to Kinsale marina. It was a good shelter and then town was nice too and we found the staff in both marinas to be really helpful. In fact we liked it so much we called in there again a couple of months later 😀
I'm SO far behind with video editing, crazy busy and tec issues have hindered the creative process. Lost my first edits of the holidays so having to do them again. Sleep deprived this morning collecting kids off the function bus at 4.30am.
@@WavedancerWesterlyfulmar - you are having one heck of a time with all this social stuff. I guess it will soon be over? Thanks for reminding me about editing. I too have a ton of it to do...
Great to see you girls out and about (and sorting the inevitable problems!) . You lift my spirits, thank you. Best wishes
Our pleasure! Glad it brightened your day
A really lovely scene in this one of your sails. Think of the expertise you are accumulating on anchoring. Good viewing. Thank you.
Thanks Hugh 👍
Nice sailing, thanks for the tip on binoculars, just realized we need them as our monoculars are not working for us, just not powerful enough and you can’t get a sense of depth/distance, plus no compass, a must have!
The other tip I would give is "Never buy them online". Go somewhere that sells them, hold a pair, look through them and if the image is nice and crisp and clear buy the pair you are _holding_ in your hands. I have known shops to have a "demo" pair and then to sell a pair that has been dropped or has a fault in them.
Glad you enjoyed the sailing and thanks for watching and commenting 👍
Just for my two penneth. Dump that Delta! They are notoriously bad a resetting. The are called a plough anchor for a reason. You need a swivel to take out the twist in your chain. Don't get one that has two jaws that clamp to the sides of the anchor. They fail under side loads. The Mantis or Ultra are the best. Ditch that anchor marker. Before it gets you into some serious trouble they are never a good idea. Use a hand bearing compass to take transits and a golf range finder to record distances so you know where your anchor is. Or just mark it as a wp on your plotter and watch the plott form a banana behind your anchor to know where it is. Just our thoughts 😁 Sail Safe Guys, Ant & Cid.
So... junk our entire ground tackle? Can we keep the Lofrans windlass? 😄😄 In mud, the Rocnas have a reputation for mud-fouling and failing to set. Our delta held in a 60kt blow a few weeks later and held beauffully in several F6 gusting F7s as well. Our two jawed swivel is not attached directly to the shank but to a short length of 10mm chain. The anchor marker has allowed us to retrieve the anchor three times this season and without it we would likely be on our third anchor purchase of 2023. It's main purpose to to support the trip line.
In short, our anchor setup works for us and works very well. If we anchored in sand I would look at a Rocna type, but for mud the delta sets every time and plenty of "banana plots" will be in evidence over the next few episodes.
We have a genuine Spade anchor on our Bav 38. Holds great but on a quiet night you can hear it rust! 😂😂
Rust? 😮 Has the galvy worn off?
@@SailingYachtSaltyLass yes. It's it's Achilles heel. It is probably the best performing anchor but unlike Ant and Cid's lovely Stainless Ultra, it is prone to shed it's galvanizing as fast as speedy Gonzales. All that being said I shall replace it like for like. I love the sound it makes on a quiet night. 😜😜😃
Perhaps cold galvanising spray would save it? £6.00 a can 😉
Just watched your video whilst anchored in the Ria Arousa in Galicia. A 20kg delta on 10mm chain has been good for us on a 11,000 kg sailing boat all over the place.
We do get people who seem to think we will die because we do not have a Rocna / Spade / Mantus / Ultra / etc etc etc 😮 So far, our experience mirrors yours and our 16kg Delta (8mm chain) has been good for us. We have an episode coming up in a few weeks where it holds in 60kt gusts.
@@SailingYachtSaltyLass
Yes it is really interesting to see how many people with shiny new boats have shiny Rocna anchors and the old boats with crew that have been at it for years mainly have delta anchors. I was wandering around the marina in A Coruna a couple of weeks ago and delta were definitely the most popular anchors by a country mile.
We have had delta anchors for 20 years and done lots of miles. and some quite dodgy anchorages, lost one when it was fouled irretrievably in Western France but it was replaced with an identical delta.
We will look at anchor options whenever our Delta fails to come back up or fails in some other way. We do have a 10kg danforth as a backup/ kedge on 30m of nylon rode. I think that the Deltas are so prevalent because it is the standard option supplied with many production builds, but whatever the reason, we have no complaints about our anchor.
That was a Leprecan on top of a can.😊
More like a leper-can. Atrocious design.
I would assume your back in Bangor because as I was coming back to my boat after a shower this morning I happened to notice a Bavaria 36 with a pink Dan buoy and the most telling feature Beverly was standing in front of it.
Definitely a bit of a giveaway ... 😄😄
That's an impressive anchor track! I had a similar experience recently where I was doing laps around the anchor all night, but I was fortunate enough not to drag. It looks like it was just bad luck for you, and didn't have anything to do with the quality of your ground tackle. That ghost rope probably caught on the chain near the anchor and tied itself and the chain into a giant chain-rope hairball as you rotated around it.
You guys are one of my favorite channels. Thanks for keeping it real.
We're glad that you are enjoying the channel - thank you for commenting and welcome aboard 👍 Our anchor hairball was a first for us so we are attributing it to something in Kinsale 😄
Fully agree sailing with crew, safer , entertaining, and less work most of the time, depending on crew. For crew they can sail, learn, enjoy without the hassle of wining a boat what’s to loose
I agree, but crew can also be horror stories. Getting crew that are agreeable people is definitely the way to go 👍
I crewed on a 60 ft Oyster that had a 65kg anchor with 75m of 12mm chain. No way I could get the ground tackle up without the windless.
A wonderful vid like always lasses.
One of the considerations when we bought our boat was that everything had to be manageable by just one of us. That is why we have an oversized dinghy rather than a sixty footer 🤩
@@SailingYachtSaltyLass That was probably the reason why the 60ft needed crew, just their dingy was a 50hp rib. I'm looking for my own boat and thinking about something in the 34-38ft range.
That is why we are in a 37 footer - big enough for comfort, small enough to manage.
@@SailingYachtSaltyLass Yes I have to agree, although a bigger boat comes with a bow thruster (and newer boats with a stern thruster) what makes handling in tight quarters way easier. I also crewed on a 56 with a bow thruster and that boat was so easy to manage. I will be solo sailing so any advantage I can get will be nice.
Let us know what boat you finally get.
That's one way of spicing up the sailing :) All good experience. I managed to anchor there and didn't drag too much. With wind and tidal flow the boats swing all over the place and often not together. At times the boats would come pretty close to each other and all the while the tour boats would weave in and out of the moorings and anchorage. Did you go ashore there? I remember wellies being the order of the day.
We did go ashore and it was often a long dinghy ride up to Kinsale marina. It was a good shelter and then town was nice too and we found the staff in both marinas to be really helpful. In fact we liked it so much we called in there again a couple of months later 😀
Enjoying a few minutes peace with you….2nd debutant ball in a week. Christian was last Thursday tonight is Emma’s (his girlfriend)
It's as well that the sailing season has been rubbish because it sounds like you need the time to organize all these social functions 😉
I'm SO far behind with video editing, crazy busy and tec issues have hindered the creative process. Lost my first edits of the holidays so having to do them again. Sleep deprived this morning collecting kids off the function bus at 4.30am.
@@WavedancerWesterlyfulmar - you are having one heck of a time with all this social stuff. I guess it will soon be over?
Thanks for reminding me about editing. I too have a ton of it to do...
Caernarfon bar was lumpier😂😂
I do not mind going in over Caernarfon bar, but coming out always feels like I picked a bad time 🤣
Solo sailors are just self-masochists and there's no need to be sailing around without friends is our opinion 😆
We enjoy each other's company. We always have done since we first met 40 years ago and we have benn talking ever since