From time to time you’ll come upon an anchorage where it seems impossible to get your anchor to dig in. Anchoring in poor holding anchorages is not fun. But let’s step back and start at the beginning. Here are the key steps to anchoring: Drop anchor Go in reverse to let chain out While the chain[Read More]
Anchoring
8 Steps To Anchoring In A Storm
So, what do you do if a storm is on its way and you’re anchored in a harbor? Anchoring in a storm or in high winds is part of the sailing lifestyle. Many storms arrive unannounced and others, although predicted, can turn out to be worse than expected. After reading the steps make sure to[Read More]
Thunderball Grotto & Iguana Beach in The Bahamas
Join us for a swim in one of most magical attractions – Thunderball Grotto Bahamas. Determine if you know how to treat your anchor and ground tackle with respect. And sail with us from Pig Beach to Iguana Beach where we become surrounded by hundreds of lizards. Read on… While anchored off Pig Beach we[Read More]
Sailing Around Bermuda – Life at Anchor
Two weeks have transpired since we safely arrived in Bermuda. How does it feel to be sailing around Bermuda and anchoring rather than living in a marina? It feels outstanding…and I mean amazingly outstanding. Our five-day sailing to Bermuda trip from Charleston, South Carolina to paradise had it moments. There was a bit of wind, no wind,[Read More]
We sailed from Greece to Knidos Turkey and didn’t notify the officials – Did we get into trouble?
After a spending a few days in Kos Marina with another ‘kid boat’, we all decided to sail to the Greek Island of Simi. But before hitting Simi we stopped off at Knidos at the far western end of the Datca peninsula in Turkey. (If you look at the map below you can find Kos[Read More]
How to make a bottle knot
How to make a Bottle Knot This knot is used to tie onto the neck of a bottle. You can use it to create a float, as we did, to feed a rope underneath an anchor we pulled up. Or, if you’re in cold waters and you want to keep your beverages cold, you can[Read More]
Anchoring – what do you do when you pull someone else’s anchor up with yours?
You drink a beer and tell the story! Errrr, actually, this beer was consumed the day before the ‘Fiscardo Anchor Incident,’ but looks better than an image of an anchor. Let me back up a bit before I get to the pull someone elses anchor bit… In almost every busy bay that we’ve anchored in,[Read More]
Sailing around Crete – Anchored off of Spinalonga Island Crete
Anchoring off of Spinalonga Island, Crete Thus far, during our time traveling around Crete, I’ve written the following: Sailing around Crete – Agios Nikolaos, Gournia, Mochlos and Vai Beach and Sailing around Crete – Knosos, a Aqua Park and Elounda. Our plan for today was to leave Agios Nikolaos and head to Rethymno avoiding Heraklion as someone told[Read More]
Sailing around Crete – anchoring off the town of Bali
Sailing around Crete – Bali I’m rocking back and forth in a nice sized bay on the North coast of Crete, outside of a town called Bali. To look out to the sea, it’s flat calm however there’s a bit of a sea swell that makes the boat rock side to side. As I type,[Read More]
How to anchor a sailboat – what I’ve learned about anchoring thus far
Back in England, when we had our 35’ Moody sailboat (pictured above), I never considered using the anchor. In fact, I never looked at it nor did I know the location of the windless (anchor) controls. I didn’t even want to know how to anchor a sailboat. When our engine cut out in the middle[Read More]
